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Updated November 2nd, 2019 at 08:46 IST

Pakistan significantly failed to limit terror funding', says US report

A report by the United States government has said that Pakistan has failed to significantly limit Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad’s ability to raise money

Reported by: Pritesh Kamath
Pakistan
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A report by the United States government has stated that Pakistan has failed to significantly limit Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad’s ability to raise money, recruit and train terrorists in Pakistan. It also allowed candidates connected to their front organizations to contest elections.

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The annual 'Country Reports on Terrorism' 2018 slammed Pakistan for its lethargic action against terrorism that affected the country as well as its neighbours such as India and Afghanistan. “The government of Pakistan continued to implement the Antiterrorism Act of 1997, The National Counterterrorism Authority (NACTA) Act, the 2014 Investigation for Fair Trial Act, and 2014 amendments to the Antiterrorism Act, all of which allow enhanced law enforcement and prosecution powers for terrorism cases. The law also allows for preventive detention, permits the death penalty for terrorism offences, and creates special antiterrorism courts. In 2017, the government renewed a constitutional amendment allowing military courts to try civilians on terrorism charges for an additional two years. However, critics have argued that the military courts are not transparent and are being used to silence civil society activists,” read the report.

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Failed to implement UN sanctions on designated entities

In June 2019, Pakistan was placed in the grey list by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for its failure to implement UN sanctions related to designated terror entities.

The report cited that despite Pakistan agreeing to implement international standards to combat and criminalize money laundering and terrorist financing, its “implementation has remained uneven”

“FATF noted that UN-listed entities including LeT and its affiliates, were not effectively prohibited from raising funds in Pakistan, or being denied financial services,” the report added. 

The report cited LeT and JeM among groups that remained a threat in 2018 and said they “maintained the capability and intent to attack Indian and Afghan targets”. It mentioned the February attack by JeM operative on an Indian army camp at Sunjuwan in Jammu and Kashmir, killing seven. Pakistan, their host country, continued to not act resolutely against them contrary to its assurances, which has been a longstanding US complaint.

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Published November 2nd, 2019 at 07:14 IST

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