[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52112-52113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20784]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of 2 Individuals and 1 Entity Pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting 
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support 
Terrorism''

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 2 individuals and 1 entity 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 designations by the Director of OFAC of the 2 individuals 
and 1 entity in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, are 
effective on August 21, 2014.

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

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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, 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 August 21, 2014 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, 2 individuals and 1 
entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
Executive Order 13224.
    The listings for these individuals and entity on OFAC's list of 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons appear as follows:

Individuals

    1. RAHMAT, Qari (a.k.a. RAHMAT, Kari), Kamkai Village, Achin 
District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan; Nangarhar Province, 
Afghanistan; DOB 1981; alt. DOB 1982; POB Shadal (variant Shadaal) 
Bazaar, Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (individual) 
[SDGT].
    2. BASIR, Haji Abdul (a.k.a. 'ABD AL-BASIR, Haji; a.k.a. BASEER, 
Abdul; a.k.a. BASIR, Abdal; a.k.a. NOORZAI, Haji Basir), Chaman, 
Pakistan; DOB 1965; alt. DOB 1963; alt. DOB 1960; POB Balochistan 
Province, Pakistan; nationality Afghanistan; Passport AA3829182 
(Pakistan); National ID No. 5420124679187 (Pakistan) (individual) 
[SDGT].

Entity

    1. HAJI BASIR AND ZARJMIL COMPANY HAWALA (a.k.a. HAJI ABDUL BASIR 
AND ZAR JAMEEL HAWALA; a.k.a. HAJI ABDUL BASIR EXCHANGE SHOP; a.k.a. 
HAJI BASEER HAWALA; a.k.a. HAJI BASHIR AND ZARJMIL HAWALA COMPANY; 
a.k.a. HAJI BASIR AND ZARJAMIL CURRENCY EXCHANGE; a.k.a. HAJI BASIR 
HAWALA; a.k.a. HAJI ZAR JAMIL, HAJI ABDUL BASEER MONEY CHANGER), 
Sanatan (variant Sanatin) Bazaar, Sanatan Bazaar Street, near Trench 
(variant Tranch) Road, Chaman, Balochistan Province, Pakistan; Quetta, 
Pakistan; Lahore, Pakistan; Peshawar, Pakistan; Karachi, Pakistan; 
Islamabad, Pakistan; Qandahar Province, Afghanistan; Herat Province, 
Afghanistan; Helmand Province, Afghanistan; Dubai, United Arab 
Emirates; Iran [SDGT].

    Dated: August 21, 2014.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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