Editor's Pick: India slams China for blocking move against JeM deputy chief

China on Thursday thwarted a joint India-U.S. bid to list Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) deputy chief Rauf Asghar as a UN Security Council-designated terrorist by placing a “technical hold” on the process. The brother of JeM leader Masood Azhar, Rauf Asghar is accused of masterminding a number of terror attacks from the IC-814 hijacking in 1999, the Parliament attack, as well as a number of attacks on security forces personnel, including the strikes on the Air Force base in Pathankot, Army camps in Jammu & Kashmir and other locations. He was also named in the NIA chargesheet on the Pulwama terror bombing. Also known as Abdul Rauf Azhar Alvi, Asghar was arrested by the Pakistani authorities in 2019 and convicted for terror financing charges. However, it is unclear where he is being held. Reacting sharply, India termed the move “politically motivated” and evidence of China’s “doublespeak” on Pakistan-based terrorism. Government sources said China’s hold came despite the fact that India and the U.S. provided “incontrovertible evidence” against Rauf Asghar for the terror listing. China, however, said it “strictly followed rules and procedures of the committee”, and that the government required “more time to assess the information to sanction the individual”. This is the second time China has blocked an India-U.S. listing proposal at the UNSC in the past two months, after China placed a similar hold on the listing of Abdur Rahman Makki, deputy chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba/ Jamaat-ud-Dawa. China’s decision is likely to further strain ties between New Delhi and Beijing, which have been in a military stand-off at the Line of Actual Control since April 2020. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Head over to our newsletter subscription page to sign up for Editor‘s Pick and more. 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[Arrow]( [Open in browser]( [Mail icon]( [More newsletters]( India slams China for blocking move against JeM deputy chief China on Thursday thwarted a joint India-U.S. bid to list Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) deputy chief [Rauf Asghar as a UN Security Council-designated terrorist]( by placing a “technical hold” on the process. The brother of JeM leader Masood Azhar, [Rauf Asghar is accused of masterminding a number of terror attacks]( from the IC-814 hijacking in 1999, the Parliament attack, as well as a number of attacks on security forces personnel, including the strikes on the Air Force base in Pathankot, Army camps in Jammu & Kashmir and other locations. He was also named in the NIA chargesheet on the Pulwama terror bombing. Also known as Abdul Rauf Azhar Alvi, [Asghar was arrested by the Pakistani authorities in 2019]( and convicted for terror financing charges. However, it is unclear where he is being held. Reacting sharply, India termed the move “politically motivated” and evidence of China’s “doublespeak” on Pakistan-based terrorism. Government sources said China’s hold came despite the fact that India and the U.S. provided “incontrovertible evidence” against Rauf Asghar for the terror listing. China, however, said it “strictly followed rules and procedures of the committee”, and that the government required “more time to assess the information to sanction the individual”. This is the [second time China has blocked an India-U.S. listing proposal]( at the UNSC in the past two months, after China placed a similar hold on the listing of [Abdur Rahman Makki, deputy chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba]( Jamaat-ud-Dawa. China’s decision is likely to further strain ties between New Delhi and Beijing, which have been in a military stand-off at the Line of Actual Control since April 2020. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? 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