The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday updated its consolidated list of terrorists, terror organisations and individuals.
139 Pakistan-based terrorists, organisations and individuals, including India's most wanted gangster Dawood Ibrahim and 26/11 attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed,figure in the updated UN terror list.
The updated list includes fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, who according to the UNSC, is believed to be hiding in Pakistan. The UN claims that he owns a "palatial bungalow in the hilly area of Noorabad, Karachi".
The list also includes 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, who has been listed as a person also wanted by Interpol for his involvement in terrorist activities.
Haji Mohammed Yahya Mujahid, the LeT's media contact, and Saeed's deputies, Abdul Salaam and Zafar Iqbal, are listed under him. They are also wanted by Interpol.
The LeT is listed with its various aliases, such as al-Mansoorian, Paasban-i-Kashmir, Paasban-i-Ahle Hadith, Jamaatud Dawa and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation.
Terrorist entities that were allegedly based in Pakistan, worked from there or had links to Pakistani individuals, include Al Rasheed Trust, Harkatul Mujahideen, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Wafa Humanitarian Organisation, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Rabita Trust, Ummah Tameer-i-Nau, Afghan Support Committee, Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, Al-Harmain Foundation, Islamic Jihad Group, Al Akhtar Trust International, Harkatul Jihad Islami, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Jamaatul Ahrar and Khatiba Imam Al-Bukhari.
Some of them are listed as based in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area.
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