India, July 5 -- The Modi government on Saturday designated 23 terrorists of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) proscribed groups under the provisions of UAPA Act as part of its "Prahar" strategy to address emerging and evolving terrorist threats.

Out of the 23 designated terrorists, 13 belong to Lahore-based LeT and remaining 10 to the Bahawalpur-based JeM terror syndicates. The list has 16 who are of Pak nationality and seven Indians operating out of Pakistan. Many of them have active arrest warrants and on-going terror investigations pending against them. Those named are found to be operating across a spectrum of functions, such as propaganda through front organizations, terror recruitment, training, arm...