PAK SAYS WON’T ALLOW UN TEAM DIRECT ACCESS TO HAFIZ

Islamabad, Jan. 22: Pakistan will not allow the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions monitoring committee any direct access to Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed or his entities, a media report said on Monday. Due to pressure from the US, the monitoring team of the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee will visiting Islamabad this week for an assessment of Islamabad’s compliance with the world body’s sanctions regime.

Islamabad, Jan. 22: Pakistan will not allow the UN Security Council’s sanctions monitoring committee any direct access to Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed or his entities, a media report said on Monday.

The monitoring team of the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee will visiting Islamabad this week for an assessment of Islamabad’s compliance with the world body’s sanctions regime.

The UN monitoring team’s visit is taking place amid increasing pressure on Pakistan from the US and India with respect to the inadequate implementation of the sanctions on Saeed and entities linked to him.

Saeed was listed under UN Security Council Resolution 1267 in December 2008.

Citing senior officials at the foreign ministry, The Nation reported that the UNSC team's visit was not designed to “press Pakistan”. The UNSC team, one official said, will visit Pakistan to discuss “official information” on issues relating to the banned outfits and implementation of the UN sanctions.