Qasmani, a chief coordinator with Lashkar-e Tayyiba, has strong links to the al-Qaida and underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim. Mujahid has spoken on behalf of the LeT as its spokesman since mid-2001; Javaid served as a LeT commander and has commanded a LeT training center in Pakistan.

The US Treasury Department alleged that these men have provided support to al-Qaida and Lashkar-e Tayyiba in Pakistan and facilitated terror attacks.

Ameen Al-Peshawari provided funds and recruits to al Qaeda and the Taliban. He was responsible for recruiting fighters and suicide bombers and for funding militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Qasmani has also raised money for the group. He is accused of providing financial support to al-Qaida. Mujahid, heads LeT’s media department while Nasir Javid is involved in military training for the group.

The United States named LeT a foreign terrorist organization in December 2001. It was banned in Pakistan in 2002.

The US Treasury action is a sequel to UN Sanctions Committee decision on June 29 to add these four militants to ‘Consolidated List’ of individuals and entities associated with Osama bin Laden, al Qaida, and the Taliban.

While al-Peshwari is said to be live in Konar Province (Afghanistan) and keeps shuttling between Konar and Ganj district of Peshawar, Osmani is a Karachi resident and Mujahid is a Lahorite.  Nasir Javaid maintains residence at Mansehra in the Northwest Frontier Province and also at Gujranwala in Punjab province.