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Mohammad Masood Azhar ALVI

Aliases

Wali Adam ESAH; Masud AZHAR; Wali Adam ISAH

Position

Maulana

Nationality

Pakistan

DoB

1968-07-10; 1968-06-10

Address

1260/108, Block N0.6-B, Kausar Colony, Model Town-B, Bahawalpur, Punjab Province, Pakistan; Lahore City, Lahore District, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Official reason

Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi (Azhar) founded JEM in 2000 and is the head of al Rehmat Trust. He is also a former leader of the terrorist group Harakat al Mujahadin, aka Harakat ul-Ansar; most of these groups' members subsequently joined JEM under Azhar's leadership. In 2008, JEM recruitment posters in Pakistan contained a call from Azhar for voluntee...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg944

Date of listing

2010-11-04

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Terrorism

Measures

Blocking Property

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2396

Official Information

On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (68 FR 34196, June 6, 2003 (“the Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001)...

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/01/2022-13969/global-terrorism-sanctions-regulations