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January 7
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Police arrested an important ‘leader’
of the TTP, Israr Amin, from Islamabad. A stolen military vehicle
along with unlicensed arms and ammunition were recovered from
his possession. Quoting the arrested TTP leader, Israr Amin, Police
sources said that Amin intended to use the vehicle for a suicide
attack on sensitive locations in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Amin
confessed during interrogation that he was tasked with stealing
vehicles before supplying them to a certain militant group to
carry out suicide bombings, added Police sources. The TTP leader
had stolen five military vehicles in the Federally Administered
Tribal Areas and the North West Frontier Province for suicide
attacks on Army installations in the country, including Rawalpindi,
Police sources added further. Islamabad Police Deputy Inspector
General Binyamin confirmed the TTP leader’s arrest. However, Dawn
reports that the arrested militant was the ‘deputy chief’ of TTP.
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February
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The JuD, front organisation of the
LeT, held a public meeting in Islamabad, vowing to seize Kashmir
by force and threatening "rivers of blood" in India. In Lahore
too, the JuD organised a public rally, led by its chief Hafiz
Saeed, alleged by India to have masterminded the Mumbai attacks.
The rally went from the JuD headquarters in Chauburji to the University
Grounds, where Hafiz Saeed led the participants in Friday prayers.
The Lok Virsa (Museum situated in
Islamabad) in collaboration with the Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan
Ministry organised a festival in Islamabad to show solidarity
with Kashmiris struggling for their right of self-determination.
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