Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat banned in Pakistan: Report

Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ)has been banned. 
The Government of Pakistan has discreetly banned the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), BBC Urdu reported early Saturday morning.
In what the BBC describes as a notification issued by the Interior Ministry two weeks ago, the ASWJ was suspected to have been involved in terrorism related activities of the Sipah-e-Sahaba, the defunct terror group.
The new notification, unannounced publicly, has been issued based on schedule-one of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
According to the copies of the notification available with the BBC, authorities in all four provinces have been alerted to the change in status.
The BBC claims it repeatedly tried to get a version from Interior Minister Rehman Malik, but to no avail.
It is relevant to add here that Sipah-e-Sahaba has renamed itself and has been functional for a long time by the name of Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamaat.