Masood Azhar-led Pakistan-based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) has launched a large-scale online money of the 3.91 billion Pakistani rupee using the Pakistani digital wallet, ignoring international monitoring systems and using Pakistani Digital Wallet, opening the claims of FATF (Financial Action Force) compliance claims of Islamabad. JEM is openly demanding donations through digital banking transactions platforms to rebuild its terrorist structure, which was destroyed by Operation Sindoor in India on 7 May. On 7 May, the Indian Air Force (IAF) destroyed four other training camps, Markaz Bilal, Markaz Abbas, Mahamona Zoya and Sargal, along with JEM headquarters Markaz SubhanAllah in Bahawalpur. At least 14 terrorists were killed in these attacks, including Azhar’s close relatives and senior JEM commander. It is now believed that the Pakistani government has announced funds for reconstruction of these destroyed bases.
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Many digital wallets in Pakistan act as a parallel banking system, allowing wallet-to-wallet and wallet-to-cash transactions beyond FATF’s Swift-Track Network. Investigators have found that many donations of Jaish-e-Mohammed come from the Gulf countries. Intelligence sources claim that this change towards digital wealth came out when Pakistan in 2019 announced that it has seized Jaish-e-Mohammed’s assets, banning the donation of cash and animal skins, and monitored Azhar’s family accounts. With this, the country was removed from the gray list of FATF in 2022.
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But now evidence suggests that with the support of ISI, Jaish-e-Mohammed has transferred his operation to the digital field. Instead of bank accounts, now Dan goes to Azhar’s family members and mobile wallets run by senior commanders. Posters, Facebook pages and WhatsApp messages 313 are openly campaigning to create new Markz, each of which is an estimated cost of 1.25 crore Pakistani rupees. The appeal has been confirmed through Azhar’s own letter and an audio message by his brother Talha Al Saif, urging each supporter to donate 21,000 Pakistani rupees.