Jamaat-ud Dawa, the front group for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed 150 members have been detained, and 46 offices in the Northwest Frontier Province have been shut down. Many members of the Lashkar have gone in hiding. Pakistan’s defense minister said the nation took action against Jamaat-ud Dawa to prevent the country from being declared a terrorist state and, thus, suffer from UN sanctions.
