UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council sanctions committee targeted Wednesday four members of Pakistani banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai attacks, for assets freeze and other sanctions.Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Haji Muhammad Ashraf and Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq, are "subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo," set out in Security Council resolution 1822 of 2008, said the al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee.Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was one of two LeT leaders Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said Wednesday were arrested. Lakhvi and Zarar Shah, the other detainee, were allegedly key planners of the Mumbai gunmen attack that killed over172 people.Both are senior members of LeT. Indian media said Lakhvi put together the team of gunmen that perpetrated the attack, while Shah allegedly arranged SIM cards and satellite phones used in the November 26-29 siege on India's financial capital.The sanctions committee also listed the numerous aliases of LeT and two entities that provide it with funds -- Al Rasheed Trust and Al-Akhtar Trust International -- and which are also subject to UN sanctions.The US State Department said it was "pleased that the (UN sanctions) Committee has decided to move forward on these high-priority designations. "These actions will limit the ability of known terrorists to travel, acquire weapons, plan, carry out, or raise funds for new terrorist attacks.By their listings, the department said in a statement, the sanctions committee "continues to serve as a tool to help member states deter terrorist activities of al-Qaeda and affiliated groups." Pakistan launched a major operation over the weekend against militant organizations in the country, raiding a camp in Kashmir run by a charity linked to LeT and arresting 15 people.It was not clear if Lakhvi and Shah were among those arrested in the raid.Some of the 15 men are reported to be on a list of people that India last week requested Pakistan extradite in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council sanctions committee targeted Wednesday four members of Pakistani banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai attacks, for assets freeze and other sanctions.Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Haji Muhammad Ashraf and Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq, are "subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo," set out in Security Council resolution 1822 of 2008, said the al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee.Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was one of two LeT leaders Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said Wednesday were arrested. Lakhvi and Zarar Shah, the other detainee, were allegedly key planners of the Mumbai gunmen attack that killed over172 people.Both are senior members of LeT. Indian media said Lakhvi put together the team of gunmen that perpetrated the attack, while Shah allegedly arranged SIM cards and satellite phones used in the November 26-29 siege on India's financial capital.The sanctions committee also listed the numerous aliases of LeT and two entities that provide it with funds -- Al Rasheed Trust and Al-Akhtar Trust International -- and which are also subject to UN sanctions.The US State Department said it was "pleased that the (UN sanctions) Committee has decided to move forward on these high-priority designations. "These actions will limit the ability of known terrorists to travel, acquire weapons, plan, carry out, or raise funds for new terrorist attacks.By their listings, the department said in a statement, the sanctions committee "continues to serve as a tool to help member states deter terrorist activities of al-Qaeda and affiliated groups." Pakistan launched a major operation over the weekend against militant organizations in the country, raiding a camp in Kashmir run by a charity linked to LeT and arresting 15 people.It was not clear if Lakhvi and Shah were among those arrested in the raid.Some of the 15 men are reported to be on a list of people that India last week requested Pakistan extradite in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
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