UN Sanctions Team Denied Access to 26/11 Mastermind Hafiz Saeed

Pakistan won’t grant the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions monitoring committee any direct access to co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed or his entities this week, a Pakistani newspaper reported.

"The monitoring team of the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee will be here on January 25 and 26," a senior Pakistani official was quoted as saying by The Dawn. This two-day visit comes amid pressure exerted on Pakistan from United States and India, demanding Islamabad to act against terror elements on its soil, including the JuD and LeT.

Pakistani officials said the UNSC team’s trip is a routine visit to discuss on banned outfits and implementation of the UN sanctions. “They will not seek access to the JuD or Hafiz Saeed and if they do that, we will not allow it. We have been in talks and this visit was scheduled,” he said.

"He is listed by the UNSC 1267, the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee for targeted sanctions due to his affiliation with Lashkar-e- Taiba, which is a designated foreign terror organisation" US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert had said.

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