December 10, 2003	Wednesday	Shawwal 15, 1424

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RAWALPINDI, Dec 9: After the recent suicide attacks in Turkey, the United States has asked the Government of Pakistan to add names of 15 more people to the consolidated list of people and entities belonging to Taliban and al-Qaeda, Dawn has learnt.

The source said the government had been provided with the list endorsed by the United Nations and asked to freeze the assets of the people included in it, seal their offices and prevent their entry or transit.

The Italian and US authorities have already frozen their accounts and imposed ban on their travelling, the source said.

The consolidated list already carries the names and identities of 287 people and entities belonging or related to the Taliban, Usama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda.

The 15 people to be added in the list are Al-Ayashi Radiabdul Al-Sami (Egypt), Cabullah (Somalia), Hamid M Tahir (Iraq), Mustafa Muhammad Amin (Iraq), M Daki (Morocco), Al-Sadi Furgh Hassan (Libya), Sadi Nasir (Tunisia), Ben Abdul Hakim (Tunisia), Reham Lutfi (Tunisia), Bouyahia Hamadi (Morocco), Rown lazher Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed (Tunisia), Zarkavi Imed Bin Maki (Tunisia), Murad Trablsi (Tunisia), Kamal Bin Mauldi (Tunisia) and Nauriddi Drissi (Tunisia).

The Security Council committee established under Section 1267 (1999) oversees the implementation by states of the sanctions imposed on individuals and entities belonging or related to the Taliban and al-Qaeda and maintains a list of individuals and entities.

The Security Council has made it compulsory for all the states to freeze the assets, prevent the entry or the transit through their territories and prevent the direct or indirect supply sale and transfer of arms and military equipment with regard to the persons or entities included in the list.