Pakistan puts Jaish chief Masood Azhar's brother, son under 'preventive custody'
Islamabad, Mar 6 (IBNS):The Pakistani government has put brother and son of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar under "preventive detention", media reports said.
"In order to implement National Action Plan (NAP), a high-level meeting was held in the Ministry of Interior on March 4, attended by all representatives of all provincial governments," said a statement issued by the country's Ministry of Interior as reported by Dawn News.
"These actions will continue, as per the decisions taken in National Security Committee (NSC) while reviewing NAP," it said.
The two major persons put under 'preventive detention' are Masood Azhar's brother Mufti Abdul Rauf and son Hamaz Azhar.
They are among 44 people detained by officials so far.
Interior Minister @ShehryarAfridi1 announced that 44 members of banned outfits including Mufti Abdul Rauf (brother of Masood Azhar )arrested Pakistan taking this action not on foreign pressure but in our interest this action will continue for two weeks
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) March 5, 2019
Jaish-e-Mohammed has been in the news in recent times over the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama area which left 40 Indian CRPF personnel killed.
India has handed over to Pakistan a dossier with "specific details of the JeM complicity" in Pulwama attack.
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