{{Short description|Pakistani terrorist organisation}} '''Rabita Trust''' is a designated terrorist organisation in Pakistan, which ostensibly provided humanitarian aid to Pakistanis in Bangladesh and Afghanistan.<ref name=a>{{cite web|title=Rabita Trust|publisher=South Asia Terrorism Portal|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/terroristoutfits/Rabita_Trust.htm}}</ref> The trust has extensive ties to both the Pakistani and Saudi Arabian governments.{{cn|date=October 2020}}
Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq founded the trust in 1988. Wa'el Hamza Julaidan is the Secretary-General.<ref name=a/>
The United States State Department designated Rabita Trust as an al-Qaeda terrorist financing front on 23 September 2001.<ref name=a/> The Pakistani government designated Rabita Trust as a terrorist organisation on 6 March 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Names of 61 banned outfits in Pakistan, JuD under observation|publisher=Dispatch News Desk|url=http://www.dnd.com.pk/names-of-61-banned-outfits-in-pakistan-jud-under-observation/102863|date=December 18, 2015}}</ref>
==See also== *Muslim World League *The Golden Chain
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Organisations designated as terrorist by Pakistan Category:1988 establishments in Pakistan Category:Terrorism in Pakistan Category:Jihadist groups in Pakistan Category:Al-Qaeda allied groups Category:Organizations designated as terrorist by the United States