Pakistan on Thursday banned three more terrorist outfits -- the Jamaat-ul Furqan, a breakaway group of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the Hizbul Tahreer and Jamaat-ul-Ansar -- under the Anti Terrorism Act.

The Jamaat-ul-Ansar, active in Kashmir and Afghanistan, used to be known as the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, which was banned last year along with the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Tayiba.

Abdul Jabbar, who broke away from the Jaish-e-Mohammed last year, leads the Jamaat-ul Furqan. Jabbar shot into prominence after his driver, Fazal Karim, reportedly led police to the grave of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi last year.

The Hizbul Tahreer is a London-based outfit.

Last week Pakistan banned the Khuddam-ul-Islam, which was established by Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar after his release from India in 1999.