WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday designated the finance chief and a senior public relations official of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba as “global terrorists,” placing tight economic sanctions on the two.
The US Treasury said Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry, one of the two hit with sanctions, has been a senior leader and strategist for LeT since the early 2000s, while the second, Muhammad Hussein Gill, is an LeT founder and its chief financial officer.
Both were labeled “specially designated global terrorists,” freezing any assets they might have in US jurisdiction and banning Americans from any transactions with the two.
“We will continue to target LeT’s financial foundation to disrupt and impede its violent activities,” said David Cohen, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.
AFP
