Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azar's ban blocked again by China at UN

China has again extended its technical hold on Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar. It has been blocking India's move in the UN to designate Pakistan-based terror group leader Masood as a terrorist. The three-month validity of that technical hold lapsed on August 2 and Beijing has again extended it by three more months.

This isn't the first time that China has blocked a move against Azhar at the United Nations. Last year, India moved the 1267 committee for the UN ban against Azhar, accusing him of masterminding the Pathankot terrorist attack.
Masood is accused of masterminding the Pathankot terrorist attack in India.

The United States, along with France and UK, had moved the proposal to ban Masood Azhar on the January 19.

In the past six months, India has lobbied with China to lift the hold. It has had absolutely no effect. In response to India's efforts, China has continued to ask India to "talk directly" to Pakistan about it.

In December last year, after China blocked India's proposal to list the JeM chief, Indian diplomatic sources here had said that the pursuit of terrorism was not a "one-shot affair" for India and that it will continue to pursue issues of terrorism "through all available mechanisms".

Earlier on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said they would take a decision in 'due course,' speaking of disagreements over the listing.

"At present, some members still have a disagreement over the listing matter," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said.

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