Poll | Is media ban on JuD, LeT Pakistan’s change of stand?

In an unprecedented gesture, the Pakistani authorities have openly acknowledged 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud_Dawah (JuD) as an “alias” of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba.

In an unprecedented gesture, the Pakistani authorities have openly acknowledged 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud_Dawah (JuD) as an “alias” of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba.

A file photo of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed.

A directive issued by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority seems to denote a significant departure from Islamabad’s earlier stand.

The move also strengthens India’s claims that the seemingly different organisations are actually two sides of the same coin.

But can this step guarantee our neighbour’s resolution to tackle the home-grown terror outfits with an iron fist or it is just an eyewash.