16th Nov. 2009.  NEW DELHI

India’s effort to get Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Msood Azhar and two top commanders of lashkar-e-tayyaba proscribed by UN Security Council have been stone walled by China despite India issuing demarches and furnishing proof of their involvement in terrorist activities. China has put a “technical hold” on a move in the UNSC to declare Azhar and Let terrorists Azam Cheema and Abdur Rahman Makki as terrorist under its resolution 1267 of December last year. India has issued demarches to China seeking its support for the resolution and provided detailed proof about Azhar’s involvement in terrorism but China refuses to budge. China is the only member of the 15-nation grouping to block the move. Earlier, Britain also had blocked the resolution but changed its mind when India provided it proof about the involvement. Azhar was one of the three terrorists to be released by India in exchange for hostage on board the hijacked Indian airline plane IC-814 IN 1999. New Delhi has detailed how Azhar and JeM, the outfit he founded soon after his release from here,were involved in several terror attacks, including on Parliament in December. However, China maintains that proscription of the terrorist is a “technical” issue and more information is required to lift its “hold”.