Abdul Rehman Makki

Abdul Rehman Makki, deputy leader of Pakistan-based LeT, designated a global terrorist by UN

The UN Security Council’s 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee added 68-year-old Makki, the brother-in-law of JUD/LeT Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, to its list of designated terrorists on Monday after China withdrew its hold on a joint proposal by India and the US

Who is LeT’s Shahid Mahmood, who China blocked from being designated a global terrorist?

Shahid Mahmood was born in Karachi on 10 April 1980. A close associate of 26/11 mastermind Sajid Mir and LeT chief Hafeez Saeed, he is also part of the terror group’s overseas operations

'Most regrettable': India at UNSC over evidence-based proposals to blacklist terrorists being put on hold

India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said the practice of placing holds and blocks on listing requests without giving any justification must end.

Pakistan and FATF: Islamabad’s cosmetic war against terrorism

The recent arrest and sentencing of Sajid Mir to fifteen-and-a-half years, also for terrorist financing, in early June, has been aimed at placating the FATF

China blocking listing of Pakistan-based terrorist Makki belies its claim of 'combating terrorism'

Protecting well-known terrorists from sanctioning will only undermine China's credibility and "risk exposing" even itself more to the growing threat of terrorism, sources said

China places hold on US, India move to list Pakistani terrorist under UNSC sanctions

Pakistan-based militant Abdul Rehman Makki is a US-designated terrorist and brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed

Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentences 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed to 10 years in jail in two terror cases

The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Lahore on Thursday also sentenced three other leaders of Jamat-ud-Dawa, including Saeed's two close aides — Zafar Iqbal and Yahya Mujahid — to 10 and a half years each, while his brother-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki was sentenced to six months imprisonment

Hafiz Saeed terror financing case: Five witnesses testify against JuD chief, his aide Zafar Iqbal in Lahore court

Five witnesses testified against Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and his close aide Zafar Iqbal on Thursday for their involvement in terror financing before an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan

Hafiz Saeed's house arrest in Pakistan's Punjab province extended by another month

The house arrest of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has been extended by another month by authorities in Pakistan's Punjab province, saying his activities pose a threat to the peace and tranquillity in the country.

Panama Papers verdict: Nawaz Sharif ousted, jihadist violence against India may give way to hostile pacifism

In the medium to short term, India may see a rise in jihadist violence but eventually that will dissipate into the current state of hostile pacifism.