UN virtually confirms six addresses of Dawood in Pak

From Yoshita Singh United Nations, Aug 23 (PTI) India’s consistent standthat Dawood Ibrahim is based in Pakistan has got a virtualendorsement from the UN which has obviously confirmed sixaddresses of the underworld don in that country. The listing of the UN Security Council’s ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee also includes information aboutDawood’s various passports, including those issued inPakistan. India, in a dossier, had cited nine addresses inPakistan as those frequented by Dawood of which the UNSecurity Council’s ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee hasremoved three, finding those incorrect. The Committee, which amended its entry yesterdayconcerning Dawood, a UN-designated terrorist, made no changeswith regard to six addresses provided by India. One of the three addresses which have been dropped by theCommittee from its list was found similar to that of aresidence of Islamabad’s envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi. "On 22 August 2016, the Security Council Committeepursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underlineand strikethrough in the entry" concerning Dawood on its ISIL(DaÂ’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals andentities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and armsembargo, it said. It did not amend Dawood’s addresses mentioned in thelisting — "Karachi, Pakistan (White House, Near Saudi Mosque,Clifton)", "House Nu 37 – 30th Street – defence, HousingAuthority, Karachi, Pakistan" and "Palatial bungalow in thehilly area of Noorabad in Karachi". The addresses were included in a dossier prepared byIndia in August last year that had listed nine residences inPakistan of the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts asevidence to show that he is holed up in Pakistan. In the amendment, the Committee has stricken through theaddress "Main Property at Margalla Raod F- 6/2 Street no.22,House No.07, Islamabad number 29 in Karachi. This address waslater found to be similar to that of a residence belonging toLodhi." When asked about the amendment, a top Indian officialhere told PTI that one address of Dawood in the listing entrywas incorrect. The address was "of Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi,and not Dawood Ibrahim", the sources said. "The amendment also strikes through other addresses "8thFloor of Mehran Square, near Pardesi House-3, Talwar Area,Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan" and "6/A Kjauabam Tanzeem,Phase-5, Defence Housing Araea, Karachi, Pakistan." The listing says Dawood has a Passport number A717288issued on August 18, 1985 in Dubai and a Pakistani numberG866537 issued on August 12, 1991 in Rawalpindi but adds theterm "misuse" for these two passports. He also has Passport number C-267185 issued in Karachiin July 1996, Passport number H-123259 issued in Rawalpindi inJuly 2001 and Passport number G-869537 issued in Rawalpindi,according to the listing. (MORE) PTI YAS ABH AKKAKK