Makki is the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
New York:
The United Nations Safety Council (UNSC) on Monday listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a world terrorist below its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.
This itemizing comes after China final 12 months placed on India’s bid to call the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief a world terrorist. In June 2022, India slammed China after it blocked the proposal to record terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki below the Sanctions Committee, also called the UNSC 1267 Committee.
“On 16 January 2023, the Safety Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) regarding ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and related people, teams, undertakings and entities authorised the addition of the entry specified beneath to its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Record of people and entities topic to the belongings freeze, journey ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Safety Council decision 2610 (2021) and adopted below Chapter VII of the Constitution of the United Nations,” the UN stated in an announcement.
India and the US have already listed Makki as a terrorist below their home legal guidelines. He has been concerned in elevating funds, recruiting and radicalizing youth to violence and planning assaults in India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir.
Makki is the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. He has occupied numerous management roles inside LeT, a US-designated International Terrorist Group (FTO). He has additionally performed a task in elevating funds for LeT operations.
In 2020, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court docket convicted Makki on one depend of terrorism financing and sentenced him to jail, acccording to the US State Division.
Prior to now, China has positioned hurdles for the itemizing of identified terrorists, significantly from Pakistan. It had repeatedly blocked proposals to designate Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of the Pakistan-based and UN-proscribed terrorist entity, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
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