Delhi: India will soon move the United Nations to include the name of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar on the sanctions list.


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Vikas Swarup, MEA said on Thursday, "We will be moving the UN's 1267 committee to also include the name of Maulana Masood Azhar on the sanctions list," as per ANI.


He also said, "It is a great anomaly that the organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed is listed but not its leader."


At the same time, Swarup noted that India has already submitted to the UN's Sanction Committee a fresh list of 11 terrorists from Pakistan -based terror groups affiliated to al Qaeda, Taliban and other outfits responsible for terrorism in the country.


On February 18, a fresh submission of 11 individuals and one organisation linked to terrorism in India, was submitted to the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da'esh) and al Qaeda Sanctions Committee.


The UN had banned JeM in 2001 but India's efforts to ban Azhar after the Mumbai terror attacks did not fructify as China, one of the five permanent members of the UN group with Veto Powers, didn't allow the ban apparently on the behest of Pakistan.


Meanwhile, Pakistan today said that a team of special investigators probing the terror attack on the Pathankot airbase will visit India soon to collect evidence.


"The special investigation team will shortly visit India to collect evidence on the airbase attack," Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said. He, however did not give any date for the visit, as per PTI.


The special investigation team, that included experts from civilian and military intelligence agencies, was set up by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif last month to probe the January 2 attack.


Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said last week that India had already agreed to the visit of Pakistani experts to collect evidence.


Pakistan has already lodged an FIR into the Pathankot attack which has paved the way for the prosecution of anyone who is found guilty of involvement in the attack.


The FIR by the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab police, however, did not name Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, whom India has accused of having masterminded the deadly assault.


On the meeting of the foreign secretaries of the two countries, Zakaria said there was no hurdle for it.


He, however, refused to give any date for such a meeting, which was initially planned for mid-January but was postponed due to the Pathankot attack.


Zakaria said the officials of the two countries were in touch to work out the date for the meeting.


Responding to a question, Zakaria rejected that the "struggle in Kashmir" was anyway linked to terrorism.


He also expressed concern over the "exceptional treatment" given to India by the Nuclear Supplier Group.


"Pakistan is a peaceful country and also wants peace in this region. We are, therefore, against any arms race," Zakaria said. 


(With Agency inputs)