Masood Azhar Arrested

UN designated global terrorist Masood Azhar, chief of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), should be arrested by January 18 in connection with a terror financing case, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has asked the Punjab Police, a court official said on Saturday.

Terror mastermind Masood Azhar is not in jail but at the sprawling headquarters of the Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pakistan's Bahawalpur despite Islamabad's claims of arresting him, government sources say. Masood Azhar's last location, according to sources, was the Markaz Subhanallah, the headquarters of the terror group located in Bahawalpur.

A 35-year-old Pakistani-American national has been arrested by the FBI on his arrival from Pakistan for being in contact with two UN-proscribed terror groups the ISISand the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

A Jaish-e-Mohammed operative accused of targeting a CRPF training centre in Pulwama's Lethpora nearly two years ago has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) upon being deported from the United Arab Emirates. The terrorist, Nisar Ahmed Tantray, was later sent to police remand by an NIA court.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath -- who launched the BJP's election campaign in Uttar Pradesh with a rally in Saharanpur -- generated controversy today by linking the Congress candidate to Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar. Congress's Imran Masood, an influential leader from the area, is up against the BJP's sitting lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal in Sahara...

Terror mastermind Masood Azhar, whose Jaish-e-Mohammed carried out the Pulwama attack in which 40 Indian soldiers were killed, is in Pakistan, its Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has confirmed.

Masood Azhar, the chief of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, was an "easy man" to handle in custody and he got shaken up on the first "slap" from an Army officer, prompting him to blurt out details of his movements, said a former police officer who interrogated him after his arrest in 1994.

The NIA today secured non-bailable arrest warrants against Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf and two others for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strike on the strategic Indian Air Force base in Pathankot.

Shiv Sena today said that India should hold talks with Pakistan only after the arrest and handing over of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar by Islamabad to New Delhi for his terror acts.

"Jab miya biwi razi, to kya keraga qazi" (when the couple is game, how can a priest stop the marriage) - that is how Vikas Swarup, spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs, described the India-Pakistan engagement post Pathankot.

Pakistan has not confirmed that it has detained Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the terror group that launched the deadly attack on the Pathankot Air Force Base. Pakistan's foreign office said today that it has "no information on the apprehensions, detentions or raids".

BJP today described the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar as a "positive step" which was a "good" thing for the peace-loving and development-oriented people of India and Pakistan.

Pakistan's detention of the chief of the terror group that carried out the deadly and lengthy attack on the Pathankot Air Force Base is being seen as a significant step forward in India, which had suggested crucial talks loosely scheduled for Friday were unlikely to go ahead unless Islamabad took action against the Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Pakistan is delivering on its promise to cooperate with India in probing the terror attack in Pathankot with the detention of Jaish-e Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, Pakistani media pointed out minutes after the news broke this evening. The arrest, they mentioned, came two days before the scheduled India-Pakistan talks.

Masood Azhar, chief of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, was detained in Islamabad two days ago, sources have said. Four of his key aides have also been detained.

UN designated global terrorist Masood Azhar, chief of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), should be arrested by January 18 in connection with a terror financing case, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has asked the Punjab Police, a court official said on Saturday.

Terror mastermind Masood Azhar is not in jail but at the sprawling headquarters of the Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pakistan's Bahawalpur despite Islamabad's claims of arresting him, government sources say. Masood Azhar's last location, according to sources, was the Markaz Subhanallah, the headquarters of the terror group located in Bahawalpur.

A 35-year-old Pakistani-American national has been arrested by the FBI on his arrival from Pakistan for being in contact with two UN-proscribed terror groups the ISISand the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

A Jaish-e-Mohammed operative accused of targeting a CRPF training centre in Pulwama's Lethpora nearly two years ago has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) upon being deported from the United Arab Emirates. The terrorist, Nisar Ahmed Tantray, was later sent to police remand by an NIA court.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath -- who launched the BJP's election campaign in Uttar Pradesh with a rally in Saharanpur -- generated controversy today by linking the Congress candidate to Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar. Congress's Imran Masood, an influential leader from the area, is up against the BJP's sitting lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal in Sahara...

Terror mastermind Masood Azhar, whose Jaish-e-Mohammed carried out the Pulwama attack in which 40 Indian soldiers were killed, is in Pakistan, its Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has confirmed.

Masood Azhar, the chief of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, was an "easy man" to handle in custody and he got shaken up on the first "slap" from an Army officer, prompting him to blurt out details of his movements, said a former police officer who interrogated him after his arrest in 1994.

The NIA today secured non-bailable arrest warrants against Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf and two others for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strike on the strategic Indian Air Force base in Pathankot.

Shiv Sena today said that India should hold talks with Pakistan only after the arrest and handing over of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar by Islamabad to New Delhi for his terror acts.

"Jab miya biwi razi, to kya keraga qazi" (when the couple is game, how can a priest stop the marriage) - that is how Vikas Swarup, spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs, described the India-Pakistan engagement post Pathankot.

Pakistan has not confirmed that it has detained Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the terror group that launched the deadly attack on the Pathankot Air Force Base. Pakistan's foreign office said today that it has "no information on the apprehensions, detentions or raids".

BJP today described the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar as a "positive step" which was a "good" thing for the peace-loving and development-oriented people of India and Pakistan.

Pakistan's detention of the chief of the terror group that carried out the deadly and lengthy attack on the Pathankot Air Force Base is being seen as a significant step forward in India, which had suggested crucial talks loosely scheduled for Friday were unlikely to go ahead unless Islamabad took action against the Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Pakistan is delivering on its promise to cooperate with India in probing the terror attack in Pathankot with the detention of Jaish-e Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, Pakistani media pointed out minutes after the news broke this evening. The arrest, they mentioned, came two days before the scheduled India-Pakistan talks.

Masood Azhar, chief of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, was detained in Islamabad two days ago, sources have said. Four of his key aides have also been detained.