Pakistan launches crackdown facilities run by 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed: Reports
New Delhi: Under pressure to act against banned groups, Pakistan has launched a crackdown on seminaries and health facilities run by Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, a media report said today.
The action came after a high-level United Nations sanctions team's visit last month to review progress against groups and individuals banned by the world body.
Following orders by the Punjab government, district administration of Rawalpindi took control of a seminary and four dispensaries run by Hafiz Saeed-linked Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF).
The seminary has been handed over to the Auqaf department, which controls the religious properties, Dawn reported.
The paper reported that the provincial government, last Friday, directed the Auqaf department to take control of the seminaries.
"The provincial government handed over a list of four seminaries in Rawalpindi to the district administration. The district administration teams have visited the seminaries but JuD has denied any link with the madarsas," said a senior official of the district administration.
The official said that the government had directed the district administration to also check the details of students and teachers of the JuD-run seminaries as well as doctors and paramedical staff of the FIF dispensaries.
Pakistan has come under intense pressure to rein in terror groups after the US President accused the country of harbouring terrorists and suspended nearly USD 2 billion in security assistance to it.