[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 106 (Monday, June 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31544-31545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12288]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Additional Designation of Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order
13224
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of four newly-designated individuals
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit,
or Support Terrorism.''
DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the four individuals
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, is
effective on May 27, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC
20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On September 23, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13224
(the ``Order'') pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the United Nations Participation Act of
1945, 22 U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President declared a national
emergency to address grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism
committed by foreign terrorists, including the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. The
Order imposes economic sanctions on persons who have committed, pose a
significant risk of committing, or support acts of terrorism. The
President identified in the Annex to the Order, as amended by Executive
Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 individuals and 16 entities as subject
to the economic sanctions. The Order was further amended by Executive
Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the creation of the
Department of Homeland Security.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all
property and interests in property that are in or hereafter come within
the United States or the possession or control of United States
persons, of: (1) Foreign persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2)
foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security and the Attorney General, to have committed, or to
pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten
the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign
policy, or economy of the United States; (3) persons determined by the
Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Departments of State,
Homeland Security and Justice, to be owned or controlled by, or to act
for or on behalf of those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or
those persons determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or
1(d)(i) of the Order; and (4) except as provided in section 5 of the
Order and after such consultation, if any, with foreign authorities as
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the
Attorney General, deems appropriate in the exercise of his discretion,
persons determined by the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Departments of State, Homeland Security and Justice, to assist in,
sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for,
or financial or other services to or in support of,
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such acts of terrorism or those persons listed in the Annex to the
Order or determined to be subject to the Order or to be otherwise
associated with those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those
persons determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i)
of the Order.
On April 1, 2008, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Departments of State, Homeland Security, Justice and other relevant
agencies, designated, pursuant to one or more of the criteria set forth
in subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the Order, four individuals whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive
Order 13224.
The list of additional designees is as follows:
1. ASHRAF, Haji Muhammad (a.k.a. ASHRAF, Haji M.); DOB 1 Mar 1965;
Passport A-374184 (Pakistan).
2. BAHAZIQ, Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed (a.k.a. ABU 'ABD AL-'AZIZ;
a.k.a. ABU ABDUL AZIZ; a.k.a. BAHAZIQ, Mahmoud; a.k.a. SHAYKH SAHIB);
DOB 17 Aug 1943; alt. DOB 1943; alt. DOB 1944; POB India; nationality
Saudi Arabia; Registration ID 4-6032-0048-1 (Saudi Arabia).
3. LAKHVI, Zaki-ur-Rehman (a.k.a. ARSHAD, Abu Waheed Irshad Ahmad;
a.k.a. LAKVI, Zaki Ur-Rehman; a.k.a. LAKVI, Zakir Rehman; a.k.a.
REHMAN, Zakir; a.k.a. UR-REHMAN, Zaki; a.k.a. ``CHACHAJEE''); Barahkoh,
P.O. DO, Tehsil and District Islamabad, Pakistan; Chak No. 18/IL,
Rinala Khurd, Tehsil Rinala Khurd, District Okara, Pakistan; DOB 30 Dec
1960; POB Okara, Pakistan; nationality Pakistan; National ID No. 61101-
9618232-1 (Pakistan).
4. SAEED, Muhammad (a.k.a. HAFIZ SAHIB; a.k.a. SAEED, Hafiz; a.k.a.
SAEED, Hafiz Mohammad; a.k.a. SAEED, Hafiz Muhammad; a.k.a. SAYED,
Hafiz Mohammad; a.k.a. SAYEED, Hafez Mohammad; a.k.a. SAYID, Hafiz
Mohammad; a.k.a. SYEED, Hafiz Mohammad; a.k.a. ``TATA JI''), House No.
116 E, Mohalla Johar, Town: Lahore, Tehsil:, Lahore City, Lahore
District, Pakistan; DOB 5 Jun 1950; POB Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan;
nationality Pakistan; National ID No. 3520025509842-7 (Pakistan).
Dated: May 27, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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