Mohananey recalled that Azhar would often boast that police could not keep him in custody for long as he was important for Pakistan and the ISI
China has repeatedly blocked moves to ban Azhar under the Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UNSC
China opposed the US move by putting a hold on the proposal
Masood said, in an obituary for the dead Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar, the then External Affairs Minister Jaswant Sinha made the offer to the Taliban chief