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Govt Bans PAFF, A Proxy of Jaish-e-Mohammed; Declares LeT Man As Individual Terrorist

The Centre Friday banned the People's Anti-Fascist Front, a proxy outfit of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, for its involvement in terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere. The Union Home Ministry also designated Arbaz Ahmad Mir, a Lashkar-e-Taiba member, as an individual terrorist under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. Therefore, exercising the powers conferred by clause of sub-section of section 35 of the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, the Central government declared PAFF a banned organisation, the ministry said. In a separate notification, the Union Home Ministry said it has designated Arbaz Ahmad Mir, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir but is presently based in Pakistan and working for the banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, as an individual terrorist. The central government believes that Mir has been involved in terrorism and therefore exercising the powers conferred by clause of sub-section 1) of section 35 of the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967 designated him as an individual terrorist, the notification said.

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