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Jamaat-ud-Dawa has rebranded itself under the new name of 'Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir', just days after its chief Hafiz Saeed was put under house arrest and a crackdown launched on the organisation's activities.
The Mumbai attack mastermind had indicated about a week before his arrest that he might launch Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir (TAJK) to "expedite the freedom of Kashmir".
On Sunday, Tehrik-e-Azadi Jammu Kashmir plans to organise 'Kashmir Karavan', a series of pro-Kashmir freedom rallies across Pakistan.
It shows that Saeed had got a wind of the official plans and had already worked out on how to resurface and survive after the clampdown on his ostensible network of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF).
The group is also planning to hold a big Kashmir conference tomorrow in Lahore after evening prayers.
The TAJK has reactivated its donation centres and ambulance services in different districts of Punjab, including Lahore, which is the hub of its activities.
A police official said law enforcement agencies were keeping a close eye on the activities of Saeed's network and appropriate action would be taken.
Various offices of both JuD and FIF were closed on Monday following the house arrest of Saeed. Both organisations were also put on observation under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
The government on Monday had placed Saeed and his four accomplices – Abdullah Ubaid, Zafar Iqbal, Abdur Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Niaz – under house arrest in Lahore.
The Interior Ministry had also placed Saeed and 37 other JuD and FIF members on the Exit Control List (ECL), barring them from leaving the country.
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