ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan and the Azad Kashmir administration have intensified their crackdown on the proscribed “Joint Awami Action Committee,” which has been placed under the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act 2014, launching what officials describe as a major and decisive operation.
Federal authorities and state institutions have adopted a joint strategy and decided to take strict legal and financial punitive action against key leaders of the banned group, its fundraisers, and alleged local and international facilitators.
According to reliable sources, following high-level consultations between the Federal Ministry of Interior and the Azad Kashmir Home Department, authorities will immediately block and freeze the national identity cards, passports, and all personal and business bank accounts of individuals linked to the group through affiliation, financial support, or facilitation.
Officials said the move aims to fully disrupt the group’s financial networks and impose tighter state control over its mobility and operations.
Sources further stated that authorities have expanded the scope of the operation beyond Azad Kashmir to the entire territory of Pakistan.
The government has issued formal directives to the administration in Islamabad, all provincial headquarters, and other major cities, including patwar offices, seeking urgent and detailed reports on all movable and immovable properties registered in the names of individuals linked to the banned committee and their families.
Officials said authorities will use these reports to initiate legal proceedings for possible confiscation or sealing of such assets under state law.
