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UNSC releases consolidated terrorist list; Hafiz Saeed, Dawood among 139 Pak nationals and entities named in the updated list

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has identified 139 Pakistani terrorist individuals and entities who have lived in Pakistan, operated from there or have been associated with groups that used Pakistani territory for carrying out their operations.

In its consolidated list updated yesterday, UNSC named Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its chief Hafiz Saeed, Osama bin Laden’s heir apparent and Al Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri, Harkatul Mujahideen, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and others.

Hafiz Saeed is also listed as a person wanted by Interpol for his involvement in terrorist activities.

The list also includes Dawood Ibrahim, an Indian national who, according to the UN Security Council, has held several Pakistani passports issued in Rawalpindi and Karachi.

The UN claims that he owns a palatial bungalow in the hilly area of Noorabad, Karachi.

Source: AIR