United Nation’s Sanctions Committee is expected to meet on Wednesday for taking a decision on whether Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar should be listed as a global terrorist amid indications that China could lift its hold on the proposal to blacklist Azhar. Beijing said yesterday that the vexed issue of designating Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN will be properly resolved.
China had put a hold in March on a fresh proposal by the US, UK and France to impose a ban on the chief of the JeM which claimed responsibility for the deadly Pulwama terror attack. The proposal was the fourth such bid at the UN in the last 10 years to list Azhar as a global terrorist and India had moved the proposal several times. However, on all occasions, China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the Security Council, blocked India’s proposal from being adopted by the Sanctions Committee.