ISLAMABAD: Security and law enforcement agencies have decided to significantly intensify action against the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) network and its alleged facilitators, according to official sources, marking a major escalation in efforts to dismantle the organisation’s remaining infrastructure.
The decision comes as part of a broader strategy to expand investigations beyond active members to include individuals suspected of operating behind the scenes.
Sources confirmed that financial handlers, online propagators, and those providing logistical support will now face scrutiny, as authorities aim to cut off all avenues of mobilisation for the banned group.
In a significant move, authorities are preparing to freeze national identity cards (CNICs), passports, and bank accounts of individuals linked to the organization. Data regarding properties owned by suspected members across major cities has also been requested, as part of a wider effort to dismantle the logistical and financial structures that have sustained the network.
A coordinated operation is expected to target suspected facilitators through enhanced monitoring of financial transactions and digital activity.
Officials familiar with the matter stated that the objective is to fully disrupt the organisational network and prevent any further mobilisation or regrouping by the proscribed outfit.
The crackdown reflects a zero-tolerance approach toward banned organisations and their support networks, with security forces vowing to pursue all individuals found to be assisting the JAAC network, whether directly or indirectly.
Earlier, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government declared the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) a proscribed organisation under the AJK Anti-Terrorism Act, 2014, accusing it of terrorism and activities aimed at creating disorder.
Pakistani counterintelligence operation succeeds in capturing RAW-asset masquerading as JAAC activist, conversation with Indian Colonel seized and captured as well.
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A week ago, authorities intensified their crackdown, with a notification stating that the President of AJK had approved JAAC’s inclusion in the First Schedule of the Act. The decision came amid heightened tensions ahead of a June 9 strike and long march announced by the group after negotiations collapsed.
