India has expressed disappointment over China blocking a bid to list Masood Azhar as a UN-designated terrorist.
Masood Azhar is the founder of the JEM terror group which had claimed responsibility for an attack in Kashmir that killed 40 Indian security personnel.
A UNSC tag would have meant an assets freeze, travel ban and an arms embargo as also, increased global pressure for Pakistan to act against the group.
Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports:
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