Scepticism in India over Pak's announcement to ban JuD

NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s announcement on Thursday to proscribe Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Haqqani network along with 10 other terror groups is being taken with a pinch of salt in India.
Jamaat-ud-Dawa was banned in 2008 after the Mumbai attacks. The UN Security Council listed Jamaat-ud Dawa as an alias of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group. Hafiz Saeed was listed as leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Haji Mohammad Ashraf, and Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq as senior LeT members.In 2002, its previous incarnation, Markaz dawa wal Irshad was banned after the US launched its war on terror. On both occasions, the group, said officials here, re-emerged with a new name and new bank accounts. After the 2008 ban, Jamaat emerged as Tehreek-e-Tahafuz Qibla Awal with its leadership, connections and funds intact.
In the past week, Pakistan’s finance minister jumped the gun to say that the US state department would certify Islamabad’s compliance on terrorism to release $532 million in aid. The state department rushed to deny the reports. Banning terror organizations could be a good box to check.
The ban on the Haqqani network will be a first. However, in the past few months, Pakistani army has launched military operations in North Waziristan, the declared home of the Haqqanis.