Pakistani authorities have formed special task forces to crack down on 17 radical groups, including the Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, in the wake of the suicide attack on the Data Darbar shrine.
The Home Department of Punjab has set up the task forces comprising officials of the Crime Investigation Department, Special Branch and Anti-Terrorism Squad in several districts of the province.
The groups include the JuD, LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e- Sahaba, and Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah Muhammadi, among others.
However, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan is not among the groups to be targeted by the task forces.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the Taliban and Al Qaeda are working with the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba in parts of the country, especially Punjab.