Overview
- Daily 40-minute online sessions begin November 8, with each enrollee required to pay a PKR 500 donation and submit an information form.
- The instruction is tied to Jamat ul-Muminat and will be delivered by Masood Azhar’s sisters, Sadiya and Samaira, according to documents and security officials.
- Intelligence assessments say JeM leaders have approved female participation in operational roles, reversing the group’s longstanding prohibition.
- Early recruitment reportedly focuses on wives of commanders and economically vulnerable women at JeM centres in Bahawalpur, Karachi, Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Haripur, and Mansehra.
- Officials warn the approach echoes female cadres used by ISIS, Hamas and LTTE and raises concerns about Pakistan’s enforcement of FATF-related safeguards.