Pakistan has played a dirty trick to push itself out of the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). In 2019, the Pakistani government implemented a National Action Plan to remove itself from the FATF list. Under this, Pakistan presented a complete plan to the FATF. As part of this, Pakistan claimed it had curbed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) by taking control of its Markaz, monitoring the bank accounts of JeM chief Masood Azhar, his brothers Rauf Asghar and Talha al-Saif, and banning cash transactions. By 2022, FATF removed Pakistan from the grey list.<\/p>\n
But according to intelligence reports, Pakistan\u2019s spy agency ISI and JeM have now found a new way to raise money \u2014 through Pakistani digital wallets like EasyPaisa and SadaPay.<\/p>\n
MOBILISING MONEY FOR 313 MARKAZ<\/p>\n
Following the Pahalgam attack, the Indian Army launched \u201cOperation Sindoor\u201d on 7 May. JeM\u2019s headquarters Markaz Subhanallah and four other training camps — Markaz Bilal, Markaz Abbas, Mahmona Zoya and Sargal — were destroyed. After the strike, the Pakistan government announced funds to rebuild these centres.<\/p>\n
Now, intelligence inputs suggest JeM has launched an online fundraising campaign via EasyPaisa to raise 3.91 billion Pakistani rupees to establish 313 new training centres across Pakistan. Instead of bank accounts, donations are now being directed to the digital wallets controlled by Masood Azhar\u2019s family members, allowing Pakistan to maintain the claim that JeM\u2019s funding has been stopped.<\/p>\n
COMMUNICATION IS BEING SENT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA<\/p>\n
Jaish-e-Mohammed has activated its cadres to raise funds. According to intelligence reports, posters, videos and even a letter from Masood Azhar are being posted through proxy accounts linked to JeM and its commanders on platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp. These appeals state that JeM is building 313 markaz and requires 12.5 million Pakistani rupees (1.25 crore) for each centre. The fundraising drive is targeting not just people in Pakistan but also Pakistanis abroad and their sympathisers, urging them to contribute.<\/p>\n
MONEY IS GOING TO THE WALLET OF THE MASTERS OF JAISH<\/p>\n
According to intelligence reports, JeM\u2019s fundraising campaign is linked to several large digital wallets. These include:<\/p>\n
CRORES TRANSACTED ANNUALLY THROUGH DIGITAL WALLETS<\/p>\n
According to intelligence reports, Masood Azhar\u2019s family operates 7\u20138 digital wallets at a time, replacing them every 3\u20134 months and transferring lump sums into new accounts. Large amounts are first deposited in a main wallet and then distributed in smaller sums to 10\u201315 other wallets for cash withdrawals or further transfers. Reports also indicate that Jaish-e-Mohammed activates at least 30 new wallets every month to make tracing the original funding source more difficult.<\/p>\n
Currently, around 80 per cent of JeM\u2019s funding flows through these digital wallets, with transactions amounting to 80\u201390 crore Pakistani rupees annually. The money is used to buy weapons, run training camps, maintain communications, purchase luxury cars and fund Masood Azhar\u2019s family. A large portion of these funds comes from Gulf countries.<\/p>\n
EasyPaisa has effectively become a \u201cdigital hawala\u201d for JeM. In addition to online donations, JeM commanders continue to collect funds in mosques every Friday despite the ban.<\/p>\n
While Pakistan boasts of FATF compliance, JeM thrives through digital platforms operating outside the banking system. EasyPaisa and SadaPay have become the nerve centres of Pakistan\u2019s terror financing.<\/p>\n
– Ends<\/p>\n
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Aashish Vashistha<\/p>\n
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