<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan government has banned 11 Lahore-based organisations for having links with proscribed outifts Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) led by global terrorist Masood Azhar, Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) of 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF). </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Azhar was designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations on May 1.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan in February banned Saeed-led Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) amidst intense global pressure to rein in the militant groups. The decision to ban the 11 organisations was taken during a meeting between Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and Interior Minister Ijaz Shah. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan's National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), announced on its website that seven groups have been banned for their affiliation with the JuD, which was proscribed in March by the Pakistan government. The NACTA said apart from the seven, Lahore-based Al-Fazal Foundation/Trust and Al-Easar Foundation were also banned for having links with the FIF. </span><br />''  <br />