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| Pak is safe haven for Jaish founder | | Islamabad unlikely to deport Masood Azhar to India | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 14: Amid Islamabad's louder noises vis-a-vis its policy against any enouragement to extremists and terrorist groups on the territory controlled by Pakistan, Masood Azhar, founder of the dreaded terrorist organisation, Jaish-e-Mohammed, has successfully managed to deeply entrench himself in Pakistan. His success is attributed to the support and cooperation from Pakistan's official agencies, particularly the ISI (Inter-Servies Intelligence).
Continuing efforts by New Delhi to get him back, Pakistan, on present indications, will not oblige the government of India. Masood Azar is the 'most wanted terrorist' onthe list of India, which has been forwarded to Islamabad for necessary action. But for many in Pakistani establishment the Jaish-e-Mohammed founder, Masood Azhar, is wanted to deliver on tghe agenda to destabilise India.
Three years ago, Masood Azhar was isolated for the likely involvement of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) members in a plot to assassinate Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. But today he is back in business, the US intelligence community is said to have confirmed. Masood Azhar had to undergo a certain decline in prestige after the December 2003 attacks on Gen. Musharraf.
But he represents a fairly lethal organisation and once again has been rehabilitated and is enjoying complete freedom of movement in Pakistan. Arrested in Kashmir in 1994, Masood Azhar was released during the hijack of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 which was taken to Kandahar. And within months, his terror outfit, Jaish-e-Mohammad, was back to attacking India.
In October 2001, three Jaish terrorists attack the J&K Assembly complex killing 42 unarmed civilians.In December that year, the Indian Parliament was attacked by five Jaish terrorists. The attack brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. In November, 2005, a Jaish suicide bomber exploded a car bomb hours before the swearing in of Ghulam Nabi Azad as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Indian intelligence community has admitted that Jaish-e-Mohammed is a very signifcant organisation as far as terrorism in India is concerned. And the JeM is now also being linked with Al Qaeda. London police arrested suspects that they claim were plotting to blow up 10 US-bound aircraft. Also involved was Jaish terrorist Rashid Rauf-- a British citizen living in Pakistan, who is also Masood Azhar's brother-in-law.
Despite the fact that Masood Azhar has been linked to the Al Qaeda and with an assassination attempt on Gen. Musharraf, he and the Jaish-e-Mohammed find safe haven in Pakistan. And according to one school of thought, as long as he delivers on the agenda to destabilise India, he will be tolerated.
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