New name, same terror group: LeT becomes TRF for Pakistan to save itself from FATF axe

Srinagar/New Delhi: Keen to show that it is acting on terror groups, Pakistan has done what it has been doing in the past, changing names of terror groups and this time to save itself from the axe of the anti-terror financing group, Financial Action Task Force (FATF). It has emerged that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has been renamed as another terror group, The Resistance Front (TRF).

Zee News Intelligence inputs confirmed, in a bid to save itself from FATF rap, Pakistan changed LeT's name to TRF. This comes as Islamabad tries to convince the FATF that it is working on the deadline to fulfill its commitments. The FATF has postponed the deadline for Pakistan among other countries by four months.

The group has been involved in a number of attacks in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. While LeT has been listed by the United Nations (UN) and has been banned globally, the group formed under the new name has no such ban.

Zee News Intelligence inputs confirmed, in a bid to save itself from FATF rap, Pakistan changed LeT's name to TRF. This comes as Islamabad tries to convince the FATF that it is working on the deadline to fulfill its commitments. The FATF has postponed the deadline for Pakistan among other countries by four months.

The group has been involved in a number of attacks in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. While LeT has been listed by the United Nations (UN) and has been banned globally, the group formed under the new name has no such ban.

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/new-name-same-terror-group-let-becomes-trf-for-pakistan-to-save-itself-from-fatf-axe/ar-BB13nvnh