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| Government issues order to seize assets of all banned outfits under UN sanctions regime |
| 2019-03-05 |
| [DAWN] The federal government on Monday issued an order to streamline the process for implementation of sanctions against individuals and entities designated by the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Security Council, the Foreign Office announced. The United Nations Security Council (Freezing and Seizure) Order, 2019, has been issued in accordance with the provisions of Pakistain’s United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Act, 1948. Interpreting the order, FO Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said it means that the government has taken over the control of all proscribed outfits operating in the country. "[From now onwards], all kinds of assets and properties of all [banned] organizations will be in the government's control," the spokesperson told DawnNewsTV. He added that the government will now also seize the charity wings and ambulances of such banned outfits. "The objective of the [order] is to streamline the procedure for implementation of Security Council Sanctions against designated individuals and entities," the FO spokesperson said in a statement. The handout explained that the UN Charter authorises the UNSC to decide measures, "not involving the use of armed force", that governments should implement to give effect to the council's decisions for the maintenance of international peace and security. |
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