US: Lawmaker introduces resolution seeking probe into NGO’s links with Lashkar-e-Taiba

Introduced by Republican Congressman Jim banks from Indiana, the resolution expresses concern over the threat posed to democracy and human rights by theocratic groups operating in South Asia, particularly in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Pakistan terror safe haven, Pakistan terrorism, Pakistan sponsored terrorism, Donald Trump, India, US-Pakistan, US says pakistan terror haven, lashkar-e-tayyiba, jaish-e-mohammad, indian express — Some 166 people, including Americans, were killed in the Mumbai terror attack in November 2008 carried out by 10 LeT terrorists. (Representational Image)

A US lawmaker has introduced a legislation in the Congress seeking a probe into an American non-profit body’s activities in Pakistan and Kashmir, including its reported collaboration with components of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the outlawed outfit which carried out the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

Introduced by Republican Congressman Jim banks from Indiana, the House Resolution (No 160) expresses concern over the threat posed to democracy and human rights by theocratic groups operating in South Asia, particularly in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The resolution has been moved to House Foreign Relations Committee for necessary action. Introduced on Thursday, it does not have any other co-sponsors so far.

Among other calls on “law enforcement to investigate the activities of Helping Hand for Relief and Development in Pakistan and Kashmir, including reported collaboration with components of the Pakistani terrorist network Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)”.

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Some 166 people, including Americans, were killed in the Mumbai terror attack in November 2008 carried out by 10 LeT terrorists. Nine of the attackers were killed by police while the lone survivor Ajmal Kasab was captured and hanged after handed down death sentence by an Indian court.

Helping Hand for Relief and Development, a registered charitable organisation in the US, openly partnered in 2017 with Pakistan’s Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, which the US government designated as a terrorist organisation in 2016, it alleged.