India slams use of ‘hidden veto’ after china blocks ban on azhar
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The Indian submission was considered by the Counter- Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) for technical aspects of the evidence provided. The technical team then with the support of the
US, UK and France had sent it to all the members, sources had said. All were told that if there are no objections, the designation will be announced after the expiry of the deadline but just
hours before the deadline, China requested the UN committee to keep on hold the designation. When asked at a briefing earlier this month as to why China had put a hold on the listing
request by India against Azhar, Chinese envoy and President of the Security Council for the month Liu Jieyi had said that any listing would have to meet the requirements, stressing that it
was the Council members’ responsibility to ensure that the criteria were followed.