New Delhi: Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA), who are
active militant organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, have renamed themselves as
Khaddam-ul-Islam and Jamiat-ul-Ansar respectively.
According to reports in the Pakistani Urdu daily "Khaberen", both the organisations
have presumed preaching and organisational work for restoring all the former
provincial and district units.
The report said that at the Central level, Maulana Farooq Kashmiri and Fazlur Rehman
Khalil would continue to remain as chief and secretary general of
Jamiat-ul-Ansar.
However, it reported that Maulana Masood Azhar has been kept away from
Khaddam-ul-Islam and his role would be confined only to consultations.
Maulana Abdullah Shah Mazhar, a Karachi-based cleric, will be the chief of new JeM
outfit while Maulana Abdul Raof, younger brother of Maulana Masood Azhar, would be
assisting him, the newspaper reported.
PTI
