India to move UN again for ban on Masood Azhar

25 February, New Delhi

India will move United Nations Sanctions Committee again for a ban on Jaish-e-Mohammad chief and Pathankot and Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Masood Azhar.

Briefing media in New Delhi today, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said it is a great anomaly that Jaish-e-Mohammed is listed as a terrorist organisation but not its leader.

He also noted that India has already submitted to the Sanction Committee a fresh list of 11 terrorists from Pakistan-based terror groups responsible for terrorism in the country.

The UN had banned JeM in 2001 but India’s efforts to ban Azhar did not fructify as China did not allow the ban apparently at the behest of Pakistan.