New York [US]: On January 16, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist under its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee. This itemizing comes after China final yr placed on India’s bid to call the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief a global terrorist.

The growth comes after India, in June final yr, slammed China after it blocked the proposal to listing Makki under the Sanctions Committee, additionally recognized as the UNSC 1267 Committee.

In a press release, the UN mentioned,”On January 16 2023, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) regarding ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and related people, teams, undertakings and entities accredited the addition of the entry specified beneath to its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of people and entities topic to the belongings freeze, journey ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council decision 2610 (2021) and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations”.

Makki is already listed as a terrorist under the US and Indian home legal guidelines. He has been concerned in elevating funds, recruiting and radicalising youth to violence and planning assaults in India, particularly in Jammu & Kashmir.

According to the UN web site, while Makki has held his management positions inside LeT and JUD, LeT has been accountable for or had involvement within the following outstanding assaults – Red Fort assault, Rampur assault, 26/11 Mumbai assaults (26-28 November 2008), Karan Nagar, Srinagar assault (12-13 February 2018) Khanpora, Baramulla assault (May 30 2018), Srinagar assault (June 14 2018), Gurez/ Bandipora assault (August 7 2018).

Makki is the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. He has occupied varied management roles inside LeT, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). He has additionally performed a task in elevating funds for LeT operations. In 2020, a Pakistani anti-terrorism courtroom convicted Makki on one depend of terrorism financing and sentenced him to jail, in keeping with the US State Department.

In the previous, China has positioned hurdles for itemizing recognized terrorists, primarily from Pakistan. It had repeatedly blocked proposals to designate Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of the Pakistan-based and UN-proscribed terrorist entity, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).