The under-fire agency gave thousands of dollars to Michigan-based HHRD that had ties with Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) & Milli Muslim League (MML), also banned in US.
The sentencing comes a day after JuD leader Hafiz Saeed's spokesperson Yahya Mujahid was handed down another 15 years in jail by a Pakistani court in a terror-financing case.
Pakistan counter-terrorism agency NACTA, set up in 2009, is a toothless body, severely understaffed & caught in the country's military-civilian discord.
Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa and the associated Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation were among 70 organisations proscribed by the Ministry of Interior under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Hafiz Saeed's organisations are portrayed as charities and run hospitals & schools. His latest move was to float a political party, a way to 'legitimise' himself.
The Legal Adviser in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, in a veiled reference to Pakistan, said some states were sponsoring terrorists to fulfil their political agenda.
What should be of concern is other states following suit and enacting separate laws to suit the political environment of respective states citing the Punjab bill as a precedent.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
The USAID was always a mischief maker. It helped and assisted terrorists and criminals as along as it suited the interests of the USA. It paid huge sums to media houses which spread pro-US propaganda in their respective nations.
You are also funded by USAid. Come on, be honest for once.
The USAID was always a mischief maker. It helped and assisted terrorists and criminals as along as it suited the interests of the USA. It paid huge sums to media houses which spread pro-US propaganda in their respective nations.