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In a significant development, Pakistan has confirmed that Jaish-e-Muhmamad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar is set to be designated as a global terrorist under the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1267.
“Azhar is expected to be listed this evening by the UNSC sanctions committee,” a senior official, while speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Express Tribune on Wednesday.
The breakthrough comes after Pakistan and China dropped their objections to the latest proposal put forward by the US, UK and France to designate Masood as terrorist.
The official said China withdrew its opposition after consultations with Pakistan. He further added that Pakistan agreed to the listing after its objections were addressed.
Last month, Pakistan issued elaborate and comprehensive guidelines detailing steps to implement the UNSC resolution 1267 to curb terror financing – in a major move that aims at seeking removal of its name from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) ‘grey list.’
Pakistan has been on the ‘grey list’ since June last year for failing to curb terror financing.
In February, FATF—an inter-governmental body whose purpose is development and promotion of policies, at national and international levels, to combat money laundering and terror financing—expressed dissatisfaction with Islamabad’s efforts to implement its plan of action to get its name removed from the grey list.
The major concern of the FATF includes Pakistan’s lack of action or absence of comprehensive plan to freeze assets and impose other restrictions on individuals and entities listed by the UNSC Sanctions Committee under resolution 1267.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1963432/1-masood-azhar-blacklisted-global-terrorist-pakistan-confirms/
“Azhar is expected to be listed this evening by the UNSC sanctions committee,” a senior official, while speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Express Tribune on Wednesday.
The breakthrough comes after Pakistan and China dropped their objections to the latest proposal put forward by the US, UK and France to designate Masood as terrorist.
The official said China withdrew its opposition after consultations with Pakistan. He further added that Pakistan agreed to the listing after its objections were addressed.
Last month, Pakistan issued elaborate and comprehensive guidelines detailing steps to implement the UNSC resolution 1267 to curb terror financing – in a major move that aims at seeking removal of its name from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) ‘grey list.’
Pakistan has been on the ‘grey list’ since June last year for failing to curb terror financing.
In February, FATF—an inter-governmental body whose purpose is development and promotion of policies, at national and international levels, to combat money laundering and terror financing—expressed dissatisfaction with Islamabad’s efforts to implement its plan of action to get its name removed from the grey list.
The major concern of the FATF includes Pakistan’s lack of action or absence of comprehensive plan to freeze assets and impose other restrictions on individuals and entities listed by the UNSC Sanctions Committee under resolution 1267.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1963432/1-masood-azhar-blacklisted-global-terrorist-pakistan-confirms/
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