By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan has welcomed imposition of sanctions on the terrorist organization, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar by the United Nations Security Council. The Security Council’s 1267 Sanctions Committee has approved the addition of JuA in the list of entities and individuals subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. Pakistan had proposed this listing of the organization.
The JuA operates from Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan and has been involved in a series of terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. Pakistan had proscribed JuA last year.
JuA originated as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan faction (Split away in August 2014) and has shown allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL (Daesh).
