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UK ban to affect Islamic groups' fund-raising activities

K J M Varma in Islamabad

The British ban on three prominent Pakistan-based Islamic militant organisations active in Kashmir would affect their fund-raising capacity as well as recruitment activities in Britain, besides paving the way for a follow-up action by the US in the coming months, political and diplomatic sources said.

However, the ban on Laskar-e-Tayiba, Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Muhammad would have no impact on their activities in Pakistan as Britain does not have much levy to pressurise Islamabad to launch a crackdown on these groups, the sources said.

Fund raising as well as recruitment drives by Islamic outfits in the UK, which supplemented the main activities of the three groups from Pakistan, would suffer considerably due to the British ban, they said.

But the main problem will arise only if the British ban leads to a similar action by the US which is in a strong position to pressurise Pakistan to follow suit, they said.

The three outfits have dismissed the British ban as inconsequential since their activities do not fall under the purview of the UK government.

In its reaction, the LeT said the British ban was aimed at pleasing Jewish and Hindu lobbies. The outfit said it was no way bothered by the ban and would continue with its insurgency activities in Kashmir.

PTI

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