Ansar-ul-Hussain banned for defending holy shrine of Syedda Zainab (AS)

On the one hand, Shia Muslims of Parachinar have come under attack by Deobandi/Wahhabi takfiri terrorist outfits and on the other interior ministry of Pakistan has banned Shia Muslims organisation Ansar ul Hussain of Parachinar that is being considered a green signal to the takfiris in Pakistan to continue to perpetrate genocide against Shia Muslims.

The charge against Ansar ul Hussain is recruitment for Syria where they go to defend the holy shrine of Syedda Zainab (AS), granddaughter of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH). The interior ministry says Ansar ul Hussain is involved in hiring recruits from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) for fighting in Syria.
Outlawed on December 30, 2016, the outfit’s name has been published on the website of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta). However, despite contacting Nacta’s national coordinator, the official version on the development could not be taken.
The director of the Pakistan Institute of Peace Studies’ (PIPS), Muhammad Amir Rana, told The Express Tribune that it seemed that the outfit was an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Mehdi which was active against local Taliban in the area of Orakzai.
If it is true, then, it means that group is against the banned Taliban terrorists because Taliban massacre innocent Shia Muslims due to lack of security by the state of Pakistan hence that organization, it can be said, was formed for self-defence against the ferocious terrorists. Hence, banning it is aimed at equating the victims of terrorism with the perpetrators of terrorism.
Ansar-ul-Hussain is the third organisation to be proscribed in a span of a few months. Previously Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al Alimi (LeJA) were also banned in Pakistan on November 11, 2016 on account of holding terrorist activities in the country. However, the case of Ansar-ul-Hussain is different as apparently it was not involved in militancy in Pakistan.