India won’t cut deal to list Masood Azhar as global terrorist

NEW DELHI: India will not try to cut any deal with China or any other country to list Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council, government sources said. New Delhi will, instead, work on further strengthening its case against Azhar and his sponsors through various global forums.

Enough evidence is available on Azhar and the terror infrastructure in Pakistan which can be independently verifiable, the sources pointed out. The government is ready for a long haul and will continue with its endeavours through the UN and other international bodies to act against the Pakistan based terrorist, they said.

The government, as part of this process, will step up engagement with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ahead of its next meeting in mid-2019 to put Pakistan to task for failing to control terror funding, ET has learnt.