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'''Masood Azhar''' ({{lang-ur|{{nq|محمد مسعود اظہر}}}}) is the founder and leader of the [[Pakistan]]-based terrorist organisation [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]], active mainly in the Pakistani-administered portion of the state of [[Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>
{{cite news |title=The astonishing rise of Jaish-e-Mohammed: It's bad news for Kashmir, India and Pakistan |url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/jaish-e-mohammad-and-its-phenomenal-rise-its-bad-news-for-india-kashmir-and-pakistan-2582192.html |accessdate=17 January 2016 |agency=FirstPost |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116124623/http://www.firstpost.com/world/jaish-e-mohammad-and-its-phenomenal-rise-its-bad-news-for-india-kashmir-and-pakistan-2582192.html |archive-date=2016-01-16 |dead-url=no}}
</ref> On 1 May 2019, China lifted its blockade and Masood Azhar was listed as an international terrorist by [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref name="UNSC">{{Cite web|title = Mohammad Masood Azhar Alvi|url = https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/mohammad-masood-azhar-alvi|date = 1 May 2019|accessdate = 1 May 2019|work = United Nations Security Council}}</ref>
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</ref> India had been continuously trying to place Azhar on UN Security Council's counter-terrorism sanctions list, a move supported by all other countries but vetoed by China earlier.<ref>
{{cite news |title=How China stood in India's way to list JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/jaish-chief-azhar-how-china-stood-in-indias-way-5584745/ |accessdate=15 February 2019 |agency=[[Indian Express]] |dead-url=no}}
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</ref> On 1 May 2019, China lifted its blockade and Masood Azhar was listed as an international terrorist by [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref name="UNSC">{{Cite web|title = Mohammad Masood Azhar Alvi|url = https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/mohammad-masood-azhar-alvi|date = 1 May 2019|accessdate = 1 May 2019|work = United Nations Security Council}}</ref>
 
==Early life==