AJK places JAAC leadership on Fourth Schedule
Key takeaways
- Officials said individuals on the Fourth Schedule will face strict monitoring of their movement and participation in public gatherings.
- The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) was declared a proscribed organization by the AJK government earlier this year over charges of violent protests and disrupting public order.
- Fourth Schedule is part of Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) government has placed the leadership and 150 activists of the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) on the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act, ARY News reported.
According to the notification issued by the AJK Home Department, key leaders including Shaukat Nawaz Mir, Raja Amjad Ali, Anjum Zaman, Raja Saib Javed, Umar Nazeer Kashmiri, Advocate Arbab, Arshad, Najeebullah, Advocate Saad Ansari, Imtiaz Aslam, and Raja Hafeez Babar have been added to the list.
Officials said individuals on the Fourth Schedule will face strict monitoring of their movement and participation in public gatherings. Their financial transactions and other activities will also be placed under close surveillance. The notification makes regular reporting at the relevant police stations and monitoring by security agencies mandatory for all listed persons.