[DAWN] China on Saturday extended its technical hold on India's move to ban Jaish-e-Mohammad...literally
Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf
bannedthe group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
(JeM) chief Masood Azhar at the United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
(UN), Times of India reported. The move will hold for at least three months, and comes two days before China's hold was set to expire.
China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said in Beijing, "The technical hold on India’s listing application submitted to the 1267 Committee in March 2016 has already been extended... There are still different views on India’s listing application. The extended technical hold on it will allow more time for the committee to deliberate on the matter and for relevant parties to have further consultations."
China blocked India's call to ban the Jaish chief at the UN in April this year, after India accused the turban group and its chief of carrying out the Pathankot attack.
On Feb 18, a list of 11 individuals and one organization "linked to terrorism in India" was submitted to the 1267/1989/2253 ISIS (the turban Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group) and Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee.
India's foreign ministry spokesperson, Vikas Swarup, had said India would move the committee to include Masood Azhar's name. "It is a great anomaly that the organization Jaish-e-Mohammad is listed, but not its leader," he said.