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Thursday, April 9, 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.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.