Sajid_Mir_(terrorist)
Sajid Mir (terrorist)
Pakistani
Sajid Mir (Urdu: ساجد میر, born 1976 or 1978)[1] is a Pakistani national from Lahore and a member of the militant organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba.[2] Sajid Mir was the chief planner of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, during 26 November 2008.[2][3] Sajid had also managed the tasks of the 'foreign affairs' of Lashkar-e-Taiba's international wing.[4]
Sajid Mir was initially believed to be a fictitious character as claimed by Pakistan,[5][6] was later revealed by French magistrate Jean-Louis Bruguière's statement to journalist Sebastian Rotella that Sajid Mir is not a fictitious character.[7][8] Jean-Louis Bruguiere, during 2009, also stated that Sajid Mir is a regular official in the Pakistan Army.[9]
After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Sajid Mir was indicted in the United States during 2011. He was sanctioned as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List on 30 August 2012 by United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.[10][11] Mir is listed on the United States Department of State's Rewards for Justice Terror List for a reward of up to US$5 million for information which leads to his arrest. He is also listed on FBI Most Wanted Terrorists.[11] China has prevented the United Nations Security Council from designating Mir as a global terrorist under the Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee.[12]
During 2022, an Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan convicted him of terror financing and sentenced him to 15 years of imprisonment.
In 2023, a proposal by USA and India to designate him as a global terrorist was blocked by China.[13]