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{{short description|Pakistani Islamist}} | {{short description|Pakistani Islamist (born 1950s)}} | ||
{{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2018}} | {{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2018}} | ||
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| years_active = 2004–2025 | |||
| organization = [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] | |||
| wanted_by = India <br /> | |||
United States | |||
| wanted_since = 2009 | |||
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'''Nasr Javed''' is a Pakistani [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] militant.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 February 2015 |title=Kashmir Solidarity Day observed across province |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/833532/kashmir-solidarity-day-observed-across-province |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123195556/https://tribune.com.pk/story/833532/kashmir-solidarity-day-observed-across-province |archive-date=23 January 2025 |work=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kapur |first1=S. Paul |author-link=S. Paul Kapur |last2=Ganguly |first2=Sumit |author-link2=Sumit Ganguly |date=July 2012 |title=The Jihad Paradox: Pakistan and Islamist Militancy in South Asia |journal=International Security |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=135–136 |doi=10.1162/ISEC_a_00090 |hdl=2022/15263 |jstor=23280406 |s2cid=51339857 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> He has been sanctioned under the [[Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List]] of the [[Office of Foreign Assets Control|United States Office of Foreign Assets Control]] and is on the [[list of individuals banned from entering the United Kingdom|list of "individuals banned from the UK for stirring-up hatred"]] for "engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs."<ref>{{cite web |date=5 May 2009 |title=Home Office name hate promoters excluded from the UK |url=http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/hate-promoters-banned-UK-named |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507181855/http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/hate-promoters-banned-UK-named |archive-date=2009-05-07 |accessdate=2009-05-06 |work=Press Release |publisher=UK Home Office}}</ref> | |||
== Early life and career == | |||
Javed's birth year is variously listed as 1956, 1958 and 1965.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> According to an Indian dossier, Javed is the nephew of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] (LeT) founder and leader [[Hafiz Saeed]], and also close to [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]] leader [[Masood Azhar]]. Javed is reportedly the [[Emir|''emir'']] (chief) of all LeT training camps and enables weapons training. As of 2010, he was the commander of the LeT camp in [[Mansehra District]], the Jamia Abu Hureira. Javed was also the commander of the LeT Daura-e-Aam course at the Umar bin Khattab camp,{{Sfn|Gupta|2010}} located in [[Kunduz]] and shared with the [[Taliban]].{{Sfn|Roggio|Weiss|2016}} As of 2010, he was reportedly running a camp, under the cover of a school, located near the [[Karakoram Highway]] connecting Pakistan and China.{{Sfn|Gupta|2010}} | |||
According to the [[Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List]] of the United States [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]], Javed belongs to [[Gujranwala District]] in [[Punjab, Pakistan]]. He currently resides in [[Mansehra District]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. Javed's alias is Abu Ishmael.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date= |title=NASER JAVED |url=https://www.opensanctions.org/entities/NK-c5UfA8p6PJmQjTY3QWkyWP/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123144703/https://www.opensanctions.org/entities/NK-c5UfA8p6PJmQjTY3QWkyWP/ |archive-date=23 November 2023 |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=OpenSanctions.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-08 |title=Treasury Targets Al Qaida and Lashkar-E Tayyiba Networks in Pakistan |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg192 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251014232451/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg192 |archive-date=14 October 2025 |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}</ref> Javed was placed under US sanctions on 7 January 2009 under [[Executive Order 13224]], for his links to the LeT.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 - BLOCKING PROPERTY AND PROHIBITING TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS WHO COMMIT, THREATEN TO COMMIT, OR SUPPORT TERRORISM |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/20296/download?inline |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250701200444/https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/20296/download?inline |archive-date=1 July 2025 |website=Office of Foreign Assets Control |page=15 |format=PDF}}</ref> Javed was the joint planner of the [[August 2007 Hyderabad bombings]].{{Sfn|Sibal|Parveen|2025}} On 5 February 2008, [[Kashmir Solidarity Day]] in Pakistan,{{Sfn|Gupta|2010}} Javed said in a speech "[[Jihad|''jihad'']] will spread from Kashmir to other parts of India. Muslims will rule India again." He also said "the government of Pakistan might have abandoned jihad, but we have not. Our agenda is clear. We will continue to wage and propagate jihad until eternity."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Saurabh |date=2025-06-11 |title='Pakistan's jihad paradox has become extremely dangerous': Trump's South Asia nominee Paul Kapur warned in 2016 |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/pakistans-jihad-paradox-has-become-extremely-dangerous-trumps-south-asia-nominee-paul-kapur-warned-in-2016-479984-2025-06-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250613230518/https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/pakistans-jihad-paradox-has-become-extremely-dangerous-trumps-south-asia-nominee-paul-kapur-warned-in-2016-479984-2025-06-11 |archive-date=13 June 2025 |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2008-02-12 |title=Concerns grow on Lashkar designs |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/12/stories/2008021257350100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213094158/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/12/stories/2008021257350100.htm |archive-date=2008-02-13 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kanchan |first=Lakshman |date=2008-02-18 |title=The Expanding Jihad - ICT |url=https://ict.org.il/the-expanding-jihad/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241123052747/https://ict.org.il/the-expanding-jihad/ |archive-date=2024-11-23 |access-date=2025-12-15 |work=ICT |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
In a dossier sent on 25 February 2010 to Salman Bashir, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary, Javed was listed as one of 24 terrorists wanted by India who were living in Pakistan.{{Sfn|Gupta|2010}} Javed was [[List of people banned from entering the United Kingdom|banned from visiting the UK]] in 2009. According to [[Jacqui Smith]], the British [[Home Secretary]] at the time, Javed was involved in training [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] suicide bombers.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2009-05-05 |title=LeT commander among 22 barred from entering Britain |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/let-commander-among-22-barred-from-entering-britain-46619-2009-05-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220130959/https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/let-commander-among-22-barred-from-entering-britain-46619-2009-05-04 |archive-date=20 December 2025 |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=India Today |language=en |agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref> Javed was the commander of the LeT camp in Dulai, [[Pakistan administered Azad Kashmir|Pakistan administered Kashmir]], from 2004 to 2015. He is also a key member of the LeT's financing front, the [[Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation]], previously the [[Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation]], an organization banned by the [[United Nations]]. In 2025, Javed was appointed the commander of the Markaz Jihad-e-Aqsa, a new LeT [[Fedayeen|''fedayeen'']] training camp located in [[Lower Dir District]].{{Sfn|Sibal|Parveen|2025}} According to journalist Amit Bhardwaj, in November 2025 the LeT started working to increase its recruitment in [[Sindh]] province. On 23 and 24 November 2025, rallies and sessions were held in [[Karachi]], led by Javed, the 3rd deputy of the LeT Abdur Rauf, and LeT Sindh commander Faisal Nadeem.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1992536378584744117 |user=AmmyBhardwaj |title=> Lashkar-e-Taiba has started to focus on increasing terrorist recruitment from Sindh Province also. |first=Bhardwaj |last=Amit |date=23 November 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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== Sources == | |||
* {{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Shishir |author-link=Shishir Gupta |date=12 March 2010 |title=The Delhi Dossier |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/the-delhi-dossier/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251224094558/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/the-delhi-dossier/ |archive-date=24 December 2025 |work=The Indian Express}} | |||
* {{Cite news |last=Roggio |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Roggio |last2=Weiss |first2=Caleb |date=4 July 2016 |title=Taliban shows ‘Omar ibn Khattab’ training camp in Kunduz |url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/07/taliban-shows-omar-ibn-khattab-training-camp-in-kunduz.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250712171237/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/07/taliban-shows-omar-ibn-khattab-training-camp-in-kunduz.php |archive-date=12 July 2025 |work=[[FDD's Long War Journal]]}} | |||
* {{Cite news |last1=Sibal |first1=Siddhant |last2=Parveen |first2=Gulshan |date=26 September 2025 |title=After Jaish & Hizbul, terror group Lashkar moves camps to KPK |url=https://www.wionews.com/world/after-jaish-hizbul-terror-group-lashkar-moves-camps-to-kpk-1758881801643 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220132058/https://www.wionews.com/world/after-jaish-hizbul-terror-group-lashkar-moves-camps-to-kpk-1758881801643 |archive-date=20 December 2025 |work=WION}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:31, 21 February 2026
Nasr Javed | |
|---|---|
| Years active | 2004–2025 |
| Organization | Lashkar-e-Taiba |
Wanted by | India United States |
| Wanted since | 2009 |
Nasr Javed is a Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba militant.[1][2] He has been sanctioned under the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control and is on the list of "individuals banned from the UK for stirring-up hatred" for "engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs."[3]
Early life and career[edit | edit source]
Javed's birth year is variously listed as 1956, 1958 and 1965.[4][5] According to an Indian dossier, Javed is the nephew of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder and leader Hafiz Saeed, and also close to Jaish-e-Mohammed leader Masood Azhar. Javed is reportedly the emir (chief) of all LeT training camps and enables weapons training. As of 2010, he was the commander of the LeT camp in Mansehra District, the Jamia Abu Hureira. Javed was also the commander of the LeT Daura-e-Aam course at the Umar bin Khattab camp,[6] located in Kunduz and shared with the Taliban.[7] As of 2010, he was reportedly running a camp, under the cover of a school, located near the Karakoram Highway connecting Pakistan and China.[6]
According to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control, Javed belongs to Gujranwala District in Punjab, Pakistan. He currently resides in Mansehra District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Javed's alias is Abu Ishmael.[4][5] Javed was placed under US sanctions on 7 January 2009 under Executive Order 13224, for his links to the LeT.[8] Javed was the joint planner of the August 2007 Hyderabad bombings.[9] On 5 February 2008, Kashmir Solidarity Day in Pakistan,[6] Javed said in a speech "jihad will spread from Kashmir to other parts of India. Muslims will rule India again." He also said "the government of Pakistan might have abandoned jihad, but we have not. Our agenda is clear. We will continue to wage and propagate jihad until eternity."[10][11][12]
In a dossier sent on 25 February 2010 to Salman Bashir, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary, Javed was listed as one of 24 terrorists wanted by India who were living in Pakistan.[6] Javed was banned from visiting the UK in 2009. According to Jacqui Smith, the British Home Secretary at the time, Javed was involved in training Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bombers.[13] Javed was the commander of the LeT camp in Dulai, Pakistan administered Kashmir, from 2004 to 2015. He is also a key member of the LeT's financing front, the Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation, previously the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, an organization banned by the United Nations. In 2025, Javed was appointed the commander of the Markaz Jihad-e-Aqsa, a new LeT fedayeen training camp located in Lower Dir District.[9] According to journalist Amit Bhardwaj, in November 2025 the LeT started working to increase its recruitment in Sindh province. On 23 and 24 November 2025, rallies and sessions were held in Karachi, led by Javed, the 3rd deputy of the LeT Abdur Rauf, and LeT Sindh commander Faisal Nadeem.[14]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Kashmir Solidarity Day observed across province". The Express Tribune. 5 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025.
- ↑ Kapur, S. Paul; Ganguly, Sumit (July 2012). "The Jihad Paradox: Pakistan and Islamist Militancy in South Asia". International Security. 37 (1): 135–136. doi:10.1162/ISEC_a_00090. hdl:2022/15263. JSTOR 23280406. S2CID 51339857.
- ↑ "Home Office name hate promoters excluded from the UK". Press Release. UK Home Office. 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NASER JAVED". OpenSanctions.org. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Treasury Targets Al Qaida and Lashkar-E Tayyiba Networks in Pakistan". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 8 February 2025. Archived from the original on 14 October 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Gupta 2010.
- ↑ Roggio & Weiss 2016.
- ↑ "EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 - BLOCKING PROPERTY AND PROHIBITING TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS WHO COMMIT, THREATEN TO COMMIT, OR SUPPORT TERRORISM" (PDF). Office of Foreign Assets Control. p. 15. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Sibal & Parveen 2025.
- ↑ Sharma, Saurabh (11 June 2025). "'Pakistan's jihad paradox has become extremely dangerous': Trump's South Asia nominee Paul Kapur warned in 2016". Business Today. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "Concerns grow on Lashkar designs". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
- ↑ Kanchan, Lakshman (18 February 2008). "The Expanding Jihad - ICT". ICT. Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "LeT commander among 22 barred from entering Britain". India Today. Press Trust of India. 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ Amit, Bhardwaj [@AmmyBhardwaj] (23 November 2025). "> Lashkar-e-Taiba has started to focus on increasing terrorist recruitment from Sindh Province also" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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Sources[edit | edit source]
- Gupta, Shishir (12 March 2010). "The Delhi Dossier". The Indian Express.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - Roggio, Bill; Weiss, Caleb (4 July 2016). "Taliban shows 'Omar ibn Khattab' training camp in Kunduz". FDD's Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 12 July 2025.
- Sibal, Siddhant; Parveen, Gulshan (26 September 2025). "After Jaish & Hizbul, terror group Lashkar moves camps to KPK". WION. Archived from the original on 20 December 2025.