US Treasu­ry impose­d sancti­ons on Al-Rehman Welfar­e Trust Organi­sation in 2016ISLAMABAD: The government approved the banning of a Yemen-based charity organisation believed to be financially supporting militant group al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch. The banning of Al-Rehman Welfare Trust Organisation (RWO) was one of the 13-points in the agenda placed before the federal cabinet in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Prime Minister Office (PMO) on Thursday. In December 2016 the United States Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the charity – Al-Rehman Welfare Organisation (RWO) – and it was listed under Specially Designated Nationals and Entities by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. AE will support UN proposals for new talks on Yemen: Emirati officialUS Treasury said the move was to disrupt finance and support networks of al Qaeda. “The facilitators and front company designated is responsible for supporting AQAP’s violent terrorist activities,” the Treasury Department announced while imposing sanctions in December 2016.

Source: The Express Tribune September 28, 2018 09:45 UTC