UN confirms six addresses of Dawood in Pakistan

 India’s consistent stand that Dawood Ibrahim is based in Pakistan has got a virtual endorsement from the UN which has confirmed six addresses of the underworld don in that country.

The listing of the UN Security Council’s ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee also includes information about Dawood’s various passports, including those issued in Pakistan. India, in a dossier, had cited nine addresses in Pakistan as those frequented by Dawood of which the UN Security Council’s ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee has removed three, finding those incorrect.

The committee, which amended its entry on Monday concerning Dawood, a UN-designated terrorist, made no changes with regard to six addresses provided by India.

One of the three addresses which have been dropped by the committee from its list was found similar to that of a residence of Islamabad’s envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi.

“On August 22, 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry” concerning Dawood on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo, it said.

It did not amend Dawood’s addresses mentioned in the listing — “Karachi, Pakistan (White House, Near Saudi Mosque, Clifton)”, “House Nu 37 - 30th Street - defence, Housing Authority, Karachi, Pakistan” and “Palatial bungalow in the hilly area of Noorabad in Karachi”.

The addresses were included in a dossier prepared by India in August last year  to show that Dawood is holed up in Pakistan.

In the amendment, the committee has stricken through the address “main Property at Margalla Raod F- 6/2 Street no.22, House No.07, Islamabad number 29 in Karachi. This address was later found to be similar to that of a residence belonging to Lodhi.”