[2][3][4][5] The Abdul Rauf Azhar is involved in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines Flight 814 under the support of Pakistan's main intelligence agency and Taliban to secure the release of 36 Islamist jihadists held in prison in India – fellow Harkat-ul-Mujahideen members specially for his older brother Masood Azhar including two jihadists like Ahmed Omar Saeed and Mushtaq Ahmed.
[2] In 2009 the BBC News reported Rauf was one of the leaders summoned to Islamabad to help the Pakistani government negotiate with hostage-takers who had seized 42 civilians.
[3] On 2 December 2010, the United States Treasury designated Abdul Rauf Azhar as a terrorist.
[7] JeM commander Azhar maintains strong ties with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Haqqani network sharing their training camps in Afghanistan, and exchanging intelligence, training and coordination.
[8][9] JeM commander Azhar had strong ties with these Islamist political organisations Milli Muslim League, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S), Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek, Sipah-e-Sahaba and also had ties with Difa-e-Pakistan Council the anti-NATO Pakistani umbrella coalition including links with ISI-sponsored United Jihad Council, an umbrella organisation of 13–16 separatist organisations that fight in Indian-administered Kashmir.