Close X
Thursday, October 31, 2024
ADVT 
International

Masood Azhar Is Alive: Pakistan’s Punjab Minister Confirms, Says Have No Information Of JeM Chief’s ‘Death’

Darpan News Desk IANS, 04 Mar, 2019 08:58 PM
  • Masood Azhar Is Alive: Pakistan’s Punjab Minister Confirms, Says Have No Information Of JeM Chief’s ‘Death’

India's most wanted terrorist and Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar is "alive", a Pakistani media report said on Sunday, quoting unnamed sources close to his family. The media reports claiming that JeM leader is dead are false, Geo Urdu News reported.

 

The report came amid speculation on social media that JeM founder has died. However, there was no official confirmation.

 

Quoting unnamed sources close to the family of the JeM chief, the channel said Azhar is "alive", without elaborating on his health condition.

 

There was no official word on Masood Azhar's fate from the Pakistan government.

 

"I don't know anything at this moment," Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry told, when asked about media reports claiming death of Azhar.

 
 
 
 

A resident of Bahawalpur in Pakistan's Punjab province, Azhar formed the Jaish-e-Mohammed in 2000.

 

The 50-year-old Azhar, who was released by the NDA government in 1999 in exchange of hostages of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814, has been accused of being the mastermind of the 2001 Parliament attack, suicide attack on Jammu and Kashmir state assembly, attack on Pathankot IAF base and the latest Pulwama terror strike.

 

Meanwhile, Intelligence agencies in New Delhi were trying to ascertain reports on the social media about the death of Masood Azhar in Pakistan.

 

The Indian officials said they had no information other than that Masood Azhar was undergoing treatment at an army hospital after suffering renal failure.

 

Jaish terror group's Balakot camp, where training was imparted to recruits to carry out suicide attacks, was targeted by the IAF in an air strike last week, following the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.

 

The Indian government has claimed that it achieved a spectacular success by destroying the facility.

 

In an interview to CNN, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi earlier admitted that the JeM chief is in his country and is "very unwell", but said the government can act against him only if India presents "solid" and "inalienable" evidence that can stand in a court of law.

 

"He is in Pakistan, according to my information. He is unwell to the extent that he can''t leave his house, because he's really unwell," Shah Mehmood Qureshi said.

 

The US, the UK and France last week moved a fresh proposal in the UN Security Council to designate Azhar as a global terrorist, a listing that will subject him to global travel ban, asset freeze and arms embargo.

 

The proposal was moved Wednesday by the three permanent veto-wielding members of the 15-nation Security Council. The Security Council Sanctions Committee will have 10 working days to consider the fresh proposal submitted by the three permanent members.

MORE International ARTICLES

Vegetarian Indian-Origin Man Devastated After Pizza Hut Serves Beef Pizza In UK

Vegetarian Indian-Origin Man Devastated After Pizza Hut Serves Beef Pizza In UK
A strictly vegetarian Indian-origin man has spoken of his shock and anger after he ended up taking a bite out of a beef pizza in a restaurant mix-up in the Midlands region of England.

Vegetarian Indian-Origin Man Devastated After Pizza Hut Serves Beef Pizza In UK

Hindu-American, Kashmiri Pandit Groups Urge US To Take Action Against JeM, Masood Azhar

A Hindu-American advocacy group and an organisation of Kashmiri Pandits have urged the US to take action against the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror outfit and its leader Masood Azhar and to condemn 

Hindu-American, Kashmiri Pandit Groups Urge US To Take Action Against JeM, Masood Azhar

Pakistan Gifted Gold-Plated Assault Rifle To Saudi Crown Prince

The unusual gift for a visiting foreign dignitary was presented to Mohammad during his first official visit to Islamabad.

Pakistan Gifted Gold-Plated Assault Rifle To Saudi Crown Prince

Believed He's Muslim: US Man Threw Coffee, Punched Sikh Clerk, Arrested

The Sikh clerk told officers that John Crain had prepared himself a cup of coffee and attempted to leave without paying, according to a Marysville Police Department press release.  

Believed He's Muslim: US Man Threw Coffee, Punched Sikh Clerk, Arrested

Indian Salesman Sexually Harasses Teenager In Dubai Mall

Indian Salesman Sexually Harasses Teenager In Dubai Mall
An Indian salesman has been accused of sexually harassing a 15-year-old girl at a mall in Dubai.    

Indian Salesman Sexually Harasses Teenager In Dubai Mall

Jadhav Hearing: India Accuses Pakistan Of Misusing ICJ For Propaganda - WATCH

India, during the first day of the hearing, based its case on two broad issues -- breach of Vienna Convention on consular access and the process of resolution.

Jadhav Hearing: India Accuses Pakistan Of Misusing ICJ For Propaganda - WATCH