Pakistan's government has taken a decision to act against all militant groups in the country, said information minister Fawad Chaudhry to DawnNewsTV. However, Chaudhry declined to talk about Jaish-e-Mohammad, the group that claimed responsibility for the Pulwama attack. The action was part of the National Action Plan (NAP), Chaudhry added while talking in DawnNews programme 'Do Raaye'.

The decision will soon be visible as more progress is made, sources told newspaper Dawn. The action was not in response to the pressure by India, but it had already been taken much before the Pulwama attack, the sources added.

The sources asserted that the action was being taken in Pakistan's 'interest' and it was required to correct the course and added that there could be law enforcement actions against JeM, among others.

Pakistan had on February 21 banned the Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud-Dawa and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation. A spokesman of the Interior Ministry said that the decision to ban these groups was taken during a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) held at the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday.

"It was decided during the meeting to accelerate action against proscribed organisations," the spokesperson said in a statement. "It was further decided that Jamat-ud-Dawa and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation be notified as proscribed organizations by the Ministry of Interior," he added.

Earlier, the two outfits were kept on the watchlist of the interior ministry. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, reviewed the National Action Plan against terrorism in detail. Services chiefs and key ministers were in attendance