Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) was a

charity organization A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definitio ...

established by Jamat-ud-Dawa and was based in

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. In 2019, the

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan () (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, con ...

banned the organization. It was founded in 1990 by

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (born 5 June 1950) is a Pakistani militant and religious preacher convicted of terrorism. He co-founded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organization that is List of designated terrorist groups, de ...

and was based in

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

. It belongs to

Ahl-i Hadith Ahl-i-Hadith or Ahl-e-Hadith (, ''people of hadith'') is a Salafi reform movement that emerged in North India in the mid-nineteenth century from the teachings of Syed Ahmad Barelvi, Sayyid Ahmad Shahid, Syed Nazeer Husain and Nawab Siddiq Has ...

school of thought of

Sunni Islam Sunni Islam is the largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any Succession to Muhammad, successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr ...

. On 21 February 2019, the National Security Committee (NSC) of Pakistan decided to

proscribe Proscription () is, in current usage, a 'decree of condemnation to death or banishment' (''Oxford English Dictionary'') and can be used in a political context to refer to state-approved murder or banishment. The term originated in Ancient Rome ...

Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) under Schedule I of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. A formal proscription order was issued by the

Ministry of Interior An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, th ...

on 6 June 2019. The NCS also decided to expedite implementation of the National Action Plan against terrorism throughout the country against all proscribed and UN designated organizations. As part of these efforts, the Federal Government issued the United Nations Security Council (Freeze & Seizure) Order 2019. The objective of the order was to streamline the procedure for implementation of Security Council Sanctions against designated individuals and entities in Pakistan. The introduction of this new law helped to ensure strict compliance with UNSC Sanctions, especially the implementation of targeted financial sanctions against FiF and JuD. Accordingly, in March 2019, on the directives of the Federal Government, all provincial governments in Pakistan seized or took over administrative control of hundreds of establishments run by Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF). Most of these facilities were related to wide humanitarian network of JuD and FiF, including schools, hospitals, madaris, colleges,

dispensaries A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization that dispenses medications, medical supplies, and in some cases even medical and dental treatment. In a traditional dispensary set-up, a pharmacist dispense ...

ambulances, and others.

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