Pakistan does U-turn, denies Dawood Ibrahim’s presence in Karachi

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New Delhi, Aug 22 2020: After a statutory regulatory order (SRO) issued by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed the addresses, aliases and passport numbers of Dawood Ibrahim, one of the most wanted men by Indian authorities for perpetrating the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, the ministry issued a statement that reports claiming “Pakistan admitting to the presence of certain listed individuals on its territory, based on the information contained in the SRO, are baseless and misleading.”

Dawood Ibrahim was among 88 others who were in a list of persons under an arms embargo, whose assets were ordered to be frozen and under a travel ban. The SRO by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an order to avoid being blacklisted by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force(FATF).

Other than Dawood Ibrahim, Lashkar-e-Taiba head Hafiz Saeed, head of LeT’s operations and 26/11 accused Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi and Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar are among the list of those sanctioned.