section_path: Ban and designation
section_name: Ban and designation
paragraph_text: Ban and designation
  
  In January 2023, TRF was banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) by the Indian government. This action designated its leader, Sheikh Sajjad Gul, as a terrorist. The ban was imposed due to the Indian government's suspicions of TRF's involvement in a conspiracy to assassinate Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari in June 2018.
  
  On 14 May 2025, an Indian delegation met with senior officials from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) in New York to push for the designation of The Resistance Front (TRF)—a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)—as a UN-listed terror organization. The meeting came in the wake of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people and was claimed by TRF. The Indian team also held discussions with the Monitoring Team of the UN Security Council's 1267 Sanctions Committee, presenting evidence of TRF's links to LeT and its role in cross-border terrorism. While the UN Security Council condemned the attack on April 25, it did not name TRF, reportedly due to pressure from Pakistan and China.