The federal cabinet on Monday approved a summary that seeks to ban the "militant wing" of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), sources from the cabinet division said.
According to the sources, the summary, presented by the interior ministry, was approved by circulation only one day before a cabinet meeting. The government took the measure to avoid a discussion on the matter in the cabinet, the sources added.
Under the 1973 Business Rules, a summary is sent to cabinet members who sign the copy for approval, but under this circulation method, the summary is also considered approved after a stipulated period of time, even if the Cabinet members have not done so. signed.
Last week, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Information, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, said the federal cabinet would address the issue at its next meeting.
The interior ministry in its summary sent to the cabinet had said: "Several source reports shared by our intelligence agencies and provincial governments with the Ministry of Interior [have] revealed that the JUI-F has established a militant wing, a private militia / Razakar force called & # 39; Ansar-ul-Islam & # 39; to provide security for protesters for the Azadi March scheduled for October 27, 2019 and proposed to sit in Islamabad from October 31, 2019. "
According to the summary, a copy of which is available with DawnAnsar-ul-Islam is able to function as a military organization, which constitutes a violation of article 256 of the Constitution.
The ministry said Ansar-ul-Islam was organized, trained and equipped and could be used to show physical strength in the promotion of Azadi March and the goals of the JUI-F.
The summary says that the uniformed force, which carries sticks and sticks with barbed wire wrapped under a political-religious party, apparently aims to challenge the government's mandate.
He said that the trials and last March carried out by said force during a workers' convention recently held in Peshawar, promising loyalty to the top management of the JUI-F, has aroused fear among the general public and is Seeing as a private armed militia. fight against the force to face the law enforcement agencies.
"It is feared that such a private militant force, according to reports, about 80,000 throughout Pakistan, may sabotage public peace and create disorder and anarchy throughout the country during the planned Azadi March and other JUI-F political activities."
The interior ministry had also expressed concern that the private militia might be equipped with other objects, including weapons and ammunition.
Ansar-ul-Islam posed a real, current and serious threat to the peace and tranquility of Islamabad and the four provinces, he added.
The summary also gave the reference of the National Action Plan that prohibits militant groups and armed gangs from operating in the country.
The ministry had referred to Article 146 (1) of the Constitution that allows the federal government to delegate any of its powers to the provinces, conditionally or unconditionally, with the consent of the provincial governments.
He had asked the federal cabinet to authorize him to seek the consent of the provinces in order to begin the process of abolition / prohibition of Ansar-ul-Islam.
Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1512130/cabinet-approves-summary-to-ban-jui-fs-militant-wing-sources