Given this dubious track record it was rather inexplicable to see the Chinese block a UN resolution designating Azhar a terrorist since 2016. Strategically it helps China if Pakistan keeps India preoccupied on the Western border. A resolution was moved by France to designate Azhar a terrorist and was backed by the UK and the US. The tragic incidents in New York underlined this stark reality; just like the terrorist attacks in 2015 in Paris that led to the killing of 129 people—and these were preceded by attacks on London and Madrid. In the final analysis, it is clear that designating Azhar as a terrorist was long overdue.

Source: Mint May 05, 2019 19:18 UTC