[Dawn] US officials on Wednesday imposed financial sanctions on two leaders of a Pakistain-based beturbanned goon group with links to the Al-Qaeda network.The US Treasury Department named Zafar Iqbal and Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi, leaders and founding members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a group on the US terrorist list since 2001.
"Zafar Iqbal and Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi are two of LeT's most significant leaders," David Cohen, Treasury's under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.
"Over the past 20 years, Iqbal and Bhuttavi have been responsible for fundraising, recruitment, and indoctrination of operatives," he said. "By targeting the core of LeT's leadership, today's action aims to degrade its ability to facilitate its terrorist activities."