Nasr Javed

Nasr Javed is a Kashmiri senior operative of the militant group Jammat-ud-Dawa.^[1][2] He 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

Javed's birth year is variously listed as 1956, 1958 and 1965. The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control states 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 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).^[6] Javed was the joint planner of the 2007 Hyderabad bombing.^[7] On 5 February 2008, in a speech Javed said "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."^[8][9][10]

Javed was banned from visiting the UK in 2009. According to Jacqui Smith, then British Home Secretary, Javed was involved in training Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bombers.^[11] 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.^[7] In 2025, Javed was appointed the commander of the Markaz Jihad-e-Aqsa, a new LeT training camp located in Lower Dir District.^[7]