Fourth Schedule | Pakistan

MIRPUR: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has placed 10 more residents of the region on the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2014, over their alleged affiliation with the proscribed Jammu and Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JK-JAAC), according to an official notification. Placement on the Fourth Schedule subjects individuals to monitoring by law-enforcement agencies and may involve legal restrictions relating to movement, political and organisational activities, foreign travel and financial transactions. According to the AJK Home Department notification, the decision was taken in light of a resolution adopted at the AJK cabinet meeting held on June 5. The AJK President, exercising powers under Section 16(1) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2014, approved the inclusion of the 10 individuals on the Fourth Schedule. Those placed on the list are Ijaz Ahmed Khan, Azra Alam, Muhammad Zohaib Khan, Muhammad Nabeel Tabassum, Zeeshan Ahmed, Raja Waseem Sabir, Raja Muhammad Mansoor Khan, Qaiser Kalee...

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has placed 147 activists and supporters of the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) on the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act, even as a standoff between the group’s protesters and law enforcement personnel in Rawalakot continued on Friday and a region-wide strike entered its 11th day. According to official notifications issued by the AJK Home Department, those placed on the Fourth Schedule included 33 activists from Poonch, 31 from Sudhnoti, 15 each from Kotli and Bagh, 14 from Mirpur, 10 from Bhimber, eight each from Neelum and Haveli, and four from Muzaffarabad. The notifications said the decision had been taken at the 41st meeting of the AJK cabinet on June 5. Strike enters its 11th day; life remains disrupted across much of Poonch, Muzaffarabad divisions Official sources said more names could be added to the Fourth Schedule on the basis of intelligence reports and ongoing investigations. One official claimed that the properties of those placed o...