Azhar doesn’t qualify as terrorist: China

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 2

India and China were at loggerheads today after Beijing supported Pakistan by using a “technical hold” to prevent the Pathankot attack mastermind Masood Azhar from being designated a terrorist by the United Nations. While India, without naming any country, expressed disappointment over the move, China justified it by saying Azhar was not a terrorist.

India said: “We find it incomprehensible that while the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) was listed in the UN Security Council Committee established under a UN Security Council Resolution as far back as 2001 for its well-known terror activities and links to the al-Qaida, the designation of the group’s main leader, financier and motivator has been put on a technical hold.”

The statement went on to state that the recent terror attack in Pathankot showed that “India continues to bear the dangerous consequences of not listing Masood Azhar”.

China, however, defended its actions saying Azhar’s case did not meet the requirements needed to blacklist him.