Pakistanis protest JuD ban

The UN decision to brand the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) as a terrorist organization and the Pakistan government’s ban on it has triggered widespread protests in Pakistan.
Hundreds marched to an UN office in Muzaffarbad, the capital of PoK, protesting against the decision. The marchers shouted slogans against the UN, the US and India.
In Karachi many people including students studying in JuD institutions held demonstrations protesting the UN move. Some poor Pakistani Hindus who receive help from JuD also joined the protests.
Pakistani authorities arrested JuD chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and sealed its offices and institutions throughout the country including seminaries, educational institutions and hospitals.
Saeed's son, Mohammad Talha Saeed, said the JuD will challenge the ban in Pakistan's courts and the International Court of Justice.
Students of banned charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa run schools protest in Karachi on December 17, 2008 against the UN Security Council's declaration that the charity a terrorist group.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who is also chairman of Pakistan parliament's Special Committee on Kashmir, demanded that Pakistan should approach the UN and seek a review on its decision to declare the JuD as a terrorist group.
Rehman said the Jamaat and the Al Rashid Trust were welfare organizations. He said that no action had been taken against terrorist groups in India, though Muslim charities were being targeted because of a bias against Islam.
Students of Pakistani banned charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa run schools protest in Karachi on December 17, 2008 against the UN declaration that the charity is a terrorist group.

The leaders of Islamic parties held meetings in all provincial capitals to protest the banning of the Jamaat and the closure of its offices. They demanded the immediate release of JuD leaders and the lifting of the ban on it.
Students of JuD schools protest in Karachi on December 17, 2008 against the Security Council's declaration that the charity is a terrorist group.
Clerics asked Pakistan's rulers not to accept India’s "dictates.” They condemned the government's sealing of JuD mosques and said the entire nation was with the group in "this critical hour."
Teachers of JuD's schools march during a protest in Karachi on December 17, 2008 against the UN declaration that the charity is a terrorist group.
Pakistani clerics said that India should behave responsibly and not use any incident to "mar the normalization of relations" with Pakistan.