Last time I checked he escaped prison after an Indian Flight was hijacked!! What else does it require to be a designated terrorist ??? Hmmm

Can we know the nature of this technical hold? I'm no fan of Azhar but the abundance of rhetoric and lack of facts is quite striking. Can a person be banned without due process and proof of involvement? Is only accusation enough to put someone on the sanctions list?

Serves Modi right!

Someone who indulges in terror activities as state-policy with terror funding and through RAW operatives has no moral basis, and no need for such 'show of solidarity with India'.

Slowly Chinese stand on terrorism is being exposed to the world.

It's good for India..

how many countries supported it and how many opposed it.

No hope of ban until China in security council

@Harmony-1© & you still needs proofs when accused of supporting Terror units??

China may loose UNSC permanent seat soon.

china should stop playing childish. show some maturity.

@SECULAR all the countries supported wholeheartedly, except China. 14:1 in figures.

I wonder why??

Let me think... protection of CPEC corridor or strategic partners in something else?

Earlier United States and EU has banned Modi for travelling to their countries after the Gujarat massacre...lasted more than 10 years.

What happened to that ban...the crime committed cannot vanish in thin air.

At the same time Masood Azhar should be treated like H.Saeed as of now, no incumbency factor needed.

@Harmony-1© He was exchanged in return of hostages from a plane hijacked by terrorists and taken to Kandahar. You still need proof? Like seriously?

@Maverik are you serious or just joking ? dont you know this guy escaped from Indian jail via a plane 'Hijacked' by 'Terrorists'.

@Kamal what a naive prediction?

Eye opener to Pakistanis as to who is Pakistan real ally and who are siding with enemy of Pakistan.

Just to beat US China is loosing maturity.

Only a matter of time when we will see such a move against Modi etc

@Kamal

China will vacate UNSC permanent seat and India will occupy it, what a hopeless dream.

Very much in favour of India.

thats good

@Harmony-1© it indeed serves India well as long as Azhar is in limelight of Sanctions. This will only create more problems for Pakistan as Azhar was involved in flight hijacking

@Maverik lack of facts? He was hijacker of a flight. This needs no proof.

@Mohammad S. Khalid buddy you are missing the plot, its not about UNSC seat its about openly protecting a person who got a plane hijacked?? Do you honestly feel its correct ??

This only shows where India stands in diplomacy and support it receives. 14 nations have voted in favour and it was just China that opposed it.

Why is China isolating herself ? By doing this they will uselessly become enemy in the world's eye.

A friend in need is friend indeed. Thank you China once again.

China did it to make Pakistan happy, and let India scorn. United States moved this proposal on India insistence, to make India happy...

...knowing very well that it was blocked two times earlier by China when proposed by India.

So US did it's part, China did it part and lets's move on. US is not concerned about issues between India-Pak, Kashmir or terrorism related, yes she is concerned about any group directly or indirectly involved with terror in the US.

@Candyman - "You still need proof? Like seriously?"

No, I don't. I wouldn't care less about characters like him.

My point was Modi's own nefarious state-sponsored activities in Pakistan. He has no moral high ground!!! My point was clear enough, so don't put a spin in it!

@Harmony-1©

Childish reaction from you....

What is good for the goose is good for the gander. China is protecting it's own turf. It's not just about MA. He is just the tip of the iceberg ... it's much more than this behind the scenes.

Politics behind a flight hijacker... What a shame

@Pure Ind;

10000 Muslims are burned alive in three days and nobody was designated a terrorist.

14 nations voted in favor...that says it all...China using its position to protect a militant...lets see till when it can take this stand...

@Majid let's see he is one of the most welcome, powerful and respected leader in the world.

@Candyman - ....and solution is to have meaningful dialogue to find solutions to our issued but Modi is his usual belligerent and being bully!

@TOMUHTO TAWMAYTO You didn't got Harmony-1© point, I grasped it

@Pure Ind "Last time I checked he escaped prison after an Indian Flight was hijacked!! " Correction: India released him in the exchange. As for him being a terrorist , India should bring the proofs and not just allegations. Pakistan has a judicial system, India should exhaust this avenue before running to it's friends for intervention. BTWby ignoring the Human right violations and focusing on Indian complains these "civilized nations" have lost the moral ground to pressurize the UN for this action. 1151 peaceful demonstrators lost their sight due to pallets fired by these modern day Nazis.

@Feroz;

To the contrary, India's and the West's hypocricy on terrorism is being exposed to the civilized world. Kill a few people and you are a terrorist, kill a few thousand and you are government, kill a few hundred thousand and you are a superpower wannabe, kill a few million and you are a superpower.

@Aditya Sharma - Yes this megalomaniac is definitely "most welcome, powerful and respected leader" with his like it or not bear hugs, knuckle cracking hand shakes, pushing other aside to get into picture frames!

There is more to it than meets the eye, not that clear. Especially after Pakistan going after Hafiz Saeed and all terrorist groups.

Great move. This will show US and India

@gaznavi.... There is no end for this discussion. Our previous generation were busy in arguing about partitions. We are busy in arguing about current affairs. Our future generations will also busy with then affairs. I have my own family commitments to deal with... I am sure you will have some commitment as well... Why dont we use our valuable time to think about positive issues... Either Indian or Pakistani... Every one of us have a beautiful family and social life... Be cool...

And china is permanent member of UN Security Council- irresponsible act

@Mohammad S. Khalid I wonder what is good for Pakistan in this

@Mohammad S. Khalid proves the point...

@Harmony-1© "My point was Modi's own nefarious state-sponsored activities in Pakistan"

You may blame Modi but in reality no state is innocent as all of their hands are blood stained. The covert operations are nothing new and they weren't invented after Modi became PM!

@Topgun;

'lets see till when it can take this stand...'

You are wrongly assuming that there is an expiry date on China's stand. China can maintain this stand longer than India can maintain it's false accusations and the West can maintain selective enforcement of the law. Mr. Trump is finding out the UN is not just a building like the Trump Tower where he can fire an employee for not shining his boots good enough.

@TBH - "The covert operations are nothing new and they weren't invented after Modi became PM!"

Should that continue then or should one have dialogue for peace???

then pakistan wants the world community to acknowledge their country's sacrifices in the war against terrorism. Its just a big scam. They still eliminate terrorists based on their own priorities. No one will take you seriously pakistan. There is a reason why there is no resolution on kashmir till now. Its because of acts like these where you show the world your true colours by running to china whenever something constructive is about to happen at the UN.

@Harmony-1© "Should that continue then or should one have dialogue for peace???"

The answer is obvious. From India perspective unless Pakistan rein in militant groups there will be no talks. It's not that I support this but that's the reality. Musharaff was able to get BJP government on board

This is an issue to be mutually resolved between India and Pakistan, why should western powers get involved under garb of UNSC. If UNSC want to stay involved then first resolve bigger and older issues like Kashmir which has been in a limbo for over 65 years even with a clear UN resolutions behind it

Well done China

@Maxx do you really think that US will sit quietly after this Chinese move?

@Hameed well said.

@Mustafa R. What do you think USA will sit quite in the corner watching China dictating its decision . Wait and watch.

More Azhar Masood goes scot free, more it is in the interest of India.

@Frank;

US has to makeup it's mind if they want to be involved in Kashmir dispute or not. In today's multipolar world even US is not strong enough to have their cake and eat it too. You cannot get involved only when India endsup on the shorter end of the stick.

Kudos to China for standing with Pak but seriously how long do you think China will keep doing this and keep antagonizing the international community. China will not stand against the whole world to protect Pak for people like Azhar Mehmood.

C'mon Pak it is time to put your house in order. How can you be proud with entities like Hafiz Saeed, Azhar Mehmood, TTP, Hakani's etc etc freely roaming around the country? This is 21st century and there is no place for entities like TTP, Jud, JeL, LT, Hakani etc etc. Pak is walking a fine line and with these entities within its folds, Pak is one step away from being declared a terrorists State. Why would you do that and how can you be happy/proud of it?

@Hameed ...You have your opinion but you certainly do not have the facts,Chinese are a wise people and they know what they are doing.

@TBH;

'From India perspective unless Pakistan rein in militant groups there will be no talks.'

From anybody's perspective there should be no talks, 70 years of talks have have produced nothing but 300000 dead Kashmiris and thousands of blind Kashmiri children.

Enough is enough. Modi should do a surgical strike on china and isolate it :p

Its sad to see what place this world has become. If only the all the world nations start minding their own business and stop engagaging proxy wars, all the problems will end (PS this is for all the countries of world and not pointed towards only india pakistan usa and china).

@Alzamir Please read some books

@Mustafa R. .Great reply,Bravo.

How could China possible lose it's seat on the UN Security Council? We can't blame China or Russia for not cooperating with the United States when Washington Republicans and military suppliers want to keep the Cold War going forever. Russia and China are playing the same game. The more insecure the world is the more weapons they can sell.

China is never matured enough to lead the world as super power. In this case she's the only country to oppose the ban. It's time for chinese policy makers to sort out difference with what world thinks.

Why is China in love with Masood azhar so much? PS shouldnt this be an intenral matter of india and pakistan? and if these countries can get involved in this then why dont they get involved in the root cause for all the problems between india and paksitan ie kashmir and get that thing resolved once and for all? Kashmir out of the way then there will be no reason for any animosity between the two countries. Things will automatically improve

I feel that India should get the west and even china involved in the kashmir dispute and get the LOC declared as the int'l border between the two nations. I am sure even china would support it as they have their stakes in the pak part of kashmir and once this thing gets resolved then automatically tempers will cool down and dematerialization will take place in that area. India has good relations with GCC countries and if they get them on board then pakistan will have to comply and even the religious parties will not say no to the saudis. I dont know if they though abt it but that appears to be the best solution to all this unending perpetual south asian soap opera.

@Pure Ind . I did not realize that so many Indians read this paper!

bad move by pakistan ,

Matter of time.. He is certainly gonna be put in that list

@ SK, so u think USA which was directly responsible for death of millions of koreans, vietnamese, afghans, iraqis, libyans, red indians etc is fit to be a world power? sorry sir but no country in today's world is fit. each and every one of them have someone's blood on their hands.

@N_Saq well said. The more support that militant groups receive there will be no peace in the region

@SK;

'China is never matured enough to lead the world as super power.'

The time for you to handout maturity scores is long gone. Asian Century has arrived, and the waning Euro Century is trying to stymie it by planting a false Indian Century.

@Feroz, Ya you are right. but all other countries are being exposed as well. On one had Pakistan is being accused of supporting Afghan taliban but at the same time World powers are OK with a Taliban office in Qatar! They all have their favorite Taliban and favorite terror groups. India is openly supporting a few very small groups of what they call "Freedom Fighter" or Pakistan call them Terrorist groups. Many in Pakistan call Azhar Masood of Dash a Freedom Fighter. Now you pick your own hero among these murderers,kidnappers and real Terrorist. I hate them all who kill innocent people.

Respect for China from Pakistan

@ARSHAD,cANADA setting up office in Qatar doesn't mean they recognise Taliban. As of today Pakistan is the only country that recognise and support Taliban. As long as this is what world see there will be isolation for Pakistan

@Mustafa R. Agreed cent percent to your comment...

@Devendra G. who cares

@Ashwin china is isolating? I think all Indians are sick n live in dream...

@Pure Ind alot of things the west and ur country do are wrong. But you turn a blind eye. Likewise other countries turn blind eye too.

@Muhammad "china is isolating? I think all Indians are sick n live in dream"

14:1. Look at this fact and smell the coffee

@Haramullah Fattuddin Exactally. Very few people are getting it.

It's good for India.....

@TBH;

'14:1. Look at this fact and smell the coffee'

You don't measure morality in numbers. China represents much more civilization that the other fourteen put together. In South Asia we don't smell the coffee, we smell a Chinese invention called Tea.

China now stands alone in terms of terrorism.

@TBH - That "unless" is the problem then, my friend. It's not only sheer belligerence and bullyness, it's hypocrisy too when you admit you are at it yourself. Where is the justification in that or your own 'moral high ground'?

Besides, mutual dialogues don't have preconditions!

Why China is so crazy about Masood Azhar...why it supporting him vehemently...what is China's interest...???

@Maverik If a Person hijacks a plane and lands in a different county- Do you ask for facts before arresting the person? strange

@Muhammad Irfan - So that he or his supporters doesnt create problem in China business I guess.

Modi has made china to come openly , other wise china does play behind the curtain.

@Mustafa R. Civilization in India also on par with China. There were ancient civilization also in Egypt , Latin America. So shall China bow out in favor of Egypt or Latin American countries ??

@Mustafa R. "More than 39,000 Pakistanis have been deported from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in the past four months, reported Saudi Gazette on Tuesday."

See this news item. Standing behind China doesn't help as world is moving in different direction

@Mohammad S. Khalid A friend is one who guides. Does not blindly support. There is a couplet in Hindi which means, have critics close to you. They help you remain clean without soap and water.

Even a big power like China can be brought down. China's trading account is in surplus as most of the countries owe it and if all of them were to unite and refuse payment, China cannot do a thing.

@Harmony-1© "mutual dialogues don't have preconditions!"

without pre-conditions or agendas they become just a get-together for some tea and biscuits. Politicians from both our sides have become used to free junkets.

China is now stuck and can't retract. They will be made to pay for this later.

China is paying too much for Pak friendship /CPEC. Their growth rate is already on decline, all major phone/ laptop companies are coming to India, still they want to annoy the world ? Should I become happy that India will benefit from all these ?

@MUHAMMAD All Indians are not sick, nor all Pakistanis. There are lots of sensible people both sides.

India and trump will play this game against pakistan. Pakistan should move away from america as a friend and start a rezolution for war crimes in iraq and afghanistan against this bully state.why cant americans stay on ir own land and leave the world alone. Wherever they go there will only be death and destruction.

An irresponsible country like china deserves what will come next. No country can live isolated for long.

we cannot trust in UN policies any more, UN cannot resolve the outstanding disputes between countries like Kashmir and Palestine but it can ban organizations and people just to please America and India or Israel without any proof.

US is a better bet than the inscrutable Asian nation with new found wealth by the grace of US & EU.

Thanks China.

With every block, China looses goodwill as it is the only country blocking the motion.

@ARSHAD,cANADA : Yea we read everything. :). It keep us aware who we are dealing with.

In terms of statesmanship not good for Chinas image. Isnt JeM a banned org. by UN?

Its interesting to see who benefits and why?

@Senman China next super power. Live with it.

@Mohamed Excellent suggestion.

Another embarrassment for India

@Wasim Thats signaling the worth of china and integrity in one way ... Free state No boot Polish

Why is China doing this to us?

@Muhammad Irfan, You Indians should know this.

@Haramullah Fattuddin "More Azhar Masood goes scot free, more it is in the interest of India" Good. Then what are you Indians complaining about?

Wait for few years and see what happens in Uighur land. China will realise then

UN...Please take China out from UNSC if not world will not have faith in you.

US, UK , russia, china and France own the UN!!

@Kamal , The move shall be made to remove China from UN completely.

China will eventually pay the consequences of such continued misuse of its position in the UN Security Council. China may be a rising power but it should not forget that it is still way behind USA and a deeper US-India-Japan partnership can wreck its power play any day, economically or militarily. On top of it, the US now warming up to Russia is not a geo-political reality in China's favor. China should calibrate its responses to international issues of vital importance such as global terrorism, with care and responsibility.

Who is behind Samjhauta express killing ?

Time for india to block all cheap Chinese good being sold in india. Hit them where it hurts, in their pockets.

When governments start using these so called international laws (read: internationally agreed upon set of regulations) for their own personal agendas and political maneuvering; then these so called 'laws' lose both; their integrity and respect.

Today what we have is states hell bent on designating individuals as criminals globally (if there is such a thing as a global criminal), where as the clear and obvious crimes committed by the states themselves go unchallenged and with no consequences for their perpetrators (state's primers). Blockade of Yemen by SA, bombing of Libya by USA, harassment of Kashmiris by India and ethnic cleansing and virtual slavery of Palestinians by Israel are the current top crimes being committed by the states.

Logic, ethics and pure sense of justice would demand that the excesses of the powerful be neutralized first before turning one's attention to the lone smaller individual guy.

Until then nobody would respect any of these so called world-laws.

@ARSHAD,cANADA - why do you think India has so much soft power???

Why would UN care for China when they don't stick onto the orders passed by UN?

There is more than meets the eye. Is it possible that this is all staged and managed by Chinese lobbyists to extract more economic benefits from Pakistan and weaken Pakistan's negotiation position even more. Anything is possible in the murky global world of international deals and politics

@Mustafa R. The only civilized countries on the world is Pakistan and China ??

@Aditya sharma Not Modi really!!!

@Mustafa R. Hats off to your analysis. China is a permanent member and has veto power. Else, do you think it's vote would have mattered.

China is causing problems to make Indus region secure.

@Mohammad S. Khalid Do you know who was offered UNSC and who declined.

@ghaznavi What proof do you need against a person who hijacked a plane.

why is this guy so important to china that it is going against all other countries???

@Muhammad Irfan id answer if i knew who you were talking about.

@Prakash "without pre-conditions or agendas they become just a get-together for some tea and biscuits"

Well said bro. Lol

@Wasim

Question: How many times US blocked United Nations resolutions against Israel ?

Answer: almost 300 times.

@Wasim "@SECULAR all the countries supported wholeheartedly, except China. 14:1 in figures. Because China is the only other country that takes p"principled Stand" just like Pakistan. Kulbhusan should be put on the list based on the dossier provided by Pakistan.

@Prakash - An agenda for a meeting is altogether different from preconditions! Ever thought of that?

@TBH - "Well said bro. Lol"

So, there you go...two bros have got together to lol about on an inane comment!

@Harmony-1© "So, there you go...two bros have got together to lol about on an inane comment!"

It needs 2 hands to clap. The broader point I am trying to make is both nations have to create environment and accept or at least assess pre conditions of others to move forward. Obviously from India the expectation is for Pakistan to not keep militant groups as a hedge.

If China continue to block designated UN named terrorists, it will create an impression in the world about the sincerity of China in fighting terrorism.

@TBH - The dialogue is meant to resolve the outstanding mutual issues and prevent the acts of state/non-state actors; the remedies come through talks not through hypocritical childish ‘I’m not talking to you’ attitude.

@UKumar "excellent suggestion"

Then what is your govt waiting for?

@Mustafa R. Chinese tea is different to Indian Tea.And we drink that not chinese

What price are we paying China for this favour? It is just not worth it.