- Founded in 1990, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan
- As the terrorist wing of Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad, a Pakistan-based Islamic missionary organisation
- Headquarters:
- Based in Muridke, near Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Sprawls across 200 acres, built using public donations (charity funding misused)
- Located approximately 30 km from Lahore
- Global Terror Designations & Bans:
- Banned by the UK: 30 March 2001
- Listed in US Terror Exclusion List: 20 December 2001
- Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO): 26 December 2001 (US Government)
- Banned by Pakistan: 12 January 2002
- Listed by Canada as a terrorist entity: 18 June 2003
- Listed by United Nations Security Council (UNSC): 2 May 2005 under ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee
- UNSC listed Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) as LeT’s front organisation: 10 December 2008
- Subject to multiple US Treasury Department designations: Including Executive Order 13224, with amendments in 2014, 2016 and 2018
- Leadership:
- Chief: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (also Amir of Jamaat-ud-Dawa)
- Commander of External Operations: Sajid Mir
- Supreme Commander (Kashmir): Zaki-Ur-Rehman Lakhvi
- Others: Arif Qasmani, Haji Muhammad Ashraf, Mohammed Yahya Mujahid
- Major Terror Attacks:
- 1993: First known terror incident
- 13 December 2001: Attack on Indian Parliament (jointly with JeM)
- October 2005: Delhi bombings
- December 2005: Bengaluru attack
- 11 July 2006: Mumbai train bombings – killed over 180
- 26/11 Mumbai attacks (2008): 166 killed, hundreds injured – key role in planning and execution
- Terror Financing & Support:
- Money laundering + terror financing + state support + charity funding misuse
- Financially supported by Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar
- Uses Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) as key fundraising front
- Engages in charitable activities to mask terror funding operations
- US Bounty & Designations:
- USD 10 million bounty on Hafiz Saeed by the US State Department (April 2012)
- Designated aliases and fronts include:
- Tehrik-e-Tahafuz Qibla Awwal
- Tehrik-e-Hurmat-e-Rasool
- Al-Anfal Trust
- Al Muhammadia Students
- Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir
- Milli Muslim League
- Operational Strategy:
- Targets both military and civilian installations
- Conducts large-scale urban terror operations
- Focuses on India, especially Kashmir and metros
(Source: UNSC, US State Department, US-DNI, SATP, official reports from Canada and Australia)