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ISLAMABAD: Police have sealed several offices of the three organizations banned under Anti-Terrorist Act 1997 during the last three days.

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Official sources say, police have also rounded up some activists of banned groups in country-wide operation that started on Saturday.

Three organizations including Islami Tehrik-e-Pakistan, formerly known as Tehreek-e-Jafria Pakistan, Millat-i-Islamia Pakistan, formerly known as Sipah e-Sahaba Pakistan and Khudam-ul-Islam, formerly known as Jaish-e- uhammad were banned as they had resurfaced with new names in violation of the 1997 Act.

Bank Accounts

The sources said that the action against the banned outfits would be over in a few days.

The bank accounts maintained in the names of banned parties as well as those in the names of office holders of the organizations, are being frozen.

More groups to be banned shortly: Interior Minister

Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayyat Wednesday hinted at banning some more ultra Islamic groups in Pakistan as part of ongoing drive against extremism.

“The government has decided to ban a few more groups engaged in activities contrary to the anti-terrorist law of 1997,” Faisal Saleh Hayyat said while talking to the reporters without naming the groups.

He, however claimed that one of these groups was suspected of having links with the killing of the American journalists Daniel Pearl of Wall Street Journal. Daniel was murdered in Karachi.

On Saturday last, Pakistan banned three ultra Islamic groups including Tehreek-e-Islami Paksitan [regrouped from banned Tehreek-e-Fiqa Jafria of Allama Sajid Naqvi)], Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan [a new version of Sipah Sehaba Pakistan of MNA Azam Tariq, murdered on October-2 in Islamabad] and Khudam-ul-Islam [regrouped from banned Jaish-e-Mohammad of Maulana Masood Azhar].

The government had already sealed over 140 offices of the three outlawed in Pakistan. Almost 580 activists of these outlawed had been directed to pledge up to 100,000 rupees as security guarantees and also to not to leave their respective districts without prior permission.