The letter is valid until December 31, 2020.
Key points
- Hizbul Mujahideen’s boss, Syed Salahuddin, is a “bona fide official” who works with ISI
- Your safety is clear and your SUV should not be stopped unsuccessfully, the document says.
- If Pakistan is blacklisted, the country would suffer from the challenges facing Iran: Imran Khan
New Delhi: A new Pakistani document from the Intelligence Directorate certifies that the head of the banned terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen, Syed Muhammad Yousaf Shah, aka Syed Salahuddin, is a “bona fide official” working with the ISI.
Salahuddin, who also heads the United Jihad Council (UJC), an organization that groups together terrorist groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), has a security clearance that states that he must not be stopped unnecessarily as a security measure. Checkpoints.
The letter is issued in the name of Director / Commander Wajahat Ali Khan and claims that he is certified with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Islamabad, TOI reported.
‘Travel in a Land Cruiser, with security clearance’
“He is a bona fide official of this department,” the letter reads and also shares details of the vehicle, a Toyota Land Cruiser ZX (V8), in which the terrorist is traveling. The letter says that Salahuddin has security clearance and should not be detained unnecessarily.
Valid until December 31, 2020, the letter nails Pakistan’s lies of acting against terrorism by showing its continued support for the terrorism emanating from its soil.
In June, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) extended the deadline for Pakistan until the next plenary meeting due to COVID-19 and urged Islamabad to ensure compliance with the 27-point action plan.
The FATF is likely to see the new Pakistani document
At the next plenary session, the FATF will review and verify Pakistan’s progress in countering money laundering and terrorist financing.
The FATF is likely to see the new letter issued to the Hizbul boss before making a decision.
The global watchdog on money laundering and terrorist financing placed Pakistan on the gray list in June 2018, and set at least 27 conditions for compliance review in September 2019.
Since then, Pakistan has received at least three extensions because it has not met the necessary conditions for its name to be removed from the gray list.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had recently said that India has been pushing hard for the past two years to put Pakistan on the FATF blacklist, adding that the country’s economy would be destroyed if this happened.
If Pakistan is blacklisted, the country would suffer from the challenges facing Iran, Khan said.
