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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicJamaat-ud-Dawa

Topic: Jamaat-ud-Dawa

Despite concerns from lawmakers, USAID funded American charity linked to banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa

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.

Karachi court sentences prayer leader to over 25 yrs in jail for funding Hafiz Saeed-led JuD

The prayer leader, Ghulam Rasool Rabbani, was accused of using his mosque to raise funds for the banned outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa.

Pakistan court sentences 3 more JuD leaders to 15 years in jail in terror funding cases

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.

Hafiz Saeed’s arrest doesn’t mean much — he was held at least 7 times before

Terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed has been arrested multiple times only to go scot-free subsequently. ThePrint looks back at previous incidences.

Why Pakistan’s blacklisting of its terrorist groups is just an eyewash

Pakistan counter-terrorism agency NACTA, set up in 2009, is a toothless body, severely understaffed & caught in the country's military-civilian discord. 

Pakistan bans Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud-Dawa & its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat

The decision to ban the organisation was taken during a meeting of Pakistan's National Security Committee chaired by PM Imran Khan.

10 years on, 26/11 attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed is free and more powerful

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.

India laments lack of UN action to counter international terrorism

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.

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Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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