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December - 1 
Addressing a conference in Charsadda on December 1, the central leaders of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) said that it would extend full support to the Taliban in their "Jihad against the infidels." They opined that the Taliban were fighting the ‘war of
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Addressing a conference in Charsadda on December 1, the central leaders of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) said that it would extend full support to the Taliban in their "Jihad against the infidels." They opined that the Taliban were fighting the ‘war of Islam’ and, therefore, it was the duty of all Muslims to support it. They also claimed that the Taliban were on the retreat but they would emerge victorious in the end as they were on the ‘right path’.
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December - 1 
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider, while addressing heads of leading religious schools in Karachi, urged the Ulema (religious scholars) to co-operate with the government in identifying religious schools which are supporting terrorism. He
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Pakistan’s Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider, while addressing heads of leading religious schools in Karachi, urged the Ulema (religious scholars) to co-operate with the government in identifying religious schools which are supporting terrorism. He said that he was well aware of the fact that 99 per cent of religious schools were focussing on providing education and only a few were supporting terrorism. He asked the religious leaders to identify those religious institutions which were supporting the Taliban. Responding to the Minister’s observations, speakers in the meeting were unanimous in their view that interference of some powerful elements in the affairs of religious schools was the root cause of terrorism in the religious schools, and urged the minister to nab such elements. They said terrorism and such training was introduced during the first Afghan war in early 1980s and such elements got strength after the formation of Taliban government in Afghanistan. They also gained strength from the fact that no action was taken against the so-called "Jehadi organisations" in Pakistan. An unidentified speaker opined that terrorist elements were not confined only in religious schools, but they are also in the ordinary schools and other sections of the society.
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December - 2 
The Jamaat-Ulema-e-Islam (JuI - Fazlur faction) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reacting to reports of a possible action against religious seminaries (madrassa) said that it was part of the US agenda. Speaking in Lahore on December 2, he said that the in
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The Jamaat-Ulema-e-Islam (JuI - Fazlur faction) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reacting to reports of a possible action against religious seminaries (madrassa) said that it was part of the US agenda. Speaking in Lahore on December 2, he said that the independence of the madrassas would be protected at all costs. In a statement issued in his behalf, he alleged that the Federal government was covering up its embarrassment on its policy towards Afghanistan by issuing statements against religious outfits. Fazlur Rehman claimed that he had on many occasions offered cooperation to the government in closing down the seminaries if it was proved that they were promoting the ‘kalashnikov’ culture or imparting training to terrorists. Any action against the seminaries without proof would be resisted, he added.
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December - 3 
According to media reports, the Federal government, on December 3, is reported to have approved a proposal to ban religious and Jehadi outfits offering military training. An official announcement in this regard is expected to be made after a comprehe
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According to media reports, the Federal government, on December 3, is reported to have approved a proposal to ban religious and Jehadi outfits offering military training. An official announcement in this regard is expected to be made after a comprehensive strategy to combat such outfits is finalised. A high-level meeting, chaired by President Pervez Musharraf, was held in Islamabad to review the proposed steps for bringing the madrassas (religious seminaries) into mainstream education. Reports quoting official sources indicated that a number of steps have proposed to regulate the affairs of madrassas. Reports added that approximately 20,000 students in the madrassas are foreigners from Afghanistan, Central Asian and African states. The President is reported to have directed the concerned ministries to scrutinise the details about the foreign assets of seminaries in Pakistan. Majority of the foreign students are from Afghanistan, who, the government suspects, are involved in terrorist activity once they graduate from the madrassas. Media sources have added that a secret, prolonged investigation into the accounts of madrassas has provided the government with sufficient evidence to prove that approximately 115 seminaries of all sects in Pakistan receive foreign financial assistance from Britain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Libya, and Iraq. The State Bank of Pakistan is reported to have secured all details of huge transfers of money over the years from foreign countries which primarily was meant for madrassas but found its way to certain terrorist outfits.
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December - 3 
Different heads of madrassas (religious seminaries) have warned the government against interference in their academic and financial affairs. Punjab Jamaat-e-Islam Chief Hafiz Idrees said in Lahore on December 3 that the aim of the government campa
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Different heads of madrassas (religious seminaries) have warned the government against interference in their academic and financial affairs. Punjab Jamaat-e-Islam Chief Hafiz Idrees said in Lahore on December 3 that the aim of the government campaign against religious institutions is to "secularise them by controlling them and uprooting the basic Islamic values and spirit of Jihad." He opined that the madrassa syllabus is based on the principles laid down by the Holy Prophet, which brought peace and love to the barbaric society of the pre-Islam days, and which was regularly revised by religious elders. Jamia Manzoorul Islamia leader Pir Saifullah Khalid alleged that the message of Jehad and Islamic values has been deliberately distorted by the West to malign Islam and muster support of all secular and anti-Islam forces against it. He added that any ‘arbitrary regulations’ imposed on the madrassas would be resisted and their independent status will be protected.
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December - 3 
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab President Qasim Zia said on December 3 in Lahore that if voted to power, a PPP government would not allow terrorist outfits to enter Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). He observed that those criticising PPP Chairperson Bena
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Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab President Qasim Zia said on December 3 in Lahore that if voted to power, a PPP government would not allow terrorist outfits to enter Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). He observed that those criticising PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto's statements on J&K during her recent visit to India were ignorant of the developments taking place in the world. He also said that PPP's Kashmir policy remained unchanged and it still favoured the resolution of the issue in accordance with the United Nations resolutions. While pointing out that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had admitted that it was engaged in terrorist activity in 10 countries, he added that it should first try to reform Pakistan. The PPP leader opined that India was not an enemy country.
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December - 3 
Police in Islamabad conducted a search operation in Alipur Farash on December 3 and arrested three persons for carrying illicit arms. 12 more persons were also arrested for their alleged role in the possession of illegal arms and ammunition.
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Police in Islamabad conducted a search operation in Alipur Farash on December 3 and arrested three persons for carrying illicit arms. 12 more persons were also arrested for their alleged role in the possession of illegal arms and ammunition.
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December - 3 
The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, said in Sialkot on December 3 that the prolonged US-led military attacks on Afghanistan have brought Pakistan on the verge of disaster due to its hasty foreign policies. He said that the Pakistani
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The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, said in Sialkot on December 3 that the prolonged US-led military attacks on Afghanistan have brought Pakistan on the verge of disaster due to its hasty foreign policies. He said that the Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf had divested the nation of any confidence by supporting the US in the war of nerves. He also added, "The Pakistan government should immediately announce a Jihad against non-believers for the survival of Islam."
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December - 4 
Engineer Ilyas Zubair, a frontline leader of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), has voluntarily surrendered himself before the Chief of Crime Investigations Agency (CIA), who later detained him under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO), n
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Engineer Ilyas Zubair, a frontline leader of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), has voluntarily surrendered himself before the Chief of Crime Investigations Agency (CIA), who later detained him under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO), news reports indicated on December 4. SSP sources said that at the time of arrest, Ilyas was holding the post of secretary, finance in the provincial party set-up and was also the secretary-general of the party's Karachi Division.
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December - 4 
Media reports of December 4 said that Lahore police, in a drive against illicit arms and narcotics, has recovered 49,694 weapons, 73.35 kilogram of narcotics and hand grenades, rocket launchers and arrested approximately 19,649 criminals and drug tra
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Media reports of December 4 said that Lahore police, in a drive against illicit arms and narcotics, has recovered 49,694 weapons, 73.35 kilogram of narcotics and hand grenades, rocket launchers and arrested approximately 19,649 criminals and drug traffickers in 2001.
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December - 4 
Three unidentified gunmen, on December 4, ambushed a convoy carrying United Nations (UN) staff as they were returning to Peshawar from Islamabad. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The assailants managed to escape from the incident si
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Three unidentified gunmen, on December 4, ambushed a convoy carrying United Nations (UN) staff as they were returning to Peshawar from Islamabad. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The assailants managed to escape from the incident site.
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December - 4 
Two unidentified gunmen shot at and injured a Joint Director of the Pakistan Army's Vigilance Team at the City Railway Station, near Karachi Club, on December 4. The assailants managed to escape from the incident site. No arrests have been made so fa
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Two unidentified gunmen shot at and injured a Joint Director of the Pakistan Army's Vigilance Team at the City Railway Station, near Karachi Club, on December 4. The assailants managed to escape from the incident site. No arrests have been made so far in connection with the incident.
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December - 5 
Five persons were injured in a grenade explosion near an outlet of a US food chain in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi on December 5. No arrests have been made so far in connection with the explosion.
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Five persons were injured in a grenade explosion near an outlet of a US food chain in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi on December 5. No arrests have been made so far in connection with the explosion.
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December - 5 
Police, on December 5, arrested two persons after an encounter near Miro Khan, Larkana. Some arms and ammunition were also recovered from them.
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Police, on December 5, arrested two persons after an encounter near Miro Khan, Larkana. Some arms and ammunition were also recovered from them.
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December - 5 
Police, on December 5, recovered a Russian-made rocket shell, with timer and detonator, from Chisthti Nagar, Karachi, and arrested three Afghan nationals. Police sources said that the recovery might be linked to the rocket attack at the building of G
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Police, on December 5, recovered a Russian-made rocket shell, with timer and detonator, from Chisthti Nagar, Karachi, and arrested three Afghan nationals. Police sources said that the recovery might be linked to the rocket attack at the building of Government Commerce College two weeks ago.
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December - 5 
Two unidentified assailants on Rashid Minhas Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal in Karachi, killed one person on December 5. Official sources have indicated that activists of an unnamed sectarian outfit were responsible for the killing.
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Two unidentified assailants on Rashid Minhas Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal in Karachi, killed one person on December 5. Official sources have indicated that activists of an unnamed sectarian outfit were responsible for the killing.
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December - 6 
According to media reports of December 6, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of USA has given a list of six more nuclear scientists to the Pakistani government whom it wants to probe on suspicion of having links with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda Net
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According to media reports of December 6, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of USA has given a list of six more nuclear scientists to the Pakistani government whom it wants to probe on suspicion of having links with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda Network or another group, the Ummah Reconstruction led by Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmud, who is already under detention. The issue was reportedly discussed between President Pervez Musharaff and the CIA's Director John Tenet during the latter's recent visit to Pakistan. Media sources added that two of the six scientists, Suleiman Asad and Muhammad Ali Mukhtar are directly related to the country's nuclear programme, and have been working in the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) for last few years. Reports have indicated that currently, the two scientists are in Myanmar.
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December - 6 
According to media reports, on December 6, the United States State Department has put 39 groups, charities and companies on a newly created ‘terrorist exclusion list’, giving authorities power to deport members or deny them visas. The Lashkar-e-Toiba
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According to media reports, on December 6, the United States State Department has put 39 groups, charities and companies on a newly created ‘terrorist exclusion list’, giving authorities power to deport members or deny them visas. The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) are on the list. Attorney General John Ashcroft had asked the State Department to put 46 groups on the new list, which is required under the USA PATRIOT Act signed by President George W Bush on October 26. The State Department listed 33 of those and added six of its own, a State Department official said. The list includes groups and companies from Afghanistan, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, the Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Uganda and Yemen.
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December - 6 
NWFP Governor Gen. Iftikhar Hussan Shah speaking in Kohat on December 6, said that leaders of religious extremist outfits were "directly responsible for the killing of Pakistanis inside Afghanistan who were misled and instigated to fight their fellow
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NWFP Governor Gen. Iftikhar Hussan Shah speaking in Kohat on December 6, said that leaders of religious extremist outfits were "directly responsible for the killing of Pakistanis inside Afghanistan who were misled and instigated to fight their fellow Muslims in the name of Jihad." He said that the ‘leaders’ who have safely returned back to Pakistan have "in fact fled Jihad leaving behind hundreds of youth who were languishing in jails there or were already massacred during the clashes between the Taliban and forces of the northern alliance."
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December - 6 
The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government has, on December 6, extended the detention of Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Jamaat-Ulema-e-Islam (JuI-Fazlur faction) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for a period of thirty days with
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The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government has, on December 6, extended the detention of Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Jamaat-Ulema-e-Islam (JuI-Fazlur faction) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for a period of thirty days with effect from December 6. Both the leaders have opposed the Afghan policy of the military regime. During several protest rallies held in October and November 2001, in different parts of the country, the two leaders while threatening civil disobedience had also asked the army to revolt against the Pervez Musharraf regime, which they perceive as aiding non-Muslims against Muslims. Their parties had also sent cadres to Afghanistan to wage Jehad against the US and collected donations to fund the Taliban's war against the United States and its allies.
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December - 7 
According to Pakistani media reports, computerised profiles of all madrassas (religious seminaries) are expected to be prepared by authorities under a $100 million package to be received shortly by Pakistan from the US. While the money is to be used
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According to Pakistani media reports, computerised profiles of all madrassas (religious seminaries) are expected to be prepared by authorities under a $100 million package to be received shortly by Pakistan from the US. While the money is to be used for the broader agenda of controlling the militant and sectarian elements in the country, these profiles are intended at maintaining a record of the clergy in Pakistan. Under the same programme, authorities would be keeping vigilance on the publications of these seminaries in support of their terrorist agenda. Under the package, the government, in collaboration with Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) would draw up a fresh curricula for the madrassas; create a special cell in the police department to train officials for penetration into the seminaries for keeping information vigilance; approach publishers and printing firms to acquire timely information on publication activities of the sectarian outfits; and analyse information received by informers on the activities of the individuals listed as suspects.
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December - 7 
Media reports have indicated that the government has decided to initiate legal proceedings against all Pakistani Jehadis to be arrested along the long Pakistan-Afghan border. Law enforcement agencies are reported to have been directed to ensure the i
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Media reports have indicated that the government has decided to initiate legal proceedings against all Pakistani Jehadis to be arrested along the long Pakistan-Afghan border. Law enforcement agencies are reported to have been directed to ensure the immediate arrest of every Pakistani and foreign terrorist entering Pakistan after the defeat of Taliban. Official sources said that President Pervez Musharraf had approved the arrest and prosecution against all such Pakistani Taliban during a high-level meeting in Islamabad on November 16.
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December - 7 
The US State Department has prepared a new exclusion list of 39 foreign organisations, whose members would be barred from entering the United States, Authorities are also empowered to depot members of these organisations who are already in the countr
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The US State Department has prepared a new exclusion list of 39 foreign organisations, whose members would be barred from entering the United States, Authorities are also empowered to depot members of these organisations who are already in the country. The list, created under the USA Patriot Act passed by Congress consequent to the September 11 terrorist attacks, covers organisations that were not already on the State Department's compilation of terrorist outfits. The list includes Pakistan-based terrorist outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen (JuM) and the Al-Rashid Trust
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December - 8 
According to media reports, a suspected Afghan cadre of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network was arrested by Federal investigation agency officials at the Karachi airport on December 8. The suspect was arrested after the US Federal Bureau of Investigat
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According to media reports, a suspected Afghan cadre of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network was arrested by Federal investigation agency officials at the Karachi airport on December 8. The suspect was arrested after the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials identified him among the passengers of an Emirate Airlines flight that arrived from United Arab Emirates.
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December - 9 
Pakistani authorities are scheduled to arrest and question six injured Taliban fighters, including at least four non-Afghans, who crossed the border for hospital treatment. Official sources indicated in Quetta that three are Saudi nationals and the f
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Pakistani authorities are scheduled to arrest and question six injured Taliban fighters, including at least four non-Afghans, who crossed the border for hospital treatment. Official sources indicated in Quetta that three are Saudi nationals and the fourth is a Nigerian.
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December - 9 
Pakistani government has reportedly sent a list to the US administration containing names of various suspects and absconders involved in countrywide terrorism and international smuggling in order to extradite them and hand-over to Pakistan. Federal I
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Pakistani government has reportedly sent a list to the US administration containing names of various suspects and absconders involved in countrywide terrorism and international smuggling in order to extradite them and hand-over to Pakistan. Federal Interior Minister, Moinuddin Haider in Karachi, stated this on December 9. According to media reports, there are a number of Pakistani criminals and terrorists that have taken political refugee in USA.
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December - 9 
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Altaf (MQM-A) Chief Altaf Hussain claimed on December 9 that missing party workers who were reportedly arrested by law enforcement agencies have finally been killed. He also claimed that the former Interior Minister Cha
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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Altaf (MQM-A) Chief Altaf Hussain claimed on December 9 that missing party workers who were reportedly arrested by law enforcement agencies have finally been killed. He also claimed that the former Interior Minister Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain had stated that these missing workers were killed on the orders of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) minister Gen. Naseerullah Babar and they were buried in the hills of Islamabad.
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December - 9 
The Pakistani administration on December 9 disallowed the former Taliban regime ambassador to Islamabad, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, to speak to students at a madrassa in Islamabad. Dawn, a Pakistani daily reported that former diplomats, including the
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The Pakistani administration on December 9 disallowed the former Taliban regime ambassador to Islamabad, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, to speak to students at a madrassa in Islamabad. Dawn, a Pakistani daily reported that former diplomats, including the Afghan ambassador, were likely to be served with notices to leave the country as they had no purpose to stay back after the closure of their embassy.
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December - 9 
Twelve volunteers from Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Karachi, who had gone to Afghanistan to fight alongside the Taliban and were later arrested by the new Afghan administration, were released on December 8. They are to return to
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Twelve volunteers from Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Karachi, who had gone to Afghanistan to fight alongside the Taliban and were later arrested by the new Afghan administration, were released on December 8. They are to return to Pakistan on December 9. Earlier, on December 7, five Pakistani volunteers who were captured while aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan, were freed.
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December - 10 
A news report on December 10 said, the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist outfit has relocated its headquarters from Lahore to Muzafarabad, capital of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The report said, even as LeT activists claimed that th
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A news report on December 10 said, the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist outfit has relocated its headquarters from Lahore to Muzafarabad, capital of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The report said, even as LeT activists claimed that the organisation’s office was shifted as it acquired bigger space in Muzafarabad, unnamed observers in Islamabad claimed the LeT was forced to move its offices due to pressure from the Pakistan government. The report also cited an LeT spokesman who affirmed that the outfit would continue its terrorist activities in India’s Jammu and Kashmir. He asserted that no amount of US pressure would stop it. He added that the outfit wanted to avoid a clash with Pakistani Government. He claimed, even though the government has been an ardent supporter of all Muslim freedom movements, particularly that of Kashmir, in the present conditions a clash was possible because of the sudden wedge that appeared between the interests of the government and those of terrorist outfits active in J&K.
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December - 10 
According to media reports, unidentified-armed men fired three rockets on December 10 that landed at three different places in Quetta. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The rockets fired from the Sariab area fell in the Chaman Railwa
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According to media reports, unidentified-armed men fired three rockets on December 10 that landed at three different places in Quetta. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The rockets fired from the Sariab area fell in the Chaman Railway Crossing area, Inscomb Road and Kassi Road. No arrests have been made so far in connection with the incident.
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December - 10 
In order to cut off any escape routes, Pakistan has deployed troops on the border and also introduced extensive air and ground surveillance in Parachinar and Kurram agency, near the Tora Bora range.
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In order to cut off any escape routes, Pakistan has deployed troops on the border and also introduced extensive air and ground surveillance in Parachinar and Kurram agency, near the Tora Bora range.
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December - 10 
Pakistani authorities on red alert against infiltration from Afghanistan by cadres of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network reportedly arrested 20 suspected foreign mercenaries, mostly Arabs, trying to enter Pakistan. Five of those arrested were sufferi
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Pakistani authorities on red alert against infiltration from Afghanistan by cadres of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network reportedly arrested 20 suspected foreign mercenaries, mostly Arabs, trying to enter Pakistan. Five of those arrested were suffering from injuries, inflicted either in fighting in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province or during US bombing raids in the area, an Interior Ministry official said. The arrests were made over the past three days in the Chaman border area, the official said. Among those arrested were two Turks and four Macedonians.
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December - 11 
According to media reports, the Federal government is scheduled to introduce an action plan to control the influence of foreign countries, including some Western powers, on madrassas (seminaries). This plan includes signing of extradition treaties an
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According to media reports, the Federal government is scheduled to introduce an action plan to control the influence of foreign countries, including some Western powers, on madrassas (seminaries). This plan includes signing of extradition treaties and channelising funds for madrassas through the official system. Reports quoting intelligence sources pointed that approximately 120 foreign-funded madrassas enjoy the patronage of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Kuwait and Great Britain. Sources indicated that Saudi Arabia was providing funds to Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) and Jamiat Ahle Hadith; Iran was funding Shia political parties affiliated to Arif Hussaini and Sajid Naqvi; Libya was funding Jamaat-e-Ulema Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction) and Iraq is giving funds to Jamiat-e- Ulema Pakistan (Noorani faction). Media reports held that of the approximately one million students in the officially acknowledged 10,000 madrassas, 18,000 are foreign students from 66 different countries in addition to 17,000 Afghan students. Sources said, to keep track of foreign students, the government has decided to formulate a law whereby any student desirous of admission in a Pakistani madrassa would have to get a no objection certificate from his respective government. Providing statistics, sources added that there are 2510 madrassas in Punjab with some 320 in Lahore, 170 in Rawalpindi, 140 in Gujranwala, 110 in Faisalabad, 325 in Multan, 410 in D.G. Khan, 150 in Sargodha and 885 in Bahawalpur.
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December - 11 
While rejecting as baseless the statements issued by Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Yunas Kanooni, Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi, the spokesperson for the military regime said in Islamabad on December 11, "No Pakistani army man is in Afghanistan… No Paki
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While rejecting as baseless the statements issued by Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Yunas Kanooni, Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi, the spokesperson for the military regime said in Islamabad on December 11, "No Pakistani army man is in Afghanistan… No Pakistani Brigadier is in Afghanistan. This is only a speculation of the Indian media." He also denied the involvement of any Pakistani scientist in assembling nuclear weapons. "We have always sought arrest of any Pakistani military men if they are there in Afghanistan. They (the Pakistani military men) must be presented before us", he added. While pointing out that investigation into two scientists' cases was in progress he added that no other scientist was arrested. He also said that no Taliban cadre has entered Pakistan since the announcement of an interim government in Afghanistan.
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December - 12 
A MJC member opined, despite a shift in Pakistan's Afghan policy, terrorist outfits did not face any crackdown. "We are relaxed and have no pressure from the government to stop our activities. The Jihadi organisations, fighting inside occupied Kashmi
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A MJC member opined, despite a shift in Pakistan's Afghan policy, terrorist outfits did not face any crackdown. "We are relaxed and have no pressure from the government to stop our activities. The Jihadi organisations, fighting inside occupied Kashmir, have no link with the Taliban or any other group", he claimed. He added, "the western media is spreading disinformation to discredit freedom struggle. The Kashmiri freedom fighters neither got training in Afghanistan nor obtained any logistic support from the Taliban government. The Taliban movement was a source of inspiration for Kashmiri freedom fighters."
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December - 12 
Media reports quoting a US spokesperson indicated on December 12 that a small number of Al-Qaeda terrorists loyal to Osama bin Laden reportedly escaped into Pakistan from the eastern Afghan Mountains. "We have a feeling that some have made it through
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Media reports quoting a US spokesperson indicated on December 12 that a small number of Al-Qaeda terrorists loyal to Osama bin Laden reportedly escaped into Pakistan from the eastern Afghan Mountains. "We have a feeling that some have made it through to Pakistan. I will not say what has happened to them but this is a very minute percentage of people," US-led coalition spokesperson Kenton Keith said at a press conference.
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December - 12 
The Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist outfit, led by Maulana Azhar Masood, has been renamed as Al-Furqan, according to a statement released by the Muttahida Jehad Council (MJC), a conglomerate of 13 Pakistan-based terrorist outfits. An MJC sp
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The Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist outfit, led by Maulana Azhar Masood, has been renamed as Al-Furqan, according to a statement released by the Muttahida Jehad Council (MJC), a conglomerate of 13 Pakistan-based terrorist outfits. An MJC spokesperson told Dawn, a Pakistani daily, that Al-Furqan was JeM's new name. He said that the name was changed consequent to the Jaish's placement on US State Department's terrorist watchlist.
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December - 12 
Washington Post, a US daily, reported on December 12 that two Pakistani nuclear scientists admitted that they had conducted long discussions about nuclear, chemical and biological weapons with Osama bin Laden. The scientists, Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmo
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Washington Post, a US daily, reported on December 12 that two Pakistani nuclear scientists admitted that they had conducted long discussions about nuclear, chemical and biological weapons with Osama bin Laden. The scientists, Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood and Abdul Majid reportedly met bin Laden in August 2001 in Kabul. The Pakistani government is reportedly considering charging both scientists with violating the Official Secrets Act, a crime that carries a seven-year jail term, the newspaper indicated.
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December - 13 
Approximately 19 persons were injured when an explosive device went off in the premises of Abdul Hameed Colony residential apartments, Orangi Town, Karachi, on December 13. Official sources said another device was defused before it could explode. Sou
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Approximately 19 persons were injured when an explosive device went off in the premises of Abdul Hameed Colony residential apartments, Orangi Town, Karachi, on December 13. Official sources said another device was defused before it could explode. Sources added that the victims, members of the Agha Khan community, were returning after offering prayers and celebrating the 65th birthday of the community's spiritual leader Prince Karim Aga Khan. Media reports quoting official sources added that the community also has some people of Afghan origin and most of them are reported to be supporters of the Northern Alliance and fled to Karachi after the Taliban captured Afghanistan. No arrests have been made so far in connection with the explosion.
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December - 13 
Chief of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has denied Indian reports that his outfit was involved in the December 13-terrorist attack on India’s Parliament. "We deny this in clear terms. We never adopted such programs and missions. We do no
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Chief of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has denied Indian reports that his outfit was involved in the December 13-terrorist attack on India’s Parliament. "We deny this in clear terms. We never adopted such programs and missions. We do not target civilians. We do not consider it correct to attack parliament. We consider it against Shariat to kill common people. Jihad absolutely does not allow it. Such allegations are repeatedly levelled against us for nothing. Whenever such an incident takes place, Lashar-e-Taiba is blamed. We have asked them to present the proofs if they have some. I say with certainty that they do not have any evidence," Saeed said in an interview to the BBC. He also said that the Pakistani government cannot proscribe the LeT because "Jehad has been going on in Kashmir and Mujahideen are waging Jehad in the territory of Kashmir held by India. How can Pakistan government ban us?" He also added, "We and other people in Lashkar-e-Toiba belong to either Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. It is not justified to malign us with regard to Pakistan and malign it for cross border terrorism. It is a conspiracy of India. It wants to avail itself of the present situation and drag the USA and Britain with it."
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December - 13 
Pakistani media reports indicated that President Pervez Musharraf has agreed in principle to close down some of the madrassas (seminaries) involved in terrorist activities under the direct patronage of sectarian outfits. Reports indicate that the gov
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Pakistani media reports indicated that President Pervez Musharraf has agreed in principle to close down some of the madrassas (seminaries) involved in terrorist activities under the direct patronage of sectarian outfits. Reports indicate that the government is likely to make it mandatory for all heads of religious schools reportedly receiving foreign assistance to declare their sources of foreign funding.
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December - 13 
The government on December 13, while condemning the terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament, in New Delhi on the same day, said the news was received with shock. A government press note said: "The Government of Pakistan has received with shock the
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The government on December 13, while condemning the terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament, in New Delhi on the same day, said the news was received with shock. A government press note said: "The Government of Pakistan has received with shock the news about the attack on the Indian Parliament building in New Delhi by armed intruders, which has resulted in a number of casualties. The Government strongly and unequivocally condemns the attack".
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December - 13 
The Muttahida Jehad Council (MJC), a conglomerate of 13 Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, while disassociating itself from the attacks on the Indian Parliament, claimed it was an attempt of the Indian intelligence agencies to "defame the freedom stru
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The Muttahida Jehad Council (MJC), a conglomerate of 13 Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, while disassociating itself from the attacks on the Indian Parliament, claimed it was an attempt of the Indian intelligence agencies to "defame the freedom struggle of Indian occupied Kashmir." "Muttahida Jehad Council categorically says that attack on Indian Parliament is a plan of Indian intelligence agencies so that they could link the international war against terrorism with the freedom struggle of Indian held Kashmir," said a joint statement issued in Muzaffarabad on December 13, after an emergency meeting. MJC chairman Syed Salahuddin chaired the meeting.
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December - 14 
Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said, in Islamabad, on December 14, neither Osama bin Laden nor any Al Qaeda leaders have sought refuge in Pakistan. He refuted the claim of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that Osama was in Pakistan. He said U
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Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said, in Islamabad, on December 14, neither Osama bin Laden nor any Al Qaeda leaders have sought refuge in Pakistan. He refuted the claim of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that Osama was in Pakistan. He said US Foreign Secretary Colin Powell had confirmed in his statement that bin Laden was not in Pakistan and nobody knew his whereabouts. Haider added, "Both US secretaries should first decide what the truth is and only then release such kind of statements."
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December - 14 
Pakistan has denied Indian reports that the attack on the Parliament building in New Delhi on December 13 was carried out by terrorist outfits based in that country. "Pakistan has never in the past allowed its soil to be used for terrorism and neithe
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Pakistan has denied Indian reports that the attack on the Parliament building in New Delhi on December 13 was carried out by terrorist outfits based in that country. "Pakistan has never in the past allowed its soil to be used for terrorism and neither will it allow it in future," Foreign Office spokesperson Aziz Khan said on December 14. He made this statement after Pakistan's High Commissioner in New Delhi, Jehangir Kazi, was summoned on the same day by the Indian Foreign Secretary and handed over a de marche asking Pakistan to stop these terrorist activities. Aziz Ahmed Khan said, "If India provides us with evidence, we will examine it. Pakistan has already strongly condemned the attack on the Indian parliament building resulting in a number of casualties. Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations."
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December - 14 
Pakistani authorities said in Islamabad on December 14 that they had arrested approximately 340 persons, including 40 suspected Arab Al Qaeda terrorists, who had fought with the Taliban militia in Afghanistan. Approximately 300 Pakistanis have been a
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Pakistani authorities said in Islamabad on December 14 that they had arrested approximately 340 persons, including 40 suspected Arab Al Qaeda terrorists, who had fought with the Taliban militia in Afghanistan. Approximately 300 Pakistanis have been arrested over the past three weeks as they attempted to return across the border from Afghanistan following the defeat of the Taliban, Interior Ministry officials said.
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December - 14 
The Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) acting chief Syed Munawwar Hasan claimed on December 14 in Lahore that the attack on Indian parliament could be used by the United States as a justification to allow "revenge attacks" against Pakistan, the way Israel had been
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The Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) acting chief Syed Munawwar Hasan claimed on December 14 in Lahore that the attack on Indian parliament could be used by the United States as a justification to allow "revenge attacks" against Pakistan, the way Israel had been allowed to attack Palestine. He also claimed that the attack had been orchestrated by the Indian government to divert the attention of the international coalition against terrorism towards the ‘freedom struggle’ in Kashmir. He added that it was aimed at labelling the freedom movement as terrorism.
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December - 14 
The leaders of the Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e- Muhammadi (TNSM), Malakand division, have indicated that they might launch a forceful protest movement after the Ramadan season for the release of their Amir, Maulana Sufi Muhammad. They claimed that the
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The leaders of the Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e- Muhammadi (TNSM), Malakand division, have indicated that they might launch a forceful protest movement after the Ramadan season for the release of their Amir, Maulana Sufi Muhammad. They claimed that the Federal government wanted to create a law and order situation in the country as it had not yet released leaders like Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Maulana Sufi Muhammad.
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December - 15 
Pakistani authorities on December 15 arrested 31 Arab Al Qaeda cadres in the Kurram tribal agency after they crossed the border from the Tora Bora area in eastern Afghanistan. Media sources indicated that the Arabs, majority of them Yemenis, were arr
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Pakistani authorities on December 15 arrested 31 Arab Al Qaeda cadres in the Kurram tribal agency after they crossed the border from the Tora Bora area in eastern Afghanistan. Media sources indicated that the Arabs, majority of them Yemenis, were arrested four kilometers inside Pakistani territory by personnel of the paramilitary Kurram Militia. They had crossed the Durand Line border via the Zeran Tangi pass.
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December - 15 
Syed Salahuddin, ‘Supreme Commander’ of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) claimed in an interview to the Voice of America (VOA) that the attack on the Indian Parliament was an attempt to take advantage of the anti-terrorism scenario on the international le
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Syed Salahuddin, ‘Supreme Commander’ of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) claimed in an interview to the Voice of America (VOA) that the attack on the Indian Parliament was an attempt to take advantage of the anti-terrorism scenario on the international level. "We believe that an attempt will be made to hold an organization responsible for the incident, which is presently active in Kashmir against illegal occupation of India. It is not understandable how they entered the highly guarded Parliament in a high security zone. And no Minister or MP was wounded in the attack," he said. He also claimed that the attack was a "calculated action to create justification for black law of POTO, which would give the Indians an added opportunity to suppress the ongoing struggle in Occupied Kashmir." Salahuddin also stated that no terrorist outfit active in Jammu and Kashmir was involved in this incident.
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December - 16 
According to media reports, political authorities at Torkham in Afghanistan have arrested 110 Pakistani Jehadis. These Pakistanis, three of them from Sindh province and the rest from various districts of Punjab, were arrested by forces loyal to the r
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According to media reports, political authorities at Torkham in Afghanistan have arrested 110 Pakistani Jehadis. These Pakistanis, three of them from Sindh province and the rest from various districts of Punjab, were arrested by forces loyal to the ruling Eastern Shoora after the defeat of the Taliban militia and had been kept in detention since then. The arrested are reported to have been divided into three groups and lodged in jails in Landikotal, Bara and Jamrud. Sources indicated that inquiries are under way against these Jehadis to ascertain if any of them is wanted in Pakistan for involvement in sectarian violence. Official as well as Afghan sources also said that the arrested persons were not part of Maulana Sufi Mohammed’s Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and were affiliated to various Pakistan-based terrorist outfits. The list of their names and addresses indicates that a majority of the pro-Taliban fighters are from Bhakar, Rawalpindi, Dera Ghazi Khan, Mandi Bahauddin and Bahawalnagar.
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December - 16 
While refuting Indian reports that the December 13-terrorist attack on Parliament had been carried out by the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeI) with the co-operation of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, Pakistan asked India to accept its offer of holding
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While refuting Indian reports that the December 13-terrorist attack on Parliament had been carried out by the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeI) with the co-operation of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, Pakistan asked India to accept its offer of holding a joint inquiry into the incident. Military regime spokesperson Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi said, in Islamabad, on December 16, the Delhi Police report was "baseless" and "concocted". "All these allegations are unfounded and fabricated…We are ready to give a firm assurance that if on the basis of a joint enquiry anybody based in Pakistan was found involved in the attack we will proceed against him," Qureshi added. He pointed out that President Pervez Musharraf had already condemned the attack on the Indian Parliament as an act of terrorism and had assured Pakistan's full co-operation in the nvestigation. Commenting on the Indian government’s rejection of an offer made by the United States to lend the services of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for carrying out the investigation, he claimed, involvement of the FBI would have eliminated the chances of fabrication of evidence. Qureshi also added, "We will take action if we are provided with an evidence or proof of involvement of any Pakistani organisation or individuals."
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December - 17 
Pakistan on December 17 denied Indian reports that the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), its external intelligence agency, was involved in the December 13-terrorist attack on India’s Parliament. Federal Secretary for Information Syed Anawar Mehmood
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Pakistan on December 17 denied Indian reports that the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), its external intelligence agency, was involved in the December 13-terrorist attack on India’s Parliament. Federal Secretary for Information Syed Anawar Mehmood said, "The government of Pakistan would never accept any such baseless and unfounded accusations being levelled by New Delhi without any solid proof."
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December - 18 
A New York Times report quoting Western and Pakistani official sources indicated, on December 18, hundreds of Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists have slipped across the Afghan border and evaded the Pakistan Army to disappear into remote tribal areas. Th
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A New York Times report quoting Western and Pakistani official sources indicated, on December 18, hundreds of Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists have slipped across the Afghan border and evaded the Pakistan Army to disappear into remote tribal areas. The officials said many terrorists had crossed into Pakistan through the frozen mountain passes and trails south of the Tora Bora region, avoiding the heaviest deployments of Pakistani troops. These cadres are reported to have blended in with Pashtuns on the Afghan-Pakistani border. Anti-Taliban commanders in the Tora Bora region have indicated that 500 to 1,000 Al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban cadres had disappeared into Pakistan.
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December - 18 
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and spokesperson of the military regime, Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi said, in Islamabad, on December 18, India seems to be moving according to a ‘premeditated plan’. He said, "We are ready to co-op
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Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and spokesperson of the military regime, Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi said, in Islamabad, on December 18, India seems to be moving according to a ‘premeditated plan’. He said, "We are ready to co-operate, but the Indian government does not seem to be interested in that. It seems to be moving according to a pre-mediated plan." His statement was made in the context of India’s refusal of an offer by Pakistan to conduct a joint investigation into the December 13-terrorist attack on India’s Parliament.
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December - 18 
Osama bin Laden could seek refuge in Pakistan as the US forces intensified operations in Afghanistan to capture him, US special envoy to Afghanistan James Dobbins said. "We certainly regard it as likely that bin Laden and certainly other Al-Qaeda ele
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Osama bin Laden could seek refuge in Pakistan as the US forces intensified operations in Afghanistan to capture him, US special envoy to Afghanistan James Dobbins said. "We certainly regard it as likely that bin Laden and certainly other Al-Qaeda elements will try to cross the border into Pakistan as they are pursued," Dobbins said in Islamabad on December 18. While pointing that it was impossible to prevent some members of Al Qaeda from escaping into Pakistan, he added Pakistan had moved troops to its border with Afghanistan to prevent bin Laden from entering the country.
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December - 19 
A Pakistani news report said two top Pakistani officials claimed on December 19 that Afghanistan's Northern Alliance handed over 110 arrested Pakistani Taliban cadre to India for interrogation. The unnamed Pakistani officials alleged that India was p
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A Pakistani news report said two top Pakistani officials claimed on December 19 that Afghanistan's Northern Alliance handed over 110 arrested Pakistani Taliban cadre to India for interrogation. The unnamed Pakistani officials alleged that India was planning to use the Pakistanis who fought with Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network to defame its neighbour. The Pakistani officials said India sent an aeroplane to Afghanistan's Bagram air base, 40 kilometers north of Kabul, on December 5 to pick up the Pakistanis, who had been detained by the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance. The report added these Pakistani prisoners are to be divided into several groups and presented as saboteurs by creating incidents of violence in India in an attempt to implicate Pakistan.
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December - 19 
According to Pakistani media reports, approximately 15 persons, including six security force personnel, were killed on December 19 when Al Qaeda terrorists, being transported to Kohat by Pakistani security agencies, seized weapons and opened fire in
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According to Pakistani media reports, approximately 15 persons, including six security force personnel, were killed on December 19 when Al Qaeda terrorists, being transported to Kohat by Pakistani security agencies, seized weapons and opened fire in the Kurram Agency area. Seven Al Qaeda cadres were also killed and six Pakistani nationals injured in the encounter. According to an official press release, 156 Al Qaeda terrorists arrested by the law enforcement agencies at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Kurram Agency were being transported to Kohat in three buses and two trucks. The captives of a bus reportedly snatched weapons from some of the security force personnel and attempted to take control of the bus. Consequent to the encounter, 20 Al Qaeda terrorists also managed to escape from the site. Official sources said the arrested terrorists are nationals of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Tunisia, Turkey, Algeria, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Iraqi, Sudan, Syria, Egypt and Morocco. Also among them is a French national of Arab origin identified as Abde Aziz Talabi and another Arab with a Swedish passport identified as Mehdi Mohammad Ghazali. They are reported to be staunch supporters of Osama bin Laden. The Arab nationals, officials added, had escaped from the Tora Bora area of Afghanistan and were arrested in Ziaran area of Kurram Agency.
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December - 19 
Maulana Masood Azhar, Chief of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) said in Bahawalpur, on December 19, no member of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) or Jaish was involved in the terrorist attack on Indian parliament on December 13. The Indian governme
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Maulana Masood Azhar, Chief of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) said in Bahawalpur, on December 19, no member of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) or Jaish was involved in the terrorist attack on Indian parliament on December 13. The Indian government has said that the two outfits were responsible for the attack.
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December - 19 
Military regime spokesperson Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi said in Islamabad, "At lest 6 to 7 non-Afghan fighters were killed, while 5 security forces personnel and driver of the bus lost their lives in the gun-battle which took place at a time when these
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Military regime spokesperson Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi said in Islamabad, "At lest 6 to 7 non-Afghan fighters were killed, while 5 security forces personnel and driver of the bus lost their lives in the gun-battle which took place at a time when these prisoners were being transported to Kohat."
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December - 19 
Pakistan has detained several hundred foreign Al Qaeda terrorists who fled across the border from Afghanistan, US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld said on December 19. According to news reports, consequent to intense US bombardment, approximately
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Pakistan has detained several hundred foreign Al Qaeda terrorists who fled across the border from Afghanistan, US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld said on December 19. According to news reports, consequent to intense US bombardment, approximately 2,000 Al Qaeda terrorists reportedly escaped towards Pakistan. The Defence Secretary said several hundred non-Afghan, non-Pakistani Al Qaeda terrorists have been detained in Pakistan.
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December - 19 
Syed Munawwar Hasan, the acting chief of Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) said in Lahore, on December 19, Pakistan should set a deadline for the US forces to vacate its bases. The US, he said, should be stopped from making arrangements for a permanent stay at Ja
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Syed Munawwar Hasan, the acting chief of Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) said in Lahore, on December 19, Pakistan should set a deadline for the US forces to vacate its bases. The US, he said, should be stopped from making arrangements for a permanent stay at Jacobabad, Gwadar and Pasni. He added that the presence of US troops had rendered Pakistan's nuclear assets vulnerable. He claimed that the December 13-terrorist attack on Indian parliament had been stage-managed as an excuse for assault on Pakistan.
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December - 20 
Muttahida Jehad Council (MJC), a conglomerate of 13 Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, denied it has any links with Inter Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s external intelligence agency. In a statement released to the BBC, the MJC said its activities w
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Muttahida Jehad Council (MJC), a conglomerate of 13 Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, denied it has any links with Inter Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s external intelligence agency. In a statement released to the BBC, the MJC said its activities were confined to Jammu and Kashmir. MJC Secretary General Shekih Jamilur Rehman pointed that there were no training camps of terrorist outfits in Pakistan or Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). He claimed that all terrorist training camps, including those of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM,) were situated in Jammu and Kashmir. He also said, "We get only political, diplomatic and moral support from Pakistan. The separatist movement in Kashmir is the indigenous movement of Kashmiris and that is being run with the financial support of Kashmiris living all over the world."
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December - 20 
Pakistan’s border security agencies on December 20 arrested a former Taliban official, Mulla Aminullah, in Chaman. The arrested was reportedly the former Security Affairs chief of the Spin Boldak region. He was also the Governor of Samangan, a provin
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Pakistan’s border security agencies on December 20 arrested a former Taliban official, Mulla Aminullah, in Chaman. The arrested was reportedly the former Security Affairs chief of the Spin Boldak region. He was also the Governor of Samangan, a province in northern Afghanistan, before he was appointed security affairs chief, Spin Boldak, in October 2001. News sources indicated that Aminullah and certain other Taliban leaders had entered Pakistan through an unmanned route and have gone underground in the Chaman area.
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December - 20 
Three persons, including two Al Qaeda terrorists, were killed in an encounter between Al Qaeda escapees and law enforcement agencies in the Kurram Agency on December 20. With these, the death toll in the December 19 clashes following an attempt by th
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Three persons, including two Al Qaeda terrorists, were killed in an encounter between Al Qaeda escapees and law enforcement agencies in the Kurram Agency on December 20. With these, the death toll in the December 19 clashes following an attempt by the Al Qaeda detainees to escape has risen to 18. Official sources have indicated that while 11 of the escapees had been recaptured following the encounter, seven Al Qaeda terrorists are yet to be recaptured. Media reports quoting eyewitnesses said that Pakistan army helicopters continued reconnaissance and search operation in the area.
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December - 20 
US President George Bush said in Washington, on December 20, the administration was working with its allies to freeze the financial assets of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Ummah Tamir-e-Nau (UTN), a Pakistani group, he said that has helped Osama bin
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US President George Bush said in Washington, on December 20, the administration was working with its allies to freeze the financial assets of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Ummah Tamir-e-Nau (UTN), a Pakistani group, he said that has helped Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network. The UTN is headed by Bashiruddin Mahmood, a Pakistani nuclear scientist, who was arrested on October 23, 2001, from Islamabad along with his associate Abdul Majeed (arrested in Lahore) for their alleged links to Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network. While condemning the December 13- terrorist attack on the Indian parliament, he added that the LeT was a "stateless sponsor of terror." Neither group targeted by President Bush is believed to have assets in the United States, US officials said.
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December - 21 
According to media reports, a ban has been imposed on the entry of Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Secretary-General of Jamaat-Ulema-e-Islam (JuI), into Punjab, Sindh and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). JUI sources said in Quetta, on December
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According to media reports, a ban has been imposed on the entry of Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Secretary-General of Jamaat-Ulema-e-Islam (JuI), into Punjab, Sindh and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). JUI sources said in Quetta, on December 21, that a notice in this regard had been served on Maulana Haideri by the three governments.
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December - 21 
According to media reports, the district administration of Islamabad has adopted strict measures to ban fund raising and collection of donation, in the country’s capital, by various terrorist outfits and madrassas (seminaries). An order issued in pur
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According to media reports, the district administration of Islamabad has adopted strict measures to ban fund raising and collection of donation, in the country’s capital, by various terrorist outfits and madrassas (seminaries). An order issued in pursuance of the Law Ministry's notification has brought into force with immediate effect and shall be valid for two months.
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December - 21 
An 18-member delegation of the Tanzim-e-Nefaz-Shariah-Muhammadi (TNSM), Malakand division, is scheduled to visit Kabul soon to hold talks with the interim government of Afghanistan for the release of arrested TNSM cadres. TNSM spokesperson Mohammad A
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An 18-member delegation of the Tanzim-e-Nefaz-Shariah-Muhammadi (TNSM), Malakand division, is scheduled to visit Kabul soon to hold talks with the interim government of Afghanistan for the release of arrested TNSM cadres. TNSM spokesperson Mohammad Abdullah said, in Mingora, on December 21, the decision was taken at a meeting of the Tanzim's Shoora.
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December - 21 
Ehtishamuddin Haider, brother of Federal Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider, was killed by three unidentified gunmen in Karachi, on December 21. Ehtishamuddin was a trustee of the Fatimid Foundation. No arrests have been made so far in connection wit
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Ehtishamuddin Haider, brother of Federal Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider, was killed by three unidentified gunmen in Karachi, on December 21. Ehtishamuddin was a trustee of the Fatimid Foundation. No arrests have been made so far in connection with the killing. Meanwhile, there was speculation that the killing could be linked to the Minister’s tough comments against terrorism in recent weeks. Karachi’s Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tariq Jamil said, "He has been targeted because of his brother."
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December - 21 
Five suspected French members of the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden were arrested in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 21.
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Five suspected French members of the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden were arrested in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 21.
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December - 21 
In a statement released by Abu Hijrat, ‘commander-in-chief’ of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit said "It is not even remotely involved in the attack." The statement however added, "We will carry out shocking attacks in majo
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In a statement released by Abu Hijrat, ‘commander-in-chief’ of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit said "It is not even remotely involved in the attack." The statement however added, "We will carry out shocking attacks in major India cities so as the BJP will loose power…'Now we will attack with more vigor the Indian para-military and military camps and inflict maximum casualties on them. We possess the sophisticated weapons and they would be used against Indian forces."
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December - 21 
Mahmood Ghazi, Pakistan’s Minister for Religious Affairs said, in Karachi, on December 21, the US administration’s decision to freeze the assets of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) "could be the result of some misunderstanding". While not elucidating on the
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Mahmood Ghazi, Pakistan’s Minister for Religious Affairs said, in Karachi, on December 21, the US administration’s decision to freeze the assets of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) "could be the result of some misunderstanding". While not elucidating on the possible misunderstanding, he added that the LeT should confine its terrorist activities to Jammu and Kashmir and not "indulge in any outside activity, if they are doing so." He said the outfit should clarify that its activities were confined to the "struggle against Indian rule in Kashmir." He also pointed, "I believe they should establish a better public relations machine, something which they lack at the moment." Commenting on Pakistan’s support for terrorist outfits active in Kashmir, he said, "Pakistan supports Kashmiris' struggle inside Kashmir and it condemns all forms of terrorism."
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December - 21 
The death toll in the Al Qaeda escapees’ clash reached to 23 as four more persons, including one of the Al-Qaeda terrorists, were killed in fresh cross firing while six of the injured succumbed to their injuries in Parachinar, on December 21. Meanwhi
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The death toll in the Al Qaeda escapees’ clash reached to 23 as four more persons, including one of the Al-Qaeda terrorists, were killed in fresh cross firing while six of the injured succumbed to their injuries in Parachinar, on December 21. Meanwhile, Pakistani security forces have arrested another 18 escapees of the Al Qaeda terrorist network who had fled in Arawali, a village about 195 km to the north of Peshawar. Most of these terrorists are reportedly hiding in the mountains of Ali Zai, news sources added.
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December - 21 
The government is set to freeze the assets and accounts of Ummah-Tamir-e-Nau (UTN), an outfit formed by arrested Pakistani nuclear scientist Bashiruddin Ahmed, and alleged to be linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden. This decisi
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The government is set to freeze the assets and accounts of Ummah-Tamir-e-Nau (UTN), an outfit formed by arrested Pakistani nuclear scientist Bashiruddin Ahmed, and alleged to be linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden. This decision follows US President George W. Bush’s December 20-order freezing the assets of UTN along with those of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
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December - 21 
The Pakistan Afghanistan Defence Council (PADC), a conglomeration of several religious organizations and terrorist outfits, has condemned the ban on collection of donations. Council leader Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi said terrorist outfits and religio
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The Pakistan Afghanistan Defence Council (PADC), a conglomeration of several religious organizations and terrorist outfits, has condemned the ban on collection of donations. Council leader Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi said terrorist outfits and religious organizations have expressed their resentment at the ban. He termed the restriction as a part of the US policy being implemented in Pakistan to "crush Jihadi powers… These Jihadi groups are safeguarding the territorial limits and ideology of Pakistan and if they are crushed today, rulers will face similar consequences tomorrow." He also added that the ban would weaken the on-going terrorist movement in Jammu and Kashmir.
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December - 22 
A Interior ministry spokesperson said in Islamabad on December 22 that the assassination of Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider's brother Ihtishamudin Haider was an "insane act of terrorism." In a statement, the spokesperson said that the terrorists’
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A Interior ministry spokesperson said in Islamabad on December 22 that the assassination of Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider's brother Ihtishamudin Haider was an "insane act of terrorism." In a statement, the spokesperson said that the terrorists’ efforts "to destabilise Pakistani government by such shameful acts will not prove fruitful and the government will now take extra measures against the culprits." While pointing out that the persons involved would be arrested he added that the Sindh administration and various law enforcing agencies had been given instructions in this regard.
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December - 22 
According to Pakistani media reports, activists and office-bearers of several major terrorist outfits have gone underground fearing a crackdown against them. The regional and area offices and collection centres of almost all the outfits set up in var
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According to Pakistani media reports, activists and office-bearers of several major terrorist outfits have gone underground fearing a crackdown against them. The regional and area offices and collection centres of almost all the outfits set up in various parts of the Faisalabad district were reportedly found locked on December 22. Reports indicated that steps by the government to ensure action against these outfits have forced the cadres to confine themselves underground. Sources said signboards and hoardings installed at various points had already been removed by the law enforcing agencies on December 21 on the directives of federal Interior Ministry. They added that lists of cadres and leaders of various terrorist outfits were reportedly being prepared by the secret agencies of the government and the Federal government had already directed the district police chiefs to send a detailed list of mosques, madrassas (religious seminaries) and training centres run by these outfits.
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December - 23 
According to media reports, former Taliban regime Ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, said on December 23 that he had applied for political asylum in Pakistan. However, he said his application was only for temporary asylum in Pakistan,
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According to media reports, former Taliban regime Ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, said on December 23 that he had applied for political asylum in Pakistan. However, he said his application was only for temporary asylum in Pakistan, where he served as the only spokesperson for the erstwhile Taliban regime during the US strikes on the Taliban. "I have applied for asylum and I am waiting for a reply from the Pakistan government," he said in Quetta. According to him, "I don't feel it's the right time to go back to my country yet.".
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December - 23 
According to media reports, two senior leaders Mulla Mohammad Fazil and Mulla Noorullah Noori were among the five Taliban cadre handed over to the US authorities by the Northern Alliance. They are reportedly being held aboard the USS Peleliu, an Amer
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According to media reports, two senior leaders Mulla Mohammad Fazil and Mulla Noorullah Noori were among the five Taliban cadre handed over to the US authorities by the Northern Alliance. They are reportedly being held aboard the USS Peleliu, an American navy ship in the Arabian Sea along with US citizen John Walker who joined Taliban, a Saudi Arabian citizen Abdul Aziz who was running a humanitarian organization and was accused of having terrorist links, and an Australian associated with the erstwhile Taliban regime. Mulla Fazil and Mulla Noori had surrendered to the Uzbek warlord Abdul Rasheed Dostum as part of a deal after handing over control of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan to him. Mulla Fazil and Mulla Noori are the highest-ranking Taliban officials now in US custody.
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December - 23 
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in Beijing on December 23 that it is "reasonably sure" that Osama bin Laden has not escaped to Pakistan and that there's a "great possibility" that the Al Qaeda leader was killed. In an interview to the Chine
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in Beijing on December 23 that it is "reasonably sure" that Osama bin Laden has not escaped to Pakistan and that there's a "great possibility" that the Al Qaeda leader was killed. In an interview to the Chinese state television, President Musharraf said that Pakistan would hand over bin Laden to the United States if he were arrested. According to him, "We are pretty sure that Osama is not in Pakistan. We have sealed the borders between Afghanistan and Pakistan…Maybe he is dead because of all the operations that have been conducted, the bombardment of all the caves. There is a great possibility that he may have lost his life there."
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December - 23 
The Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) on December 23 denied that it was responsible for killing four Hindu and Sikh women on December 21. The Hizb ‘supreme commander’ Syed Salahuddin said in Muzaffarabad, "India is killing the innocent people from all religion
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The Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) on December 23 denied that it was responsible for killing four Hindu and Sikh women on December 21. The Hizb ‘supreme commander’ Syed Salahuddin said in Muzaffarabad, "India is killing the innocent people from all religions, casts and creeds in the occupied territory ... in its abortive attempts to suppress the will of the freedom-seeking Kashmiris and bring a bad name to our noble cause." He added, "I on behalf of all Mujahideen groups declare that every unarmed Kashmiri, belonging to any race or religion, is revered by us and we can never think of inflicting slight harm to any civilian."
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December - 23 
The Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said in Karachi on December 23 that the investigations in his brother's murder were underway and the killers would be arrested soon. He said, "At the moment there are no evidences which could indicate who is beh
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The Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said in Karachi on December 23 that the investigations in his brother's murder were underway and the killers would be arrested soon. He said, "At the moment there are no evidences which could indicate who is behind the murder."
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December - 23 
The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has said that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was not a Kashmiri outfit as mentioned by the US President George W. Bush after he ordered the freezing of its assets. In a letter faxed and e-mailed to the US Presiden
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The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has said that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was not a Kashmiri outfit as mentioned by the US President George W. Bush after he ordered the freezing of its assets. In a letter faxed and e-mailed to the US President, with a copy to Secretary of State Colin Powell, the JKLF Chairman, Amanullah Khan, claimed that Kashmiris were surprised to hear him say that LeT was a Kashmiri-based terrorist organization which it was not. The letter also said that "India itself had forced the Kashmiris to resort to the armed freedom struggle since their 40-year long peaceful movement had failed to persuade New Delhi to fulfil its declarations, made on national and international level to let Kashmiris exercise their inherent, inalienable and nationally- recognized right to self-determination." The letter added that Jammu and Kashmir "should be made an independent country with a democratic, federal and secular system of government, having friendly relations with both India and Pakistan."
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December - 23 
The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has termed the decision of US President, George W Bush to freeze the outfit’s assets as unfair because it has "nothing to do with terrorism." Commenting on the decision, a LeT spokesperson told BBC that the outfit has "never
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The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has termed the decision of US President, George W Bush to freeze the outfit’s assets as unfair because it has "nothing to do with terrorism." Commenting on the decision, a LeT spokesperson told BBC that the outfit has "never participated in any terrorist act. As such it does not consider this action good or justified." He also pointed out that "we posses no asset in Europe or America, neither we established any network across Pakistan." He also added "we believe in Allah, we work for Allah. The world should think whether they intend to support the cruel and terrorist. You see that how much the state terrorism in Kashmir continuing by Indian soldiers which has no example in any part of world."
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December - 23 
The Ummah-Tamir-e-Nau (UTN), an outfit formed by arrested Pakistani nuclear scientist Bashiruddin Ahmed, has dismissed the US charges that it is linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden as "unfounded and baseless." The son of the n
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The Ummah-Tamir-e-Nau (UTN), an outfit formed by arrested Pakistani nuclear scientist Bashiruddin Ahmed, has dismissed the US charges that it is linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden as "unfounded and baseless." The son of the nuclear scientist said in Muzaffarabad that a decision to freeze the groups' assets would be wrong. "This is shocking news for us… This is a wrong action. "They should not have taken it", Bashiruddin Mehmood's son, Asim Mehmood, said in an interview. He claimed that UTN was a charity providing humanitarian assistance and carrying out land development projects in Afghanistan. "My father... had nothing to do with al-Qaeda," Asim Mehmood said.
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December - 24 
According to media reports, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Chief of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist outfit resigned on December 24, shortly after the Federal government froze the outfit’s assets in line with an earlier move by the United St
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According to media reports, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Chief of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist outfit resigned on December 24, shortly after the Federal government froze the outfit’s assets in line with an earlier move by the United States. "I have decided to step down to save Pakistan from the malicious Indian propaganda and confine my activities to the preaching of religion," he said in a news conference in Lahore. "Lashkar's activities will now be totally confined to Kashmir and we have already shifted all our offices to Kashmir last month," he added. News reports indicated that the outfit has shifFted its offices from Pakistan to Jammu and Kashmir. The outfit’s new Chief is Maulana Abdul Wahid of Poonch.
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December - 24 
Media reports quoting official sources have indicated that the government of Pakistan has made a formal decision not to let any terrorist group to operate from anywhere in Pakistan and henceforth the authorities would ensure that no group is able to
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Media reports quoting official sources have indicated that the government of Pakistan has made a formal decision not to let any terrorist group to operate from anywhere in Pakistan and henceforth the authorities would ensure that no group is able to collect donations or recruit volunteers for Jehad. Reports pointed, in order to achieve this, senior security officials are to increase their contact with the leaders of terrorist outfits with a view to ‘convincing’ them that their public activities were not in the security interest of Pakistan. A series of measures aimed at eliminating the activities of all terrorist groups were reportedly discussed at a high level meeting presided over by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Mohammad Aziz Khan, at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi, on December 24.
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December - 24 
Pakistan on December 24 froze the bank accounts of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Ummah-Tamir-e-Nau (UTN). Announcing the decision, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said it had ordered the seizure of accounts of the two groups following the recomm
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Pakistan on December 24 froze the bank accounts of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Ummah-Tamir-e-Nau (UTN). Announcing the decision, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said it had ordered the seizure of accounts of the two groups following the recommendations of the United Nations. Sayed Wasimuddin, a spokesperson for the Bank, said the accounts of the UTN and the LeT in banks operating within Pakistan would be seized with immediate effect. The bank had sent a circular to all banks I the country to comply with the instructions with immediate effect.
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December - 24 
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said, on December 24, he would act against the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) if evidence was found of their involvement in the December 13-terrorist attack on the Indian parliament. "Yes, if
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said, on December 24, he would act against the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) if evidence was found of their involvement in the December 13-terrorist attack on the Indian parliament. "Yes, if we find evidence of it, we would like to move against them," he told reporters in the southern city of Guangzhou near the end of a five-day visit to China. "We are already taking measures to move against all groups that are involved in any form of terrorism everywhere in the world," he said on CNN. "We are ourselves a victim of sectarian extremism and terrorism and we are taking action against that," he added.
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December - 24 
Sindh Governor Muhammadmian Soomro has reportedly directed authorities to take effective measures against terrorists, strengthen the intelligence network and ensure co-ordination between all institutions responsible for maintaining law and order. He
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Sindh Governor Muhammadmian Soomro has reportedly directed authorities to take effective measures against terrorists, strengthen the intelligence network and ensure co-ordination between all institutions responsible for maintaining law and order. He issued this directive while presiding over a meeting at the Governor’s House, Karachi on December 24.
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December - 24 
The Home and Tribal Affairs Department of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has banned the entry of Chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Chief Maulana Masood Azhar in the province. This order will remain in force for a period of 60 days, said an officia
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The Home and Tribal Affairs Department of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has banned the entry of Chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Chief Maulana Masood Azhar in the province. This order will remain in force for a period of 60 days, said an official statement.
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December - 24 
The parent organisation of the LeT, Markaz al-Dawa wal-Irshad (MDI) has been rechristened as Jamaat al-Dawa. Saeed denied at the press conference that these decisions had been taken under pressure from the Federal government or a foreign country. The
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The parent organisation of the LeT, Markaz al-Dawa wal-Irshad (MDI) has been rechristened as Jamaat al-Dawa. Saeed denied at the press conference that these decisions had been taken under pressure from the Federal government or a foreign country. The Lashkar, he pointed out, would continue its terrorist operations against India.
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December - 25 
According to media reports, the Federal government has detained Maulana Masood Azhar, Chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), at his house in Bahawalpur. "I confirm he has been detained," Major General Rashid Qureshi, spokesperson for the military regime, s
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According to media reports, the Federal government has detained Maulana Masood Azhar, Chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), at his house in Bahawalpur. "I confirm he has been detained," Major General Rashid Qureshi, spokesperson for the military regime, said in Islamabad, on December 25. However, Qureshi added that he could not immediately give reasons for the action.
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December - 25 
Syed Salahuddin, Chief of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), said there were no signs of a fourth war between India and Pakistan, but an atmosphere of cold war has emerged between the two countries. He said, "Both the countries have fought so far three wars an
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Syed Salahuddin, Chief of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), said there were no signs of a fourth war between India and Pakistan, but an atmosphere of cold war has emerged between the two countries. He said, "Both the countries have fought so far three wars and there are also signs of the fourth war at the moment but although both are nuclear powers and we do not see immediate signs of war but a cold war is going on particularly on borers. This all is because Kashmir issue and if the Kashmir is not resolved according to the wishes of the Kashmir people, attempts are not made to resolve it, the situation may turn into a devastation at any time. There is no mechanism to check it." He claimed that there is no ‘solid evidence’ with India regarding the involvement of any terrorist outfits in the December 13-attack on the Indian Parliament.
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December - 26 
13 persons were arrested when their attempt to derail a train failed. They planted an explosive device of low intensity on the railway line between Tando Adam and Wahab Shah in Hyderabad, Sindh, on December 26.
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13 persons were arrested when their attempt to derail a train failed. They planted an explosive device of low intensity on the railway line between Tando Adam and Wahab Shah in Hyderabad, Sindh, on December 26.
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December - 26 
According to media reports, approximately 25 terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were arrested in a pre-dawn crackdown in Bahawalpur district, on December 26. Official sources said, among the arrested was Abdur Raoof, brother of JeM chief Maulan
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According to media reports, approximately 25 terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were arrested in a pre-dawn crackdown in Bahawalpur district, on December 26. Official sources said, among the arrested was Abdur Raoof, brother of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar.
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December - 27 
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, who was arrested by the government on December 26, has reportedly been shifted to an undisclosed place. Meanwhile, Dawn, a Pakistani daily, has indicated that Azhar was on his way to Karachi when law
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Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, who was arrested by the government on December 26, has reportedly been shifted to an undisclosed place. Meanwhile, Dawn, a Pakistani daily, has indicated that Azhar was on his way to Karachi when law-enforcing agencies intercepted him near Hyderabad, Sindh province. He was arrested in Sindh from where he was shifted to an undisclosed place.
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December - 27 
Media reports from Pakistan said, the United Nations (UN) Security Council's Sanctions Committee on Afghanistan, on December 27, ordered its members to freeze the finances of Ummah-Tamir-e-Nau (UTN) and three Pakistanis accused by the United States o
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Media reports from Pakistan said, the United Nations (UN) Security Council's Sanctions Committee on Afghanistan, on December 27, ordered its members to freeze the finances of Ummah-Tamir-e-Nau (UTN) and three Pakistanis accused by the United States of offering to help Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terrorist network to make nuclear weapons. The UTN is headed by Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, former Director General of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), who was arrested on October 23, 2001, in Islamabad.
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December - 27 
Military regime spokesman and Inter Services Public Relations Director General Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi said Azhar had been kept under detention for delivering speeches against the law. "He is in jail and being kept under preventive detention on viol
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Military regime spokesman and Inter Services Public Relations Director General Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi said Azhar had been kept under detention for delivering speeches against the law. "He is in jail and being kept under preventive detention on violating the law," he said. He had violated the law in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as he was banned to enter in the province or to address the public. He was also banned to enter Punjab and was booked for violating the law there by the Punjab government, Qureshi said. Qureshi added that freezing the accounts of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) or the detention of Azhar has no link with Pakistan’s policy on Kashmir.
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December - 27 
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, on December 27, met a delegation of 39 Ulema (religious leaders) from across the country and assured them that the government was not planning any crackdown on madrassas (seminaries). According to media sources, t
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, on December 27, met a delegation of 39 Ulema (religious leaders) from across the country and assured them that the government was not planning any crackdown on madrassas (seminaries). According to media sources, the Ulema reportedly said unanimously at the meeting that the December 13-attack on Indian Parliament was staged by Indian intelligence agencies to take advantage of the international sentiments against terrorism.
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December - 28 
According to a media report, the government is considering the proposal of granting permission to the United State’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to interrogate Chief of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Maulana Masood Azhar. Azhar, who is currentl
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According to a media report, the government is considering the proposal of granting permission to the United State’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to interrogate Chief of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Maulana Masood Azhar. Azhar, who is currently under detention, reportedly has close links with the Al Qaeda terrorist network. The report indicated that a team of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sleuths, which had been gathering information regarding the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, had reported recently that Azhar has been maintaining close links with bin Laden. The State Department is reported to have requested Pakistan to grant permission to interrogate Mualana Masood Azhar. News sources added that the FBI is expected to ascertain from Masood Azhar about the hijacking of an Indian aircraft, IC 814, and links between the Al Qaeda and the JeM.
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December - 28 
Afghanistan's Defence Minister Gen. Fahim said in Kabul, on December 28, that Osama bin Laden had probably left his country for Peshawar in Pakistan. "After fleeing from Tora Bora there is a strong probability that Osama is in Peshawar. Osama is out
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Afghanistan's Defence Minister Gen. Fahim said in Kabul, on December 28, that Osama bin Laden had probably left his country for Peshawar in Pakistan. "After fleeing from Tora Bora there is a strong probability that Osama is in Peshawar. Osama is out of our control. To a large extent it depends on Pakistan. America can pursue him with the help of the Pakistani government," Fahim said while talking to reporters. Meanwhile, Pakistan Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said, in Islamabad, on December 28, he could not rule out the possibility that bin Laden was in Pakistan. According to him, "I can't say it is impossible. We have a large number of troops on the border with Afghanistan at this time. If he came to any town or city he could be recognised and turned in." Separately, military regime spokesperson Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi, commenting on reports that bin Laden had entered Pakistan, said, " It is impossible. Security and vigilance is so tight along the Pak-Afghan border that he can not escape."
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December - 28 
The Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) has demanded the US forces vacate military bases in Pakistan and also withdraw the ground forces from Afghanistan. Addressing a protest rally in Peshawar, on December 28, JeI Provincial Chief Mohammad Ibrahim said Pakistan wa
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The Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) has demanded the US forces vacate military bases in Pakistan and also withdraw the ground forces from Afghanistan. Addressing a protest rally in Peshawar, on December 28, JeI Provincial Chief Mohammad Ibrahim said Pakistan was at a crossroads and had been isolated in the international community due to what he claimed were the wrong policies of the government. Ibrahim, while criticising the government’s policies, added, President Pervez Musharraf had bowed before US pressure. He also asked the government to release JeI Chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed and withdraw all cases against him, including sedition charges
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December - 28 
Unidentified terrorists assassinated a police personnel and injured another within the Gulshan-e-Iqbal police precincts, in Karachi, on December 28. This was the fourth attack on personnel of East District police during the last three months of the y
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Unidentified terrorists assassinated a police personnel and injured another within the Gulshan-e-Iqbal police precincts, in Karachi, on December 28. This was the fourth attack on personnel of East District police during the last three months of the year 2001. The two terrorists managed to escape from the incident site. No arrests have been made so far in connection with the killing.
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December - 29 
a Pakistani daily, quoting leaders of terrorist outfits said on December 29 that terrorist outfits were under tremendous government pressure to terminate their activities. The report mentioned that leaders of various terrorist outfits had already gon
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a Pakistani daily, quoting leaders of terrorist outfits said on December 29 that terrorist outfits were under tremendous government pressure to terminate their activities. The report mentioned that leaders of various terrorist outfits had already gone underground because they feared a massive crackdown on them. Pressure had been increased manifold after the December 13-terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament, the report added. The report also mentioned that a wide-ranging meeting of the terrorist outfits was held in Islamabad recently, at which they had discussed the prevailing situation and the continued government pressure.
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December - 29 
According to media reports, the State Bank of Pakistan has issued directives to all the Banks to freeze the accounts and all assets of nuclear scientist Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, who is facing charges of supporting terrorism in association with Osa
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According to media reports, the State Bank of Pakistan has issued directives to all the Banks to freeze the accounts and all assets of nuclear scientist Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, who is facing charges of supporting terrorism in association with Osama bin Laden. The directive also included the names of Abdul Majeed Chaudhry, Sheikh Muhammad Tufail, the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and a number of other persons and organisations, against whom similar action was directed for abetting terrorism in Afghanistan, India and other countries.
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December - 29 
Interior Minister Moin Haider, while speaking in Lahore, on December 29, termed that reports claiming that Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan were wild speculations. He said that troops deployed along the Afghan border were alert to the situation. He rem
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Interior Minister Moin Haider, while speaking in Lahore, on December 29, termed that reports claiming that Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan were wild speculations. He said that troops deployed along the Afghan border were alert to the situation. He reminded that residents in the federally administered tribal areas (FATA) had captured the Al-Qaeda terrorists and handed them over to the government; they would do the same if Osama were to enter Pakistan territory, he said, according to reports.
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December - 29 
Police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including 84 light-machineguns, 40 sub-machineguns and 248 foreign-made rifles, in a raid conducted in Quetta, on December 29. Two persons have been arrested in this connection. Official sources said
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Police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including 84 light-machineguns, 40 sub-machineguns and 248 foreign-made rifles, in a raid conducted in Quetta, on December 29. Two persons have been arrested in this connection. Official sources said initial investigations revealed that the arms dump belonged to a group of terrorists responsible for firing rockets and bomb blasts in the provincial capital and some other parts of Balochistan since April 2000.
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December - 29 
United States President George W Bush, during a telephonic conversation, on December 29, urged President Pervez Musharraf to take "additional strong and decisive measures" against terrorists responsible for the December 13-terrorist attack on the Ind
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United States President George W Bush, during a telephonic conversation, on December 29, urged President Pervez Musharraf to take "additional strong and decisive measures" against terrorists responsible for the December 13-terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said, "(President Bush) urged President Musharraf to take additional strong and decisive measures to eliminate the extremists who seek to harm India; undermine Pakistan; and provoke a war between India and Pakistan and destabilize the coalition against terrorism."
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December - 30 
According to media reports, Pakistani intelligence officers and investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are interrogating more than 200 suspected Al Qaeda cadres across the country. Pakistan has provided access to these cadres to
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According to media reports, Pakistani intelligence officers and investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are interrogating more than 200 suspected Al Qaeda cadres across the country. Pakistan has provided access to these cadres to the visiting FBI agents, an unnamed senior intelligence official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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December - 30 
In Karachi, police arrested five cadres of the LeT during a raid on their Gulshan-e-Iqbal office. District Superintendent of Police Anwar Zeb Khan told Dawn, a Pakistani daily that no top leader of the Lashkar was found during the raid. "The top lead
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In Karachi, police arrested five cadres of the LeT during a raid on their Gulshan-e-Iqbal office. District Superintendent of Police Anwar Zeb Khan told Dawn, a Pakistani daily that no top leader of the Lashkar was found during the raid. "The top leadership has gone into hiding since early this month," he added. He also denied sealing the office premises. Police also raided the office of the JeM, situated on the premises of Masjid-i-Badha, near Sakhi Hasan, news sources added. Similarly, the office of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), a sectarian terrorist outfit, located on the premises of Masjid Siddiq-i-Akbar, was also searched by the police. Five persons were taken into custody during the raid.
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December - 30 
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, who was also arrested, has been remanded to police custody for 90 days and shifted to the Mianwali jail. Earlier, on December 29, 26 cadres of the JeM, including its chief, had been arrested in Bahaw
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Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, who was also arrested, has been remanded to police custody for 90 days and shifted to the Mianwali jail. Earlier, on December 29, 26 cadres of the JeM, including its chief, had been arrested in Bahawalpur.
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December - 30 
Law enforcing authorities in Islamabad, on December 30, arrested Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, chief of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). According to official sources, he has been arrested for making inflammatory speeches and inciting people.
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Law enforcing authorities in Islamabad, on December 30, arrested Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, chief of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). According to official sources, he has been arrested for making inflammatory speeches and inciting people.
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December - 30 
Military regime spokesperson Major General Rashid Qureshi said, in Islamabad, there was no training camp of Kashmiris in Pakistan. "This is nothing more than Indian propaganda that is continuing since long," he said in an interview with Radio Tehran.
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Military regime spokesperson Major General Rashid Qureshi said, in Islamabad, there was no training camp of Kashmiris in Pakistan. "This is nothing more than Indian propaganda that is continuing since long," he said in an interview with Radio Tehran. Commenting on demands being made by India for handing over certain Pakistanis and reports that a list of such individuals had also been prepared by India, he said none of these reports was true. He claimed, since the last five months, Pakistan was taking action against terrorist activities in the country that were backed by Indian intelligence agencies or carried out by foreign individuals.
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December - 31 
15 persons were injured in a bomb blast on December 31 in the Defence Housing Authority area, Karachi. There were also reports of firing on a church premises in the Risala police station limits during a service at midnight.
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15 persons were injured in a bomb blast on December 31 in the Defence Housing Authority area, Karachi. There were also reports of firing on a church premises in the Risala police station limits during a service at midnight.
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December - 31 
According to a report in The News, a Pakistani daily, the Federal government has seized over 50 bank accounts of Afghan organisations and individuals. However, the report added that a relatively low amount has been ascertained. These frozen accounts
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According to a report in The News, a Pakistani daily, the Federal government has seized over 50 bank accounts of Afghan organisations and individuals. However, the report added that a relatively low amount has been ascertained. These frozen accounts had a balance of $190,554 and approximately Rs 10 million till December 20, 2001. The government is reported to have sent details of these accounts, including that of the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad, to US authorities. Reports indicate that the policy of freezing accounts at intervals has given sufficient time to most of these account-holders to withdraw their money. Among the accounts frozen are those of two Pakistan-based terrorist outfits active in India’s Jammu and Kashmir––the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), two charities linked to Osama bin Laden, the Al Rashid Trust, Rabita Trust and Ayman El Zawahry, a close associate of bin Laden
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December - 31 
According to delayed reports, Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) Chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed was again put under house arrest at the Tanda Dam Rest House, on December 31, 2001. Ahmed was shifted to his home from Kohat during the Ramazan period to spend Eid-ul-Fitr wi
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According to delayed reports, Jamaat-e-Islam (JeI) Chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed was again put under house arrest at the Tanda Dam Rest House, on December 31, 2001. Ahmed was shifted to his home from Kohat during the Ramazan period to spend Eid-ul-Fitr with his family and also recover from health problems.
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December - 31 
According to unconfirmed reports, one of Pakistan’s most wanted terrorists Riaz Basra, also the chief of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a sectarian terrorist outfit, has been detained after returning from Afghanistan. He has reportedly been
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According to unconfirmed reports, one of Pakistan’s most wanted terrorists Riaz Basra, also the chief of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a sectarian terrorist outfit, has been detained after returning from Afghanistan. He has reportedly been arrested from North Waziristan along with many of his associates during the week ending December 30, 2001.
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December - 31 
Federal Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mahmood, on December 31, refused to say whether Pakistan would comply with the demand of handing over the 22 Pakistan-based terrorists that the Indian government had asked for. "I don't want to offer any comme
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Federal Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mahmood, on December 31, refused to say whether Pakistan would comply with the demand of handing over the 22 Pakistan-based terrorists that the Indian government had asked for. "I don't want to offer any comment at this stage," he said when asked if Pakistan would hand over these people to India.
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December - 31 
Pakistan has sent 25 more captured Osama bin Laden cadres for interrogation by US authorities in Afghanistan, bringing the number of Al Qaeda terrorists in US custody to 180, the US Central Command said on December 31.
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Pakistan has sent 25 more captured Osama bin Laden cadres for interrogation by US authorities in Afghanistan, bringing the number of Al Qaeda terrorists in US custody to 180, the US Central Command said on December 31.
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December - 31 
Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Aziz Ahmed Khan said in Islamabad, on December 31, that there is no possibility of handing over detained Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed to India. "Nobody has talked about handing him over to Ind
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Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Aziz Ahmed Khan said in Islamabad, on December 31, that there is no possibility of handing over detained Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed to India. "Nobody has talked about handing him over to India, the arrest is strictly Pakistan's internal matter," he said at a news briefing. Commenting on reports in the Indian media regarding handing over a list to Pakistan of terrorists there, Aziz said the Indian government had not handed over any list of terrorists to the government of Pakistan. "I am not aware of any such list," he said. He welcomed the Indian leaders' statement that arrest of the LeT chief would help ease the situation. He said the arrest of Hafiz Saeed, who has been detained under Maintenance of Public Order, is part of the government's policy to maintain peace and prevent anyone from making inflammatory statements. He said Pakistani security agencies were continuously scrutinising the law and order situation and whenever the need arose they took the necessary steps. Restating Pakistan’s policy on the Kashmir issue, the spokesperson added, "What is happening in held Kashmir is an indigenous struggle for the right to self-determination and not terrorism."
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December - 31 
Pakistani officials working along with western security agencies to track down members of the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden confirmed on December 31 that they had arrested a British national suspected of having links with the terror n
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Pakistani officials working along with western security agencies to track down members of the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden confirmed on December 31 that they had arrested a British national suspected of having links with the terror network. James Alexander McLintock was reportedly arrested on December 20 while crossing a "no-entry" border into Pakistan’s remote North West Frontier province from Afghanistan. The Briton reportedly gave his name as Yaqoob and spoken in Arabic at the time of his arrested by Pakistani border guards.
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December - 31 
The Sindh Police said that they had recovered a total of 9,482 weapons of different calibre during their province-wide deweaponisation drive in the year 2001. The figure, news sources said, also included 1,661 weapons, given up by people voluntarily,
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The Sindh Police said that they had recovered a total of 9,482 weapons of different calibre during their province-wide deweaponisation drive in the year 2001. The figure, news sources said, also included 1,661 weapons, given up by people voluntarily, while police during raids recovered the rest. During the deweaponisation campaign, police also arrested 3,891 accused and booked them under relevant laws. The largest single category of weapons recovered during the deweaponisation drive was handguns (5,663), including pistols and revolvers of different description. Guns numbering 1,397 followed this. As reported earlier, the Federal government launched a countrywide deweaponisation campaign from June 1, 2001. The campaign involved a 20-day grace period till June 20 for voluntary surrender of illegal weapons, following which the police launched the recovery drive. During the 20-day grace period, according to news sources, 1,661 weapons were voluntarily surrendered. These included 713 from Sukkur, 653 from Karachi, 106 from Larkana, 116 from Hyderabad and 73 from Mirpurkhas. The police, despite the grace period, conducted raids and arrested 396 people besides recovering 701 weapons.
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*Data till , April 17, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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