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China has opposed India's proposal to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar, a senior member of Pakistan-based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Abdul Rauf is the brother of JeM chief Masood Azhar and was born in Pakistan in 1974.
He has been involved in planning and executing several terror attacks in India, including the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC814 in 1999, the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament, and the 2016 attack on the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot.
As per reports, China objected to the proposal from India to add Abdul Rauf of the JeM to the UN Security Council's 1267 ISIL and Al Qaida Sanctions list.
China has also put holds on proposals to blacklist other Pakistan-based terrorists such as Hafiz Talah Saeed, Shahid Mahmood, and Sajid Mir of Lashkar-e-Taiba under the Al Qaeda Sanctions regime.
In June of last year, China also put a hold on a joint proposal by India and the US to designate Abdul Rehman Makki, the deputy chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba, under the 1267 sanctions committee.
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