indiaUpdated: Aug 23, 2020 06:03 ISTWeeks ahead of an expected assessment of its counter terror-financing actions, Pakistan has tightened curbs on eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders, including the organisation’s founder Hafiz Saeed, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim by taking steps to enforce UN sanctions against them. In some cases, Pakistan hadn’t acted on UN sanctions imposed more than a decade ago despite growing pressure from Western countries, including the US. In the past, Pakistan has always dismissed assertions by India and other countries that Ibrahim is based in Karachi. The notifications ordered the seizure of all movable and immovable properties of these groups and individuals, and freezing of bank accounts. Saeed was convicted by a court in Lahore and given a five-and-a-half-year prison term in two terror financing cases in February.

Source: Hindustan Times August 22, 2020 18:43 UTC