PNB freezes Ariana airline account

NEW DELHI: Punjab National Bank (PNB) has frozen the account of Ariana Afghan airline, in its Parliament Street Branch, New Delhi, after the United Nations mentioned the account as one of those which had links with Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.

Bank officials said that the account had been inoperative since February 9, 2000. The airlines' accounts in Citibank and in PNB, both in New Delhi, have been named in a resolution passed by the UN Security Council which released a new list of Taliban, Al-Qaeda members and groups under sanctions. -- Our Bureau