Pakistan Government on August 19, proscribed a group identified as Khatam-ul-Ambia for being an offshoot of a banned organisation Ansar-ul-Hussain involved in terrorism under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, reports Samaa TV. The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) added Khatam-ul-Ambia’s name to its list of proscribed organisations after the Federal Ministry of Interior issued the notification. The notification, however, didn’t reveal the name of the banned group that Khatam-ul-Ambia is an offshoot of. An official of the Federal Ministry of Interior, requesting anonymity, told Samaa TV that Khatam-ul-Ambia is an offshoot of banned Ansar-ul-Hussain. The organisation is based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), added the official. Banned in December 2016, Ansar-ul-Hussain is a sectarian group believed to be recruiting Shia men in Kurram District and other areas in KP for fighting against IS (Islamic State) in Syria.