India has shared with China the evidence of terrorist activities of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad group and its leader Maulana Masood Azhar, who is believed by New Delhi to be responsible for organizing a deadly attack in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in February, the spokesperson for the Indian Foreign Ministry said on Monday
NEW DELHI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd April, 2019) India has shared with China the evidence of terrorist activities of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad group and its leader Maulana Masood Azhar, who is believed by New Delhi to be responsible for organizing a deadly attack in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in February, the spokesperson for the Indian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.According to the statement, New Delhi now expects the 1267 UN Sanctions Committee, which is a UNSC committee dealing with counter-terrorism, to add Azhar to its terrorist list.
"We have shared with China all evidences of terrorist activities of Jaish-e-Mohammad and its leader Masood Azhar. It is now for the 1267 Sanctions Committee and other authorized bodies of the U.N. to take a decision on the listing of Masood Azhar. India will continue to pursue all available avenues to ensure that terrorist leaders who are involved in heinous attacks on our citizens are brought to justice," the statement said.
On February 14, a car carrying over 100 Pounds of explosives was detonated on the Jammu-Srinagar highway next to a security convoy in the Pulwama district of the Indian northern Jammu and Kashmir state, killing 45 Indian paramilitary officers. New Delhi named Masood Azhar, residing in Pakistan, as the person responsible for ordering the attack.
After the attack, India accused Pakistan of having a "direct hand" in the incident and blamed the neighboring nation for harboring and protecting terrorists.
Following the attack, the United States, the United Kingdom and France drafted a resolution urging the UN Security Council to designate Masood Azhar and his group as terrorists. China, on its part, as an ally of Pakistan, put on hold this request noting that Beijing needed more time to examine the issue. China has twice blocked attempts, in 2016 and 2017, to impose sanctions on Masood Azhar.
