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###### Department of the Treasury

###### Office of Foreign Assets Control

# AGENCY:

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# 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 July 1, 2009.

# 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.                          ( print page 35908)    

## 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, 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 July 1, 2009, 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 designees is as follows:

1. AMEEN AL-PESHAWARI, Fazeel-A-Tul Shaykh Abu Mohammed (a.k.a. AL-BISHAURI, Abu Mohammad Shaykh Aminullah; a.k.a. AL-PESHAWARI, Shaykh Abu Mohammed Ameen; a.k.a. AL-PESHAWARI, Shaykh Aminullah; a.k.a. AMINULLAH, Shaykh; a.k.a. AMINULLAH, Sheik; a.k.a. BISHAWRI, Abu Mohammad Amin; a.k.a. PESHAWARI, Abu Mohammad Aminullah; a.k.a. SHAYKH AMEEN), Ganj District, Peshawar, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan; DOB circa 1967; alt. DOB circa 1961; alt. DOB circa 1973; POB Konar Province, Afghanistan (individual) [SDGT].

2. JAVAID, Nasir (a.k.a. ABU ISHMAEL; a.k.a. JAVED, Haji Nasir; a.k.a. JAVED, Nasar; a.k.a. JAVED, Naser; a.k.a. JAVED, Nasir; a.k.a. JAVED, Qari Naser; a.k.a. JAVID, Nasser), Mansehra District, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan; DOB circa 1956; alt. DOB circa 1958; alt. DOB circa 1965; POB Pakistan; nationality Pakistan; From Gujranwala, Punjab province, Pakistan (individual) [SDGT].

3. MUJAHID, Mohammed Yahya (a.k.a. AZIZ, Mohammad Yahya; a.k.a. MUJAHID, Muhammad Yahya; a.k.a. MUJAHID, Yahya); DOB 12 Mar 1961; POB Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan; National ID No. 35404-1577309-9 (Pakistan) (individual) [SDGT].

4. QASMANI, Arif (a.k.a. ARIF UMER; a.k.a. BABA JI; a.k.a. MEMON BABA; a.k.a. QASMANI BABA; a.k.a. QASMANI, Mohammad Arif; a.k.a. QASMANI, Muhammad Arif; a.k.a. QASMANI, Muhammad 'Arif), House Number 136, KDA Scheme No. 1, Tipu Sultan Road, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan; DOB circa 1944; nationality Pakistan (individual) [SDGT].

Dated: July 1, 2009.

Adam J. Szubin,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

[FR Doc. E9-17248 Filed 7-20-09; 8:45 am]

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