November 8, 2017 12:18 PM

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Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar is bad guy and should be declared as a global terrorist: US

US says, Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar is a bad guy and should be declared as a global terrorist. State Department Spokesperson, Heather Nauert told a press conference in Washington that the US would like to have Masood Azhar on the United Nation's list of banned terrorists. Her comments came after China, last week, blocked a bid at the UN to list Pathankot terror attack mastermind as a designated terrorist. <br/><br/>The JeM, founded by Azhar, has already been in the UN's list of banned terror outfits. China for the fourth time had blocked a proposal backed by the US, France and Britain to list Azhar as a global terrorist. <br/><br/>China is the only country opposing the designation of Azhar by the Security Council as a terrorist. All other 14 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council were supporting the bid to place Azhar on the sanctions list that would subject him to an assets freeze and travel ban. Azhar is accused of several terrorist attacks in India, including one on the Pathankot air force station in January last year.

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