Pakistan on Thursday stated that as a member of the United Nations, the Islamic Republic is under obligations to proscribe organisations and individuals that are listed as terrorist entities by the intergovernmental establishment.
“Pakistan, as a member of the United Nations is under obligations to proscribe the entities and individuals that are listed. We take our obligations very seriously and try to meet these obligations scrupulously. Once any individuals and organizations are proscribed by the UN, we are required to freeze their assets and enforce travel restrictions. We take that action. Bank accounts of such entities and individuals are frozen after SRO is issued,” Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told the media.
Aslam was reacting to a questioned posed over the recent ban by her government of the Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) and the Haqqani network.
Denying that the move was related to US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Islamabad, Aslam further noted that the steps were taken to ensure Pakistan’s own safety.
“It had nothing to do with the visit by the US Secretary of State. Pakistan is taking these steps for its own sake for the protection of its own people and to eradicate terrorism from Pakistan once and for all,” she said. (ANI)