Pakistan urges UNSC to declare 3 Indians as terrorists.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan yesterday urged the United Nations Security Council to declare four Indian nationals as terrorists.

Foreign Office spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said Pakistan had proposed the designation of four Indian nationals in 2019 under the United Nations 1267 Sanctions List, namely Venumadhav Dongara, Ajoy Mistry, Gobinda Patnaik, and Angara Appaji.

She said that these individuals were financing, sponsoring and organizing terrorism inside Pakistan by providing financial, technical and material support to terrorist groups including Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and others.

'We are disappointed that Pakistan's proposal to designate Venumadhav Dongara as a terrorist has been objected to,' she said.

The spokesperson said Pakistan hopes that the listing requests of other three Indian nationals will be given due consideration by the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee in an objective and transparent manner.

She said that taking advantage of the prolonged conflict in the neighbourhood, 'India has fomented terrorism inside Pakistan by providing training, financial and material support to terrorist groups to kill innocent people in Pakistan.'

Aisha Farooqui said that these Indian nationals were now residing in India with impunity which vindicated Pakistan's position that India is a state-sponsor of terrorism.

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