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The Asia-Pacific Group (APG), a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has raised questions on Pakistan's seriousness in its campaign against terror financing and money laundering, the media reported on Friday.
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In the historic interaction with India TV, PM Modi also spoke about the IAF airstrike in Pakistan's Balakot, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
China was given a set of additional evidence about Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar's involvement in terrorist activities, days after it blocked a fresh proposal at the UN on March 13 to designate him as a global terrorist, diplomatic sources said Friday.
Pakistan takes action after UN bans Masood Azhar
The government directed officials to take actions "as appropriate for the implementation of sanctions" against the JeM chief, according to the notification.
MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar took a swipe at Pakistan during his briefing on Masood Azhar's listing as a global terrorist.
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"Terrorism shall not be tolerated and this declaration from the UN is noteworthy. Persistent measures taken by the MEA, under leadership of PM and his own visits have resulted in this," said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Much spadework was done by India's External Affairs Ministry, and by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in particular.
Welcoming China's decision to lift its hold on the proposal to blacklist the Pakistan-based JeM chief, a senior Trump administration official during a conference call with reporters said after 10 years China has done the right thing by lifting its blockade.
In a huge diplomatic win for India, the United Nations on Wednesday designated Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a "global terrorist" after China lifted its hold on a proposal to blacklist him.
Masood Azhar declared global terrorist: After the recent declaration by the United Nations, Pakistan will have to freeze Masood Azhar's assets and enforce an arms embargo.
In a huge diplomatic win for India, the United Nations Wednesday designated Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Azhar as a "global terrorist" after China lifted its hold on a proposal to blacklist him.
Masood Azhar, a Pakistani national, founded the JeM with the help of Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI in January 2000, soon after his release from an Indian jail in exchange for 166 hostages of an Indian Airlines plane which was hijacked to Kandahar in Afghanistan during a flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi.
In March, China had put a hold on a fresh proposal by the US, UK and France to impose a ban on the chief of the JeM, which claimed responsibility for the deadly Pulwama terror attack.
Masood Azhar designated global terrorist by UN Security Council
Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations apprised the nation of the development on Wednesday evening. He tweeted: Big,small, all join together. Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist in @UN Sanctions list Grateful to all for their support. #Zerotolerance4Terrorism"
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