[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76520-76521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30866]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of Three 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 three 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 designations by the Director of OFAC of the individuals
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, are
effective on December 2, 2010.
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 (http://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
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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 December 2, 2010 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, three individuals whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive
Order 13224.
The designees are as follows:
1. AFRIDI, Amanullah (a.k.a. GUL, Muhammad Aman; a.k.a. ULLAH,
Aman; a.k.a. URS, Amanullah; a.k.a. ``MUFTI ILYAS''), Frontier Region
Kohat, Pakistan; DOB 1973; alt. DOB 1968; alt. DOB 1969; alt. DOB 1970;
alt. DOB 1971; alt. DOB 1972; alt. DOB 1974; alt. DOB 1975 (individual)
[SDGT]
2. AZHAR, Abdul Rauf (a.k.a. ALVI, Abdul Rauf; a.k.a. AZHAR, Abdur
Rauf); DOB 1974; POB Bwawal Pur, Pakistan; alt. POB Bahawalpur,
Pakistan (individual) [SDGT]
3. UR-REHMAN, Mati (a.k.a. AL-REHMAN, Matti; a.k.a. RAHMAN, Matiur;
a.k.a. REHMAN, Mati ur; a.k.a. REHMAN, Matiur; a.k.a. REHMAN, Mati-ur;
a.k.a. SAMAD, Abdul; a.k.a. SIAL, Abdul Samad; a.k.a. SIAL, Samad); DOB
1977; nationality Pakistan (individual) [SDGT]
Dated: December 2, 2010.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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