Masood Azhar is ‘proven threat’, why would China give him ‘terror pass’?: World Street Journal | World News, The Indian Express

Masood Azhar is ‘proven threat’, why would China give him ‘terror pass’?: World Street Journal | World News, The Indian Express

By PTI |New York |Published: March 16, 2019 8:15:23 pm

Masood Azhar is ‘proven threat’, why would China give him ‘terror pass’?: World Street Journal

The editorial comes after China for the fourth time blocked a bid in the United Nations (UN) Security Council to designate Azhar as a "global terrorist" by putting a technical hold on the proposal on Wednesday.

JeM chief Masood Azhar. (File)

A leading US daily has questioned China’s blocking of another move at the UN to designate Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist”, stating that Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief is a “proven threat” and Beijing is “loath to upset” its “all-weather” friendship with Islamabad.