New York: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist under its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee. The list comes after China last year tried to get India to designate the leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as a global terrorist. In June 2022, India criticized China after it blocked a proposal to list terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki under the Sanctions Committee, also known as the UNSC 1267 Committee.
The UNSC ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee has listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist. pic.twitter.com/ttgDAr5iRi– ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2023
“On 16 January 2023, the Security Council Committee on ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaeda, and Related Individuals, Groups, Undertakings and Entities, pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) approved it. Subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set forth in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) and adopted, in addition to the entry specified below in its ISIL (Da’esh) and al-Qaida Sanctions List under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,” the UN said in a statement. India and the US have already listed Makki as a terrorist under their domestic laws.
He has been involved in recruiting and radicalizing youth to raise funds, recruit and plan attacks in India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir. Makki is the chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and brother-in-law of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz. Sayed. He has held various leadership roles within the US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) Lashkar. He has also played a role in raising funds for Lashkar’s operations.
After a gap of 3 years and 8 months, China has allowed a Pakistani national to be listed as a UN terrorist. China lifted its hold on JeM’s Masood Azhar in May 2019 and allowed him to be listed at the United Nations. Azhar’s listing took 10 years (name first proposed in 2009) https://t.co/Moqt48nE71— Siddhant Sibal (@siddhant) January 17, 2023
According to the US State Department, in 2020, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court convicted Makki on a terrorism financing count and sentenced him to prison. In the past, China has put up barriers to lists of known terrorists, particularly from Pakistan. It had repeatedly blocked proposals to nominate Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of the Pakistan-based and UN-banned terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).