The Punjab home department on Friday released a list of proscribed organisations and urged citizens not to give charity to these unregistered and banned charities.
The process of maintaining a list of proscribed organisations started on Aug 14, 2001, when the state banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-i-Mohammad Pakistan. On Jan 14, 2002, the government banned Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, Tehreek-i-Islami, and Tehreek-i-Nifaz Shariat-i-Mohammadi.
“Providing any kind of assistance to banned organisations is a crime under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997,” the Punjab government statement said.
It added that those assisting banned organisations involved in terrorism and anti-state activities would be punished by the law.
“Registration with the Punjab Charity Commission is mandatory for charitable organisations in Punjab,” the statement continued.
Citizens should give their zakat, charity and donations only to organisations registered with the Punjab Charity Commission, the Punjab government said, adding that all registered organisations can be verified through the QR code on their certificates.
“Citizens should ensure that their assistance is reaching the rightful beneficiaries instead of terrorists,” it said, adding that the details of registered organisations could be accessed on the charity commission website: www.charitycommission.punjab.gov.pk
The statement said that complaints for organisations working for fraud, terrorism, anti-state activities and personal gain can be submitted to the Punjab home department, report fundraising by banned organisations to the toll-free number 0800-11111 or helpline numbers 042-99214871 and 042-99214872.
List of banned organisations
- Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ)
- Sipah-i-Muhammad Pakistan
- Jaish-i-Muhammad and its offshoots Al-Rehmat Trust, Bahawalpur and Al-Furqan Trust, Karachi
- Lashkar-i-Taiba (LT)
- Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)
- Tehreek-i-Jafaria Pakistan (TJP)
- Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammad
- Tehreek-i-Islami
- Al-Qaeda
- Millat Islamia Pakistan (formerly SSP)
- Khuddam-i-Islam
- Islami Tehreek-i-Pakistan (formerly TJP)
- Jamiat-i-Ansar
- Jamaat-i-Furqan
- Hizbut Tahrir
- Khair Al-Naas International Trust (subsidiary of JuD)
- Balochistan Liberation Army
- Islamic Students Movement of Pakistan
- Lashkar-i-Islami
- Ansarul Islam
- Hami Namdar Group
- Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
- Balochistan Republican Army
- Balochistan Liberation Front
- Lashkar-i-Balochistan
- Balochistan Liberation United Front
- Balochistan Musallah Difa Organisation
- Shia Students Action Committee Gilgit
- Markazo Sabeel Organisation Gilgit
- Tanzeem Naujawanan-i-Ahle Sunnat Gilgit
- People’s Aman Committee Lyari
- Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat
- Al-Haramain Foundation
- Rabta Trust
- Anjuman Imamia Gilgit-Baltistan
- Muslim Students Organisation Gilgit
- Tanzeem Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Gilgit
- Balochistan Bunyaad Parast Army
- Tehreek-i-Nafaz-i-Aman
- Tahafuz Hudoodullah
- Balochistan Waja Liberation Army
- Baloch Republican Party Azad
- Balochistan United Army
- Islam Mujahideen
- Jaishul Islam
- Balochistan National Liberation Army
- Khana Hikmat Gilgit-Baltistan
- Tehreek-i-Taliban Swat
- Tehreek-i-Taliban Mohmand
- Tariq Geedar Group
- Abdullah Azzam Brigade
- East Turkmenistan Islamic Movement
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
- Islamic Jihad Union
- 313 Brigade
- Tehreek-i-Taliban Bajaur
- Amar Bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anal Munkir (Haji Namdar Group)
- Balochistan Student Organisation Azad
- United Baloch Army
- Jeey Sindh Muttahida Mahaz
- Daesh/ISIS/IS/ISIL
- Jamaatul Ahrar
- Lashkar-i-Jhangvi Al-Alami
- Ansarul Hussain
- Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir
- Jundullah
- Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) and its subsidiaries Anfal Trust Lahore, Idara Khidmat-i-Khalq Lahore, Al-Dawa-ul-Irshad Lahore, Al-Hamd Trust Lahore/Faisalabad, Mosques and Welfare Trust Lahore, Al-Madinah Foundation Lahore, and Maaz Bin Jabal Educational Trust Lahore
- Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation
- Al-Fadl Foundation/Trust Lahore
- Al-Esaar Foundation Lahore
- Hizbul Ahrar
- Pak-Turk International CAG Education Foundation
- Balochistan Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS)
- Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz
- Sindhu Desh Revolutionary Army
- Sindhu Desh Liberation Army
- Khatamul Anbiya
-Ghazi Force
-Ghulaman-i-Sahaba - Maymar Trust
- Sachal Sarmast Welfare Trust Karachi
- Al Jaza Patient Welfare Society Karachi
- Al Akhtar Trust
- Al Rashid Trust
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