China Puts On Hold India, US’ Proposal At UN To Blacklist Lashkar e Taiba Terrorist Hafiz Talha Saeed

On Tuesday, Beijing had put a hold on proposal by India and the US at United Nations to to list Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist.

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New Delhi: China on Wednesday put a hold on a proposal by India and the United States at the United Nations to blacklist Pakistan-based militant and son of Lashkar e Taiba chief Hafiz Talha Saeed, reported news agency PTI. According to the report, Beijing put the hold on proposal under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.

The move by China to put a hold on proposal by India and the US to designate Saeed as a global terrorist came in less than two days. 

On Tuesday, Beijing had put a hold on proposal by India and the US at United Nations to to list Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist.

Beijing placed a hold on the proposal by India and the US to designate Mahmood, 42, as a global terrorist under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.

Mahmood and other LeT member Muhammad Sarwar were deignated as part of the action “to disrupt LeT's fundraising and support networks” by the US Department of Treasury. 

According to information on the US Department of the Treasury’s website, Mahmood “has been a longstanding senior LeT member based in Karachi, Pakistan, and has been affiliated with the group since at least 2007. As early as June 2015 through at least June 2016, Mahmood served as the vice chairman of Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), a humanitarian and fundraising arm of LeT.” In 2014, Mahmood was the leader of FIF in Karachi. In August 2013, Mahmood was identified as a LeT publications wing member, the website said.

This is the fifth time in four months that China has put a hold on listing proposals to designate Pakistan-based terrorists under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee regime.