The United States has blocked a joint bid by Pakistan and China at the UN Security Council to designate the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its ally, the Majeed Brigade, as a terrorist entity.
The US, along with France and the United Kingdom, blocked this month the Sino-Pakistan bid submitted to the Security Council in September last year by Islamabad and Beijing, news agency PTI reported.
Pakistan currently sits in the 15-nation Security Council as a non-permanent member for the 2025-26 term, while China is a veto-wielding permanent member of the powerful UN body.
The US has designated the Balochistan Liberation Army and its alias, the Majeed Brigade, as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation.
BLA was designated as an SDGT by Washington in 2019 following several terrorist attacks.
Since 2019, BLA has claimed responsibility for additional attacks, including by the Majeed Brigade, the State Department had added.
