India welcomes designation of 3 Lashkar men as ‘Global Terrorists’; questions sincerity of Pak in taking effective action

New Delhi, August 2: India on Wednesday welcomed the announcement made by the United States in which three Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorists and terror financiers have been designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDTG) and neighbour’s sincerity in taking effective action.

 

In a statement, External Affairs Ministry said, "India welcomes the announcements made yesterday by the US Departments of State and Treasury in which three Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorists and terror financiers have been named as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDTG).”

The MEA further said, “The announcement vindicates India’s consistent stand that internationally designated terrorist groups and Individuals, including LeT and it’s front, Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation [FIF], continue to operate from and raise financial resources with impunity in Pakistan, and use territories under its control for carrying out cross-border terrorism in India and elsewhere in South Asia.” “The latest designations also call into question Pakistan’s sincerity in taking effective action against such terrorist elements," MEA concluded.

On Tuesday this week, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) financial funding members including Hameed-ul Hassam, Abdul Jabbar and Rehman al-Dakhil as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).

Importantly, the US Department of State has designated Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in the year 2001 in accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act. In 2005, the terrorist organization was also added to the United Nations Security Council’s Sanction List.