Masood Azhar: Jaish-e-Mohammed leader listed as terrorist by UN
- by Archit-Jain
- May 01, 2019 21:27
A known fugutive who was behind the many terreriost attacks. one of the most recent one that was a sucide bombing in kashmir, india where 40 militants were killed in the attack. this attack just almost lead a war between india and pakistan. the master mind behind this attack was masood azhar. he is known to formed a group of terriorist also called jaish-e-mohammed{JEM}in 2000.
This is the fourth attempt in the last ten years to get his travel ban and freeze all his assests and to get him be declared as a global terrorist the united nation security council has finally taken the step with the approval of china, united nation, france and united kingdom.The UN move comes after China dropped its objection to the listing. India hailed it as a diplomatic victory.
"Big, small, all join together. Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist in @UN Sanctions list. Grateful to all for their support," Syed Akbaruddin, India's ambassador to the United Nations, tweeted.
Azhar's all the assets are freexed up without any delay and he will not recieve any funds from anywhere. all the economic entities and desiginated individuals are frozen up.All member states are required to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories by designated individuals. All member states are required to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories by designated individuals.
The proposal to designate Azhar under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council was moved by France, UK and the US on February 27.
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