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As India pays tribute to the fallen jawans 22 years after the Parliament attack, the kingpin of the dastardly terror strike, Masood Azhar Alvi, is enjoying safe havens in Pakistan’s Islamabad. Azar has been charge-sheeted in India for orchestrating a plethora of attacks, including the 2001 Parliament attack and the 2016 Pathankot airbase attack.

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As per reports, Atal Bihari Vajpayeep-led NDA government was mulling an attack on PoK four days after the Parliament attack. It was only then that Pakistan, fearing an Indian attack, designated Azhar as a terrorist and his outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed as a terror organisation on January 14, 2002.

A UN Security Council committee blacklisted the head of the Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) after China dropped its objection to the move, ending a long diplomatic impasse. He was listed as a designated terrorist by the UN Security Council 1267 Committee in 2019, a move seen as a significant victory for India on the global platform.  

Major attacks in India by Jaish-e-Mohammad under the patronage of Maulana Masood Azhar:

-Terror attack on the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislative Assembly complex in Srinagar on the 1st October 2001 wherein thirty-eight people were killed.

-Terror attack on the Parliament of India on the 13th December 2001 wherein six security force personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel and a civilian were killed.

-Terror attack on the 2nd January 2016 at Pathankot in Punjab by militants coming from Pakistan, belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad, wherein seven security forces personnel were killed and thirty-seven were injured.

-Terror attacks on the BSF camp at Humhama, Srinagar (October 2017), on the CRPF camp at Lethpora, Pulwama (December 2017), on the Army Camp, Sunjwan, Jammu (February 2018).

-Pulwama terror attack on 14th February 2019 wherein forty security force personnel were killed. (Details ascertained from notification released by the Home Ministry)  

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Pakistan’s Claim:

Pakistan in 2022 wrote to the Taliban’s foreign ministry asking authorities in Afghanistan to locate and arrest Masood Azhar, according to a Pakistani media report. This came after international authorities mounted pressure on Pakistan to act against Azar. As per Geo News, Pakistan in a letter said they believe Azhar was “hiding somewhere in Afghanistan”.