LONDON, July 26: The United Kingdom on Wednesday evening banned the Tehrik Nefaz-i Shariat Mohammadi for being involved in terrorism both in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

It also banned the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh for being involved in terrorist activities.

An announcement that these two organisations would be banned was made on July 3 by Home Office Minister Tony McNulty.

The minister of state for security, counter-terrorism and police published a draft Order in Parliament proposing the proscription of two groups who are allegedly involved in terrorism overseas.

The government had claimed that this proscription order has been planned for some time and its timing was unconnected in any way with the recent events in London and Glasgow.

This is a routine part of the government’s wider efforts to tackle terrorism, it further claimed.

Proscription means that an organisation is outlawed in the UK as soon as the order comes into force. It is a criminal offence for a person to belong to or encourage support for a proscribed organisation.