Abdullah Muntazir

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Abdullah Muntazir is an expert on Islamic militancy based in Islamabad, Pakistan. In 1997, he started his journalistic career as a special correspondent for Daily Ausaf, an Islamabad-based Urdu newspaper published in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He also worked for Daily Asas (another Islamabad-based Urdu newspaper) as a correspondent from Muzaffarabad for a short period of time.

He is founder editor of

Jamaat-ud-Dawah, complying with the United Nations Security Council’s Taliban and Al Qaeda Sanction Committee’s decision to proscribe the charity. The charity has challenged the Security Council ban, claiming that the allegations are baseless, and has filed an appeal for delisting.[citation needed
]

Muntazir had also served as

Jamaat-ud-Dawah
was outlawed in Pakistan he left the charity in early 2009 to resume his journalistic career.

He has continued to work with independent media. He worked as in-charge discussion forum Daily Khabrain Lahore (2003), and was a sub-editor for Daily Pakistan Lahore ( 2002) and Daily Khabrain Lahore (2003). In the past ten years, he contributed many articles on national, international, social and religious issues for different Urdu and English newspapers.

In 2012, the United States Department of the Treasury applied sanctions against Abdullah Muntazir, prohibiting US persons from engaging in transactions with him.[5] He has challenged treasury department sanctions and his case is under review.

References

  1. ^ "All about Jamaat-ud-Dawa". NDTV.com. December 11, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  2. ^ Roggio, Bill (2008-12-11). "UN declares Jamaat-ud-Dawa a terrorist front group". The Long War Journal. Public Multimedia Inc. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  3. ^ "Who is Lashkar-e-Tayiba". Dawn. Dawn. 2008-12-03. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  4. ^ Roul, Animesh (2009-01-28), Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba Chooses Between Kashmir and the Global Jihad, vol. 6, The Jamestown Foundation, retrieved 3 April 2016
  5. ^ "Treasury Designates Lashkar-E Tayyiba Leadership". United States Department of the Treasury. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

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