Hafiz Saeed’s JuD gets a new name, Tehreek Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir
Hafiz Saeed’s JuD gets a new name, Tehreek Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir
It may be noted the JuD and its charitable wing, FIF, were put on observation under Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
The organisation has resumed its normal activities—donation camps and ambulance centres. These have restarted calling for the independence of Jammu and Kashmir. These centres, which were closed down after Saeed was put under house arrest, have been restarted albeit under a new name.
On February 5, the group is planning to hold a Kashmir Day conference in Lahore after evening prayers. The TAJK has reactivated its donations centres in different districts of Punjab, including Lahore, which is the hub of its activities.
It may be noted that Saeed had indicated that to expedite the freedom of Kashmir, he might launch TAJK. Law enforcement agencies were observing activities of Saeed’s network and punitive action would be taken by-the-by.
The government had taken Saeed and his four aides— Abdullah Ubaid, Zafar Iqbal, Abdur Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Niaz — under house arrest in Lahore. Also, Saeed and 37 JuD and Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) members were put on Exit Control List thus preventing them from leaving the country.
TAJK deputy general Khalid Waleed that Punjab’s counterterrorism department was continuing its crackdown against FIF and JuDactivists in Faisalabad, Gojra, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Chiniot, Jhang and Sargodha.
The police ask activists to come over to the police station and immediately put them behind bars. “These arrests are illegal,” he said.
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