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Pressure builds on Islamabad as France to propose listing of Masood Azhar as international terrorist

France will put a new proposal to list Masood Azhar as an international terrorist. Azhar is the chief of Jaish-e-Muhammad, the Pakistan based terrorist group which has taken responsibility of Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel.

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France will put a new proposal to list Masood Azhar as an international terrorist. Azhar is the chief of Jaish-e-Muhammad, the Pakistan based terrorist group which has taken responsibility of Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel.

India in 2016 had requested the Security Council Committee, established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1267, to include Masood Azhar in the list of "designated sanctioned entities".

But china has been blocking his listing, citing lack of consensus. In the aftermath of Pulwama attack, China was again asked if it will support listing of Azhar as an international terrorist but Bejing reiterated its stance. 

The spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry Geng Shuang said, "The UN Security Council 1267 Committee has detailed criteria for the listing and designation procedures for terrorist entities or individuals. China will continue to deal with the relevant listing issue in a constructive and responsible manner. We will also keep in close communication with all relevant parties on this issue."

France will also be backing the continuation of Islamabad on the greylist of Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The country was put on the greylist last year which means it comes under financial jurisdiction with “structural deficiencies” in anti-money laundering (AML) and combating financing of terrorism (CFT).

India has started a diplomatic campaign against Pakistan to isolate the country as a fallout of Pulwama terror attack. The Ministry of External Affairs briefed envoys of more 30 countries about Islamabad's involvement on terror attack and continued backing of terror as a state policy.

Meanwhile, Iran has named a Pakistani national in last weeks terror attack. Local media reported that Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Ground Force, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said Hafiz Mohammad Ali, a Pakistani national was behind the terror attack that killed more than 25 revolutionary guards last week.

Over the weekend, Iran summoned Iran's ambassador and lodged a strong protest against the terror attack. During the summoning, Tehran also highlighted the growing number of terrorist attacks "designed in and led from Pakistan including the latest terrorist attack", according to a release from Iranian Foreign Ministry.

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