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India-Pakistan

Revision of firebrand clerics’ lists ordered

2019-09-01

[Dawn] RAW ... India's Research and Analysis Wing, Pakistain's equivalent of the Boogie Man... ALPINDI: Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Minister for Law Raja Mohammad Basharat on Saturday said the government has directed district administrations across the province to revisit the lists of firebrand ...firebrands are noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments... Learned Elders of Islam and zakireen before imposing a ban on them. "The old lists included many firebrand speakers who have died and to save the government from embarrassment the lists should be revised. The lists would be issued in a day or two so that religious gatherings would be made accordingly," he told a presser after a meeting of the Punjab Cabinet Subcommittee on Law and Order here. The minister said there was a demand from all schools of thought to inform them about the ban on religious scholars so that they would make arrangements for the congregations. The minister said the government had issued a code of conduct for Muharram after consultations with all religious leaders. He said there was a dire need to start and end the mourning processions on time, adding that the organisers had been requested to implement the timetable. The subcommittee of the provincial cabinet would monitor all arrangements for Muharram, he added. The minister asked the media not to report any news which would create sectarian violence and should play an effective role to spread the message of love and peace. He said media played a commendable role in the past in this regard.

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India-Pakistan

Three Pakistani terrorists killed in Jammu

2006-08-09

Three Pakistani terrorists, including a Jaish-e-Mohammad member and two suicide attackers, were killed by the Jammu and Kashmir police who said they were apparently planning an attack ahead of Independence Day on August 15. Two fidayeen (suicide attackers) were killed at the Jagti area near Nagrota in the suburbs of Jammu early on Tuesday. The Jaish-e-Mohammad member, Hassan Pakistani was killed on Monday in an operation in the Keshwan area of Kishtwar in Doda district, northeast of Jammu. Hassan Pakistani was reportedly Jaish-e-Mohammad's second-in-command and the most trusted lieutenant of Masood Azhar, the terrorist outfit's founder who was set free in exchange of passengers of the hijacked Indian aircraft IC 814 in Kandhar in December 1999. Pakistani had been operating in Keshwan area of Doda and was responsible for many strikes and had further plans to execute terrorist attacks in the state. Hassan Pakistani was from the Sheikhpora area of Pakistan, said SP Vaid, inspector general of police (Jammu division). Vaid said the two fidayeen were spotted while they were making their way towards Jammu. "They were definitely fidayeen. The police had knowledge about their possible entry into Jammu." One of the two has been identified as Mohammad Basharat of Manshera, Pakistan. The other went by the code name of Hamid but his exact identity is yet to be established. However, according to initial investigations, he too belongs to Pakistan, said the police. Vaid termed the operation as a major success of the police as the fidayeen had plans of a terrorist strike in Jammu ahead of August 15. "We have reports that there are few more fidayeen trying to enter Jammu," said the police official. The police have neutralised several terrorists in the Jammu region in the past few weeks, and recently arrested five major modules of the Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit in Pakistan.

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India-Pakistan

J&K police kill two militants

2006-08-09

A counter-terror operation by the Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday resulted in the killing of two militants, allegedly planning a suicide attack in the State on the eve of the Independence Day celebrations. Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu, Mukesh Singh said the operation was mounted after an intelligence input that the two were hiding in the Jakti forest area. After an hour-long battle they were shot dead. The militants have been identified as cadre of the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant outfit. A huge amount of weaponry was recovered from the possession of the slain militants, including two AK-47 rifles, seven magazines, five grenades, several AK rounds and RDX explosives. One of the militants has been identified as Mohammad Basharat, resident of Manshera area of the North-West Frontier Province. In another encounter, a divisional commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad was gunned down in Kishtwar area of Doda district. The militant has been identified as Abu Hasan, resident of Shekupura area situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Hasan was active in this belt for the past eight years.

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Afghanistan/South Asia

Sunni shrine custodian among two dead in Pakistan shooting

2005-02-16

Two people including the custodian of a Sunni Muslim shrine were killed and at least ten were injured in a shooting in the Pakistani capital Tuesday, police said. Gunmen sprayed bullets at Raja Akram during a funeral at the Bari Imam shrine the 14,287th holiest site in all Islam near the diplomatic compound and killed him instantly, police said. "Two are dead and ten people are injured including a policeman,"  police officer Mohammad Faryad told AFP. The shooting comes four days after the start of the religious month of Muharram, when rival Shiite Muslims traditionally mourn a Seventh Century saint. The month has been marked by sectarian violence in recent years. "We don't know if it is a sectarian attack or the outcome of personal enmity," another officer Mohammad Basharat told AFP. He's got a point, this is Pakistan after all. Could even be this powerful solar flare.

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