UN NAILS PAK DAWOOD LIE
THE FUGITIVE GANGSTER HAS SIX PAKISTAN ADDRESSES
India's consistent stand that Dawood Ibrahim is based in Pakistan has got a virtual endorsement from the UN which has confirmed six addresses of the underworld don in that country.
The UN Security Council's IS and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee has also put validated information about Dawood's various passports, including those issued in Pakistan.
India, in a dossier, had cited nine addresses in Pakistan as those frequented by Dawood of which the UN committee has removed three, finding those to be incorrect. One of the three addresses which have been dropped by the committee from its list was found similar to that of a residence of Islamabad's envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi.
Yet another of his residences is near the house of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of the late former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in Karachi; it was bought two years ago. All this information is contained in the dossier that had been prepared to be handed over to Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz during talks with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval, which were later cancelled.
The committee, which keeps amending its entries on Dawood -- a UN-designated terrorist -made no changes with regard to six addresses provided by India. The individuals on this list are subject to several curbs such as assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.
Dawood's addresses mention-ed in the listing and which have not been amended are: "White House, Near Saudi Mosque, Clifton, Karachi)", "House No 37 -- 30th Street -- Defence Housing Authority, Karachi, Pakistan" and a palatial bungalow located in the hilly area of Noorabad in Karachi.
The listing says Dawood has a passport number A717288 issued on August 18, 1985, in Dubai and a Pakistani passport (G866537) issued on August 12, 1991, in Rawalpindi. He also has yet another passport (C-267185) issued in Karachi in July 1996, passport number H-123259 issued in Rawalpindi in July 2001 and passport number G-869537 issued in Rawalpindi, according to the listing. Pakistan has consistently denied that Dawood is living in that country after he fled from the law in India.
"Dawood is known to frequently change his locations and addresses in Pakistan. He has amassed immense property in Pakistan and moves under the protection
of Pakistani agencies," the dossier had said. Another amendment enacted by the committee concerns details of Dawood’s family and his place of birth which has been amended to Kher, Ratnagiri, in Maharashtra. It was earlier listed as "Bombai." Dawood has certain ‘low quality’ aliases such as "Sheikh Farooqi, Bada Seth, Bada Bhai, Iqbal Bhai, Mucchad and Haji Sahab."