{"id":28040,"date":"2025-11-19T12:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28040"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:04:15","slug":"punjab-forms-12-jits-to-probe-key-tlp-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28040","title":{"rendered":"Punjab forms 12 JITs to probe key TLP cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Punjab Home Department has formed 12 Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) to probe key cases registered against elements of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).<\/p>\n<p>The JITs will investigate cases under terrorism and other serious provisions of the law. Each committee will include representatives from the police, Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), and intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>According to a government notification, seven JITs will handle cases in Lahore, while five will oversee investigations in Sheikhupura. The move finalises efforts to streamline investigations into 12 critical cases, following a request from the Punjab Police.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab Police have registered over 75 cases against the banned TLP and have arrested more than 2,000 named suspects across various investigations. To expedite the process, the services of a special prosecutor have also been secured, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0Police cases against 90 alleged TLP financiers raise legal questions<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a news conference on Tuesday, Information Minister Azma Bukhari disclosed that assets worth Rs23.40 billion had been frozen, along with 92 bank accounts.<\/p>\n<p>She said that 90 financiers involved in funding the banned group had been booked, while 31 additional FIRs were registered for spreading hate speech and incitement on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The TLP was declared a proscribed organisation in the last week of October. Registering FIRs against those who funded the organisation before this proscription raises serious questions regarding the legality of the move.<\/p>\n<p>Police and the information minister were asked by The Express Tribune to explain how individuals who funded a legally operating entity were charged, but no response was received until the filing of this report.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of people have been rounded up across the city on charges of having links with TLP to prevent any possible gathering on the party founder&#8217;s death anniversary. The sweeping arrests reportedly did not even spare those with no direct or indirect connection to the group.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punjab Home Department has formed 12 Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) to probe key cases registered against elements of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). The JITs will investigate cases under terrorism and other serious provisions of the law. Each committee will include representatives from the police, Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), and intelligence agencies. According to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}