Pak freezes JeM chief’s account

Islamabad: The authorities in Pakistan have frozen bank accounts with more than Rs 400 million of over 5,100 terror suspects, including JeM chief Masood Azhar, who is under “protective custody” after the terror attack on the Pathankot Airbase, officials said. “Following a request of the Ministry of Interior, we have frozen accounts of all top suspected terrorists,” said a senior official of the State Bank of Pakistan, who is part of a team monitoring the progress pertaining to this matter. The interior ministry sent three different lists of thousands of suspects, including kingpins of some proscribed organisations, The News quoted the official as saying. PTI