May 02, 2019
The UN Security Council’s decision to designate Masood Azhar as a global terrorist will not significantly alter Pakistan’s role a global terror hub. If the past in any guide – and we have 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed as Exhibit No 1 – Azhar’s Jaish-e-Mohammed will mutate into another organisation, if it has not already done so. After all, Azhar was associated with the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen before he was let off from an Indian jail in exchange for 155 hostages in a hijacked Indian plane in 1999. So, the travel ban, the funding freeze and arms embargo that comes with being branded a global terrorist will have minimal impact on Pakistani jihadis who want to organise mayhem and terrorism in India
Sources : Swarajya
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