No UN tag for TRF even as China blocks ban on 5 Pakistan-based terrorists

With the United National Security Council (UNSC) yet to include the name of The Resistance Front ( TRF) in the 2025 Pahalgam attack, authorities point to the role of China in blocking the sanction of five known Jaish and Lashkar militants involved in attacks in India, being harboured in Pakistan. Their dossier, prepared by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), outlines their active roles in the 26/11 attacks, 2019 Pulwama attacks, 2016 Pathankot attack, 2001 Parliament attack and the IC 814 hijack, among others.

Abdul Rauf Asghar, Jaish-e-Mohammad: The first proposal to designate Rauf was submitted by India and US co-sponsorship on July 27, 2022, which was put on hold by China. On February 7, 2023, China extended the hold by three months till May 10, 2023 and finally blocked the proposal on May 10, 2023, as per documents seen by ET.

Jaish chief Maulana Masood Azhar's brother, Rauf, has been instrumental in setting up training camps in Pakistan and coordinating terror attacks on Indian soil.

auf played a key role in the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 from Kathmandu to Kandahar. He was a chief conspirator in the 2001 Parliament attack and the mastermind behind the 2016 Pathankot airbase strike. His role in the 2019 Pulwama attack was confirmed via evidence from a co-conspirator's phone.

Sajid Mir: The proposal to designate Mir before the UNSC was first mooted by India and the US in 2022 but was put on technical hold by China and finally blocked in 2023. According to NIA, Mir is wanted for the 26/11 attack and the federal agency is now armed with more evidence regarding his involvement in the attack following deportation of co-conspirator Tahawwur Hussain Rana from the US early this year. Interestingly, Mir was arrested in Lahore on terror-financing charges in May 2022 and was convicted by a speedy trial within three weeks.

A resident of Lahore, Mir has been designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on August 30, 2012 by the US. The FBI has included Mir to its most wanted list.

Abdul Rehman Makki: China put a hold on the proposal in 2022 and lifted it in 2023 leading to Makki being placed in the sanctioned lists. However, official sources maintain that Pakistan has informed the UN that Makki has passed away creating suspicion among security agencies about terrorists being dead while they continue to operate against India under various aliases. He is the head of the LeT political affairs wing and served as head of LeT foreign relations department. Makki has been designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in 2010 by the US. He is involved in raising funds for LeT.

Talha Saeed: The proposal by India and the US against LeT leader Hafiz Saeed's son, Talha Saeed, and Shahid Mehmood, deputy chief of a front for the LeT named the Falah I Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), was blocked by China since 2022. Talha (50) has been actively involved in recruitment, fund collection, planning and executing attacks by LeT in India and Indian interests in Afghanistan.

Shahid Mehmood Rehmatullah: Born on April 10, 1980, he is a resident of Karachi. He is the deputy chief of proscribed organisation Falah-i-lnsaniyat Foundation (FIF), a frontal organisation of LeT. Shahid is involved in a conspiracy to create bases and sympathisers in India by sending funds in the garb of religious work, for anti-India activities. He is wanted by the NIA in the 2018 FIF terror funding case.