Pakistan Islamic charity wins case against closure

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Source: Reuters

Pakistan Islamic charity wins case against closure
26 Apr 2007 11:07:00 GMT
Source: Reuters

KARACHI, April 26 (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on
Thursday ordered authorities to re-open offices of an
Islamic charity they had sealed after it appeared on a
U.N. list of organisations linked to terrorism, a lawyer
said.

The government shut down offices of Al-Rasheed Trust
in several cities, including over a dozen in the southern
province of Sindh, in February.

A two-member bench of the Sindh High Court ruled there
was no justification for closing the offices of the trust
which operated several relief centres in Afghanistan
under the Taliban rule.

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"The court has instructed the government that such
action cannot be taken under the rules of the U.N., and
that the government needs to frame its own rules and
regulations for such steps," he added.

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