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Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court issues arrest warrant for JeM chief Masood Azhar
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Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court issues arrest warrant for JeM chief Masood Azhar

Just ahead of the global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Jaish-e-Mohmmad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar.The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued the warrant during a hearing in a terror financing case instituted by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab police against some members of the JeM.“ATC Gujranwala judge Natasha Naseem Supra issued an arrest warrant for Masood Azhar and directed the CTD to arrest him and present him in the court. The CTD told the judge the JeM chief was involved in terror financing and selling jihadi literature,” an official said.He said the ATC judge issued the arrest warrant for Azhar on the request of a CTD inspector.This comes ahead of