UN sanctions for Pakistan group
Friday, 12 December 2008
The UN Security Council has added four leaders of a Pakistani group to a list of people facing sanctions for links with al-Qaeda and the Taleban, reports BBC.
The leaders belong to the militant Lashkar-e-Taiba group which has been blamed for the recent Mumbai attacks. The four face an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.
The Security Council panel also said that the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa was a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba and subject to sanctions.
The four leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba who have been added to the list by the panel are: Muhammad Saeed, whom the UN names as the group's leader; Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, described as Lashkar's chief of operations; Haji Muhammad Ashraf, its finance chief; and Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq, described as a financier for the group.
The leaders belong to the militant Lashkar-e-Taiba group which has been blamed for the recent Mumbai attacks. The four face an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.
The Security Council panel also said that the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa was a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba and subject to sanctions.
The four leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba who have been added to the list by the panel are: Muhammad Saeed, whom the UN names as the group's leader; Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, described as Lashkar's chief of operations; Haji Muhammad Ashraf, its finance chief; and Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq, described as a financier for the group.