An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday (January 7) issued an arrest warrant against banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar on the charges of terror financing, sources said ANI. This comes ahead of meetings of the global watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in January and February, which will consider Pakistan’s ‘greylist’ status.
Pakistan, who has long denied Azhar’s presence in the country, seems to have acknowledged that the JeM chief is in its territory. “In a significant development, under pressure from FATF, Pakistan has acknowledged Masood Azhar’s presence on its territory,” the sources added.
Azhar-led JeM is responsible for carrying out many attacks in India. Its terrorists attacked the Parliament building and Jammu and Kashmir State Legislative Assembly complex in 2001, killing nine and eight people respectively. Pathankot terror attack in 2016 and Pulwama attack in February 2019 were also carried out by the JeM.In 2019, the United…