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By M Zulqernain
Lahore, Jan 9 (PTI) An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has asked the Counter Terrorism Department of Punjab Police to arrest banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar by January 18 in a terror financing case, a court official said on Saturday. The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued an arrest warrant against Azhar in the terror financing case instituted by the CTD in the previous hearing on Thursday.
January 7, 2021 11:43:32 pm
Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) issued an arrest warrant for international terrorist Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi on Thursday.
The Gujranwala-based ATC was approached by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab police. The CTD placed charges of terror financing against some members of the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) formed by Azhar. The charge sheet filed by the CTD has culminated in the issuance of an arrest warrant for Azhar, who was listed as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council’s 1267 sanctions sub-committee in May 2019.
Azhar has been previously imprisoned for terrorist activities when he was involved with another terrorist organization, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. However, Azhar was released in 1999 in an exchange for 155 hostages on a hijacked Indian Airlines flight, which was landed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Upon his release, he founded JeM. The terrorist organization has been found to be linked with fina
Pakistan s anti-terrorism court asks police to arrest JeM chief Masood Azhar by January 18
In case of failure (to arrest him), the court may begin proceedings to declare him a proclaimed offender, a court official said.
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LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has asked the Counter Terrorism Department of Punjab Police to arrest banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar by January 18 in a terror financing case, a court official said on Saturday.
The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued an arrest warrant against Azhar in the terror financing case instituted by the CTD in the previous hearing on Thursday.
Masood Azhar is facing charges of terror financing and selling jihadi literature.
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has asked the Counter Terrorism Department of Punjab Police to arrest banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar by January 18 in a terror financing case, a court official said on Saturday. The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued an arrest warrant against Azhar in the terror financing case instituted by the CTD in the previous hearing on Thursday. “ATC Gujranwala judge Natasha Naseem Supra during the case hearing on Friday directed the CTD to arrest JeM chief Masood Azhar by January 18 and present him in the court. In case of failure (to arrest him), the court may begin proceedings to declare him a proclaimed offender,” a court official told
The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued an arrest warrant against Azhar in the terror financing case instituted by the CTD in the previous hearing on Thursday.