Jaish-e-Mohammed forms first-ever women’s wing, led by Masood Azhar’s sister

Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has launched its first-ever women’s wing, Jamaat-ul-Mominaat.

The move was announced in a letter issued under the name of JeM chief Masood Azhar, who is a UN-designated terrorist.

The wing will be led by Azhar’s sister, Sadiya Azhar, whose husband was killed in the Operation Sindoor attack on May 7 when Indian forces targeted Markaz Subhanallah base of the organisation, WION news reported.

According to the letter circulated by JeM’s propaganda outlet Al-Qalam Media, Jamaat-ul-Mominaat will operate as the outfit’s women’s brigade.

The recruitment for the new group reportedly began on Wednesday, October 8, at Markaz Usman-o-Ali in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur.

The recruitment campaigns are allegedly focused on the outfit commanders