| FATF Gray list: Pakistan’s strategy to get rid of Masood Azhar

Islamabad: Pakistan with a new deadline to get out of FATF’s gray list. Pakistan is playing the game of technically handing over Masood Azhar Alvi, the founder and terrorist of the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JMM). As part of this, Pakistan is busy spreading the word that Masood Azhar has moved to Afghanistan. Pakistan says that Azhar moved to Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power in August last year and is currently living in eastern Afghanistan. However, the Taliban government completely rejected this claim of Pakistan.

Pakistan’s foreign ministry had also sent a letter to the Taliban government last day, requesting help in finding and arresting Masood Azhar. Apart from this, Azhar’s brother J.M.M. It is an open secret that Commander Rauf Azhar is under the protection of Pakistani intelligence.

Suspicion that the Pakistani military leadership betrayed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaeda, has been active for a long time. The Pakistani army, which pushed Zawahiri to Afghanistan when their needs were over, leaked information about him to the United States for financial aid.

Another version of the same strategy is being used by Pakistan in the case of Jaish. Meanwhile, a Taliban spokesperson tweeted yesterday rejecting media reports that Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar had sought refuge in Afghanistan.

“We reiterate that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan does not allow armed opposition groups on its territory to operate against any other country,” the Taliban spokesman clarified.

The Taliban asked all parties to desist from such accusations, which lack evidence and documents. The spokesperson also warned that such media allegations will have a negative impact on bilateral relations.