Masood Azhar declared global terrorist by UNSC
Wednesday - May 1, 2019 6:50 pm ,
Category : WORLD
New York, May 1 (IANS) In a major victory for India, Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar was on Wednesday declared as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council."Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist in @UN Sanctions list," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin tweeted.A proposal to declare Azhar as an international terrorist was taken by the UNSC Sanctions Committee 1267, nearly three months after the JeM carried out a ghastly terror attack on CRPF convoy in Pulwama district of Kashmir.Earlier, the proposal was being blocked by China, which lifted its "technical hold" on Wednesday.
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