Pakistan asks Taliban to hint, arrest JeM chief Masood Azhar: Report

Pakistan has written a letter to Afghanistan for the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, Pakistani media stories mentioned.

Masood Azhar was named because the mastermind of the February 2019 Pulwama suicide assault, which had resulted within the killing of 40 CRPF troopers (Photo: File/ANI)

The international ministry of Pakistan has written a letter to the Taliban in Afghanistan to hint and arrest Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, Pakistani media reported on Tuesday. Pakistan has been going through strain from Western powers to behave in opposition to Masood Azhar, a UN-designated terrorist.

Pakistan has written a letter to the Taliban’s international ministry, asking authorities in Afghanistan to find and arrest Azhar. Masood Azhar was named because the mastermind of the February 2019 Pulwama suicide assault, which had resulted within the killing of 40 CRPF troopers.

Maulana Masood Azhar is ‘largely possible hiding’ in Nangarhar province or Kunar province of Afghanistan, the letter mentioned, Pakistani media reported.

In June this 12 months, Western nations strongly backed India’s name for investigation and prosecution of 30 terrorist leaders, together with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed and operative Sajid Mir, allegedly concerned within the 2008 Mumbai assaults, on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

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FATF has compelled Pakistan to take motion in opposition to some UN-designated terrorists if it desires to get out of the gray listing.

India had freed Masood Azhar in change for passengers of an Indian Airlines flight that was hijacked from Kathmandu to Kandahar in December 1999. He was designated a worldwide terrorist after the Pulwama assault in Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019.

It is to be famous that Pakistan had claimed that LeT operative Sajid Mir was lifeless earlier than authorities confirmed his arrest earlier this 12 months.

(With company inputs)

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