new delhi banned terror group jaishemohammed long dependent on the pakistani state and donations has over the years opened legitimate businesses to raise cash for carrying out its main task of exporting terror to indiasince 2007 the terror outfit has been investing in real estate production and distribution of consumer goods and commodity trading an assessment by indian and us intelligence officials said according to the us state department jaish doesnt keep money in banks now to avoid seizuresthese investments are known to isi and the pakistani military but they allow jem to flourish as it suits their antiindia agenda said an officer requesting anonymityindian officials said the organisation was cash rich as it was able to freely seek donations for a religious cause and invest in various business according to the us state department jem raises funds through al rehmat trust and al rashid trustintelligence inputs and international reports concluded that jem exploited the state of lawlessness failure of governance and lack of jobs in pakistan to increase its strength while it continued to get arms ammunition and money from the establishmentthe outfit is estimated to have over 1000 trained terrorists with several thousand more as recruits and students in various madrasas its recruitment arms are spread across pakistan with the main focus on southern punjab pakistan where other terrorist groups like lashkarejhangvi lashkaretaiba factions of al qaida and taliban also operate freelyaccording to the brusselsbased international crisis group the area between and around southern punjabs rajanpur sindhs kashmore and balochistans dera bugti districts have created sizeable sanctuaries for criminal and jihadist groupsterror groups including jem have even occupied three small islands on the indus river the islands have lax law enforcement and the riverine terrain is often inaccessible which suits these groupsin the areas around rajanpur and dera ghazi khan districts bordering balochistan many jihadist madrasas some directly linked to islamabads lal masjid have come up over the years the icg said taunsa town in dera ghazi khan is a major jihadist baseofficials said jaish uses a range of tactics stationary and vehicleborne improvised explosive devices suicide bombings and targeted assassinations in its attacks both in india and pakistanwatch jaish invested in real estate traded funds to support terror acts intelligence officials