The Punjab Home Department has issued a comprehensive list of banned organizations and unregistered charitable institutions in the province, urging citizens to check the list before donating to any organizations during the holy month of Ramadan.
The list includes 84 names, covering banned groups and charities that are either involved in terrorist activities or are not registered with the Punjab Charity Commission. The government has warned citizens to be vigilant and report any organizations that are engaged in fraudulent or anti-state activities.
Here are the names of banned organizations and unregistered charitable institutions:
- Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
- Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan
- Jaish-e-Mohammad (Al-Rahmat Trust Bahawalpur, Al-Furqan Trust Karachi)
- Lashkar-e-Taiba
- Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
- Tehreek-e-Jafaria Pakistan
- Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
- Tehreek-e-Islami
- Al-Qaeda
- Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan (formerly Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan)
- Khuddam-ul-Islam (formerly Jaish-e-Mohammad)
- Islami Tehreek Pakistan (formerly Tehreek-e-Jafaria Pakistan)
- Jamiat-ul-Ansar
- Jamaat-ul-Furqan
- Hizb-ut-Tahrir
- Khair-un-Nas International Trust (a splinter group of Jamaat-ud-Dawa)
- Balochistan Liberation Army
- Islamic Students Movement of Pakistan
- Lashkar-e-Islami
- Ansar-ul-Islam
- Haji Namdar Group
- Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Fitnal Khwarij)
- Balochistan Republican Army
- Balochistan Liberation Front
- Lashkar-e-Balochistan
- Balochistan Liberation United Front
- Balochistan Musalla Defah Tanzeem
- Shia Tulaba Action Committee Gilgit
- Markaz Sabeel Organization Gilgit
- Tanzeem Naujawanan-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat Gilgit
- Peoples Aman Committee Lyari
- Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (formerly known as Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan)
- Al-Haramain Foundation
- Rabita Trust
- Anjuman Imamia Gilgit Baltistan
- Muslim Students Organization Gilgit
- Tanzeem Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat Gilgit
- Balochistan Bunyad Parast Army
- Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Aman
- Tahaffuz Hudood Allah
- Balochistan Waja Liberation Army
- Baloch Republican Party Azad
- Balochistan United Army
- Islam Mujahideen
- Jaish-ul-Islam
- Balochistan National Liberation Army
- Khana-e-Hikmat Gilgit Baltistan
- Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat
- Tehreek-e-Taliban Mohmand
- Tariq Gidar Group
- Abdallah Azzam Brigades
- East Turkmenistan Islamic Movement
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
- Islamic Jihad Union
- 313 Brigade
- Tehreek-e-Taliban Bajaur
- Amar bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munkir (Haji Namdaar Group)
- Baloch Student Organisation Azad
- United Baloch Army
- Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz
- Da’esh (ISIL, IS, ISIS)
- Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
- Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Alami
- Ansar-ul-Hussain
- Tehreek-e-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir
- Jundullah
- Al Rahmah Welfare Trust Organization
- Balawaristan National Front (Abdul Hameed Khan Group)
- Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its subsidiaries, including Al-Anfal Trust Lahore, Idara Khidmat Khalq Lahore, Al-Dawat ul-Irshad Lahore, Al-Hamd Trust Lahore/Faisalabad, Mosques and Welfare Trust Lahore, Al-Medina Foundation Lahore, and Muaz-bin-Jabal Education Trust.
- Falah Insaniat Foundation (including Al-Fazl Foundation/Trust Lahore and Al-Ithar Foundation Lahore)
- Hizb-ul-Ahrar
- Pak-Turk International CAG Education Foundation
- Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar
- Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz
- Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army
- Sindhudesh Liberation Army
- Khatamul Anbiya
- Ghazi Force
- Ghulaman-i-Sahaba
- Maymar Trust
- Sachal Sarmast Welfare Trust Karachi
- Al Jaza Patient Welfare Society Karachi
- Al Akhtar Trust
- Al Rashid Trust
The department reminded citizens that aiding or supporting these banned organizations is a criminal offense under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, and strict legal action will be taken against violators.
Furthermore, the Home Department emphasized that all charitable organizations must be registered with the Punjab Charity Commission to ensure transparency and accountability.
