After Beijing blocked and put a technical hold on India’s application that lapsed last year, the US in January had put a fresh proposal - backed by France and the UK - to ban Azhar. Beijing again put a technical hold on the proposal till August, only to extend it further for three months. The technical hold expires on Thursday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the 1267 Committee of the UN Security Council was still in disagreement to approve the application. “As for the listing application by the relevant country, there are disagreements. Chi put the technical hold to allow more time to deliberate on this matter,” Hua said.