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Pak. to look into Jaish, Lashkar accounts
By B. Muralidhar Reddy
ISLAMABAD, JAN. 10. Pakistan today announced it would advise the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to look into the accounts of the two outfits which were frozen by the United States for their alleged terrorist links.
The Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman, Aziz Ahmed Khan, said that on the basis of the U.S. decision on Wednesday, the Government would send an advisory to the SBP to look into the accounts of the two outfits.
After the U.S. began looking into the antecedents of Pakistan-based organisations and individuals for their alleged links to terrorist outfits in the wake of the September 11 attacks, Islamabad followed suit. For instance, only after the U.S. froze the assets of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e- Muhammad (JeM) did Pakistan chose to freeze their assets here. However, it is yet to decide on whether or not to follow the U.S. in banning the outfits.
Jaish leader held
As part of its continuing crackdown on Islamic militant groups, the police arrested a senior JeM leader, Hasan Barki. He was arrested here on Wednesday on his arrival from Bahawalpur, a town in Punjab province where Jaish has its headquarters. Most Jaish leaders are now under arrest.
During the past few days, Barki had been speaking to the press about the JeM's resolve to continue its attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in India.
`Draft DPR ready'
A report in the Urdu daily, Jang, said that the draft of the Defence Pakistan Rules (DPR) had been prepared with some amendments in the DPR of 1971 and it would come into vogue in case of Indian aggression. Some rules are also likely to be implemented for internal security.
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