EFSAS comments on the ‘disappearance’ of Masood Azhar on eve of FATF meeting
February 22, 2020
After the international spotlight fell on the LeT following the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, the JeM had emerged as the proxy of choice of the establishment for carrying out terrorist attacks in Indian Administered Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). Pakistan’s claim on Azhar’s disappearance was rather abrupt and discordant when seen in the context of a statement made by Shah Mehmood Qureshi in March last year. Referring to Masood Azhar, Qureshi had asserted that, “He is in Pakistan, according to my information. He is unwell to the extent that he can’t leave his house, because he’s really unwell”. Shortly thereafter, Azhar was listed as a designated terrorist by the United Nations Security Council 1267 Committee on 1 May 2019.
