Islamabad: Pakistan has frozen the bank accounts of three renamed militant outfits, including that of Khuddam-ul-Islam, formerly known as Jaish-e-Mohammad.

The Pakistani Finance Ministry had been informed about the decision to freeze the bank accounts of the terror groups under provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act, said Brigadier Javed Cheema, chairman of the Interior Ministry's National Crisis Management Cell.

These outfits include Islami Tehrik-i-Pakistan (formerly Tehrik-i-Jafaria Pakistan), Millat-i-Islamia Pakistan (formerly Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan), Khuddam-ul-Islam (formerly Jaish-i-Mohammad), Jamiat-ul- Ansar, Hizb-ul-Tehrir and Jamaat-ul-Furqan.

Brigadier Cheema said the Provincial Governments too had been directed to check the printing of any publication of the banned terror groups.

Pakistan on Tuesday (Nov 18) banned six terror groups which were renamed versions of the militant outfits which were already banned last year.

Earlier reports said that most of the organisations have withdrawn the money from their accounts well before the Government decision to freeze them.

"It is obvious that when all activities of these organisations have been banned, printing of their publications has also been prohibited," Cheema was quoted as saying by the local daily, 'The Dawn' today (Nov 24).

PTI