Ummah Tameer-e-Nau (UTN), is a militant organization banned by the United States Department of Treasury on December 20, 2001.
[3] It is suspected of supplying information about constructing nuclear weapons to Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.
[4] The UTN was founded in June 2000 by Pakistani scientist Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, who notably resigned from the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in 1999 in protest of the Pakistani government's willingness to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
UTN reportedly had the personal support of jihadist Mohammed Omar and close ties to the Taliban regime.
[8] The sanctioned Al-Qaeda affiliate Al Rashid Trust, also provided funds for UTN.