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August - 1 
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) leader and Leader of the Opposition, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, was on August 1 detained and deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for being allegedly blacklisted and a suspect extremist element. "I am unaware of reas
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Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) leader and Leader of the Opposition, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, was on August 1 detained and deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for being allegedly blacklisted and a suspect extremist element. "I am unaware of reasons for deportation from an Arab Islamic state," he told The News. Authorities at the Dubai airport reportedly detained Rehman at a local hotel after denying him entry into the UAE and issued orders of his deportation several hours later. "It is not a matter of pride for the government of Pakistan but a regrettable incident that how Pakistanis, especially a parliamentarian and that too leader of the opposition, are being treated by brotherly Islamic country," said the Maulana.
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August - 2 
According to The News, the Sindh Government on August 2 gave a 48-hour deadline to Madrassas (seminaries) to expel all foreign students or face retribution. The Sindh Home Secretary summoned some representatives of the seminaries and conveyed them th
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According to The News, the Sindh Government on August 2 gave a 48-hour deadline to Madrassas (seminaries) to expel all foreign students or face retribution. The Sindh Home Secretary summoned some representatives of the seminaries and conveyed them the Government’s decision of expelling foreign students from seminaries and the country within two days. He also warned them of tough punitive measures in case the order was not complied with. The seminaries, meanwhile, have demanded that the Government reverse the decision or face the wrath of millions of students and people in an anti-government movement. They have also reportedly decided to challenge the order in Supreme Court. "We reject this ban and consider foreigner students are goodwill ambassadors of their countries. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal [MMA] would launch a countrywide agitation movement against the decision after Tahaffuz-e-Madaris Conference," MMA chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad said in Peshawar.
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August - 2 
At least four soldiers sustained injuries on August 2 when a remote-controlled bomb hit their vehicle in the Naridog area, approximately 10 kilometers north of Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, according to AFP.
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At least four soldiers sustained injuries on August 2 when a remote-controlled bomb hit their vehicle in the Naridog area, approximately 10 kilometers north of Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, according to AFP.
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The Peshawar Corps Commander, Lt. Gen. Safdar Hussain, said that foreign suspects and their local collaborators shifted from South Waziristan to North Waziristan after a military operation was launched in 2004. Talking to a group of tribal elders and
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The Peshawar Corps Commander, Lt. Gen. Safdar Hussain, said that foreign suspects and their local collaborators shifted from South Waziristan to North Waziristan after a military operation was launched in 2004. Talking to a group of tribal elders and religious leaders in North Waziristan on August 2, Lt-Gen Hussain said the suspects were using the tribal areas to attack allied forces operating in Afghanistan.
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August - 3 
An unidentified man was killed in a blast on the Ghulam Khan road, 10 kilometers north of Miranshah, on August 3-night. Officials said that the man was planting a remote control device on the road when it exploded killing him on the spot.
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An unidentified man was killed in a blast on the Ghulam Khan road, 10 kilometers north of Miranshah, on August 3-night. Officials said that the man was planting a remote control device on the road when it exploded killing him on the spot.
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August - 3 
An unnamed official in Islamabad was quoted as saying in The News that authorities were trying to determine whether Ethiopian-born Muktar Said Ibrahim, alleged ringleader in the failed attacks in London on July 21, had visited Pakistan. Investigators
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An unnamed official in Islamabad was quoted as saying in The News that authorities were trying to determine whether Ethiopian-born Muktar Said Ibrahim, alleged ringleader in the failed attacks in London on July 21, had visited Pakistan. Investigators reportedly believe that any confirmation of a visit by Ibrahim to Pakistan would strengthen the theory of a link between the two groups of bombers.
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August - 3 
There is no evidence that any of the July 7-London suicide bombers visited Madrassas (seminaries) in Pakistan, Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi claimed in Islamabad on August 3. "None of the London bombing suspects visited any Pakistani Madrassa,
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There is no evidence that any of the July 7-London suicide bombers visited Madrassas (seminaries) in Pakistan, Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi claimed in Islamabad on August 3. "None of the London bombing suspects visited any Pakistani Madrassa, and we have no evidence about it," Qazi told the media, adding "No Pakistani Madrassa was giving military training to students."
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Five security force (SF) personnel, including an Army officer, are reported to have died and two SF personnel sustained injuries in a bomb blast in the Ghalnamai area of North Waziristan on August 4. According to Dawn, a military convoy was going to
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Five security force (SF) personnel, including an Army officer, are reported to have died and two SF personnel sustained injuries in a bomb blast in the Ghalnamai area of North Waziristan on August 4. According to Dawn, a military convoy was going to Lawara Mandai from a base camp in the Datakhel area when one of the vehicles was hit by an improvised explosive device in Ghalnamai, 40km west of Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan.
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Pakistan on August 4 rejected Indian allegations that terrorists were congregating in training camps close to the Line of Control (LoC). Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Muhammad Naeem Khan, said that India had made the claim to justify deploying more
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Pakistan on August 4 rejected Indian allegations that terrorists were congregating in training camps close to the Line of Control (LoC). Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Muhammad Naeem Khan, said that India had made the claim to justify deploying more troops in Jammu and Kashmir. "We reject these baseless allegations," he said. Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said on August 3 that a large number of terrorist training camps had been activated in Pakistani territory and that there has been an increase in cross-border infiltration in June and July 2005
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The Pakistan Coast Guards seized a huge quantity of arms and ammunition during a raid at Gwadar in the Balochistan province on August 4. The recovery included two 12.7 anti-aircraft guns, 160 anti-aircraft gun ammunition, two 75-MM rifle barrels, 15
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The Pakistan Coast Guards seized a huge quantity of arms and ammunition during a raid at Gwadar in the Balochistan province on August 4. The recovery included two 12.7 anti-aircraft guns, 160 anti-aircraft gun ammunition, two 75-MM rifle barrels, 15 rounds of 75-MM rifle’s ammunition, three rocket launchers, six rockets, three Kalashnikoves, 2,341 rounds of Kalashnikoves, 15 hand grenades, two mount medium machine guns, 64 rounds of 14.5 anti-aircraft gun and one wireless set. Four suspected terrorists were arrested in this connection.
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The Supreme Court on August 4 ruled that several clauses of the Hisba Bill relating to the powers of an ombudsman, who is to be appointed under the law, contrary to the Constitution. The court advised the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor
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The Supreme Court on August 4 ruled that several clauses of the Hisba Bill relating to the powers of an ombudsman, who is to be appointed under the law, contrary to the Constitution. The court advised the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor not to assent to the law which was passed by the provincial Assembly on July 14, 2005, by a 68-43 vote. "For Reasons to be recorded later, we are of the considered view that Section 10 (b-c-d), 12 (1) (a-b-c), 23 (1-2-3-5-6-7-12-14-27, 25 (1-2) and 28 of the Hisba bill passed by NWFP assembly are ultra vires of the constitution, therefore governor of the province may not assent the bill in its present form," Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said in a unanimous order after four days of hearing of the reference filed by President Pervez Musharraf against the bill under the advisory jurisdiction of the court.
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August - 5 
A Maryland resident, Mahmud Faruq Brent alias Mahmud Al Mutazzim, was arrested on August 5 in Newark, New Jersey, and charged with conspiring to aid terrorism by training to become a Jihadi fighter in camps in Pakistan, said a report in New York Time
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A Maryland resident, Mahmud Faruq Brent alias Mahmud Al Mutazzim, was arrested on August 5 in Newark, New Jersey, and charged with conspiring to aid terrorism by training to become a Jihadi fighter in camps in Pakistan, said a report in New York Times. Brent was accused of traveling to Pakistan after the September 11, 2001, attacks to receive training in camps operated by the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the report said. Brent was an associate of Tarik Shah, a New York jazz musician who was arrested on May 28 on terrorism charges, according to the newspaper. Brent, in telephone calls and at least one meeting, had described his stay in the camps to Shah. He had also told Shah that he had been in the mountains in Pakistan training with “the Mujahideen, the fighters.”
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August - 6 
Security personnel arrested a man carrying two hand grenades near a cadet college in the town of Razmak in North Waziristan just before the arrival of provincial governor Khalilur Rehman for the parents’ day ceremony held there.
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Security personnel arrested a man carrying two hand grenades near a cadet college in the town of Razmak in North Waziristan just before the arrival of provincial governor Khalilur Rehman for the parents’ day ceremony held there.
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August - 6 
The News reports that paramilitary troops while on a routine patrol near the North Waziristan town of Miranshah near the Afghanistan border on August 6 were targetted, when a bomb planted under a small bridge exploded. There were no casualties report
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The News reports that paramilitary troops while on a routine patrol near the North Waziristan town of Miranshah near the Afghanistan border on August 6 were targetted, when a bomb planted under a small bridge exploded. There were no casualties reported in the blast, although the bridge was destroyed.
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August - 7 
Security agencies are reported to have arrested an alleged Al Qaeda operative, identified as Osama bin Yousuf, from the Sargodha Road area of Faisalabad in Punjab province on August 7. Police seized cell phones from his possession and later took him
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Security agencies are reported to have arrested an alleged Al Qaeda operative, identified as Osama bin Yousuf, from the Sargodha Road area of Faisalabad in Punjab province on August 7. Police seized cell phones from his possession and later took him to an undisclosed location for further interrogation, according to Dawn.
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August - 7 
The Federal Interior Minister, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, said on August 7 that 1,405 foreign students of 56 different countries studying in the Madrassas (seminaries) of Pakistan would be deported to their countries of origin shortly. Talking to The
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The Federal Interior Minister, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, said on August 7 that 1,405 foreign students of 56 different countries studying in the Madrassas (seminaries) of Pakistan would be deported to their countries of origin shortly. Talking to The News in Peshawar, he said among those students 42 belonged to America, four to Canada, 23 to England, 81 to Afghanistan, over 20 to France and an unaccounted number to Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Sherpao also disclosed that 2,500 refugee students were exempted from this decision and that many foreign students are either without visas or their visas has expired. "A list of these students is already being prepared and will be provided to 12,400 Madaris in the country," he added. "We are doing this to preserve our national solidarity as we want to finish terrorism, extremism and sectarianism from our land," the minister claimed.
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August - 7 
The Pakistani Government is deceiving the US and the West by helping militants freely enter Afghanistan from Waziristan, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Secretary General, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, said on August 7. He told a press conference in Lahore th
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The Pakistani Government is deceiving the US and the West by helping militants freely enter Afghanistan from Waziristan, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Secretary General, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, said on August 7. He told a press conference in Lahore that the Government should give the identity of the infiltrators and its (government’s) motives for helping them enter Afghanistan. "They must also give the nation the identities of the men being moved from Waziristan to militant camps in Mansehra. This is hypocrisy. The rulers are not only trying to deceive the US and the West, but also hoodwinking the entire nation," he claimed. He also stated that if pressured he would reveal facts that would open a Pandora’s Box. "We ask the rulers to reveal the identity of the people being transported to Afghanistan from Waziristan via Kaali Sarak in private vehicles, reveal who is supervising their trouble-free entry into Afghanistan and reasons for their infiltration," he said. The Government would have to decide whether it wanted to support Jihadis or close down their camps, he said, adding, "We will have to openly tell the world whether we want to support Jihadis or crack down on them. We can’t afford to be hypocritical anymore." Fazlur Rehman, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, also accused Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed of running a Jihadi camp for ‘Kashmiri fighters’ near Islamabad.
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August - 7 
The United Jehad Council (UJC), an alliance of Pakistan-based terrorist groups, has reportedly offered a cease-fire to India provided the latter declares Kashmir to be a disputed area and orders a complete withdrawal of troops. Addressing a seminar i
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The United Jehad Council (UJC), an alliance of Pakistan-based terrorist groups, has reportedly offered a cease-fire to India provided the latter declares Kashmir to be a disputed area and orders a complete withdrawal of troops. Addressing a seminar in Islamabad on August 7 on "Kashmir Freedom Movement: Prospects of Success, Concerns and Threats", the UJC chairman Syed Salahuddin of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) said they would welcome any proposal of a truce "If Indian government declares Held Kashmir as disputed territory, withdraws its troops, releases all detained Kashmiris and stops their killings." According to Nation, the Information Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Jamaat-e-Islami chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, and leaders of various Jihadi groups were present on the occasion. Salahuddin claimed that if Gen. Musharraf or any major country assured the militant leaders that India would fulfill all the conditions and would show its willingness for a negotiated settlement of the Kashmir issue in consonance of Kashmiri people’s wishes, the UJC would have no objection to a cease-fire, according to Dawn. Minister for Information Sheikh Rashid Ahmed is reported to have stated that the ‘struggle for independence of Kashmir’ should not be equated with terrorism. "Terrorism and independence struggle are two different things and should not be compared," he said.
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August - 7 
Two police constables, Munawar Ali Shaikh and Ghulam Muhammad Kharal, were killed when armed men opened fire on a Sui Gas police picket near Pir Goth in the Larkana area of Balochistan province on August 7-night, according to Daily Times. The attacke
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Two police constables, Munawar Ali Shaikh and Ghulam Muhammad Kharal, were killed when armed men opened fire on a Sui Gas police picket near Pir Goth in the Larkana area of Balochistan province on August 7-night, according to Daily Times. The attackers also looted one G3 rifle, one pistol and a repeater gun from the deceased police personnel.
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August - 7 
While a bomb explosion was reported at a market place in Turbat, an electricity pylon was damaged during a rocket attack in the Rakhni area of Barkhan district in Balochistan province on August 7. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported in
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While a bomb explosion was reported at a market place in Turbat, an electricity pylon was damaged during a rocket attack in the Rakhni area of Barkhan district in Balochistan province on August 7. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported in both these incidents.
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August - 8 
According to The News, one person was killed and another went missing on August 8 in suspected sectarian violence at Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). Abdul Karim was shot dead at his fields in the Bargo area, about 30
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According to The News, one person was killed and another went missing on August 8 in suspected sectarian violence at Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). Abdul Karim was shot dead at his fields in the Bargo area, about 30 km east of Gilgit. The killing reportedly led to exchange of gun-fire between the rival Shia and Sunni sects for approximately five hours. Another man, identified as Asghar Ali, was reported missing and police believe he was killed in the crossfire.
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August - 9 
A judge in San Francisco is reported to have refused bail on August 9 for a Pakistani Imam (priest), Shabbir Ahmed, detained in a terrorism-related probe. Shabbir Ahmed is "both a flight risk and a danger to the community," Judge Anthony Murry said a
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A judge in San Francisco is reported to have refused bail on August 9 for a Pakistani Imam (priest), Shabbir Ahmed, detained in a terrorism-related probe. Shabbir Ahmed is "both a flight risk and a danger to the community," Judge Anthony Murry said after a four-hour hearing, according to media reports. Ahmed, a citizen of Pakistan, is accused of violating the terms of his religious-worker visa and is fighting deportation to Pakistan, according to San Francisco Chronicle. FBI lead case agent Gary Schaaf said in testimony that Shabbir Ahmed and others wanted to form a Lodi religious school where individuals will be taught a very conservative brand of Islam, and students will be spotted and assessed to commit violence. The 39-year old Ahmed was arrested in June 2005 on immigration charges along with Mohammad Adil Khan, who was leading the effort to build a Muslim school in Lodi, as well as Khan’s son. Adil Khan and his son agreed in July 2005 to be deported to Pakistan rather than fight the charges.
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August - 9 
According to Daily Times, police foiled an assassination attempt on the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Akram Durrani and arrested a suspect. The incident occurred on Charsadda Road where Durrani was on an inspection on August 9. P
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According to Daily Times, police foiled an assassination attempt on the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Akram Durrani and arrested a suspect. The incident occurred on Charsadda Road where Durrani was on an inspection on August 9. Police arrested the man and recovered a pistol and some bullets from his possession.
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August - 9 
President Pervez Musharraf said on August 9 that Britain had been too lenient with radical Muslim clerics and must initiate a crackdown on them. Asked by the BBC in an interview if Britain had been too soft on radical clerics, Gen. Musharraf is repor
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President Pervez Musharraf said on August 9 that Britain had been too lenient with radical Muslim clerics and must initiate a crackdown on them. Asked by the BBC in an interview if Britain had been too soft on radical clerics, Gen. Musharraf is reported to have said, “Yes I think so, absolutely. It should be stopped, nobody should be talking of hatred and militancy and aggression. That is not what the mosque is meant for. That should be stopped immediately.” Gen. Musharraf also said he thought the July 7 and 21 incidents in London were possibly linked and supervised by the same mastermind. “I am sure there must be a brain behind it… The people were different and maybe the groups didn’t know each other, but the planner must be the same.”
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August - 10 
According to Daily Times, a Shia businessman, Syed Anwar Abdi, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants in a sectarian incident on August 10 at Quetta, capital of Balochistan province.
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According to Daily Times, a Shia businessman, Syed Anwar Abdi, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants in a sectarian incident on August 10 at Quetta, capital of Balochistan province.
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August - 10 
Four persons are reported to have died when the vehicle of a tribal elder supporting the ongoing military operations against terrorists hit a landmine in the Taza Ghondai area of South Waziristan on August 10, according to Dawn. Malik Hadeen, head of
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Four persons are reported to have died when the vehicle of a tribal elder supporting the ongoing military operations against terrorists hit a landmine in the Taza Ghondai area of South Waziristan on August 10, according to Dawn. Malik Hadeen, head of a committee aiding the military campaign, was returning home when the vehicle exploded after hitting a landmine 10km west of the Wana Bazaar. While Hadeen is reportedly in a critical condition at a hospital in Wana, four persons, including two of his nephews, were killed on the spot.
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August - 10 
Two persons were killed and a girl sustained injuries during a bomb explosion in the Paharpur area of Dera Ismail Khan district in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on August 10. According to The News, some children in the Bhagwani Shumali street o
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Two persons were killed and a girl sustained injuries during a bomb explosion in the Paharpur area of Dera Ismail Khan district in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on August 10. According to The News, some children in the Bhagwani Shumali street of Paharpur area found a bomb, which subsequently exploded killing two persons, Muhammad Ayub and Irfan, on the spot while a woman sustained injuries.
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August - 10 
Unidentified men shot dead a Shia civilian, identified as Iqbal, in the Amphare Gilgit area of Northern Areas on the same day.
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Unidentified men shot dead a Shia civilian, identified as Iqbal, in the Amphare Gilgit area of Northern Areas on the same day.
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August - 11 
According to Daily Times, in contravention of the Election Commission’s directions of July 19 to all District Returning Officers (DROs) to exclude members of 18 outlawed Jihadi groups from the forthcoming local bodies’ elections, dozens of cadres of
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According to Daily Times, in contravention of the Election Commission’s directions of July 19 to all District Returning Officers (DROs) to exclude members of 18 outlawed Jihadi groups from the forthcoming local bodies’ elections, dozens of cadres of these groups are contesting the polls. The DROs claim that they received the directions and the list of suspect candidates only after the scrutiny process was completed. "There was little we could do (to stop members of banned organisations). They only needed to submit an affidavit to be eligible for the elections," said a unnamed DRO. The list of banned organisations provided by the Election Commission of Pakistan included Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Sipah-e-Mohammed Pakistan (SMP), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Tehreek-e-Jaferia Pakistan (TJP), Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), Tehrik-e-Islami, Millat-e-Islamia, Khuddam-ul- Islam, Islami Tehrik Pakistan, Jamiat-ul-Ansar, Jamiat-ul-Furqan, Hizb-ul-Tehrir, Khairun Nissa International Trust, Sunni Tehrik and Jamaat-ud-Dawa.
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August - 11 
The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, said in Lahore on August 11 that activists of proscribed religious parties and militant groups contesting the polls could be disqualified through petitions after the local council ele
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The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, said in Lahore on August 11 that activists of proscribed religious parties and militant groups contesting the polls could be disqualified through petitions after the local council elections.
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August - 12 
According to Daily Times, despite a ban imposed by the Government on the participation of defunct extremist outfits in the forthcoming local bodies’ elections, the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), a sectarian outfit banned twice for terrorist activitie
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According to Daily Times, despite a ban imposed by the Government on the participation of defunct extremist outfits in the forthcoming local bodies’ elections, the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), a sectarian outfit banned twice for terrorist activities, is actively taking part in the elections. "We had earlier formed our own Azad Khidmat Group to take part in the local council elections, but now that we are not allowed to participate in the elections, we have fielded our activists as independent candidates," Qari Shafiqur Rehman, Sindh province leader of the SSP told Daily Times on August 12. He said the SSP had fielded 190 candidates in Sindh, out of which 90 were contesting the elections in different union councils of Karachi. "We are contesting the local council polls across Sindh, Punjab and elsewhere in Pakistan despite the ban," Rehman disclosed. The SSP was originally banned on January 12, 2002, but was reincarnated as Millat-e-Islamia Party (MIP). The MIP has also since been banned.
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August - 12 
According to Daily Times, hate-provoking religious literature is being openly and freely disseminated in Government offices, including those of senior bureaucrats in the Punjab Civil Secretariat. The report stated that an unidentified person visited
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According to Daily Times, hate-provoking religious literature is being openly and freely disseminated in Government offices, including those of senior bureaucrats in the Punjab Civil Secretariat. The report stated that an unidentified person visited the Civil Secretariat on August 12 and freely distributed extremist religious propaganda material, including the latest issues (August 2005) of monthly newspaper Majalat-ul-Dawa published from Lahore, the weekly newspaper Ghazwa and another monthly newspaper for women called Tayyabaat. "We don’t know who the person is, but he visits the offices regularly and distributes this material for free," said an unnamed senior officer.
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August - 12 
At least two children of a family were killed and two others sustained injuries when a landmine exploded in the Batai Uthman Khel area of Bajour in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on August 12. According to The News, unidentified people had fitte
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At least two children of a family were killed and two others sustained injuries when a landmine exploded in the Batai Uthman Khel area of Bajour in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on August 12. According to The News, unidentified people had fitted a landmine in the main gate of the house of one Banaras Khan on August 11-night, which subsequently exploded in the early hours of the next day, killing two children of his family.
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August - 12 
Police have arrested 14 people in connection with the recent spate of sectarian killings at Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The suspects were detained during a series of raids in different parts of Gilgit city, accord
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Police have arrested 14 people in connection with the recent spate of sectarian killings at Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The suspects were detained during a series of raids in different parts of Gilgit city, according to Dawn. One of the suspects was identified as Imran Haider, a resident of the city’s Amhary area, from whose possession the police recovered a 30-bore pistol.
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August - 13 
According to Dawn, unidentified persons blew up four high-power transmission towers in Barkhan area in Balochistan province with explosive material that they had planted around the structures. The district of Kohlu was plunged into darkness following
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According to Dawn, unidentified persons blew up four high-power transmission towers in Barkhan area in Balochistan province with explosive material that they had planted around the structures. The district of Kohlu was plunged into darkness following the explosions. "The saboteurs used high-explosive material for blowing up Wapda’s high-power transmission towers," official sources said while confirming the incident.
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August - 14 
A rocket is reported to have exploded in a field near an Independence Day celebration in South Waziristan on August 14, without causing any loss of life or injuries. The rocket was fired from atop a hilly area and exploded into a field in Shakai Vall
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A rocket is reported to have exploded in a field near an Independence Day celebration in South Waziristan on August 14, without causing any loss of life or injuries. The rocket was fired from atop a hilly area and exploded into a field in Shakai Valley, where more than 1,000 people had gathered to mark Independence Day, said Wisal Muhammad, an official. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred approximately 30 minutes before Lt Gen. Safdar Hussain, the Peshawar Corps Commander, arrived at the ceremony, added the official.
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August - 14 
President Pervez Musharraf is reported to have said that a quick settlement to the Kashmir issue would help him in confronting the radicals. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, "I see the sincerity of the Indian leadership. But if we can move f
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President Pervez Musharraf is reported to have said that a quick settlement to the Kashmir issue would help him in confronting the radicals. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, "I see the sincerity of the Indian leadership. But if we can move faster towards a resolution of Kashmir my hands will be stronger to deal with extremism." According to Gen. Musharraf, "I have told the Indians we can only control the extremists to a degree. But there will be nowhere for the extremists to go once there is a settlement on Kashmir." Accusations that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) still backed the Taliban, he claimed, were "false". "Its [ISI] officers dealing with Afghanistan had been changed two or three times since 2001 and nobody was left from the old guard who might have ideological affiliations with the Taliban," he said. "All this talk about the ISI being a government within a government is wrong. There is no government within a government. There is only one government," Musharraf said.
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August - 15 
According to The News, the District Coordination Officer (DCO) of Karachi, who is also caretaker of the city government, on August 15 cancelled the declarations of three weekly Urdu magazines for publishing hate material. On recommendations of the Si
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According to The News, the District Coordination Officer (DCO) of Karachi, who is also caretaker of the city government, on August 15 cancelled the declarations of three weekly Urdu magazines for publishing hate material. On recommendations of the Sindh Home department, DCO Fazalur Rehman cancelled declarations of the weekly Wajood, Zarb-e-Islam and Friday Special through three separate orders in pursuance of Section 19 of the Press and Publication Ordinance, 2002. Earlier, the Police had sent a report to the Home department regarding these magazines, charging that the editorial managements were continuously publishing material, which could lead to hatred among the masses. Subsequently, police arrested the editor of Wajood, Muhammad Tahir, and the Assistant Editor of Friday Special, Abdul Latif Abu Shamil, in the recent crackdown against Islamist extremism.
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August - 15 
At least seven bombs exploded and more than 10 rockets were fired at Kohlu, Mach and Quetta in the Balochistan province during the last 24 hours but causing no casualties, according to The News. Suspected Baloch insurgents are reported to have target
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At least seven bombs exploded and more than 10 rockets were fired at Kohlu, Mach and Quetta in the Balochistan province during the last 24 hours but causing no casualties, according to The News. Suspected Baloch insurgents are reported to have targeted, among other installations, a police station and railway tracks.
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August - 15 
Pakistan on August 15 rejected as "fabricated and false" the Indian charge of terrorist infrastructure on the former’s soil. "There is no infrastructure of terrorism anywhere in Pakistan or in territories under Pakistan’s control," said Naeem Khan, a
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Pakistan on August 15 rejected as "fabricated and false" the Indian charge of terrorist infrastructure on the former’s soil. "There is no infrastructure of terrorism anywhere in Pakistan or in territories under Pakistan’s control," said Naeem Khan, a foreign ministry spokesperson, in Islamabad while reacting to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remarks during his Independence Day speech in New Delhi on August 15-morning. "Reports of such infrastructure are fabricated and false," claimed Khan, adding that Pakistan had "put some checks on the activities of terrorists from its soil" but said it was "not possible to achieve success through half-hearted efforts."
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August - 15 
Registration and annual audits have been made mandatory for Madrassas (seminaries) operating in the Sindh and Balochistan provinces, by amendments to the Societies Registration Act 1860, introduced on August 15, according to Daily Times. The Sindh Go
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Registration and annual audits have been made mandatory for Madrassas (seminaries) operating in the Sindh and Balochistan provinces, by amendments to the Societies Registration Act 1860, introduced on August 15, according to Daily Times. The Sindh Governor, Ishratul Ibad, promulgated the Societies Registration (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance 2005 under which no seminary can be established or operated in the province without being registered under the act. Earlier, the Balochistan Governor, Owais Ahmed Ghani, promulgated the Societies Registration (Balochistan Amendment) Ordinance 2005 by amending the Societies Registration Act 1860.
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August - 16 
A Pakistani has been arrested as part of a probe into a possible terrorist plot targeting Southern California locations, the Los Angles Times reported on August 16. Twenty-one year old Hamad Riaz Samana of Los Angeles was detained last week as part o
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A Pakistani has been arrested as part of a probe into a possible terrorist plot targeting Southern California locations, the Los Angles Times reported on August 16. Twenty-one year old Hamad Riaz Samana of Los Angeles was detained last week as part of an investigation that began with the arrest of two men in Torrance suspected of robbing gas stations, the newspaper reported. The investigation has involved more than 100 FBI agents and Los Angles Police Department detectives as well as counter-terrorism specialists, sources told the newspaper.
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August - 16 
According to Dawn, United States authorities have dropped terrorism charges against three Pakistani nationals after they agreed to be deported to their home country. The three initially faced charges of terrorism but those were changed to illegal sta
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According to Dawn, United States authorities have dropped terrorism charges against three Pakistani nationals after they agreed to be deported to their home country. The three initially faced charges of terrorism but those were changed to illegal stay after they agreed to accept their deportation. Shabbir Ahmed, the Imam (priest) of a mosque in Lodi, California, told an immigration judge that he had accepted the offer to leave the US. His fellow cleric, Mohammad Adil Khan, was deported on August 15 to Pakistan along with his 19-year-old son. Attorney Saad Ahmad, who represents both the clerics, said Ahmed would join his family in Islamabad while Khan was heading to Karachi, where his father runs a religious school.
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August - 16 
According to Nation, security agencies have identified 18 Afghan settlements, located in different parts of Lahore, capital of the Punjab province, and names of 70 Afghanis involved in smuggling weapons and supplying them to the outlawed religious or
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According to Nation, security agencies have identified 18 Afghan settlements, located in different parts of Lahore, capital of the Punjab province, and names of 70 Afghanis involved in smuggling weapons and supplying them to the outlawed religious organizations. The agencies have reportedly gathered evidence that over 40 minor and large Afghan groups have links with outlawed religious groups, providing them weapons in large numbers which were later used in terrorist activity in Lahore and elsewhere.
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August - 16 
Authorities in the Sindh province have reportedly repatriated at least 20 foreign students from various Madrassas (seminaries) in Karachi to their home countries and arrangements are being made to repatriate the rest. Sindh Home Secretary, Brigadier
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Authorities in the Sindh province have reportedly repatriated at least 20 foreign students from various Madrassas (seminaries) in Karachi to their home countries and arrangements are being made to repatriate the rest. Sindh Home Secretary, Brigadier Ghulam Mohammad Mohtarram, told Daily Times on August 16 that the 20 repatriated foreign students were from Thailand, Malaysia, Uganda, Indonesia and the South American republic of Surinam. Brig. Mohtarram said the authorities had taken steps to realize the task in the least possible time. "We have got tickets for another 80 students for their departure for their native countries and the process is likely to be completed by the end of this month," he claimed. Official figures indicated that a total of 648 out of the approximately 1,400 foreign students in Pakistan are admitted to Madrassas in Sindh. Of the 648, 591 are admitted to seminaries in Karachi and the remaining 57 to Madrassas in the Shahdadpur town of Sanghar district.
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August - 16 
President Pervez Musharraf promulgated an ordinance amending the Societies Registration Act, 1860, requiring the 11,882 seminaries in the country to get registered with the Government. The registration process will commence with immediate effect and
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President Pervez Musharraf promulgated an ordinance amending the Societies Registration Act, 1860, requiring the 11,882 seminaries in the country to get registered with the Government. The registration process will commence with immediate effect and is expected to be completed by the end of November 2005, Wakil Ahmed Khan, Secretary of the Religious Affairs ministry, told Dawn on August 16. He said the law had been amended in concurrence of the country’s leading alliance of seminaries ‘Ittehad Tanzeemat Deeni Madaris’ (ITDM) encompassing the five major Wafaqs (educational boards of different sects of Islam). Under the ordinance, a new section has been added to the act. The section 21 provides that no seminary will operate without getting itself registered. The ordinance will apply to the federal capital of Islamabad only as Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan have separately promulgated similar ordinances. The new law also defines seminaries, which says that only such institutions which provide boarding and lodging facilities will be registered and Maktabs (traditional elementary schools) operating in mosques will not need registration.
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August - 16 
The Interior Ministry has made a list of 180 candidates of the local council polls who belong to outlawed organisations and has given it to the Election Commission (EC) and all four provinces, according to Daily Times. The ministry reportedly receive
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The Interior Ministry has made a list of 180 candidates of the local council polls who belong to outlawed organisations and has given it to the Election Commission (EC) and all four provinces, according to Daily Times. The ministry reportedly received information from intelligence agencies that most of the candidates belonging to the proscribed organisations were contesting in the North West Frontier Province and Balochistan and has, consequently, asked the provincial governments and the EC to stop these candidates from contesting the elections.
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August - 16 
The Supreme Court declared on August 16 that only those seminaries’ certificate-holders would be able to contest the forthcoming local bodies’ elections who have passed additional subjects of English, Urdu and Pakistan Studies. A three-member bench d
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The Supreme Court declared on August 16 that only those seminaries’ certificate-holders would be able to contest the forthcoming local bodies’ elections who have passed additional subjects of English, Urdu and Pakistan Studies. A three-member bench declared that these students having passed out from recognised religious institutions with an equivalence certificate must have to show proof of passing three compulsory subjects — English, Urdu and Pakistan Studies — from any of the Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education, according to The News.
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August - 17 
Security agencies are reported to have neutralised a terrorist hideout established within the Madrassa (seminary) Abu Shoaib near Miranshah in North Waziristan on August 17. The troops launched an operation against the Madrassa and surrounding compou
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Security agencies are reported to have neutralised a terrorist hideout established within the Madrassa (seminary) Abu Shoaib near Miranshah in North Waziristan on August 17. The troops launched an operation against the Madrassa and surrounding compounds, which was heavily contested and subsequently, a chief operative code named Malang was killed while seven terrorists, including one foreign national, were arrested, according to The News. A large cache of arms and ammunition, grenades, rockets, explosives, fuses, booby traps, detonators, improvised explosive devices and documents containing circuit diagrams and hand written notes were recovered. The group was headed by Mir Hamza who has reportedly admitted that they were using the seminary compound as a planning centre for target killings, rocket attacks on military installations, recruiting and training camp for terrorist activity.
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August - 17 
The Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao on August 17 confirmed the arrest of a senior Taliban leader Muhammad Yasir, saying he was being interrogated. "He (Yasir) has been arrested and interrogation has started… He was a wanted person in Pakistan,"
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The Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao on August 17 confirmed the arrest of a senior Taliban leader Muhammad Yasir, saying he was being interrogated. "He (Yasir) has been arrested and interrogation has started… He was a wanted person in Pakistan," he told Al Arabia television. The minister, however, did not provide any details on the arrest. Taliban chief Mullah Muhammad Omar had appointed Yasir as head of the ‘Information and Culture wing’ several months ago, according to Daily Times.
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August - 18 
A cache of arms and ammunition was seized from the Punchapai area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, during an operation by the Frontier Corps (FC) on August 18, according to Dawn. The FC personnel recovered the cache, hidden underground in
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A cache of arms and ammunition was seized from the Punchapai area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, during an operation by the Frontier Corps (FC) on August 18, according to Dawn. The FC personnel recovered the cache, hidden underground in an uninhabited area, which included 81 mortar bombs, five hand grenades, one rocket launcher, one rocket, one 12.7mm gun and 170 bombs.
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August - 18 
The United States State Department said on August 18 that President Pervez Musharraf and his cabinet were "working to reform the educational system, the Madrassas [seminaries] as well as the textbooks, and they do have a process for reviewing it," wh
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The United States State Department said on August 18 that President Pervez Musharraf and his cabinet were "working to reform the educational system, the Madrassas [seminaries] as well as the textbooks, and they do have a process for reviewing it," while maintaining that the Madrassa reform remained "an issue of concern" to America. State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack was replying to a question on a report published by the Los Angeles Times about textbooks taught in Pakistani schools and the anti-Christian and anti-Jewish material they contained. McCormack observed, "These types of reports are of serious concern to us. We have engaged the Pakistani government on this issue, specifically on the issue of textbooks and language that might - that, upon reading it, was clearly, clearly unacceptable and inciteful (sic) or would cause people to perhaps lash out with violent actions and encourages people to do that. So we do have ongoing discussions with Pakistan, the Pakistani Government, on this matter."
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August - 19 
Pakistan has not handed over a single Pakistani to the United States during the war against terrorism, said Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri. Kasuri said that all Al Qaeda-linked individuals handed over to the US were foreigners required by t
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Pakistan has not handed over a single Pakistani to the United States during the war against terrorism, said Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri. Kasuri said that all Al Qaeda-linked individuals handed over to the US were foreigners required by the US for threatening US interests. In an interview to a local private channel on August 19, Kasuri claimed that Pakistanis detained at Guantanamo Bay had all been arrested in Afghanistan during the US military campaign, adding that on its part, through persistent efforts, the Government of Pakistan had been successful in getting 60 Pakistanis released from there, according to Daily Times.
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August - 19 
The News reports that some damage was caused to shops in Miranshah on August 19 night when two of the five rockets fired by unknown persons targetting military installations landed in the market place. The three other rockets also missed the target.
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The News reports that some damage was caused to shops in Miranshah on August 19 night when two of the five rockets fired by unknown persons targetting military installations landed in the market place. The three other rockets also missed the target. No casualties were reported in the attack.
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August - 20 
A soldier accused of plotting to kill President Pervez Musharraf was executed inside the New Central Jail in Multan on August 20-morning. 35-year old Islamuddin Sheikh alias Abdus Salam Saddiqi was accused of involvement in the failed assassination b
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A soldier accused of plotting to kill President Pervez Musharraf was executed inside the New Central Jail in Multan on August 20-morning. 35-year old Islamuddin Sheikh alias Abdus Salam Saddiqi was accused of involvement in the failed assassination bid on Gen. Musharraf on December 14, 2003, at the Jhanda Chichi bridge near the Army Headquarters in Rawalpindi. According to Dawn, he had been shifted to the high-security New Central Jail a month ago from a prison in Sialkot. He was condemned to death in a summary trial conducted by a military tribunal under the rules of Field General Court Martial.
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August - 20 
Pakistan Army troops raided the Zway Saidgai village near the border with Afghanistan in North Waziristan on August 20 and searched six houses following intelligence reports about presence of foreign terrorists in the area. However, no terrorists wer
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Pakistan Army troops raided the Zway Saidgai village near the border with Afghanistan in North Waziristan on August 20 and searched six houses following intelligence reports about presence of foreign terrorists in the area. However, no terrorists were found in those houses but six rocket launcher shells were recovered during the raid.
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August - 20 
Two bombs weighing half pound each exploded after short intervals in Muslim Town police jurisdiction of Lahore city on August 20 evening. The first remote-controlled bomb exploded by the Lahore Canal near Punjab College, while the second bomb explode
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Two bombs weighing half pound each exploded after short intervals in Muslim Town police jurisdiction of Lahore city on August 20 evening. The first remote-controlled bomb exploded by the Lahore Canal near Punjab College, while the second bomb exploded just 25 seconds after the first, destroying the canal banks. No casualties were reported in both the blasts. DIG Tariq Saleem Dogar said a timer device caused the explosions and bombs were of mild intensity.
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August - 21 
At least nine wagons of a Lahore-bound goods train derailed after a bomb blast, while passing over the Malir bridge in Karachi on August 21, according to The News. The derailment of the Super Parcel train in the jurisdiction of the Drigh Road police
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At least nine wagons of a Lahore-bound goods train derailed after a bomb blast, while passing over the Malir bridge in Karachi on August 21, according to The News. The derailment of the Super Parcel train in the jurisdiction of the Drigh Road police station caused heavy losses to the railway track, blocking the only link bridge between Malir and Landhi. Unconfirmed reports said that two police personnel were wounded in the blast.
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August - 21 August - 22
Security forces seized weapons, wigs and women’s outfits from a fake Madrassa (seminary) near Miranshah in North Waziristan, an Inter Services Public Relations press release said on August 22. A deserted compound, designed to look like a religious sc
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Security forces seized weapons, wigs and women’s outfits from a fake Madrassa (seminary) near Miranshah in North Waziristan, an Inter Services Public Relations press release said on August 22. A deserted compound, designed to look like a religious school, was raided on August 21-night, it said. "The compound was being used as a terrorist den. Security forces carried out a search following a tip-off that suspected militants visited the compound," said the statement. During the search, the troops seized grenades, fuses, guns, binoculars, daggers and commando uniforms as well as women costumes and wigs.
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August - 21 
The United Nations (UN) Security Council Special Committee on Prevention of Terrorism has confirmed that Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami and two other parties links with the Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden are being investigated. The spokesman of the Securit
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The United Nations (UN) Security Council Special Committee on Prevention of Terrorism has confirmed that Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami and two other parties links with the Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden are being investigated. The spokesman of the Security Council Committee 1267 also said that if allegations against the parties were proved after the investigation, the Pakistan Government would be requested to ban these parties, according to The News. The committee is likely to complete investigations in a few weeks.
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August - 22 
According to The News, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yusuf escaped unhurt after seven rockets were fired at the camp of Frontier Constabulary (FC) near Kohlu, which he was visiting on August 22. Earlier, two bombs exploded in the town and i
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According to The News, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yusuf escaped unhurt after seven rockets were fired at the camp of Frontier Constabulary (FC) near Kohlu, which he was visiting on August 22. Earlier, two bombs exploded in the town and in a separate attack four rockets were fired at a paramilitary post but no one was hurt. A local police officer Muhammad Riaz said, "Seven rockets were fired on the camp when the chief minister was in the building for a briefing on law and order situation ahead of Thursday’s municipal elections. The rockets fell 400 metres away from the camp." Spokesperson for the FC, Lt-Col Rizwan Malik, said the troops retaliated and fired 14 rockets towards the mountains overlooking the camp. The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack and its spokesperson, Azad Baloch, telephoned some local newspapers and reportedly said, "Our target was the provincial chief minister."
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August - 22 
An army tanker carrying water for the troops was blown up when it struck against a landmine near Maddakhel Serai on August 22.
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An army tanker carrying water for the troops was blown up when it struck against a landmine near Maddakhel Serai on August 22.
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August - 22 
Suspected terrorists blew up a main telephone line affecting over 1,000 telephones in Wana, headquarters of South Waziristan, on August 22.
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Suspected terrorists blew up a main telephone line affecting over 1,000 telephones in Wana, headquarters of South Waziristan, on August 22.
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August - 22 
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction) has reportedly refused to register its Madrassas (seminaries) with the Government under the Madaris Registration Ordinance 2005. Maulana Fazlur Rehman told reporters in Islamabad on August 22 that his
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The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction) has reportedly refused to register its Madrassas (seminaries) with the Government under the Madaris Registration Ordinance 2005. Maulana Fazlur Rehman told reporters in Islamabad on August 22 that his party would not register its 8,500 seminaries across Pakistan. "We reject the Madaris Registration Ordinance which President General Pervez Musharraf has promulgated by amending the Society Act. If we approve such amendments and the parliament also approves them we will be forced to introduce the government-dictated syllabus and employ government-recommended teachers in the Madrassas. This is not possible for us," he said.
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August - 22 
The troops arrested seven suspected terrorists from Mera Din town in Shawal Valley while three others were detained in an area near the Afghan border.
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The troops arrested seven suspected terrorists from Mera Din town in Shawal Valley while three others were detained in an area near the Afghan border.
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August - 23 
Over 300 Madrassas (seminaries) in Pakistan have vowed to resist a Government order to register with the authorities, according to Daily Times. Representatives of the seminaries met in Islamabad on August 23 and denounced the order from President Per
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Over 300 Madrassas (seminaries) in Pakistan have vowed to resist a Government order to register with the authorities, according to Daily Times. Representatives of the seminaries met in Islamabad on August 23 and denounced the order from President Pervez Musharraf as discriminatory. Under the order, 12,000 Madrassas across Pakistan are required to register by the end of 2005. Abdul Rashid Ghazi, a senior teacher at Jamia Faridia, one of Islamabad’s main religious schools, said the Government had enforced the law without consulting clerics. "This is a discriminatory and unilateral law. We reject it," he said. He claimed: "Madrassas should not be singled out for registration. All private institutions and schools, some of which are preaching anti-Islamic and anti-Pakistani teachings, should also be registered." Ghazi added, "If they use force, then it will be responded to in the same way."
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August - 24 
In an interview to the Japanese news agency Kyodo on August 24, President Pervez Musharraf confirmed that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan provided centrifuge machines and their designs to North Korea, but said these transfers did not help North Korea acquire a
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In an interview to the Japanese news agency Kyodo on August 24, President Pervez Musharraf confirmed that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan provided centrifuge machines and their designs to North Korea, but said these transfers did not help North Korea acquire a nuclear weapons capability. Gen Musharraf said Khan could not have been of immense help to North Korea nuclear weapons programme because his laboratory had engaged in uranium enrichment, and not involved in the other steps needed to make a nuclear bomb such as conversion of uranium into gas and development of the trigger mechanism and delivery systems, according to Dawn. Khan had confessed in February 2004 to having supplied nuclear technology and expertise to North Korea, Libya and Iran.
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August - 25 
A tribal force backed by the security agencies in North Waziristan is reported to have neutralised a terrorist hideout owned by a tribesman in violation of the agreement signed with the Government, according to The News. According to an official pres
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A tribal force backed by the security agencies in North Waziristan is reported to have neutralised a terrorist hideout owned by a tribesman in violation of the agreement signed with the Government, according to The News. According to an official press release, action was initiated after five Kazakh nationals arrested by the troops during a operation near Miranshah revealed that Maulvi Asal Jan, a resident of Raghzai Killi village, had rented out his compound to them. The Kazakh nationals also confessed using the hideout for carrying out terrorist activities in North Waziristan.
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August - 25 
According to Dawn, unidentified saboteurs hurled a hand-grenade into the main office of the Northern Areas Development Project (NADP) in Gilgit on August 25-night, damaging the building premises. However, no one was hurt in the attack. In the recent
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According to Dawn, unidentified saboteurs hurled a hand-grenade into the main office of the Northern Areas Development Project (NADP) in Gilgit on August 25-night, damaging the building premises. However, no one was hurt in the attack. In the recent past, NADP offices had been attacked with bombs and stormed by gunmen and its vehicles had come under sniper fire.
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August - 26 
Five people have been sentenced to death for their involvement in a 2003 attempt to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf in which 18 persons were killed. Military spokesperson, Major-General Shaukat Sultan, said in Islamabad, on August 26, that a l
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Five people have been sentenced to death for their involvement in a 2003 attempt to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf in which 18 persons were killed. Military spokesperson, Major-General Shaukat Sultan, said in Islamabad, on August 26, that a low-ranking member of the military and four civilians were given the sentence a few days ago, but would not say which court heard the case, according to The News. The soldier was named as Naik Arshad Mahmood and the civilians were identified as Zubair Ahmed, Rashid Qureshi, Ghulam Sarwar Bhatti and Akhlas Ahmed. Sultan also disclosed that three more people convicted of involvement in the plot were jailed. Rana Mohammad Naveed was sentenced to life imprisonment while Adnan Khan was sentenced to 15 years and Aamir Sohail 20 years. The sentences relate to Christmas Day 2003, when two suicide bombers rammed explosives-laden vehicles into Gen. Musharraf’s motorcade at Jhanda Chichi in Rawalpindi killing 18 people and wounding 40 others. It was the second attempt on the President’s Musharraf’s life that month. A soldier, 35-year old Islamuddin Sheikh alias Abdus Salam Saddiqi, linked to the other plot - the bombing of a Rawalpindi bridge seconds after Musharraf’s convoy passed on December 14, 2003 - was hanged at the New Central Jail in Multan on August 20, 2005.
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August - 26 
The Government said on August 26 that it would not check, investigate or even comment on audit details of accounts submitted by the Madrassas (seminaries). Religious Affairs Secretary, Vakil Ahmed Khan told Daily Times that the Government wanted to c
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The Government said on August 26 that it would not check, investigate or even comment on audit details of accounts submitted by the Madrassas (seminaries). Religious Affairs Secretary, Vakil Ahmed Khan told Daily Times that the Government wanted to compile a database of Madrassas in Pakistan to counter propaganda against them. He said that seminaries once registered with the Government would not be asked for registration again. He added that seminaries were not bound to disclose the names of their donors but they had been asked to submit details of their expenses and donations.
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August - 27 
Two soldiers were killed and another sustained injuries when an army truck was blown up in the Shawal area of North Waziristan on August 27, according to Dawn. The vehicle was on patrol duty in the area when it struck a remote-controlled device plant
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Two soldiers were killed and another sustained injuries when an army truck was blown up in the Shawal area of North Waziristan on August 27, according to Dawn. The vehicle was on patrol duty in the area when it struck a remote-controlled device planted on a road near Bori Saidgi.
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August - 29 
President Pervez Musharraf is reported to have said that there is no quick fix or military solution to the problem of extremism in Pakistan. "While we have to confront terrorism with force, the malaise of extremism has to be handled with care, as cha
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President Pervez Musharraf is reported to have said that there is no quick fix or military solution to the problem of extremism in Pakistan. "While we have to confront terrorism with force, the malaise of extremism has to be handled with care, as change cannot be imposed and pertains to the hearts and minds of people," Gen. Musharraf said at a seminar on global terrorism in Islamabad on August 29. "It will take years before it (extremism) is completely curbed," he said. According to him, extremism and terrorism must be differentiated and separate strategies be made to address them. "We must address terrorism holistically and get to the roots. The resolution of core disputes will pull the carpet from under the feet of extremism and terrorism," he claimed.
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August - 30 
A Taliban cadre from Pakistan is reported to have died while two others suffered injuries in an overnight clash with security forces in the southwestern Helmand province of Afghanistan, officials said on August 30. Haji Mohammad Wali, spokesperson fo
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A Taliban cadre from Pakistan is reported to have died while two others suffered injuries in an overnight clash with security forces in the southwestern Helmand province of Afghanistan, officials said on August 30. Haji Mohammad Wali, spokesperson for the Helmand province Governor, said the body of the Pakistani was still lying at the clash site in Baghny district. Helmand’s Deputy Police chief, Haji Mohammad Ayub, disclosed that two Kalashnikov assault rifles, two hand-grenades and a walkie-talkie had been recovered from the incident site.
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August - 30 
A Taliban sympathiser was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a Government official. The detainee is reported to have confessed to complicity in the murder, receiving arms from "Pakistan and delivering them to Taliban," an unnamed H
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A Taliban sympathiser was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a Government official. The detainee is reported to have confessed to complicity in the murder, receiving arms from "Pakistan and delivering them to Taliban," an unnamed Helmand military official said.
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August - 30 
The Tanzimul Madaris Ahle Sunnat (Barelvi school), one of the apex bodies of Madrassas (seminaries), on August 30 rejected registration of seminaries under the amended law and said it would not cooperate in the process unless their reservations about
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The Tanzimul Madaris Ahle Sunnat (Barelvi school), one of the apex bodies of Madrassas (seminaries), on August 30 rejected registration of seminaries under the amended law and said it would not cooperate in the process unless their reservations about changes made in the law were removed, according to Dawn. Speakers at a convention on "Religious Institutions and Contemporary Needs" in Islamabad also said that they would not abide by the Government’s orders on the question of syllabus nor would they stop teaching the concept of Jihad as it was in the Holy Quran and Hadith. They rejected allegations that some religious schools were giving militancy training to students. Earlier last week, the Islamabad chapter of Wafaqul Madaris (Deobandi school) had announced not to get their affiliated seminaries registered and had constituted a 19-member committee to deal with the Government on the issue.
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August - 31 
One person was killed and two others sustained injuries during a bomb blast in the Mastung district of Balochistan province on August 31. Mastung police told The News that unidentified terrorists had planted the explosive device in a fruit crate at M
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One person was killed and two others sustained injuries during a bomb blast in the Mastung district of Balochistan province on August 31. Mastung police told The News that unidentified terrorists had planted the explosive device in a fruit crate at Major Chowk, near a fort of the Frontier Corps.
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*Data till , April 24, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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