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July - 2 
Elsewhere in Pakistan, five people were arrested on July 2 on suspicion of firing rockets targeting the Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousaf’s house in June 2005.
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Elsewhere in Pakistan, five people were arrested on July 2 on suspicion of firing rockets targeting the Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousaf’s house in June 2005.
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July - 2 
Separately in Balochistan, an Afghan refugee attempting to smuggle explosives to Afghanistan was arrested from Chaman along with eight kilograms of explosives, timers, detonators, wires and a bomb.
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Separately in Balochistan, an Afghan refugee attempting to smuggle explosives to Afghanistan was arrested from Chaman along with eight kilograms of explosives, timers, detonators, wires and a bomb.
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July - 2 
Two persons were arrested along with a cache of rocket propelled grenades, rockets and hand-grenades during a search and cordon operation in North Waziristan on July 2. The operation was launched in the Madakhel tribe area near the border with Afghan
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Two persons were arrested along with a cache of rocket propelled grenades, rockets and hand-grenades during a search and cordon operation in North Waziristan on July 2. The operation was launched in the Madakhel tribe area near the border with Afghanistan, according to Daily Times.
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July - 5 
According to Daily Times, an Afridi tribesman, identified as Amanullah Shah, was arrested at Attock in the Punjab province after police recovered 13 assault rifles, 12 pistols and more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition in his car on July 5.
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According to Daily Times, an Afridi tribesman, identified as Amanullah Shah, was arrested at Attock in the Punjab province after police recovered 13 assault rifles, 12 pistols and more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition in his car on July 5.
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July - 5 
Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iraq, Yunus Khan, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Baghdad on July 5. According to The News, assailants in two cars fired at Khan’s vehicle a kilometer away from his residence in the capital’s central Mansur distr
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Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iraq, Yunus Khan, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Baghdad on July 5. According to The News, assailants in two cars fired at Khan’s vehicle a kilometer away from his residence in the capital’s central Mansur district. "I am safe but it was a very narrow escape," Khan later told AFP. "We sped out of danger but it was an extremely dangerous situation," Khan said, adding that the attack led to gunfight between his guards and the assailants in which one of the attackers was hit. Meanwhile, Pakistan said it was moving its Ambassador, who was appointed around two months ago, to Amman in Jordan. "Pakistan has decided to relocate ambassador Muhammad Yunis Khan as a precautionary measure," Director-General Foreign Office Muhammad Naeem Khan told APP in Islamabad.
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July - 6 
According to Dawn, the troops arrested two Afghan women at the Torkhum border post on July 6 and recovered eight Kalashnikovs from their possession. The veiled women, identified as Lal Mina and Bibi Hawa, were intercepted by woman guards after they h
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According to Dawn, the troops arrested two Afghan women at the Torkhum border post on July 6 and recovered eight Kalashnikovs from their possession. The veiled women, identified as Lal Mina and Bibi Hawa, were intercepted by woman guards after they had crossed the border. Troops reportedly recovered from their possession eight Kalashnikovs and 48 rounds, wrapped around their bodies.
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July - 7 
An electric transmission tower was damaged in bomb explosions in the Shahrag area of Balochistan province on July 7. Suspected Baloch insurgents reportedly planted three locally made devices, two of which exploded. According to Dawn, "The huge transm
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An electric transmission tower was damaged in bomb explosions in the Shahrag area of Balochistan province on July 7. Suspected Baloch insurgents reportedly planted three locally made devices, two of which exploded. According to Dawn, "The huge transmission tower was damaged but power supply was not disrupted."
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July - 9 
Daily Times reports that unidentified men shot dead a Muslim cleric in Orangi Town of Karachi on July 9 morning. The men kidnapped Maulana Shamsuddin, head of the Darul Uloom Hanafia in Sector 11-D of Orangi Town, while he was on the way to give less
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Daily Times reports that unidentified men shot dead a Muslim cleric in Orangi Town of Karachi on July 9 morning. The men kidnapped Maulana Shamsuddin, head of the Darul Uloom Hanafia in Sector 11-D of Orangi Town, while he was on the way to give lessons at a madrassa at Banaras Chowk after offering prayers. He was later found murdered near Metro Cinema.
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July - 10 
Jihadi groups have reportedly decided to launch operations against the Government for its pro–US stance. Sources told Daily Times on July 10 that intelligence reports given to the Interior Ministry said cadres of defunct Jihadi groups, including Hark
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Jihadi groups have reportedly decided to launch operations against the Government for its pro–US stance. Sources told Daily Times on July 10 that intelligence reports given to the Interior Ministry said cadres of defunct Jihadi groups, including Harkat-ul-Mujahideen al-Alami (HuMA), Harkat-ul-Jehadi-e-Islami (HuJI), Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA), Khuddam-ul-Islam, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan were planning to target American, British and Iranian diplomats and other foreign dignitaries in Pakistan. The reports said Government officials, including Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Minister of State for Religious Affairs Dr Amir Liaqat Hussain, National Bank of Pakistan President Syed Ai Raza, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Senator Allama Ghulam Abbas Kumaili and Irfan Ali Abdi were also targets. Jihadi groups had also reportedly selected churches countrywide to carry out suicide attacks and car bombings. "It has been reported that five churches in Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been selected by the jihadi outfits. These churches are the St Andrew’s Church in Gowalmandi, Rawalpindi, St Paul’s Church in Rawalpindi Cantonment, UP Church in Raja Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Priest Nasir Church in G-7/1, Islamabad, and St Thomas Church in G-7/2, Islamabad," sources added.
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July - 10 
Terrorist training camps in Pakistan have reportedly resumed functioning after a year-long hiatus and the old and new recruits are flocking to them notwithstanding the official ban, according to the Karachi-based Herald. Citing an example of the camp
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Terrorist training camps in Pakistan have reportedly resumed functioning after a year-long hiatus and the old and new recruits are flocking to them notwithstanding the official ban, according to the Karachi-based Herald. Citing an example of the camps being reopened, the magazine in its cover story, said one of Pakistan’s oldest training camps at Mansehra in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is bustling with activity after a year-long closure, as old and new cadres converged on it to resume their training. "Our transport fleet is back, electricity has been restored and communications systems are in place… Until 2001, thousands of fighters trained here for operations in Kashmir and Afghanistan," the magazine quoted a guide who conducted the correspondent around as saying. According to a top manager of the training camp in Mansehra, all the major organisations, including Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and others, began regrouping in April 2005 by renovating training facilities that were deserted in 2004. Contrary to official denials, the magazine said despite the ban, outfits like HM, HuM, Al-Badr Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) managed to stay in touch with their cadre in 2003-04, which was considered as their worst year.
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July - 11 
According to Nation, the Karachi Police arrested an alleged cadre of the outlawed Shia group Sipah-e-Mohammed Pakistan (SMP) after a shootout in the western part of the city on July 11. Jamil Abbas and two of his associates reportedly opened fire on
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According to Nation, the Karachi Police arrested an alleged cadre of the outlawed Shia group Sipah-e-Mohammed Pakistan (SMP) after a shootout in the western part of the city on July 11. Jamil Abbas and two of his associates reportedly opened fire on a police patrol party. In the ensuing encounter, while two of his associates escaped, Abbas was arrested. Police also seized a pistol and two dynamite sticks from the incident site. During his interrogation, Abbas said he trained in explosives near Parachinar, a tribal town in northwestern Pakistan close to the Afghan border.
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July - 12 
A bomb exploded at Rustam Bazaar in Wana, headquarters of South Waziristan, on July 12, damaging a music shop but injuring no one. Unidentified persons had reportedly planted a bomb near a music shop that sells audio and video compact discs and casse
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A bomb exploded at Rustam Bazaar in Wana, headquarters of South Waziristan, on July 12, damaging a music shop but injuring no one. Unidentified persons had reportedly planted a bomb near a music shop that sells audio and video compact discs and cassettes. Music stores were earlier warned to shut down by suspected Islamist militants. The shop owner is reported to be an Afghan national.
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July - 12 
According to Daily Times, Afghan authorities said on July 12 that they had arrested five men, including a Pakistani national, and foiled a series of planned bombings across the country. Police arrested the Pakistani national on July 11 from Kunduz, w
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According to Daily Times, Afghan authorities said on July 12 that they had arrested five men, including a Pakistani national, and foiled a series of planned bombings across the country. Police arrested the Pakistani national on July 11 from Kunduz, where he planned to attack German troops from a Provincial Reconstruction Team, said Interior Ministry spokesperson Lutfullah Mashal. "The terrorist confessed that he was trained in Pakistan and was on a mission to plant a bomb for the PRT in the province," Mashal said. On the same day, police from Kabul’s Quick Reaction Force arrested a man armed with weapons, explosives, a radio and propaganda tapes. He is reported to have studied at two Pakistani religious schools and planned to bomb electoral centres and offices as part of a five-man team, the other members of which escaped, said Gen. Mahboob Amiri.
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July - 12 
The Police said on July 12 that at least three of the bombers who carried out the July 7 terrorist attacks in London are believed to be British males of Pakistani origin who lived in West Yorkshire in Leeds. Police said they believe four men, includi
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The Police said on July 12 that at least three of the bombers who carried out the July 7 terrorist attacks in London are believed to be British males of Pakistani origin who lived in West Yorkshire in Leeds. Police said they believe four men, including the three Pakistani origin persons, who arrived at King's Cross on July 7-morning on a train from Leeds were behind the terrorist attacks that killed at least 52 people and injured 700 on three tube trains and one bus. CCTV footage at King's Cross station showed the four suspected bombers together at 8.30am, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of the Metropolitan police's anti-terrorism branch, told a press conference.
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July - 13 
The mastermind behind the July 7-terrorist attacks in London, which killed more than 50 people and injured at least 700, has reportedly been identified. The British-born man in his 30s arrived at a British port in June 2005 and left the country again
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The mastermind behind the July 7-terrorist attacks in London, which killed more than 50 people and injured at least 700, has reportedly been identified. The British-born man in his 30s arrived at a British port in June 2005 and left the country again the day before the attacks, according to The Times. The man is of Pakistani origin, the report said. According to the newspaper, he was involved in previous terrorist operations and has links with followers of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network in the United States. Meanwhile, news reports have identified three Britons of Pakistani descent, the alleged suicide bombers, as Shahzad Tanweer, a 22-year-old cricket-loving sports science graduate; Hasib Hussain, aged 19; and Mohammed Sidique Khan, the 30-year-old father of an 8-month-old baby. Britain’s Press Association, citing police sources, said on July 13 that police had identified the fourth suspect but no name or details were reported. Surveillance cameras captured the four as they arrived in the capital 20 minutes before the rush-hour explosions began. In Pakistan, the Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on July 13 in Islamabad that they would share with Britain all possible information that could help investigations into the London blasts. Asked whether there had been any arrests in Pakistan in connection with the blasts, the minister said he could not share such information with the media at this stage. But Sherpao disclosed that Pakistan had provided "intelligence information" to the British authorities and had helped them to avert a major disaster before the UK elections.
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July - 13 
Three children are reported to have died and three persons sustained injuries on July 13-night when a bomb exploded in a house in the Jhal Magsi area of Balochistan province. "Three children, two of them brothers, died on the spot when the bomb explo
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Three children are reported to have died and three persons sustained injuries on July 13-night when a bomb exploded in a house in the Jhal Magsi area of Balochistan province. "Three children, two of them brothers, died on the spot when the bomb exploded," a senior official of the Levy force told Dawn.
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July - 14 
According to Dawn, military authorities have given a 24-hour deadline to the Utmanzai tribesmen in North Waziristan to expel foreign terrorists from their areas or face ‘large scale’ action. Speaking at a Jirga (tribal council) of the Utmanzai clan,
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According to Dawn, military authorities have given a 24-hour deadline to the Utmanzai tribesmen in North Waziristan to expel foreign terrorists from their areas or face ‘large scale’ action. Speaking at a Jirga (tribal council) of the Utmanzai clan, a sub tribe of the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe, General Officer Commanding (GOC) North Waziristan, Maj. Gen. Akram Sahi, warned it that the troops would take action if the tribesmen failed to fulfill their collective responsibilities and expel foreign terrorists. "You have only 24 hours to flush out miscreants from the area. If the tribe fails to catch the militants, the army troops can react any time," Sahi warned the tribal leaders.
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July - 14 July - 15
According to Dawn, US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan killed at least 24 terrorists and destroyed two vehicles in a missile attack in the Lawara Mandi area of North Waziristan on July 14-night. Pakistani security forces also carried out search op
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According to Dawn, US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan killed at least 24 terrorists and destroyed two vehicles in a missile attack in the Lawara Mandi area of North Waziristan on July 14-night. Pakistani security forces also carried out search operations in the same area and arrested seven suspects on July 15. The Director-General of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, confirmed that terrorists’ bodies were found inside Pakistani territory and were taken into custody. "We presumed they were trying to escape into the Pakistani area when they were hit by coalition forces," Sultan told Dawn. "I cannot say about the origin of the deceased," Sultan said when asked whether any Pakistani was among the dead. He also disclosed that coalition troops had informed Pakistani security forces before their operations on this side of the border. Sultan also told a private TV channel that Pakistan would investigate whether troops from the 18,000-strong US-led coalition in Afghanistan had violated Pakistani airspace or land borders. "Coalition forces had informed us about an operation against the anti-coalition militia and our troops were on stand-by also," he said and added: "When the firing was over our troops searched the area and found 24 bodies and two twin-cabin vehicles. There was no firing from our side, our troops were just patrolling and stood alert."
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July - 14 
Four bomb blasts were reported from Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province, on July 14. While a hand-grenade was lobbed at the building of the office of the Director-General of Health Services, another grenade targeted the office of excise depar
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Four bomb blasts were reported from Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province, on July 14. While a hand-grenade was lobbed at the building of the office of the Director-General of Health Services, another grenade targeted the office of excise department on Sariab Road after five minutes. The third targeted the head office of the Post Master General Balochistan in the same area. The location of fourth explosion could not be immediately ascertained, according to Dawn.
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July - 14 
The British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is reported to have expressed concern on July 14 over what goes on in some Madrassas (seminaries) in Pakistan, after it emerged that one of the London bombers had attended one. According to The News, Shahzad T
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The British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is reported to have expressed concern on July 14 over what goes on in some Madrassas (seminaries) in Pakistan, after it emerged that one of the London bombers had attended one. According to The News, Shahzad Tanweer, who bombed an underground subway train at Aldgate in London, had gone to a Madrassa in December 2004 to become a Hafiz (someone who has memorized the Holy Koran). "We are concerned about what goes on in some of the Madrassas in Pakistan," Straw told reporters in London. Meanwhile, officials are reportedly investigating whether Tanweer traveled to Pakistan in 2004 and stayed at a religious school in Lahore. After a four or five day stay at the Madrassa, Tanweer is believed to have traveled to Faisalabad but his reasons were not clear. However, Pakistan said that it has no evidence that the suspected British suicide bombers visited Pakistan in the recent past. "We have no knowledge that they came to Pakistan and no evidence has been shared with us to suggest that they recently traveled to Pakistan", Jalil Abbas Jilani, spokesperson at the Foreign Office told the weekly press briefing in Islamabad on July 14.
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July - 14 
The Education Minister, Lt-Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi, claimed in Islamabad on July 15 that no military training was being imparted to students in Madrassas (seminaries) in Pakistan. "We have no evidence of military training being imparted in Madra
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The Education Minister, Lt-Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi, claimed in Islamabad on July 15 that no military training was being imparted to students in Madrassas (seminaries) in Pakistan. "We have no evidence of military training being imparted in Madrassas in the recent past," he told CNN and added, "We have been reading about it in the press but no body has officially told us about such training in any Madrassa." "If the British government has any evidence, it should tell us and we will certainly look into it and take action," Qazi said while condemning the London blasts that had killed at least 54 people.
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July - 15 
British investigators were attempting to determine whether there was a link between the London bombers and Pakistan-based cells of the Al Qaeda, said London police chief Ian Blair on July 15. Officials in Islamabad said the British police have given
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British investigators were attempting to determine whether there was a link between the London bombers and Pakistan-based cells of the Al Qaeda, said London police chief Ian Blair on July 15. Officials in Islamabad said the British police have given a list of terrorist suspects with possible links to the London attacks. "They provided us with names of certain individuals for information following the London bombing. We are checking the linkages here," an unnamed security official told AFP. According to The News, authorities in Pakistan were investigating a possible connection between one of the suicide bombers, Shahzad Tanweer, and two Al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups - the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) - and Osama Nazir, the man arrested for a 2002 attack on a church near the US Embassy. The investigation is also focusing on at least one trip that Tanweer made to Pakistan in 2004, during which he met Nazir in Faisalabad, officials said. The JeM is linked with the Jamia Manzoorul Islamia school in Lahore, which has denied British media reports that Tanweer had studied there. "We have no knowledge that anyone with the name of Shehzad Tanweer was enrolled in our Madrassa [seminary]. Our records do not confirm this name," Asadullah Farooq, son of Madrassa leader Pir Saifullah Khalid, told AFP. The Lashkar has also denied that Tanweer visited a campus formerly linked to the group in Muridke, near Lahore. "We have checked our records, no one with this name and with British nationality ever stayed there. We do not have a policy of carrying out suicide attacks on civilians," a LeT spokesperson told AFP from Lahore.
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July - 15 
Declaring Pakistan’s firm commitment to combating extremism and terrorism, President Pervez Musharraf on July 15 directed the law-enforcement agencies to launch a countrywide drive against collection of donations, display of arms, holding of gatherin
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Declaring Pakistan’s firm commitment to combating extremism and terrorism, President Pervez Musharraf on July 15 directed the law-enforcement agencies to launch a countrywide drive against collection of donations, display of arms, holding of gatherings by banned outfits and remove all hate material from markets by December 2005. Speaking to Pakistan’s top police officers in Rawalpindi, Gen. Musharraf claimed that the Government would not tolerate extremism and will continue to combat terrorism with unflinching determination and force, according to The News. He also reiterated the Government’s resolve not to allow banned militant organisations to re-surface using any other name. "You must enforce an end to publication and distribution of hate material, including pamphlets, booklets, CDs etc, and writers, publishers and distributors of all such literature must be held accountable in accordance with the law. You must ensure that such material is not available in markets latest by December, this year," the President said. The President stated that the Government would not allow any militant organisation to collect donations in any form and address gatherings. "Nor will anybody be allowed to brandish weapons." he added. Pakistan, he claimed, stands at cross-roads in its history and there is an urgent need to address extremism existing on the fringes of its society.
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July - 15 
Further, ABC News, citing unidentified officials, has reported that the attacks were connected to an Al Qaeda plot two years ago in Lahore. Names on a computer that authorities seized in 2004 from Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, an alleged Pakistani comput
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Further, ABC News, citing unidentified officials, has reported that the attacks were connected to an Al Qaeda plot two years ago in Lahore. Names on a computer that authorities seized in 2004 from Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, an alleged Pakistani computer expert for Al Qaeda, matched a suspected cell of young Britons of Pakistani origin, most of whom lived near Luton, where the alleged suicide bombers met up on their way to London shortly before the July 7 blasts, according to the report.
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July - 15 
Meanwhile, security forces have reportedly detained four suspects in Faisalabad. "The security agencies have picked up four people. They were taken to an undisclosed location, but we were not involved in this operation," a Faisalabad police official
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Meanwhile, security forces have reportedly detained four suspects in Faisalabad. "The security agencies have picked up four people. They were taken to an undisclosed location, but we were not involved in this operation," a Faisalabad police official told Reuters.
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July - 15 July - 16
Meanwhile, the Punjab government has arrested 10 people from Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Lahore during a crackdown against militant outfits on July 15 and 16. Sources said the crackdown was launched after the media reported that some London bombing su
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Meanwhile, the Punjab government has arrested 10 people from Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Lahore during a crackdown against militant outfits on July 15 and 16. Sources said the crackdown was launched after the media reported that some London bombing suspects had stayed at various seminaries. Four men were arrested from Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh and Kamalia. Four men were also arrested from Lahore but three were later set free. Two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) activists were arrested from Gujranwala and are being reportedly interrogated.
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July - 15 
Two unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at Dr. Nadir Khan, a Professor of Medicine at Bolan Medical Complex, and injured him when he was on his way to a hospital in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on July 15. Police said that Prof. Khan,
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Two unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at Dr. Nadir Khan, a Professor of Medicine at Bolan Medical Complex, and injured him when he was on his way to a hospital in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on July 15. Police said that Prof. Khan, from the Shia sect, could have been attacked for sectarian reasons.
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July - 16 
Daily Times also reports that a team of three British and two Pakistani officials visited Jamia Manzoorul Islamia on July 16 morning. Sources said the agencies met the seminary’s administrator Asadullah Farooq and some students. Another team of offic
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Daily Times also reports that a team of three British and two Pakistani officials visited Jamia Manzoorul Islamia on July 16 morning. Sources said the agencies met the seminary’s administrator Asadullah Farooq and some students. Another team of officials visited Raiwind on and met Tableeghi Jamaat leaders
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July - 16 
Daily Times quoting security officials in Islamabad reports that three of the four London suicide bombers had recently visited Pakistan and investigators are probing whether they met with Al Qaeda-linked militant groups. Mohammad Sidique Khan and She
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Daily Times quoting security officials in Islamabad reports that three of the four London suicide bombers had recently visited Pakistan and investigators are probing whether they met with Al Qaeda-linked militant groups. Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer arrived together at Karachi Airport in November 2004 and returned to Britain in early February. Hasib Hussain came separately at an undisclosed time last year, also to Karachi, and went back to Britain shortly afterwards.
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July - 22 July - 23
Similarly, Kasur city police arrested eight Khateebs and workers of banned religious organisations in raids on July 22 and July 23.
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Similarly, Kasur city police arrested eight Khateebs and workers of banned religious organisations in raids on July 22 and July 23.
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July - 23 
In Mailsi, police arrested two activists of banned organisations during the crackdown.
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In Mailsi, police arrested two activists of banned organisations during the crackdown.
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July - 23 
In Mian Channu, local police arrested three persons in an action against banned organisations on July 23.
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In Mian Channu, local police arrested three persons in an action against banned organisations on July 23.
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July - 23 
Meanwhile, Hasan Waseem Afzal, Home Secretary of Punjab stated that Pakistan will try over a hundred members of different militant groups, detained in the central Punjab province over the past week under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
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Meanwhile, Hasan Waseem Afzal, Home Secretary of Punjab stated that Pakistan will try over a hundred members of different militant groups, detained in the central Punjab province over the past week under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
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July - 23 
The News reports that Punjab police continued its raids on outlawed outfits and arrested at least 47 people, including some Khateebs of mosques, under Anti-Terrorism Act and Amplifier (loudspeaker regulation) Act. In Bahawalpur, the district police
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The News reports that Punjab police continued its raids on outlawed outfits and arrested at least 47 people, including some Khateebs of mosques, under Anti-Terrorism Act and Amplifier (loudspeaker regulation) Act. In Bahawalpur, the district police arrested 18 activists of religious outfits, including two activists of banned organisations, under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, and 16 Khateebs of mosques under the Amplifier Act (loudspeaker regulation act) from different areas of the district.
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July - 24 
According to Daily Times, two bombs exploded in a journalist’s house at Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir on July 24. However, casualties, if any, were not known till last reports came in.
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According to Daily Times, two bombs exploded in a journalist’s house at Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir on July 24. However, casualties, if any, were not known till last reports came in.
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July - 24 
Meanwhile, security agencies have detained at least 43 activists of different religious parties for their alleged involvement in the ongoing sectarian violence in Gilgit and its adjacent areas, according to Statesman.
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Meanwhile, security agencies have detained at least 43 activists of different religious parties for their alleged involvement in the ongoing sectarian violence in Gilgit and its adjacent areas, according to Statesman.
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July - 25 
Egyptian forces are reportedly searching for six Pakistani nationals suspected of involvement in the multiple bombings at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in which at least 88 people were killed. According to official sources, Egyptian forces su
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Egyptian forces are reportedly searching for six Pakistani nationals suspected of involvement in the multiple bombings at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in which at least 88 people were killed. According to official sources, Egyptian forces surrounded two villages in the Sinai peninsula where they believe two of the Pakistani suspects were hiding. Pictures of the six Pakistanis believed to have entered Egypt in early July 2005 were distributed to police stations in the Sharm el-Sheikh area after the attacks. Their passports were reportedly found in an unspecified Sharm el-Sheikh hotel, police said, adding that one of them may have died in the bombings. Arab satellite channels said that nine Pakistanis had been staying in hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh but disappeared after the bombings early on July 23-morning, leaving their passports at reception. An official at the Pakistan Embassy in Cairo said they were in contact with Egyptian authorities on the issue of the missing Pakistanis. "But they have not officially informed us that the Pakistanis are suspected of involvement in the bombing. They are only saying: "We are searching for them. We cannot trace them," said Khalid Ahmed, a Counselor at the Pakistani mission. Meanwhile in Islamabad, a Foreign Office spokesperson said on July 25 that the Egyptian Government has not approached Pakistan over the issue of alleged linkages of Pakistani nationals with the weekend blasts at Sharm el-Sheikh.
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July - 25 
President Pervez Musharraf said in Lahore on July 25 that it was a misconception that Pakistan was the Al Qaeda headquarters. He said Osama bin Laden’s network did not exist in the country anymore. "I say this with clarity that Al Qaeda has no comman
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President Pervez Musharraf said in Lahore on July 25 that it was a misconception that Pakistan was the Al Qaeda headquarters. He said Osama bin Laden’s network did not exist in the country anymore. "I say this with clarity that Al Qaeda has no command structure in Pakistan," claimed the President. Pakistan had arrested about 700 Al Qaeda activists from the country, had occupied their sanctuaries in Waziristan, had eliminated their command and control system, had broken their vertical and horizontal links and had devastated their communications system, he said, adding that Al Qaeda operatives could not communicate with each other through electronic devices. Gen. Musharraf also confirmed that some of the London bombers had came to Pakistan for two to three months and that Pakistani security forces were investigating the purpose of their visits.
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July - 25 
The Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Syed Safdar Hussain admitted on July 25 that some pro-Taliban elements from Pakistan were crossing into Afghanistan and that some Pakistani religious groups were offering support and cooperation to them. Speaking t
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The Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Syed Safdar Hussain admitted on July 25 that some pro-Taliban elements from Pakistan were crossing into Afghanistan and that some Pakistani religious groups were offering support and cooperation to them. Speaking to a private television channel, Hussain disclosed "They [Taliban] are getting public support in Pakistan, especially from some Pakistani religious parties." The General, however, refused to disclose names of the pro-Taliban religious groups. When asked if he was referring to the religious parties ruling the North West Frontier Province, he said, "I leave it to you to judge which group is supporting the Taliban." According to him, the Taliban would further re-organise for the September 2005 elections in Afghanistan, fearing they might sabotage the electoral exercise.
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July - 26 
According to Daily Times, a tribal elder, who had assisted the Pakistan Army track terrorists, was shot at and wounded by terrorists in South Waziristan on July 26. Makeen Peace Committee president Ahmed Shah Mehsud was fired upon when he left home f
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According to Daily Times, a tribal elder, who had assisted the Pakistan Army track terrorists, was shot at and wounded by terrorists in South Waziristan on July 26. Makeen Peace Committee president Ahmed Shah Mehsud was fired upon when he left home for a nearby market at 8:00am (PST).
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July - 26 July - 27
According to Dawn, one of the accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case has been arrested by the Gujranwala Police. Syed Mohammad Hashim, carrying a head-money of Rupees one million announced by the Sindh Government, was arrested on July 26 from Chand
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According to Dawn, one of the accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case has been arrested by the Gujranwala Police. Syed Mohammad Hashim, carrying a head-money of Rupees one million announced by the Sindh Government, was arrested on July 26 from Chand ka Qila bypass when he was on board a wagon. He was reportedly produced before Area Magistrate Malik Azmat on July 27, who sent him on judicial remand. Hashim is alleged to be the man who introduced Daniel Pearl to Ahmad Omar Sheikh, a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist who has been convicted in the case. Reportedly a member of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), Hashim belongs to Chacha Wati village in the Bahawalpur district.
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July - 26 
Meanwhile, the Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Safdar Hussain disclosed on July 26 that approximately 70 to 80 foreign terrorists were still in North Waziristan. "Anti-Pakistan elements are indoctrinating young tribesmen in order to advance their ult
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Meanwhile, the Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Safdar Hussain disclosed on July 26 that approximately 70 to 80 foreign terrorists were still in North Waziristan. "Anti-Pakistan elements are indoctrinating young tribesmen in order to advance their ulterior motives. That is concerning and we won’t allow such elements to succeed," he said. Hussain, who leads operations in South and North Waziristan, also informed "In more than a year, Pakistani soldiers physically covered an area of 38,000 square kilometers and took part in 53 operations, killing 342 terrorists including about 175 foreigners and arresting 774 others." He said 252 soldiers had also been killed while 550 had been injured.
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July - 27 
A Pakistani national suspected of involvement in terrorist activities has been arrested from the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, said Governor Asadullah Wafa. According to the Governor, the arrested man was identified as Sher Ali, hailing from
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A Pakistani national suspected of involvement in terrorist activities has been arrested from the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, said Governor Asadullah Wafa. According to the Governor, the arrested man was identified as Sher Ali, hailing from Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. He said the Afghan police arrested Ali from Marawara district neighbouring Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal agency. He alleged that Sher Ali had entered Afghanistan to attack US-led coalition forces.
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July - 27 
Five rockets were fired at military camps in North Waziristan without causing any damage in the early hours of July 27 while a missile narrowly missed a Pakistan Army convoy near Mir Ali, according to The News. While four rockets fell into a dry stre
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Five rockets were fired at military camps in North Waziristan without causing any damage in the early hours of July 27 while a missile narrowly missed a Pakistan Army convoy near Mir Ali, according to The News. While four rockets fell into a dry stream near the military camp in Miranshah, another landed near a military post in Loya. Official sources also confirmed that a 15-vehicle military convoy was attacked with a long range SAKR-20 missile near the Mir Ali town on the same day.
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July - 27 
Meanwhile, leaders of the Wafaqul Madaris (federation of seminaries) said on July 27 that Pakistan would face "dire consequences" unless the crackdown ends. "We demand that the crackdown (against Madrassas) end at once," Mufti Munibur Rehman told a p
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Meanwhile, leaders of the Wafaqul Madaris (federation of seminaries) said on July 27 that Pakistan would face "dire consequences" unless the crackdown ends. "We demand that the crackdown (against Madrassas) end at once," Mufti Munibur Rehman told a press conference in Islamabad. "The elements who are advising the government to launch crackdown on madaris want a clash between President General Pervez Musharraf and madaris," Rehman said while reading out a declaration.
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July - 27 
Meanwhile, tribal militant leader Baitullah Mehsud announced in South Waziristan on July 27 that they would pursue Government targets afresh after accusing the military authorities of not abiding to a peace agreement. "The government has not kept the
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Meanwhile, tribal militant leader Baitullah Mehsud announced in South Waziristan on July 27 that they would pursue Government targets afresh after accusing the military authorities of not abiding to a peace agreement. "The government has not kept the agreement with us. It is not holding anymore… They have violated the agreement by arresting our Mujahideen," he claimed during an interview to Statesman. Mehsud claimed that "I will fight such a dangerous war against the government, which will not be ordinary."
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July - 27 
Security forces have detained approximately 600 suspected militants in a week-long crackdown that followed the July 7-London attacks, officials told AFP on July 27. Raids were continuing and security agencies were searching for more suspects across a
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Security forces have detained approximately 600 suspected militants in a week-long crackdown that followed the July 7-London attacks, officials told AFP on July 27. Raids were continuing and security agencies were searching for more suspects across all four provinces and in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Of those arrested, 295 belonged to outfits outlawed by President Pervez Musharraf in the past three years, according to Dawn. "They have been held under the Anti-Terrorism Act, which gives police authority to keep them under detention for a year without indicting them before a court," an unnamed interior ministry official told AFP. The remaining 300 detainees included clerics, mosque prayer leaders and others taken into custody for inciting anti-Western and sectarian hatred through sermons and provocative literature, he added.
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July - 28 
A suspected terrorist was killed and three others, including a foreigner, were arrested after security forces raided a house near a Madrassa (seminary) at Miranshah in North Waziristan on July 28-night. The deceased was later identified as Abdul Lati
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A suspected terrorist was killed and three others, including a foreigner, were arrested after security forces raided a house near a Madrassa (seminary) at Miranshah in North Waziristan on July 28-night. The deceased was later identified as Abdul Latif, hailing from Lakki Marwat. According to an Inter-Services Public Relations press release issued in Peshawar, the troops neutralised a terrorist hideout functioning from a Madrassa, Shoaibul Uloom, and subsequently recovered rocket launchers, improvised explosive devices, detonators, booby traps and ammunition during a search of the compounds. The leader of the gang, Amir Hamza, and his four accomplices had been arrested a day earlier. According to Daily Times, more than 2,000 special commandos, troops and paramilitary personnel took part in the operation, which was the longest in recent months – starting at 3:30pm on July 28 and ending around 10am the next day. Intelligence sources told Daily Times that letters "from Afghanistan" suggesting how, where and when the terrorist activities could be resumed had also been seized from the compound.
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July - 28 
All Madrassas (seminaries) that fail to register by December 2005 will be shut down, said Lt Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi, the Education Minister. "The Interior Ministry has sent a summary to the cabinet division and a law in this regard would be ena
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All Madrassas (seminaries) that fail to register by December 2005 will be shut down, said Lt Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi, the Education Minister. "The Interior Ministry has sent a summary to the cabinet division and a law in this regard would be enacted soon," Ashraf said while talking to the media in Islamabad on July 28. He also said the Government was revising the curricula to reduce disparity in education systems and would introduce a uniform curriculum throughout Pakistan.
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July - 28 
At least 114 suspected militants are reported to have been arrested on July 28 in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, in the ongoing crackdown on Islamist extremism. "We have rounded up around 114 people from all over the city," disclosed Pervez
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At least 114 suspected militants are reported to have been arrested on July 28 in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, in the ongoing crackdown on Islamist extremism. "We have rounded up around 114 people from all over the city," disclosed Pervez Zahoor, a Senior Superintendent of Police, adding that hate material, including books and computer discs, were also recovered. Most of those who have been arrested reportedly belong to the outlawed Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP).
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July - 28 
In a suspected sectarian incident, one person, identified as Akbar Hussain, was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in the Konodas area of Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on July 28. Two persons have been arrested in
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In a suspected sectarian incident, one person, identified as Akbar Hussain, was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in the Konodas area of Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on July 28. Two persons have been arrested in this connection. The spate of violence, which began on July 17, 2005, after an attack on a passenger bus, has so far claimed 11 lives in Gilgit and its suburban areas, according to Dawn.
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July - 29 
A militant ‘commander’ has reportedly warned that Mujahideen will wage a war against security forces in Waziristan if the Government does not stop killing and arresting militants. "The military is not keeping its words," Haji Muhammad Omar, ‘commande
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A militant ‘commander’ has reportedly warned that Mujahideen will wage a war against security forces in Waziristan if the Government does not stop killing and arresting militants. "The military is not keeping its words," Haji Muhammad Omar, ‘commander’ of the Mujahideen from Ahmadzai Wazir tribe in South Waziristan, told Dawn. He claimed that ‘sector commanders’ of the Mujahideen from South and North Waziristan had met last week at a secret location and decided to co-ordinate and launch simultaneous attacks on security forces if there was a further escalation in the situation. The 41-year-old Omar, who succeeded Nek Muhammad after he was killed during a missile attack in June 2004, said the Mujahideen resented the way the military rescinded from their promises and killed and harassed them.
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July - 29 
In the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Police have reportedly set free 39 men arrested in the crackdown against members of banned militant organisations, according to Daily Times. They were "innocent," said an unnamed police official on July 29
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In the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Police have reportedly set free 39 men arrested in the crackdown against members of banned militant organisations, according to Daily Times. They were "innocent," said an unnamed police official on July 29 in Peshawar. "They were released after we were unable to find any evidence against them," he disclosed.
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July - 29 
Pakistan agreed on July 29 to co-operate with 10 Southeast Asian nations to combat terrorism, saying it needed the help of all countries to root out the menace, according to The News. Pakistan signed an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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Pakistan agreed on July 29 to co-operate with 10 Southeast Asian nations to combat terrorism, saying it needed the help of all countries to root out the menace, according to The News. Pakistan signed an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) anti-terror co-operation agreement as meetings of Asia’s top security body, the ASEAN Regional Forum, concluded in Vientiane, capital of Laos.
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July - 29 
President General Pervez Musharraf said in Rawalpindi, on July 29, that all the estimated 1,400 foreign nationals studying in the country’s Madrassas (seminaries) would have to leave the institutions. "All foreigners are to be removed from Pakistan’s
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President General Pervez Musharraf said in Rawalpindi, on July 29, that all the estimated 1,400 foreign nationals studying in the country’s Madrassas (seminaries) would have to leave the institutions. "All foreigners are to be removed from Pakistan’s more than 10,000 religious schools," Gen Musharraf said, adding that and no new visas would be issued to non-Pakistanis wishing to study in a Madrassa. The ban would also apply to holders of dual nationality, he stated. "An ordinance to this effect will be adopted in the next coming days as part of new rules requiring all seminaries to register with the government by the end of the year," the president told foreign correspondents at the Army House during a two-hour interaction. While saying that these institutions could be the world’s biggest NGOs helping the poorest segment of the society, Gen. Musharraf added "Don’t think they are all negative, this is not the reality." He said it was unfortunate that in the West all Madrassas were perceived to be negative. Commenting on the ongoing countrywide crackdown on Islamist extremism, the president claimed "I don’t want to arrest the workers. I want the leaders of the banned groups. I’m not impressed by figures. We want to get all of the bigwigs."
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July - 29 
The Government has decided to constitute an Inter-Madrassa Board to regulate and register the 11,782 seminaries (Madrassas) across the country within three months, according to Minister for Religious Affairs Ijazul Haq. He told Dawn in Islamabad on J
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The Government has decided to constitute an Inter-Madrassa Board to regulate and register the 11,782 seminaries (Madrassas) across the country within three months, according to Minister for Religious Affairs Ijazul Haq. He told Dawn in Islamabad on July 29 that the Board was likely to complete the registration work by September 30, 2005, instead of December 30 — the deadline earlier set by President Pervez Musharraf. He also said that the proposed Board would replace the Madaris Reform Board and introduce uniformed curricula in the Madrassas throughout the country with a view to remove disparity.
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July - 30 
Also, the Upper Dir police recovered 200 explosives on July 30 near the Pak-Afghan border on the eve of President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Swat. The explosives were recovered from the Barawal-Maidan road at Kalpani.
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Also, the Upper Dir police recovered 200 explosives on July 30 near the Pak-Afghan border on the eve of President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Swat. The explosives were recovered from the Barawal-Maidan road at Kalpani.
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July - 30 
Daily Times reports that a bomb exploded outside a church at Kohlu in Balochistan province on July 30, shattering windows and damaging a wall but causing no injuries. "It was a homemade bomb that had been planted by unidentified terrorists near the c
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Daily Times reports that a bomb exploded outside a church at Kohlu in Balochistan province on July 30, shattering windows and damaging a wall but causing no injuries. "It was a homemade bomb that had been planted by unidentified terrorists near the church in Kolhu," area police official Mohammad Khan said. He added that two more small bombs exploded in the same town, causing no casualties.
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July - 30 
Further, on the same day, Quetta Police found and defused a 10-kg bomb at Aalmo Chowk on Airport Road. The bomb, attached to a bicycle, was meant to target a security convoy, which passed the site within minutes of the bomb being defused.
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Further, on the same day, Quetta Police found and defused a 10-kg bomb at Aalmo Chowk on Airport Road. The bomb, attached to a bicycle, was meant to target a security convoy, which passed the site within minutes of the bomb being defused.
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July - 30 
Meanwhile, Political Moharrar (reader) Habibullah Gandapur survived an assassination attempt on July 30. Habibullah Gandapur was on his way to Tank from Wana in a passenger bus when unidentified persons opened indiscriminate firing on the bus near Da
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Meanwhile, Political Moharrar (reader) Habibullah Gandapur survived an assassination attempt on July 30. Habibullah Gandapur was on his way to Tank from Wana in a passenger bus when unidentified persons opened indiscriminate firing on the bus near Dargai when the driver ignored their signal to stop the bus. Gandapur survived but the driver sustained serious bullet injuries.
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July - 30 
Separately, unidentified persons fired four rockets on army installations and the Miran Shah airport on July 30. Of the three rockets fired on Tochi Scouts, one rocket landed in a barrack damaging the wall but causing no injuries. Another rocket was
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Separately, unidentified persons fired four rockets on army installations and the Miran Shah airport on July 30. Of the three rockets fired on Tochi Scouts, one rocket landed in a barrack damaging the wall but causing no injuries. Another rocket was fired at the airport but there were no reports of any injuries in the incident. Security forces returned fire on suspected places but no one was injured or killed in the firing.
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July - 31 
President Pervez Musharraf has said that Britain is regarded as a safe haven by Islamist extremists because it has failed to crack down on them despite urging other countries to do so, according to The Sunday Times. In an interview to the newspaper,
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President Pervez Musharraf has said that Britain is regarded as a safe haven by Islamist extremists because it has failed to crack down on them despite urging other countries to do so, according to The Sunday Times. In an interview to the newspaper, Gen. Musharraf said "They should have been doing what they have been demanding of us to do – to ban extremist groups like they asked us to do here in Pakistan and which I have done." According to the President, Britain should have banned Al-Muhajiroun and Hizb-ul-Tehrir, groups that he has earlier accused of preaching anger and hatred and of calling for his own assassination. He told the paper: "Good action is when you foresee the future and pre-empt and act beforehand, instead of reacting as in the case of Britain, which waited for the damage to be done and is now reacting to it." According to the newspaper, "One of them [London bombers], Shehzad Tanweer, from the Leeds suburb of Beeston, is said by relatives in Pakistan to have spent time there with militants from the banned extremist Jaish Mohammad organisation… Efforts were under way to arrest Jaish Mohammed leader Masood Azhar, whom Tanweer is believed to have contacted."
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*Data till , April 24, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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