This Article is From Jan 23, 2015

No Confirmation on Pakistan's Ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Haqqani Network: US

No Confirmation on Pakistan's Ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Haqqani Network: US
Washington, United States:

The US today said it has no confirmation on Pakistan's banning of Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), and the Haqqani Network, even as it recognised that the country was in the process of implementing measures to thwart violent extremism.

"We recognise that Pakistan is working through the process of implementing measures to thwart violent extremism, including the national action plan. We don't have any confirmation of specific steps," State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington when asked about the reported ban on the two terror outfits.

Facing intense international pressure, Pakistan has reportedly banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa and the Haqqani Network along with other terror outfits. It has also reportedly slapped foreign travel restrictions on the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
 

 

Speaking about the reported ban on terror outfits, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said, "Pakistan took this decision under the UN obligation and not under pressure from any other quarter including John Kerry (US Secretary of State)."

Ms Psaki said, "The Pakistani government has made clear in both private conversations and public statements that it is in Pakistan's own interest to take steps against all militant groups in Pakistan, and explicitly to not differentiate between such group."

"We support this commitment and believe that it is fundamental to addressing terrorism and ensuring attacks such as the horrific one that happened just weeks ago that impacted the Peshawar school children never occur again," Ms Psaki said.
 

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