• Home dept issues updated list of proscribed, charity groups, with a warning to donors
• People advised to report if any of these organisations found collecting charity

LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department on Friday issued a list of 89 proscribed organisations and unregistered charitable institutions, warning citizens that giving charity to these entities would be treated as a crime under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.

Anyone assisting these banned groups involved in terrorism or anti-state activities “will face legal action”, a statement issued by the home department said.

The department said charitable organisations in the province must be registered with the Punjab Charity Commission, and citizens should donate their zakat, charity and contributions only to registered entities.

It asked people to inform authorities about proscribed outfits collecting donations by calling the toll-free number 080011111 or 042-99213871.

It added that information about registered organisations could be obtained from the Punjab Charity Commission’s WhatsApp number 03134995564.

The home department updated the list of groups proscribed by the Centre and displayed it on its website. The list is also available on the National Counter-Terrorism Authority’s (Nacta) website.

According to the list, the following organisations are banned: Lashkar-i-Jhangvi; Sipah-i-Muhammad Pakistan; Jaish-i-Muhammad and its affiliates — Al-Rehmat Trust in Bahawalpur and Al-Furqan Trust in Karachi; Lashkar-i-Tayyiba; Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan; Tehreek-i-Jaffria Pakistan; Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammad; Tehreek-i-Islami; Al-Qaeda; Millat-i-Islamia Pakistan; and Khuddam-ul-Islam.

Jamaatud Dawa and its subsidiaries — Al-Anfaal Trust, Lahore; Idara Khidmat-i-Khalq; Al-Dawat-ul-Irshad; Al-Hamad Trust, Lahore/Faisalabad; Mosques and Welfare Trust, Lahore; Al-Madinah Foundation, Lahore; and Maaz Bin Jabal Educational Trust, Lahore — are also included.

Also on the list are Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation and its affiliated organisations — Al-Fazal Foundation/Trust, Lahore, and Al-Esaar Foundation, Lahore; Pak-Turk International CAG Education Foundation; Hizbul Ahrar; Balochistan Raaji Aajoi Sangar; Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz; Sindhu Desh Revolu­tionary Army; Sindhu Desh Liberation Army; Khatam-ul-Anbiya; Ghazi Force; Zainbiyoun Brigade; Majeed Brigade; Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group; Pashtun Tahafuz Movement; and Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan.

Also banned are Islami Tehreek Pakistan; Jameet-ul-Ansar; Jamat-ul-Furqan; Hizb-ul-Tahreer; Khair-un-Naas International Trust (a splinter group of Jamat-ul-Da’awa); Balochistan Liberation Army; Islamic Students Movement of Pakistan; Lashkar-i-Islami; Ansarul Islam; Haji Namdar Group; Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan; Balochistan Republican Army; Balochistan Liberation Front; Lashkar-i-Balochistan; Balochistan Liberation United Front; Balochistan Musalla Defah Tanzeem; Shia Tulaba Action Committee, Gilgit; Markaz Sabeel Organisation, GB; Tanzeem Naujawana-e-Ahle Sunnat, Gilgit; and the Peoples Aman Committee.

The list also includes Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat; Al Harmain Foundation; Rabita Trust; Anjuman-i-Imamia, GB; Muslim Students Organisation, GB; Tanzeem Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat, GB; Balochistan Bunyad Parast Army; Tehreek Nafaz-i-Aman; Tahafuz Hadudullah; Balochistan Waja Liberation Army; Baloch Republican Party Azad; Balochistan United Army; Islam Mujahidin; Jaish-i-Islam; Balochistan National Liberation Army; Khana-i-Hikmat GB; Tehreek-i-Taliban Swat; Tehreek-i-Taliban Mohmand; Tariq Geedar Group; Abdullah Azam Brigade; East Turkemenistan Islamic Movement; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Islamic Jihad Union; 313 Brigade; Tehreek-i-Taliban Bajaur; Amar bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munkil (Haji Namdar Group); Baloch Student Organisation-Azad; United Baloch Army; Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz; Daesh; Jamaatul Ahrar; Lashkar-i-Jhangvi Al-Almi; Ansarul Hussain; Tehreek-i-Azadi-Jammu & Kashmir; Jundullah; Al Rahman Welfare Trust Organisation; and Balawaristan National Front (Abdul Hameed Khan Group).

The list also noted four organisations under watch by the interior ministry: Ghulaman-i-Sahaba; Maymar Trust; Sachal Sarmast Welfare Trust, Karachi; and Al-Jaza Patient Welfare Society, Karachi.

It added Al Akhtar Trust and Al Rashid Trust are enlisted under UNSC Resolution-1267.

Published in Dawn, February 21st, 2026