Back and forth: On Pakistan's moves to tackle terrorism
The HinduPakistan’s moves to tackle terrorism on its soil, particularly cross-border terrorism, have often been described as “one step forward and one step back”, when it comes to the broader support terror groups have enjoyed within the country. Thus, it would come as little surprise that within days of issuing a “Statutory Regulatory Order” listing directing officials to implement the UNSC committee resolutions against them, Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry denied that the listing was new. The listing had UNSC and Interpol information on at least five Pakistani passports and three Karachi addresses that belonged to Dawood, the former underworld don and the accused mastermind of Mumbai’s 1993 blasts. Thus far, the domestic listing, maintained under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act by the National Counter Terrorism Authority, had not included either Dawood or Lakhvi, who was tried briefly for the 26/11 attacks but was granted bail in 2014.