Masood Azhar
Masood Azhar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Muhammad Masood Azhar Alvi 10 July 1968 |
| Relatives | Abdul Rauf Azhar (brother) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Harkat-ul-Ansar, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammed |
Muhammad Masood Azhar Alvi (born 10 July or 7 August 1968) is a Pakistani militant leader, who is the founder and current leader of militant organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Pakistan-based Islamic Deobandi jihadist organisation. His actions are not limited to the South Asian region; for instance, BBC News described him as "the man who brought jihad to Britain". On 1 May 2019, he was listed as an international terrorist by the United Nations Security Council.