The chief of Pakistan military's public-relations organisation ISPR, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, is the son of UN-designated terrorist Mahmood Sultan Bashir-Ud-Din, according to reports. Mahmood is a Pakistani nuclear scientist who is associated with Al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden. Mahmood founded the outfit Ummah Tameer e-Nau (UTN), a militant organisation banned by the US.