Dawood, Hafiz Saeed in UNSC’s list of terrorists
List has 139 Pakistan entries, including LeT, JeM: Report Dawood has held several Pakistani passports issued in Rawalpindi and Karachi, owns a palatial bungalow in Noorabad, and is believed to be hiding in Pakistan
Islamabad, April 4: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, wanted in India as the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts and accused of crimes such as matchfixing and extortion, figured in the UN Security Council’s updated list of terrorists and militant groups.
The list — which has 139 entries from Pakistan and is headed by Osama bin Laden’s heir apparent Ayman al- Zawahiri — identifies all those individuals who have lived in Pakistan, operated from there or have been associated with groups that used Pakistani territory for carrying out their operations, Dawn reported.
It included outfits like Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Lashkar- e- Tayyaba ( LeT), responsible for carrying out the Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, ◗ including six Americans, and Jaish- e- Mohammed, active in Kashmir.
Saeed is listed as a person also wanted by Interpol for his involvement in terrorist activities. Dawood, an Indian national, has held several Pakistani passports issued in Rawalpindi and Karachi, according to the list.
The UN list says that the 62- year- old fugitive mafia boss owns a palatial bungalow in the hilly area of Noorabad, Karachi, and has accrued a vast property portfolio across the Midlands and south- east in the UK as well as India, the UAE, Spain, Morocco, Turkey, Cyprus and Australia.
Dawood, who has an Interpol red notice against him, is believed to be hiding in Pakistan.
Haji Mohammed Yahya Mujahid, LeT’s media contact, and Hafiz Saeed’s deputies, Abdul Salaam and Zafar Iqbal, are also listed. Like Hafiz Saeed, they are all wanted by the Interpol.
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