MUZAFFARABAD: The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has imposed a ban on the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee under the Anti-Terrorism Act 2014.
According to an official notification issued by the Home Department on June 5, the organisation also known as Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and Awami Action Committee (AAC) has been declared a proscribed organisation and added to the First Schedule of the ATA 2014.
The notification stated that the government had reasonable grounds to believe the organisation was involved in terrorism, creating anarchy, intimidating the public, promoting hatred and spreading insecurity in society.
The order was issued with the approval of the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir under Section 12 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2014.
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