Terrorist opens journalism school: In Imran Khan's Naya Pakistan, terrorist Hafiz Saeed opens journalism school

Saifullah Khalid, who is the president of Hafiz Saeed’s political party Milli Muslim League (MIM) and Hafiz Abdul Rauf, who heads Hafiz Saeed-run Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) arm Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) visit the institute regularly.

The promotional video released by the journalism institute features at least two close associates of UN-designated global terrorist Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.

The United Nations (UN) designated terrorist group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) under the leadership of Hafiz Saeed has started a journalism school right in the heart of Pakistan’s Lahore city.

The Institute of Strategy and Communication (ISAC), a journalism school in Lahore is now offering short term and long term courses in reporting, photography, videography, Vlogging, social media influence, short film and documentary production.

According to the brochures released by the institute, a weeklong short term certificate course costs Rs 3000. The promotional video features at least two close associates of UN-designated global terrorist Hafiz Saeed.

Saifullah Khalid, who is the president of Hafiz Saeed’s political party Milli Muslim League (MIM) and designated terrorist Hafiz Abdul Rauf, who heads Hafiz Saeed-run Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) arm Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) visit the institute regularly.

While JuD and FIF are globally designated terrorist organisations, they were officially put on a watch list by the Pakistan government last year, days before the international watchdog against money laundering and financing of terrorism Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had put Pakistan on a greylist.

In the video released by ISAC, MIM president Saifullah Khalid could be heard saying, “media is a new war weapon, our enemies are using the media to their advantage, the new age four frontal wars could only be won using media”.

Meanwhile, Chief of FIF, Hafiz Abdul Rauf says, “Camera and pen are the strongest tools in fifth generation warfare which are being taught here”.

According to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), FIF has been used to launder money to support terrorist activities of Lashkar-e-Taiyaba (LeT).

Earlier on Thursday (February 14) after the car bomb attack on a security convoy in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 40 personnel, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a three-line statement stressed that it “strongly rejected any insinuation that sought to link the attack to the state of Pakistan without investigations.”

While the global community has come together to express solidarity with India in wake of the Pulwama terror attack, the US has called out nations “not to provide safe havens to terrorists”.

Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s car bomb attack, the worst in decades of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. Condemning the incident several central ministers vowed a befitting reply.

Jaish identified the suicide bomber as Adil Ahmad Dar and even released a video of him brandishing rifles.