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{{Short description|NIA Most Wanted criminal accused of terrorism}}{{use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| other_names = Pasha, Major Abdur Rehman Hashim, Abdurrehman
| order = Major (Retd.)
| office = Pakistan army
| nationality = [[Pakistan]]i
}}

'''Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed''', also known as '''Pasha''', is a retired Major in the [[Pakistan army]], accused of involvement with terrorism.<ref>Additional Charges Unsealed Alleging Retired Pakistani Major Conspired in Danish Plot.{{cite news
|title=Chicagoan Charged with Conspiracy in 2008 Mumbai Attacks in Addition to Foreign Terror Plot in Denmark
|publisher=Department of Justice
|author=US Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois
|url=http://chicago.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/cg120709.htm
|date=2009-12-07
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104044733/http://chicago.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/cg120709.htm
|archivedate=4 January 2010
}}</ref> He is listed on the [[NIA Most Wanted]] list.

==Biography==
Abdur Rehman retired in 2007 from the Pakistan army as a Major.<ref name="hindu20100116">
Reporter Nirupama Subramanian in Islamabad was told by Gen Athar Abbas that Abdur Rehman retired just two years ago.
{{cite news
| title = Headley attended Lashkar training camps in Pakistan
| author = Special Correspondent
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/16/stories/2010011661061400.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100119085509/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/16/stories/2010011661061400.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2010-01-19
| work = [[The Hindu]]
| date = 2010-01-16}}
</ref>
He worked closely with [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] and coordinated the activities of a Chicago man, [[David Headley]]. He was arrested in 2009 in Pakistan on unspecified charges and later released.<ref name="nyt20091118">
{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/world/asia/19mumbai.html | title = Ex-Military Officer in Pakistan Is Linked to 2 Chicago Terrorism Suspects | author= DAVID JOHNSTON and ERIC SCHMITT | work= The New York Times | date= 18 November 2009}}</ref><ref name="washpost20091208">{{cite news
| title = U.S. charges Chicago man with conspiring in Mumbai attacks
| last = Johnson
| first = Carrie
| work = Washington Post
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/07/AR2009120702107.html
| date = 2009-12-08}}</ref><ref name="reuters20091027">
{{cite news
| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS184911+27-Oct-2009+PRN20091027 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091106170946/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS184911+27-Oct-2009+PRN20091027 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 6 November 2009 | title = Two Chicago Men Charged in Connection With Alleged Roles in Foreign Terror Plot | date = 27 Oct 2009 | author = PRNewswire-USNewswire | publisher = Reuters}}</ref>

An Associated Press story on 24 November 2009 said that five Pakistan army officers, including a retired brigadier and two active lieutenant colonels, had been detained for questioning in Pakistan.<ref name="ap20091124">{{cite news
| url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iGVd-1YTntqd9GATyRcGeA10j6BgD9C5T9100
| title = Pakistani officials: 5 army officers detained
| author = Ashraf Khan
| publisher = Associated Press
| date = 2009-11-24}}</ref> They had all been in telephone contact with Headley. But the next day, Pakistan military spokesman Athar Abbas said that "security agencies" had only detained a single former army major in connection with the FBI case.<ref name="washpost20091125">{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/25/AR2009112500497.html | title = Pakistan court charges Mumbai attack suspects | author = Zeeshan Haider, Reuters | work = Washington Post | date = 2009-11-25}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="miami20091124">{{cite news
| title = Pakistani army officer arrested for alleged link to U.S. terror plot
| url = http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1350080.html
| last = Shah
| first = Saeed
| publisher = McClatchy Newspapers
| date = 2009-11-24
| accessdate = 2009-12-01}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="ap20091202">{{cite news
| url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNwBi582P_L-QBjiMzGRccRg_NbQD9CB0CMG1
| title = Pakistan holding retired officer in US terror case
| last = Khan
| first = Zarar
| publisher = Associated Press
| date = 2009-12-02
| accessdate = 2009-12-02}}</ref>

==Accusations by the FBI==
A joint [[FBI]] complaint against a Chicago man [[David Headley]] and Abdur Rehman charges Rehman with conspiracy in planning to attack the Danish newspaper ''Jyllands Posten'' and its employees.

Headley is accused of reporting to [[Ilyas Kashmiri (militant)|Ilyas Kashmiri]], an Islamic militant commander associated with both [[Al Qaeda]] and [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]], to conduct surveillance of public areas in Mumbai in preparation for the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref name="nyt20091118" /> Kashmiri was also a former Pakistani military officer.<ref name="nyt20091118"/> Kashmiri was killed in a drone strike in [[Pakistan]] in June 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dawn.com/2011/06/05/ilyas-kashmiri-killed-in-us-drone-strike/|title = Drone strike kills Ilyas Kashmiri|date = 5 June 2011}}</ref>

==Accusations by the NIA==
Another individual named in the FBI complaint as "LeT member A", a member of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]], gave instructions to Headley on which locations to scout for future attacks, including both the Danish newspaper and locations in India,<ref name="reuters20091027" /> such as the National Defense College in New Delhi. Indian intelligence officials believe that LeT member A is [[Sajid Mir]],<ref name="hindu20091208">{{cite news
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article61652.ece
| title = American jihadist helped plan 26/11 carnage
| last = Swami
| first = Praveen
| work = The Hindu
| date = 2009-12-08}}</ref> Lashkar's head of international operations and surveyed targets in India as a cricket fan.<ref name="latimes20091215">{{cite news
| url = http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-terror15-2009dec15,0,6234046.story
| title = Second Chicago terrorism suspect linked to Mumbai attack
| author = Jeff Coen and Josh Meyer
| work = Los Angeles Times
| date = 2009-12-15
| accessdate = 2009-12-15}}</ref> Sajid Mir was a ranking member of the Pakistani army until several years ago.<ref name="latimes20091215" /><ref>[http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Nov/26/strict-visa-rule-for-pakistan-cricket-fans-2.asp Strict visa rule for Pakistan cricket fans], PRESS TRUST INDIA, New Delhi, Nov 25 2012, greaterkashmir.com</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of fugitives from justice who disappeared]]

==References==
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{{2008 Mumbai attacks}}
{{PakistaniTerrorism}}
{{Fugitives wanted by India}}

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