12-11-2008, 03:53 AM
<b>Jamat-ud-Dawah, Hafiz Saeed added to UN terror list</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->United Nations, Dec 11 (IANS) Acceding to India's request, a UN Security Council committee Wednesday designated Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD), the frontal organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a global terrorist organisation and its leader Hafiz Mohammad Saeed a terrorist in the wake of thier alleged involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.
With this they are subject to freezing of assets, travel ban and arms embargo.
In a letter to the Security Council Friday, India had urged the 15-member UN body to 'proscribe' them as they were involved in the Mumbai mayhem which killed more than 170 people including several foreigners.
Moving quickly, given the seriousness of the issue and the information provided by India in support of its demand, the Security Council Al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee at its meeting held at the UN headquarters Wednesday afternoon approved the names as requested by India.
In addition to this, the Sanctions Committee also designated two other LeT leaders as terrorists. They are Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, chief of operations of Laskhar-e-Taiba, and Haji Muhammad Ashraf, chief of finance of the group. These names were added at the request of the US
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With this they are subject to freezing of assets, travel ban and arms embargo.
In a letter to the Security Council Friday, India had urged the 15-member UN body to 'proscribe' them as they were involved in the Mumbai mayhem which killed more than 170 people including several foreigners.
Moving quickly, given the seriousness of the issue and the information provided by India in support of its demand, the Security Council Al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee at its meeting held at the UN headquarters Wednesday afternoon approved the names as requested by India.
In addition to this, the Sanctions Committee also designated two other LeT leaders as terrorists. They are Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, chief of operations of Laskhar-e-Taiba, and Haji Muhammad Ashraf, chief of finance of the group. These names were added at the request of the US
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