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May - 2 
A portion of a gas pipeline in the Kharotabad suburbs of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, was damaged by an explosion and gas supply was suspended to the adjoining areas on May 2, according to Dawn. However, no loss of life or injuries was re
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A portion of a gas pipeline in the Kharotabad suburbs of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, was damaged by an explosion and gas supply was suspended to the adjoining areas on May 2, according to Dawn. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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May - 2 
Suspected pro-Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan refugee, identified as Shamsuddin Afghani, at Goorwak village in North Waziristan on charges of spying for US troops in Afghanistan, a security official said on May 2, according to Daily Times. A not
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Suspected pro-Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan refugee, identified as Shamsuddin Afghani, at Goorwak village in North Waziristan on charges of spying for US troops in Afghanistan, a security official said on May 2, according to Daily Times. A note left near the body said "this is the fate of American spy," AFP reported.
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May - 2 
The Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam on May 2 rejected the US State Department’s Country Reports on Terrorism 2006 that the leadership of al Qaeda was in Pakistan. Talking to a TV channel, she said Pakistan was the only country that had arres
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The Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam on May 2 rejected the US State Department’s Country Reports on Terrorism 2006 that the leadership of al Qaeda was in Pakistan. Talking to a TV channel, she said Pakistan was the only country that had arrested top leaders of the al Qaeda from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. This had brought security and stability to the region, she claimed, while denying the US report’s allegations. "If the US State Department has such news, it should share it with the Pakistan government," she added.
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May - 4 
Seven soldiers were wounded when a hand grenade was lobbed on an army convoy near Mirali in North Waziristan on May 4, according to Dawn. Officials said the convoy was going from Razmak town to its garrison in the Bannu district.
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Seven soldiers were wounded when a hand grenade was lobbed on an army convoy near Mirali in North Waziristan on May 4, according to Dawn. Officials said the convoy was going from Razmak town to its garrison in the Bannu district.
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Suspected militants targeted music shops with explosive devices on May 4, damaging around 20 outlets in two different places in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), according to Daily Times. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The firs
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Suspected militants targeted music shops with explosive devices on May 4, damaging around 20 outlets in two different places in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), according to Daily Times. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The first explosion occurred in Tangi and damaged nine shops. A few hours later, a second explosion occurred in Charsadda, damaging at least 11 shops. Police managed to foil a third blast in Koroona Station. No group has claimed responsibility for the two blasts but letters from suspected Taliban have warned local shopkeepers against continuing their businesses.
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Two unidentified gunmen killed a Shia man, identified as Imdad Hussain, at Dera Ismail Khan in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 5, days after a weeklong curfew was lifted, according to Daily Times.
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Two unidentified gunmen killed a Shia man, identified as Imdad Hussain, at Dera Ismail Khan in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 5, days after a weeklong curfew was lifted, according to Daily Times.
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Unidentified insurgents fired four rockets at a SF check post near Kohlu on May 5, according to Daily Times. However, no loss of life or property was reported since the rockets landed at an abandoned place.
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Unidentified insurgents fired four rockets at a SF check post near Kohlu on May 5, according to Daily Times. However, no loss of life or property was reported since the rockets landed at an abandoned place.
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At least five security force (SF) personnel were wounded in a mortar attack in the Tartani area of Kohlu district in Balochistan on May 6, according to Dawn. According to official sources, the insurgents fired mortar shells on a camp of the SFs from
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At least five security force (SF) personnel were wounded in a mortar attack in the Tartani area of Kohlu district in Balochistan on May 6, according to Dawn. According to official sources, the insurgents fired mortar shells on a camp of the SFs from mountains. A caller identifying himself as Bebarg Baloch, spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army, claimed that over a dozen security personnel had died in the attack.
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Unidentified gunmen shot dead two Shia clerics in a suspected sectarian attack at Chaubara town near Multan in the Punjab province on May 6, according to Daily Times. The attackers, reportedly Sunni militants, attacked the clerics who were sleeping i
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Unidentified gunmen shot dead two Shia clerics in a suspected sectarian attack at Chaubara town near Multan in the Punjab province on May 6, according to Daily Times. The attackers, reportedly Sunni militants, attacked the clerics who were sleeping in the guesthouse of a Shia leader, local police chief Rai Muhammad Tahir said. The clerics died on the spot while another guest, a Shia lawyer, was wounded, he said.
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A bomb blast destroyed at least eight oil tankers at Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 7-night, according to Dawn. An explosive device had been planted under one of the tankers parked in the Sheikhwal area. The fi
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A bomb blast destroyed at least eight oil tankers at Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 7-night, according to Dawn. An explosive device had been planted under one of the tankers parked in the Sheikhwal area. The fire also damaged the 11000 KV power line disrupting supply.
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May - 7 
An intelligence agency has recently released Fahad Bugti, the grandson of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the slain insurgent leader of Balochistan. According to Daily Times, Fahad’s name was included in a list of the missing people prepared by the Human Rig
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An intelligence agency has recently released Fahad Bugti, the grandson of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the slain insurgent leader of Balochistan. According to Daily Times, Fahad’s name was included in a list of the missing people prepared by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Fahad was arrested from Karachi, shortly after the killing of Akbar Bugti on August 26, 2006.
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Intelligence agencies have warned the Interior Ministry’s Crisis Management Cell (CMC) that a Waziristan-based Jihadi group has planned suicide attacks at police offices to avenge the killing of its members by security forces, Daily Times has reporte
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Intelligence agencies have warned the Interior Ministry’s Crisis Management Cell (CMC) that a Waziristan-based Jihadi group has planned suicide attacks at police offices to avenge the killing of its members by security forces, Daily Times has reported. The CMC has urged the provincial home secretaries, the provincial police chiefs and the inspectors general of police of the Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir, and the Islamabad chief commissioner to take necessary measures to prevent any untoward incident. The letter warned that militants may carry out suicide attacks on police training centres and police lines in the coming months. The CMC letter informed that some terrorists had already entered Punjab from Waziristan to launch suicide attacks.
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May - 7 
Reports from Khar in the Bajaur Agency indicated that most music shops and hair-cutting salons here have been closed and their owners have switched to other businesses. Some of them reportedly moved out of the agency after pro-Taliban militants bombe
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Reports from Khar in the Bajaur Agency indicated that most music shops and hair-cutting salons here have been closed and their owners have switched to other businesses. Some of them reportedly moved out of the agency after pro-Taliban militants bombed their shops over the past weeks.
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The local Taliban on May 7 imposed a ban on the sale of CDs and cassettes and music in buses and passenger coaches in North Waziristan, according to Dawn. The Shoora (executive council) of the Taliban also ordered owners of music and video shops in M
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The local Taliban on May 7 imposed a ban on the sale of CDs and cassettes and music in buses and passenger coaches in North Waziristan, according to Dawn. The Shoora (executive council) of the Taliban also ordered owners of music and video shops in Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, to close their businesses immediately. Armed volunteers reportedly raided music centres and CD shops in the town and asked the shopkeepers to stop playing music. Eyewitnesses said the militants stopped passenger vehicles on the Miranshah-Mirali road and removed cassette and CD players. Locals said that the Taliban militants, who virtually control the region, also asked people not to play or listen to music at public places, including Miranshah Bazaar. Their announcement said that anybody violating the order would have to face ‘consequences’.
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May - 7 
Two Frontier Corps personnel sustained injuries when their water-carrying donkey hit a landmine near a gas field in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti district in Balochistan on May 7, according to Dawn.
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Two Frontier Corps personnel sustained injuries when their water-carrying donkey hit a landmine near a gas field in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti district in Balochistan on May 7, according to Dawn.
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May - 8 
Pakistan has increased the number of its troops deployed along the Afghan border to 90,000 to make it more difficult for the Taliban and al Qaeda militants to cross, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on May 8, The News reported. However, he provi
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Pakistan has increased the number of its troops deployed along the Afghan border to 90,000 to make it more difficult for the Taliban and al Qaeda militants to cross, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on May 8, The News reported. However, he provided no details of when the troop increase occurred or where exactly the troops were deployed. Kasuri announced the increase after talks with the NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on the intensifying violence in Afghanistan. Kasuri also said Pakistan had increased the number of military posts along the frontier from 100 to 110, and challenged Afghanistan to show the same resolve to close the frontier. "This is the level of Pakistan's commitment," Kasuri claimed at a press conference in Islamabad.
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May - 9 
A bomb exploded near the residence of Livestock Minister Mir Abdul Qadoos Bizenjo in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on May 9-night, Dawn reported. Police said that windowpanes of the minister’s and adjacent houses were damaged in the blast.
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A bomb exploded near the residence of Livestock Minister Mir Abdul Qadoos Bizenjo in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on May 9-night, Dawn reported. Police said that windowpanes of the minister’s and adjacent houses were damaged in the blast. However, no casualty was reported. The minister and his family were not present in the house at the time of the blast. It was the second bomb blast near the residence of Bizenjo. The police are reported to have defused another bomb in the same area.
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May - 9 
According to The News, 12 persons were arrested for planning terrorist activities in Karachi, capital of Sindh province, and Kalashnikovs and other ammunitions were recovered from their possession. According to Karachi Police, the 12 suspects had con
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According to The News, 12 persons were arrested for planning terrorist activities in Karachi, capital of Sindh province, and Kalashnikovs and other ammunitions were recovered from their possession. According to Karachi Police, the 12 suspects had confessed they planned a terrorist attack in Karachi on May 12, when the Chief Justice of Pakistan is due to visit the city. The suspects were arrested from the Lines Area, Shah Faisal Colony and Malir areas of Karachi. Earlier, the intelligence agencies reported that there is a possibility of terrorist attacks on May 12.
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May - 9 
Suspected militants blew up 15 video shops in the Mardan district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), while unidentified motorcyclists destroyed two music shops in Charsadda district on May 9-night, Daily Times reported. Video and music shopkeepe
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Suspected militants blew up 15 video shops in the Mardan district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), while unidentified motorcyclists destroyed two music shops in Charsadda district on May 9-night, Daily Times reported. Video and music shopkeepers in Mardan district have reportedly sought protection from the government after two bombs exploded in the video market in the Parhuti area of Mardan at 1am, destroying 15 shops. The shopkeepers had been warned in an anonymous letter 20 days ago to wind up their businesses. In Charsadda, unidentified men blew up two music shops at Mir Abad in the Umerzai police precincts. A police official told Daily Times that unidentified men hurled explosives at two CD shops owned by Kashif and Amjad Ali of Qando Kali at around 00:45am. He said that no one was hurt in the incident and police had not made any arrests so far.
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May - 9 
The US Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates, told a congressional panel on May 9 that the United States has military missions in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan to pursue al Qaeda leaders hiding there, according to Dawn. At a
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The US Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates, told a congressional panel on May 9 that the United States has military missions in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan to pursue al Qaeda leaders hiding there, according to Dawn. At a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Gates said al Qaeda had established training facilities in FATA and the extremist leaders based there also had links to terror cells in other parts of the world. "We know that al Qaeda has re-established itself in the Federally-Administered Territories on the western border of Pakistan where they are training new recruits," Gates told the Senate panel while defending his department’s budget for 2008. "They have established linkages now in North Africa. And so … al Qaeda has actually expanded, I would say, its organisation and its capabilities." He stated that al Qaeda was operating from an area which was difficult, "both in terms of terrain and in terms of politics in terms of our ability to range freely in that area."
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May - 9 
Unidentified people blew up a hair-cutting saloon at Lal Qila in the Maidan area of Lower Dir district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 9-night, according to Dawn. However, no casualty was reported. A week ago, two blasts had occurre
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Unidentified people blew up a hair-cutting saloon at Lal Qila in the Maidan area of Lower Dir district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 9-night, according to Dawn. However, no casualty was reported. A week ago, two blasts had occurred near a hair-cutting saloon and a CD shop in the same area. Barbers in both the Lower and Upper Dir districts had been reportedly receiving pamphlets from unknown miscreants asking them to stop shaving off beard or else face destruction of their shops.
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May - 10 
A caller identifying himself as Bebarg Baloch claimed that the banned Baloch Liberation Army had attacked a camp of security forces in the Marri area killing six soldiers. Official sources, however, denied the claim.
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A caller identifying himself as Bebarg Baloch claimed that the banned Baloch Liberation Army had attacked a camp of security forces in the Marri area killing six soldiers. Official sources, however, denied the claim.
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May - 10 
According to Dawn, one person was injured and a house destroyed in a bomb explosion and rocket attacks in different parts of Balochistan on May 10. Police said two powerful explosions occurred at brief interval in Sibi. The first blast occurred near
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According to Dawn, one person was injured and a house destroyed in a bomb explosion and rocket attacks in different parts of Balochistan on May 10. Police said two powerful explosions occurred at brief interval in Sibi. The first blast occurred near a vocational training school wounding a civilian, Didar Hussain, while the other blast occurred near a seminary.
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May - 10 
At least 14 mortar shells, which were fired on May 10 from Tarkhobi Checkpost located at Khost in Afghanistan, landed on the mountains in the Ghulam Khan area, 32 kilometers north of Miranshah in North Waziristan, sources told Daily Times. However, t
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At least 14 mortar shells, which were fired on May 10 from Tarkhobi Checkpost located at Khost in Afghanistan, landed on the mountains in the Ghulam Khan area, 32 kilometers north of Miranshah in North Waziristan, sources told Daily Times. However, they did not cause any damage and the Pakistan security forces reportedly did not retaliate.
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May - 10 
Official sources said that six rockets were also fired in the mountain area of Dera Bugti district. However, there were no reports of any casualty. Two bomb blasts were reported from near Dera Bugti. Another report said that a powerful explosion occu
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Official sources said that six rockets were also fired in the mountain area of Dera Bugti district. However, there were no reports of any casualty. Two bomb blasts were reported from near Dera Bugti. Another report said that a powerful explosion occurred near the Post Office chowk in Khuzdar.
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May - 10 
Pakistan has erected the first section of a fence on the Afghan border, the chief military spokesperson said on May 10, according to Daily Times. "We have completed 20 kilometers of fencing in North Waziristan’s Lwara Mundi area," Major General Wahee
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Pakistan has erected the first section of a fence on the Afghan border, the chief military spokesperson said on May 10, according to Daily Times. "We have completed 20 kilometers of fencing in North Waziristan’s Lwara Mundi area," Major General Waheed Arshad said in an interview to AFP. According to him, "This is that difficult part where most militants reportedly were crossing over." Another 15-kilometre stretch would soon be fenced in the neighbouring South Waziristan, Arshad said. Lwara Mundi is a tiny and remote settlement located in a gap between two mountain ranges through which Arshad said militants were driving vehicles and heavy weapons.
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May - 10 
Security forces are on the verge of wiping out militant camps in Balochistan, President Pervez Musharraf said on May 10, while reiterating an amnesty offer for the insurgents, according to Daily Times. Gen. Musharraf, on his first visit to Sui in B
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Security forces are on the verge of wiping out militant camps in Balochistan, President Pervez Musharraf said on May 10, while reiterating an amnesty offer for the insurgents, according to Daily Times. Gen. Musharraf, on his first visit to Sui in Balochistan, told a public rally that the government would not tolerate terrorism. He informed that the security forces had destroyed 65 ‘farari [insurgent] camps’ in Balochistan and the remaining three or four camps would be eliminated soon. "Only three to four rebel camps are left. We will wipe them out too," he said. Repeating an amnesty offer, Gen. Musharraf said the government would take no action against insurgents if they laid down their arms. "They are our brothers and sisters. I urge them to surrender their arms. No action will be taken against them if they do so," he said. "Give up weapons and terrorism; otherwise the law will take its course. We will not allow terrorism," he added. The president said there was no peace in the province a few years ago and more than 90,000 people had settled elsewhere in the country to avoid persecution by tribal leaders. But, he claimed that the situation had changed considerably now. President Musharraf stated that the government had established its writ in Balochistan and 25 districts which had been previously considered "B areas" had now been converted into "A areas". He also announced a PKR 2 billion development package for Sui and said that Balochistan would be developed at par with rest of the country. He said the government was carrying out 138 development projects worth PKR 135 billion in Balochistan. The president announced a PKR 100 million grant for each district and PKR 10 million for each tehsil for development projects.
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May - 10 
Suspected insurgents fired two rockets at the Maharullah village near Dera Allahyar. One of rockets damaged the house of Tar Mohammad. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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Suspected insurgents fired two rockets at the Maharullah village near Dera Allahyar. One of rockets damaged the house of Tar Mohammad. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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May - 10 
The Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sultan Ahmad Baheen said that "the Afghan government is against fencing the border. It separates families and people living on both sides." Major General Arshad rejected Kabul’s objections, saying that the fen
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The Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sultan Ahmad Baheen said that "the Afghan government is against fencing the border. It separates families and people living on both sides." Major General Arshad rejected Kabul’s objections, saying that the fencing was done on Pakistani soil and "we do not need to ask anybody how we should manage our borders."
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May - 10 
Two motorcyclists abandoned their vehicle near a police picket in Tangi and escaped. The police later found a locally-manufactured bomb when they searched the motorcycle.
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Two motorcyclists abandoned their vehicle near a police picket in Tangi and escaped. The police later found a locally-manufactured bomb when they searched the motorcycle.
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May - 11 
One security force personnel, identified as Mohammad Shahid, sustained injuries in a landmine explosion in the Gandoi area of Dera Bugti district in Balochistan on May 11, according to Dawn.
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One security force personnel, identified as Mohammad Shahid, sustained injuries in a landmine explosion in the Gandoi area of Dera Bugti district in Balochistan on May 11, according to Dawn.
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May - 12 May - 13
In Karachi - where nearly 42 people were killed on May 12-13 in clashes between supporters of President Pervez Musharraf and the suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry - sporadic violence continued on the third day as angry protesters fir
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In Karachi - where nearly 42 people were killed on May 12-13 in clashes between supporters of President Pervez Musharraf and the suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry - sporadic violence continued on the third day as angry protesters fired in the air, burnt tyres and blocked roads overnight. Karachi police chief Azhar Farooqi told Reuters, "The city is totally paralysed. Shops are closed and very little public transport is on the roads. People are scared."
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May - 12 
On May 12, 27 people were killed in firing between supporters of President Pervez Musharraf and suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi, reports Associated Press. Groups of activists belonging to Muttahida
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On May 12, 27 people were killed in firing between supporters of President Pervez Musharraf and suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi, reports Associated Press. Groups of activists belonging to Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), a partner in the federal ruling coalition, and those of opposition parties supporting the suspended Chief Justice, fought pitched street battles using assault rifles in different parts of Karachi. Geo TV said that more than 150 people were injured in the clashes. Chaudhry, who arrived in Karachi to address a rally of High Court lawyers, was stranded at the airport and was asked by the local government to avoid the meeting and return home. While lawyers accompanying him from Islamabad returned, the judge threatened to walk to the venue of the meeting. Late night, he, however, decided to return to Islamabad. Following the violence, however, President Pervez Musharraf reiterated to hold free and fair polls later this year and described the issue involving the suspended Chief Justice was a "temporary irritant".
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May - 12 
On May 12, at least 34 people were killed and more than 130 injured during street violence which was triggered when the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, tried to address supporters at the Sindh High Court. As reported
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On May 12, at least 34 people were killed and more than 130 injured during street violence which was triggered when the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, tried to address supporters at the Sindh High Court. As reported earlier, groups of activists belonging to the Muttahida Quami Movement, a partner in the federal ruling coalition, and those of opposition parties supporting the suspended Chief Justice, fought pitched street battles using assault rifles in different parts of Karachi.
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May - 13 
At least seven Afghan soldiers were killed on May 13 after they opened fire on Pakistani positions in a border region, Pakistan Army spokesperson Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad said, according to Daily Times.
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At least seven Afghan soldiers were killed on May 13 after they opened fire on Pakistani positions in a border region, Pakistan Army spokesperson Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad said, according to Daily Times.
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May - 13 
Police on May 13 resorted to baton-charge and fired teargas shells to disperse protesting activists of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in the Kabal area of Mingora in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), according to D
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Police on May 13 resorted to baton-charge and fired teargas shells to disperse protesting activists of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in the Kabal area of Mingora in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), according to Dawn. At least 25 of the group’s activists were arrested. An unspecified number of police personnel and other people were injured in the clashes. The activists had reportedly gathered at the Kabal ground to demand release of their associates arrested during the last couple of days. Tension has been high in the area for a couple of months as a TNSM leader, Maulana Fazlullah, has been propagating through his illegal FM radio station against the government and polio campaigns and preaching his own version of Islam. Recently, the group had announced the holding of a protest rally on May 20 to demand the release of its chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad, imprisoned for over five years. However, the NWFP government has asked the local administration not to allow the rally.
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May - 13 
The Afghan Defence Ministry spokesperson, Zahir Azimi, however, said thousands of civilians joined Afghan forces to fight Pakistani troops who had penetrated several kilometers into Afghanistan. He claimed that local tribesmen had shot down a Pakista
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The Afghan Defence Ministry spokesperson, Zahir Azimi, however, said thousands of civilians joined Afghan forces to fight Pakistani troops who had penetrated several kilometers into Afghanistan. He claimed that local tribesmen had shot down a Pakistani helicopter at the site of the clash in Zazai district of Paktika province. Pakistani army, meanwhile, denied the Afghan officials’ allegations that Pakistani troops entered the Paktika province, Geo TV reported.
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May - 13 
The government is reported to have ordered the paramilitary Rangers to shoot rioters on sight and imposed Section 144 as eight people were killed and nine persons, including three police personnel, injured on the second day of violence in Karachi, ca
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The government is reported to have ordered the paramilitary Rangers to shoot rioters on sight and imposed Section 144 as eight people were killed and nine persons, including three police personnel, injured on the second day of violence in Karachi, capital of Sindh province, on May 13, according to Daily Times. “The Rangers have got extra powers of shoot on sight and arrest in case of riots and violence,” Major General Javed Zia, head of the Rangers, told AFP. Federal Interior Minister, Aftab Sherpao, informed that the government had ordered extra troops into troubled areas to restore order. Officials said about 18,000 paramilitary and police personnel were on the ground. The Sindh government has imposed Section 144, banning public meetings, processions and rallies in the province for 30 days, Geo TV reported.
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May - 14 
A 24-hour curfew was clamped in the Tank town of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) after a paramilitary soldier and a civilian were killed and 10 people sustained injuries in a series of grenade and rocket attacks on security force (SF) personnel a
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A 24-hour curfew was clamped in the Tank town of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) after a paramilitary soldier and a civilian were killed and 10 people sustained injuries in a series of grenade and rocket attacks on security force (SF) personnel and exchange of fire between militants and SFs on May 14, according to Dawn. District police officer Mumtaz Tareen confirmed the imposition of curfew in the town bordering South Waziristan. Unidentified people reportedly lobbed a hand grenade on a police post and the attack was followed by a heavy exchange of fire between militants and SFs and a rocket attack in the Wazirabad locality of the city, which injured two Frontier Constabulary personnel and two civilians. Later, a police checkpoint at the Durand Gate was attacked by the militants, killing a paramilitary soldier, identified as Naseebullah, and wounding another, Abdul Hafeez. Subsequently, an armoured personnel carrier was also attacked. The heavy exchange of fire, which continued till 11am, led to the death of an unidentified tribesman and injuries to seven others.
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May - 14 
A shutter-down strike was also observed across the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), particularly in the Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and Swat districts, while there was partial support for the strike in Swabi district.
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A shutter-down strike was also observed across the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), particularly in the Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and Swat districts, while there was partial support for the strike in Swabi district.
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May - 14 
According to Daily Times, a strike called by opposition parties and lawyers’ bodies in protest against the violence in Karachi shut down shops and markets in all major cities on May 14 including Karachi, where seven people died in further violence. T
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According to Daily Times, a strike called by opposition parties and lawyers’ bodies in protest against the violence in Karachi shut down shops and markets in all major cities on May 14 including Karachi, where seven people died in further violence. The strike was also reportedly observed in Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Quetta, while lawyers boycotted courts across the country.
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May - 14 
According to Dawn, a US military personnel and a Pakistani soldier were killed and a few others sustained injuries when their convoy was attacked following a flag meeting near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on May 14. The convoy was on its way back
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According to Dawn, a US military personnel and a Pakistani soldier were killed and a few others sustained injuries when their convoy was attacked following a flag meeting near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on May 14. The convoy was on its way back to Afghanistan after a meeting of representatives of the armed forces of Pakistan, Afghanistan and United States in the Tari Mingal area of Kurram in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), when it was attacked by suspected militants. "Miscreants opened fire on the convoy when the flag meeting of the tripartite commission ended," a spokesperson of the Pakistan military told Dawn. Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad informed that one US official and a Pakistan paramilitary soldier were killed. He said that the four-hour-long meeting had begun at 11.00 am to discuss the situation arising out of the dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan on a military post on the border resulting in a clash between the two forces on May 13.
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May - 14 
Afghan and Pakistan forces clashed with each other across their border for a second day on May 14, as officials announced that eight police personnel and four civilians had died in the fighting, according to Dawn. The clashes began late on May 13 in
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Afghan and Pakistan forces clashed with each other across their border for a second day on May 14, as officials announced that eight police personnel and four civilians had died in the fighting, according to Dawn. The clashes began late on May 13 in the Paktia province, about 120 kilometers southeast of Kabul. "Eight policemen and four civilians have been killed since yesterday," Afghan army general Sami-ul Haq Badar told AFP. The interior ministry in Kabul said the clashes "erupted due to a misunderstanding between two Afghan and Pakistani border posts." Pakistani troops had occupied two Afghan border posts for two hours on May 13 but were later repelled, it claimed. Afghan troops and tribesmen later seized and held two Pakistan posts for four hours.
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May - 14 
Four people were wounded in a bomb explosion in the border town of Chaman in Balochistan on May 14, Dawn reported. Police sources said that a trailer coming from Karachi was carrying two road rollers to Kandahar. When it was about to reach the Fronti
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Four people were wounded in a bomb explosion in the border town of Chaman in Balochistan on May 14, Dawn reported. Police sources said that a trailer coming from Karachi was carrying two road rollers to Kandahar. When it was about to reach the Frontier Corps Fort, an explosion occurred in one of the road rollers, injuring four civilians. The driver of the trailer, Najibullah, and another man were arrested in connection with the blast.
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May - 14 
In Lahore, most shops and markets were shut. The traders association claimed at a press conference that there was a "100 percent shutter-down strike" in 480 markets in the city. Lawyers in Lahore held a huge rally, with approximately 10,000 people ma
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In Lahore, most shops and markets were shut. The traders association claimed at a press conference that there was a "100 percent shutter-down strike" in 480 markets in the city. Lawyers in Lahore held a huge rally, with approximately 10,000 people marching to the Governor’s House to condemn the government and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), who they blame for the Karachi violence.
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May - 14 
Most markets in Rawalpindi stayed shut in the morning in support of the strike. However, the strike was only partially observed in the national capital Islamabad.
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Most markets in Rawalpindi stayed shut in the morning in support of the strike. However, the strike was only partially observed in the national capital Islamabad.
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May - 14 
On May 14, the police arrested four members of an outlawed militant group from Lahore (capital of Punjab province) for their alleged involvement in bomb blasts and sectarian violence in Karachi, according to The News. Police sources in Karachi, capit
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On May 14, the police arrested four members of an outlawed militant group from Lahore (capital of Punjab province) for their alleged involvement in bomb blasts and sectarian violence in Karachi, according to The News. Police sources in Karachi, capital of Sindh province, confirmed the arrest of the four persons, identified as Wasif, Qari Faisal, Yousuf and Faizan, along with an unspecified quantity of ammunition and gunpowder. According to sources, they had recently received training in suicide bomb blasts at Wana in South Waziristan. However, the identity of the banned group was not disclosed.
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May - 14 
There was also a complete province-wide strike in Balochistan, and markets, banks restaurants and government offices remained closed in the capital Quetta.
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There was also a complete province-wide strike in Balochistan, and markets, banks restaurants and government offices remained closed in the capital Quetta.
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May - 15 
25 people were killed and at least 35 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up on the ground floor of the Marhaba Hotel in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), on May 15, according to Daily Times. Most of those ki
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25 people were killed and at least 35 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up on the ground floor of the Marhaba Hotel in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), on May 15, according to Daily Times. Most of those killed were Afghans, including the restaurant’s owner Sadruddin and his two sons, two women and a five year-old child. The attack occurred at approximately 12:50 pm as the restaurant was crowded with customers for lunch. Witnesses and police said that restaurant owner Sadruddin was an Uzbek of Afghan origin and he was a supporter of former Uzbek warlord Abdur Rashid Dostum, according to Dawn.
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May - 15 
On May 15, militants attacked a police post in the Tank city of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) where authorities imposed a curfew after clashes between militants and security forces on May 14, according to Dawn. Officials said a meeting of the p
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On May 15, militants attacked a police post in the Tank city of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) where authorities imposed a curfew after clashes between militants and security forces on May 14, according to Dawn. Officials said a meeting of the peace committee was held which formed a council of Ulema (religious leaders) to hold talks with militants in South Waziristan to refrain them from penetrating into the settled areas.
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May - 15 
The NWFP Law Minister Malik Zafar Azam told reporters that it was a suicide attack. "I myself saw the suicide bomber’s two legs inscribed with two messages, one in Pushto and the other in Persian. The message written in Pashto warned that those spyin
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The NWFP Law Minister Malik Zafar Azam told reporters that it was a suicide attack. "I myself saw the suicide bomber’s two legs inscribed with two messages, one in Pushto and the other in Persian. The message written in Pashto warned that those spying for America would face the same consequences." Azam said it would be premature to say who was behind the suicide attack, "but it may be a reaction to Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah’s killing two days ago in Afghanistan." He added that the owner of the hotel, which is located near the Mahabat Khan mosque, was from Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and most of the customers at the hotel were Afghans. However, the Federal Interior Ministry’s spokesperson, Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, told a press conference in Islamabad that "We have found no clue suggesting that the attack was in reaction to the Taliban leader’s killing in Afghanistan… Dadullah was an Afghan national operating from Afghanistan and he died there. Pakistan has nothing to do with his death." He, however, said that the suicide bombing might have links with terrorists operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s Waziristan region.
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May - 16 
A bomb blast was reported near the residence of the district official of Zhob on May 16. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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A bomb blast was reported near the residence of the district official of Zhob on May 16. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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May - 16 
A security force personnel was injured when he stepped on a landmine near the Nal checkpost in the Kahan area on May 16, according to Dawn.
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A security force personnel was injured when he stepped on a landmine near the Nal checkpost in the Kahan area on May 16, according to Dawn.
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May - 16 
Personnel of the Chagai militia, a wing of the Frontier Corps, seized a large cache of arms and ammunition from the Manjro Chal nullah, near the Afghan border, on May 16.
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Personnel of the Chagai militia, a wing of the Frontier Corps, seized a large cache of arms and ammunition from the Manjro Chal nullah, near the Afghan border, on May 16.
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May - 16 
Six people were killed and 15 others, including four police personnel, were injured in clashes between security force (SF) personnel and Islamic militants in the Tank city of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 16, according to Dawn. Accor
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Six people were killed and 15 others, including four police personnel, were injured in clashes between security force (SF) personnel and Islamic militants in the Tank city of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 16, according to Dawn. According to witnesses, a rocket fired by the militants landed in the Rizwan Grain market of the city on Tank-Dera road, killing five civilians, including two brothers. Clashes in different parts of the city occurred for more than two hours and both sides used rockets and light cannons, causing collateral damage to bazaars and residential areas, residents said. Some unidentified people reportedly lobbed hand-grenades at district courts where SFs had set up checkpoints. The attack, however, did not hurt anyone. Later, the militants, armed with rockets and heavy machine-guns, moved into the town and started targeting the SFs. "The number of attackers was about 40 who challenged the security forces and went back to their area," an eye-witness said. People alleged that SFs fired on civilians instead of targeting militants who were seen roaming freely in the city.
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May - 16 
The Chinese government has requested Pakistan to hand over more than 20 Chinese insurgents hiding in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. Sources said the Chinese authorities had claimed that more than 20 activists of the
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The Chinese government has requested Pakistan to hand over more than 20 Chinese insurgents hiding in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. Sources said the Chinese authorities had claimed that more than 20 activists of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, an Islamist militant outfit fighting for an independent East Turkestan in China’s Xinjiang province, were hiding in the tribal areas. They have requested the Pakistani authorities to arrest and hand over the militants, sources added. However, the Foreign Office spokesperson, Tasneem Aslam, refused to confirm the report. She said she was not aware of any such appeal.
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May - 17 
A Frontier Corps soldier, identified as Gul Rehman, was killed and another, identified as Sher Mohammad, sustained injuries in firing by tribesmen in the Kohlu district of Balochistan on May 17, according to Dawn.
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A Frontier Corps soldier, identified as Gul Rehman, was killed and another, identified as Sher Mohammad, sustained injuries in firing by tribesmen in the Kohlu district of Balochistan on May 17, according to Dawn.
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May - 17 
Elsewhere in the province, insurgents are reported to have blown up a 132-KV power supply pylon of the Sibi-Harnai transmission line on May 17-morning near the Kalatak area, disrupting electricity supply to the Harnai area.
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Elsewhere in the province, insurgents are reported to have blown up a 132-KV power supply pylon of the Sibi-Harnai transmission line on May 17-morning near the Kalatak area, disrupting electricity supply to the Harnai area.
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May - 17 
Four soldiers were wounded in a landmine blast in the Kahan area of Kohlu district on the same day.
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Four soldiers were wounded in a landmine blast in the Kahan area of Kohlu district on the same day.
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May - 17 
Police at Bannu in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) arrested three men suspected of being members of the Taliban and recovered some explosives from their possession at the GTS Chowk on May 17, according to reports in Dawn. However, their ident
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Police at Bannu in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) arrested three men suspected of being members of the Taliban and recovered some explosives from their possession at the GTS Chowk on May 17, according to reports in Dawn. However, their identities were not disclosed.
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May - 18 
Christians at Charsadda in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) have been warned by some unidentified elements through chalking on a wall of the Church to convert to Islam or leave the area, otherwise get ready for serious consequences, according
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Christians at Charsadda in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) have been warned by some unidentified elements through chalking on a wall of the Church to convert to Islam or leave the area, otherwise get ready for serious consequences, according to The News. Two Christian members of the Punjab Assembly asked the NWFP government to provide security to the Christian community otherwise it (provincial government) would be responsible for any harm to the local Christians. Talking to the media on May 18, Punjab Assembly Members Naved Aamir Jeva and Pervez Rafiq said that efforts were being made by certain anti-state elements to fan sectarian violence in the country through such threatening letters and wall chalking. The legislators from Punjab also condemned Charsadda police and administration for paying no heed to the genuine complaints of the Christian community.
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May - 18 
In his Friday sermon on May 18, the in-charge of Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, again threatened the government of suicide attacks all over the county if any operation was conducted against the mosque. "I invite the government to conduct the operati
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In his Friday sermon on May 18, the in-charge of Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, again threatened the government of suicide attacks all over the county if any operation was conducted against the mosque. "I invite the government to conduct the operation and see what will happen in the country," he threatened.
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May - 18 May - 19
The pro-Taliban Lal Masjid (Red mosque) in Islamabad on May 18 took four police personnel hostage, accusing them of spying for the government, according to Dawn. Later in the night, police registered an FIR against the two Lal Masjid clerics and 72 o
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The pro-Taliban Lal Masjid (Red mosque) in Islamabad on May 18 took four police personnel hostage, accusing them of spying for the government, according to Dawn. Later in the night, police registered an FIR against the two Lal Masjid clerics and 72 of their followers, citing terrorism and other charges. Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and senior security officials reportedly held a meeting with the clerics on May 18-night and put all security agencies on high alert. But the talks, conducted by Magistrate Farasat Ali and Assistant Superintendent of Police Kamran Adil, broke down when Maulana Abdul Aziz and his brother Maulana Abdul Rasheed Ghazi refused to wait until May 19-morning for the release of 11 of their colleagues earlier detained by security agencies.
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May - 19 
According to Daily Times, suspected militants abducted nine government officials, including six women, at gunpoint on the Bannu-Miranshah highway in North Waziristan, officials said on May 19. Official sources said that more than 30 masked gunmen sto
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According to Daily Times, suspected militants abducted nine government officials, including six women, at gunpoint on the Bannu-Miranshah highway in North Waziristan, officials said on May 19. Official sources said that more than 30 masked gunmen stopped the government officials’ vehicle near Nawrak, 15 kilometers east of Miranshah and near Mir Ali town, the headquarters of North Waziristan. “The officials were coming from Peshawar on a special survey mission to assess development projects in the region. They were accompanied by guards who could do little to protect them,” the officials said. The militants took away wireless communication equipment and six Kalashnikov rifles from the six guards. No group has claimed responsibility but the local administration blamed “disgruntled elements” among the militant groups.
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May - 19 
Al Qaeda’s command base in Pakistan’s tribal areas is being increasingly funded by money coming from the group’s affiliate in Iraq, Los Angeles Times reported on its Website on May 19. Citing unidentified senior US intelligence officials, the newspap
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Al Qaeda’s command base in Pakistan’s tribal areas is being increasingly funded by money coming from the group’s affiliate in Iraq, Los Angeles Times reported on its Website on May 19. Citing unidentified senior US intelligence officials, the newspaper said there had been a significant increase in the movement of al Qaeda operatives and money from Iraq to Pakistan. Al Qaeda operatives in Iraq are raising substantial sums from donations to the insurgency as well as abductions of wealthy Iraqis and other criminal activity, according to the paper. The report also said a major hunt for al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden launched by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2006 has produced no significant leads on his whereabouts. The CIA deployed 50 clandestine operatives to Pakistan and Afghanistan for the search, the paper added.
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May - 19 
Police in the Bannu district of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) seized three jackets intended for use in suicide attacks from a Lahore-bound bus on May 19. District Police Officer Mazharul Haq Kakakhel told Daily Times that police checked the
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Police in the Bannu district of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) seized three jackets intended for use in suicide attacks from a Lahore-bound bus on May 19. District Police Officer Mazharul Haq Kakakhel told Daily Times that police checked the bus on a tip off, and found the jackets packed in luggage belonging to Islamic preachers. Each jacket was primed with explosive bars and detonators. According to him, each jacket contains six rocket shells filled with plastic explosives. According to Saddar police Station House Officer, Tahir Khan, the two people carrying the baggage managed to escape.
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May - 19 
The Lal Masjid (Red mosque) administration in Islamabad on May 19-night freed two of the four police personnel who were abducted a day earlier in return for four men it said had been detained by the police on false charges, Daily Times reported. The
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The Lal Masjid (Red mosque) administration in Islamabad on May 19-night freed two of the four police personnel who were abducted a day earlier in return for four men it said had been detained by the police on false charges, Daily Times reported. The government agreed to release the four men on May 21. Sources told Daily Times that a district administration team led by City Magistrate Farasit Ali Khan told the clerics that only four people – former Inter-Services Intelligence official Khalid Khawaja, Zainullah, Mehrab Hussain and Arif Mahmood – were in police custody, while the clerics claimed that Muhammad Idrees, Abdul Baseer, Amir, Iftikhar, Anwarul Haq, Israrul Haq and Naqeebullah were also in police detention. Lal Masjid’s Ghazi Abdul Rashid told the officials that the other two policemen would remain in captivity until the release of the seven men also on the clerics’ list.
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May - 21 
A group of armed men abducted two Patwaris (revenue officials) of the Balochistan government from Senheri area, close to the Sindh-Balochistan border.
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A group of armed men abducted two Patwaris (revenue officials) of the Balochistan government from Senheri area, close to the Sindh-Balochistan border.
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May - 21 
A militant commander in the Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 21 reportedly directed his associates to kill a senior tribal journalist following a news report about an attack on a vehicle belonging to the security
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A militant commander in the Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 21 reportedly directed his associates to kill a senior tribal journalist following a news report about an attack on a vehicle belonging to the security forces. "Mangal Bagh, commander of extremist group Lashkar-i-Islam in the Khyber tribal region, ordered his followers through FM radio to kill me wherever I am found," Nasrullah Afridi, who works with Mashriq and The News dailies, told Daily Times on May 22. Afridi filed a story in Mashriq on May 21, 2007, concerning an attack on a vehicle carrying security force personnel at Bara in Khyber Agency, in which one paramilitary soldier was injured. The authorities suspected the Lashkar-i-Islam was behind the attack. In his ‘order’, Mangal Bagh also ordered a ban on the sale of Mashriq in Bara, Afridi added.
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May - 21 
According to Dawn, four shops were damaged when a bomb exploded in a market near the house of federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, in the Sherpao area of Charsadda district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 21. Police a
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According to Dawn, four shops were damaged when a bomb exploded in a market near the house of federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, in the Sherpao area of Charsadda district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 21. Police arrested a suspect, Mohammed Saeed, a student of a local seminary, near the blast site.
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May - 21 
Pakistan on May 21 refuted a claim that there was al Qaeda’s base command in the tribal areas and declared that the government was determined to take action against ‘remnants’ of the group who may be hiding in the country, according to Dawn. "There i
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Pakistan on May 21 refuted a claim that there was al Qaeda’s base command in the tribal areas and declared that the government was determined to take action against ‘remnants’ of the group who may be hiding in the country, according to Dawn. "There is no al Qaeda base in Pakistan. We have repeatedly said that Pakistan is the country that has taken the strongest action against al Qaeda," Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told a weekly news briefing in Islamabad. She, however, said: "There may be some Al Qaeda remnants in Pakistan. We are taking action against them." Aslam dismissed as ‘speculative’ a report in the United States media quoting American intelligence officials as saying that some 50 Central Intelligence Agency operatives had been deployed in Pakistan in 2006 to search for al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and that the group had a base command in the country. "There is no real evidence or intelligence with us on his whereabouts and nobody knows where he is. So there is no question of 50 CIA agents looking for Osama bin Laden in Pakistan," she said.
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May - 21 
Personnel of the Frontier Corps, meanwhile, defused another rocket in the Killi Chargh area of Dalbandin.
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Personnel of the Frontier Corps, meanwhile, defused another rocket in the Killi Chargh area of Dalbandin.
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May - 21 
Suspected insurgents on May 21 fired rockets on a security check-post in the Karmo Wadh area of Kahan in Balochistan province. According to Dawn, five rockets were fired on the Frontier Corps post. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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Suspected insurgents on May 21 fired rockets on a security check-post in the Karmo Wadh area of Kahan in Balochistan province. According to Dawn, five rockets were fired on the Frontier Corps post. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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May - 21 
Suspected militants blew up a music shop in a grenade attack on Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao’s village in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), AFP reported. The shop, which sold local and foreign music, was destroyed in the attack o
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Suspected militants blew up a music shop in a grenade attack on Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao’s village in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), AFP reported. The shop, which sold local and foreign music, was destroyed in the attack on May 21 in Sherpao village, 25 kilometers outside provincial capital Peshawar, senior police officer Feroz Shah said. Shah said two militants on a bicycle lobbed a hand grenade into the Wahab Music Centre and later fled. However, one of them was subsequently arrested. A dental clinic and a computer business were also damaged in the blast.
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May - 21 
Ten oil tankers waiting to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan to take supplies for US-led coalition troops in Afghanistan were burnt in a fire sparked by two rockets fired at a parking lot near the border town of Torkham on May 21, according to The News.
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Ten oil tankers waiting to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan to take supplies for US-led coalition troops in Afghanistan were burnt in a fire sparked by two rockets fired at a parking lot near the border town of Torkham on May 21, according to The News. The owners, the drivers and the area residents managed to save the remaining 10 oil tankers. Each oil tanker reportedly contained 40,000 litres of oil. The authorities later defused three more rockets from a nearby mound.
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May - 22 
According to Dawn, two activists of the Lashkar-i-Islam were killed and three others wounded when supporters of the rival Ansaar-ul-Islam attacked a mosque with mortar shells in the Shah Kot area of Bara (a sub-division of Khyber Agency) in the Feder
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According to Dawn, two activists of the Lashkar-i-Islam were killed and three others wounded when supporters of the rival Ansaar-ul-Islam attacked a mosque with mortar shells in the Shah Kot area of Bara (a sub-division of Khyber Agency) in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 22. The Akkakhel mosque, commonly known as Dars Jumaat, was occupied by Lashkar-i-Islam on May 21 after a reportedly tactical withdrawal by their opponents from the Shah Kot area. The Ansaar-ul-Islam activists later regrouped in Sanda Pal and launched an attack on the mosque and its adjoining area with heavy weapons, using mortars and RP-35 shells. Maulana Mustamin, a leader of the Ansaar-ul-Islam told Dawn that a pre-attack warning was issued to residents of the area and they were asked to vacate the vicinity to avoid casualties. He also claimed of regaining control of Amir Khwalai and Shah Kot.
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May - 22 
According to Shakir Afridi, president of the Truckers’ Association, said that 22 oil tankers and containers had been destroyed and damaged during the last one-and-a-half months in different parts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) but no step
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According to Shakir Afridi, president of the Truckers’ Association, said that 22 oil tankers and containers had been destroyed and damaged during the last one-and-a-half months in different parts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) but no steps had been taken by the government to provide security to the transporters. He informed that oil tankers have been attacked and damaged in Peshawar, Kohat and Khyber Agency.
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May - 22 
Security force (SF) personnel clashed with Islamist militants at Zakerkhel village in North Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 22, killing three foreigners and one tribesman, according to Dawn. The gun-battle reported
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Security force (SF) personnel clashed with Islamist militants at Zakerkhel village in North Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 22, killing three foreigners and one tribesman, according to Dawn. The gun-battle reportedly occurred when talks between tribal elders and militants hiding in a house in the village failed. According to the deal signed between the government and militants in September 2006, the army has to take the peace committee into confidence before taking action in the area. This was the first coordinated operation in the area since the deal was brokered.
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May - 22 
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal led North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government on May 22 struck a nine-point peace agreement with an Islamist cleric who has led a campaign through an unlicensed radio station against polio vaccinations and education f
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The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal led North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government on May 22 struck a nine-point peace agreement with an Islamist cleric who has led a campaign through an unlicensed radio station against polio vaccinations and education for girls in the Swat district, according to Daily Times. In exchange for allowing the FM radio station to continue broadcasts, Maulana Fazlullah of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) agreed to now support the polio vaccination campaign and education for girls, as well as government efforts to establish law and order. He also agreed to wrap up all training facilities for militants and making of weapons, and support the district administration in any operation against anti-state elements. Maulana Fazlullah, who is also son-in-law of Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the imprisoned chief of the TNSM, and Swat District Coordination Officer (DCO) Syed Muhammad Javed signed the agreement in the presence of a council made up of some 100 local notables and government representatives. Fazlullah reportedly has considerable support among the conservative population of the district and led a campaign denouncing television, music, polio drops, education for girls and women’s empowerment through speeches on his illegal FM station. He has now been allowed to operate the radio station until Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority laws are extended to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas. "I have signed the agreement for the sake of peace as Islam teaches us peace," Maulana Fazlullah, 28, said after the signing ceremony in an under-construction mosque at Pam Dheri village in Swat district. Swat DCO Syed Muhammad Javed said that the agreement was in the interest of both the people and the government. "There was a misunderstanding between the government and the Maulana sahib and today’s agreement has removed this misunderstanding," he said after the ceremony. Under the agreement, the government will look for legal ways to withdraw cases against the cleric, who agreed that he would not allow his supporters to be involved in making weapons, running militant training camps in mountains areas of the district, and that he would support the government against militants. The agreement also bars the cleric and his supporters from displaying weapons in public and interfering in government departments’ affairs.
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May - 22 
Two people, identified as Ghulam Nabi Magsi and Mohammad Ibrahim Mengal, were killed and three others sustained injuries in a bomb explosion in the industrial area of Hub in Balochistan on May 22-night, Dawn reported. According to police, the bomb wa
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Two people, identified as Ghulam Nabi Magsi and Mohammad Ibrahim Mengal, were killed and three others sustained injuries in a bomb explosion in the industrial area of Hub in Balochistan on May 22-night, Dawn reported. According to police, the bomb was planted at a bus stop close to a bridge on the RCD highway in the industrial town.
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May - 23 
11 of the 15 members of the tribal peace committee in North Waziristan are reported to have resigned in protest against a recent military operation in Zargerkhel village. Led by former senator Mateen Shah, members of the committee, formed after the s
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11 of the 15 members of the tribal peace committee in North Waziristan are reported to have resigned in protest against a recent military operation in Zargerkhel village. Led by former senator Mateen Shah, members of the committee, formed after the signing of the September 2006 peace agreement, handed over their resignations to Political Agent Pirzada Khan Wazir on May 23-evening, according to Dawn. They alleged that by conducting the operation, the military authorities had violated the accord. However, a government official claimed that not all the members of the peace committee were in favour of resigning and those who announced this decision had done so under pressure from militants. Four people were killed and two others injured in the operation. Tribal leaders say that the victims were innocent people and belonged to North Waziristan.
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May - 23 
According to Dawn, militants released on May 23 nine government employees, including six women, who had been abducted on May 18 while they were going to Miranshah, administrative headquarters of North Waziristan, to conduct a survey. They were freed
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According to Dawn, militants released on May 23 nine government employees, including six women, who had been abducted on May 18 while they were going to Miranshah, administrative headquarters of North Waziristan, to conduct a survey. They were freed in the Bakakhel area of Bannu district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), adjacent to North Waziristan. According to Zair Gul Wazir, one of the freed hostages, the abductors left them near a police station in the Bakakhel area at around 4am. Talking to journalists in Peshawar, capital of NWFP, Wazir said that their vehicle was forced to stop at a blockade manned by nearly 50 armed men. Zafarullah Malik, another freed hostage, said the militants complained that they were not consulted by the government on development works launched in the area. He said that the militants had abducted them to protest against the policies of the NWFP Governor and the political administration in North Waziristan.
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May - 23 
President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview with The Globe and Mail that talks with the Taliban and other opposition may be necessary to bring stability to Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. "We have to have a multipronged strategy. In Afghan
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President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview with The Globe and Mail that talks with the Taliban and other opposition may be necessary to bring stability to Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. "We have to have a multipronged strategy. In Afghanistan it is only the military strategy which is working now," Gen. Musharraf said, adding that peace could not come from the barrel of a gun. "[The] political element is the negotiations between warring factions. Who are the warring factions? Warring factions are the Afghan government and the coalition forces on one side and the militant Taliban and even non-Taliban... so some form of negotiations between these two." He opined, "Maybe, there are groups who want to give up militancy and negotiate ... so I can’t lay down whether you negotiate with the Taliban, but [if] they want to go on fighting, you don’t negotiate with them, take a military angle. You negotiate, you develop contacts with people who are not for fighting." He claimed Pakistani intelligence agencies played no role in the creation of the Taliban, although he acknowledged that Pakistan gave the extremists legitimacy by being among the only countries to establish diplomatic relations when Taliban took over the government of Afghanistan. "I know for sure – 200 percent – that they were not a creation of Pakistan. They were a creation of circumstances in Afghanistan," he said. Gen. Musharraf claimed that Pakistan was the only country that had a military, political, developmental and administrative strategy to defeat extremism. "I would tell everyone: Come and learn from us. We are sitting here knowing exactly what is happening on ground," he said. "You sitting in the West don’t know anything. So, don’t teach me, come and learn from us. Come and understand the environment. And then decide on what has to be done and what doesn’t have to be done. We are doing more than any other country in the world." Commenting on casualties in the war on terror, President Musharraf said: "Unfortunately the people in the West think that their lives are more important than our lives ... they think the gun fodder should be from these countries like Pakistan and developing countries. If their soldiers, one soldier, dies, there is a problem, but 500 of ours have died. And then, yet they are blaming us. Isn’t 500 important? ... And yet Pakistan is blamed for not doing enough."
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May - 23 
Suspected militants abducted three government officials, including a Military Intelligence (MI) agent, on May 23 from Bannu, the hometown of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Akram Durrani. "We are searching for the MI official and t
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Suspected militants abducted three government officials, including a Military Intelligence (MI) agent, on May 23 from Bannu, the hometown of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Akram Durrani. "We are searching for the MI official and two other provincial government department personnel," Munawwar Khan, police official at Dumal police station near Bannu, told Daily Times. MI agent Hasan Zeb, Christian Hospital contractor Younas Masih and driver Akhtar Niaz were abducted on the Bannu-Kohat highway near Dumal at 6:00am.
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May - 24 
Police in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) recovered some arms and ammunition from a passenger bus on the Kohat Road and arrested an alleged smuggler, police said on May 24, according to Statesman. Chief Capital City Polic
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Police in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) recovered some arms and ammunition from a passenger bus on the Kohat Road and arrested an alleged smuggler, police said on May 24, according to Statesman. Chief Capital City Police, Abdul Majeed Marwat, said they received information that arms and ammunition would be smuggled through a bus from Peshawar to Karachi, capital of Sindh province. A Kalashnikov, two repeaters, two pistols and about 1600 rounds were seized from the bus and its driver, identified as Nadeem, arrested.
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May - 24 
The pro-Taliban Lal Masjid (Red mosque) students on May 24 freed the two police personnel abducted on May 18, following the release of several of their colleagues as a result of ‘back channel’ negotiations between clerics of the mosque and the local
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The pro-Taliban Lal Masjid (Red mosque) students on May 24 freed the two police personnel abducted on May 18, following the release of several of their colleagues as a result of ‘back channel’ negotiations between clerics of the mosque and the local administration, according to Dawn. Spokesperson of the interior ministry, Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, however, claimed that the two personnel of Islamabad Police — Assistant Sub-Inspector Aurangzeb and constable Jehangir — were released ‘unconditionally’. “They have not been released on a reciprocal basis,” he claimed. Lal Masjid students on May 18 held hostage four police personnel, Assistant Sub-Inspector Aurangzeb, constables Yasir Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed and Raja Jahangir, accusing them of spying for the government. Two of them were released on May 20. Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi, deputy in-charge of Lal Masjid, said the government had not released those whose list had been provided to the local administration, including three students and former Inter-Services Intelligence official Khalid Khawaja booked for allegedly burning audio/video CDs in the Barakhau residential area in April 2007. He said that the policemen had been freed on the request of their family members who visited the mosque on May 23.
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May - 24 
Three rockets were fired at a police station in Bannu, damaging a wall of the station. No loss of life or injuries was reported. Nobody has claimed responsibility for these two attacks.
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Three rockets were fired at a police station in Bannu, damaging a wall of the station. No loss of life or injuries was reported. Nobody has claimed responsibility for these two attacks.
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May - 24 
Unidentified men fired seven rockets at a paramilitary fort in Tank city of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in an overnight attack, an official said on May 24, according to Daily Times. No casualties were reported.
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Unidentified men fired seven rockets at a paramilitary fort in Tank city of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in an overnight attack, an official said on May 24, according to Daily Times. No casualties were reported.
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May - 25 
A Pakistan-born US national accused of supplying military equipment to al Qaeda was extradited to the US on May 25, AFP reported. Syed Hashmi, aged 27, now faces a trial in the US over allegations that he was a “quartermaster” and supplied al Qaeda o
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A Pakistan-born US national accused of supplying military equipment to al Qaeda was extradited to the US on May 25, AFP reported. Syed Hashmi, aged 27, now faces a trial in the US over allegations that he was a “quartermaster” and supplied al Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan and Pakistan. “Syed Hashmi, an American national, has been extradited this evening from Gatwick airport to America,” said a spokesperson for London’s Metropolitan Police. Hashmi, who was arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport in June 2006 as he boarded a flight to Pakistan, came to Britain on a student visa in 2003 and joined the Islamist group al Muhajiroun, which has now been disbanded. His extradition warrant alleged that he had received “military gear” for use in committing terrorist acts between January and March 2004. The United States District Court for the southern district of New York indicted him.
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May - 25 
In a telephonic address on the occasion of the inauguration of the basement of a mosque at Kohat in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Maulana Aziz asked the Taliban to continue their Jihad against obscenity, prostitution, video shops and other
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In a telephonic address on the occasion of the inauguration of the basement of a mosque at Kohat in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Maulana Aziz asked the Taliban to continue their Jihad against obscenity, prostitution, video shops and other social vices and expand it to the entire NWFP. According to him, "it is now the responsibility of all believers to support the activities of the Taliban in the province against CD shops and obscenity."
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May - 25 
The Frontier Corps (FC) on May 25 seized a huge quantity of narcotics and ammunition during raids conducted in the Chagai district of Balochistan, Dawn reported. FC personnel had moved into the Shabian area close to the Pakistan-Iran border on a tip-
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The Frontier Corps (FC) on May 25 seized a huge quantity of narcotics and ammunition during raids conducted in the Chagai district of Balochistan, Dawn reported. FC personnel had moved into the Shabian area close to the Pakistan-Iran border on a tip-off that drug and arms were being smuggled into the country from Afghanistan’s Helmand province, sources said. The troops subsequently launched a search operation and recovered 990kg morphine, 200kg hashish and a large number of rockets dumped in mountains. However, no arrests were made.
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May - 25 
The pro-Taliban Lal Masjid (Red mosque) administration on May 25 announced that its students would attack audio and video shops, massage centres and brothels in Islamabad if their owners did not wind up their businesses immediately, according to Dawn
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The pro-Taliban Lal Masjid (Red mosque) administration on May 25 announced that its students would attack audio and video shops, massage centres and brothels in Islamabad if their owners did not wind up their businesses immediately, according to Dawn. "Our students can attack these outlets anytime because the deadline given to their owners had already passed," Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz said in his Friday sermon. The deadline reportedly ended in April and the owners fear attacks from the mosque brigade anytime. The owner of a CD shop in Abpara market told Dawn that a group of 40 to 50 baton-wielding people, some of them covering their faces, had visited different markets two months ago and asked owners of CD, audio and video shops to switch over to other business.
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May - 26 
A militant was killed when a hand grenade he was carrying exploded prematurely some kilometers from the Crick checkpoint at Dera Ismail Khan in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 26-morning, according to Daily Times. The unidentified mili
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A militant was killed when a hand grenade he was carrying exploded prematurely some kilometers from the Crick checkpoint at Dera Ismail Khan in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 26-morning, according to Daily Times. The unidentified militant was reportedly coming from Waziristan and wanted to target the checkpoint, but the grenade exploded, killing him on the spot.
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May - 26 
A roadside bomb exploded near a military convoy in the Tank town of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 26, killing at least two soldiers and injuring seven others, according to CNN. Mohammed Idris, an area police chief, said the troops we
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A roadside bomb exploded near a military convoy in the Tank town of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 26, killing at least two soldiers and injuring seven others, according to CNN. Mohammed Idris, an area police chief, said the troops were going to the adjacent South Waziristan when the blast occurred. Spokesperson for the Pakistan army, Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad, confirmed the attack and casualties.
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May - 26 
Police arrested two suspected members of the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in Khuzdar and seized arms and ammunition from them, Dawn reported. Deputy Inspector-General Police Ghulam Shabir Sheikh said at a press conference on May 26 that police
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Police arrested two suspected members of the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in Khuzdar and seized arms and ammunition from them, Dawn reported. Deputy Inspector-General Police Ghulam Shabir Sheikh said at a press conference on May 26 that police raided a house on the outskirts of Khuzdar after receiving information about the presence of the suspects there. Sheikh informed that hand-grenades, AK-47 rifles, ammunition, 20 cell-phone SIMs and a satellite phone were recovered from their possession.
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May - 26 
Suspected militants hurled three grenades targeting the residence of a senior tribal journalist in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, on May 26. The blast damaged two rooms but no one was hurt. Nasrullah Afridi, Khyber Agency corres
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Suspected militants hurled three grenades targeting the residence of a senior tribal journalist in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, on May 26. The blast damaged two rooms but no one was hurt. Nasrullah Afridi, Khyber Agency correspondent for the Urdu daily Mashriq, told Daily Times that his home was attacked at around 8:00pm. He said the Khyber Agency based Lashkar-i-Islam was behind the attack.
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May - 26 
Suspected Taliban militants abducted two doctors in the Lakki Marwat district on May 26. An unnamed police official told Daily Times that unidentified men intercepted Dr. Abdur Rehman and Dr. Muhammad Ishaq of Lakki Marwat District Headquarters Hospi
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Suspected Taliban militants abducted two doctors in the Lakki Marwat district on May 26. An unnamed police official told Daily Times that unidentified men intercepted Dr. Abdur Rehman and Dr. Muhammad Ishaq of Lakki Marwat District Headquarters Hospital at Khankhel Morr in the Tajuri police precincts and abducted them along with the driver of their vehicle, Anwaruddin.
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May - 27 
A bomb was reportedly lobbed into the house of councillor Aziz Qureshi, injuring police constable Tahir-ul-Hasan who was passing by the area.
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A bomb was reportedly lobbed into the house of councillor Aziz Qureshi, injuring police constable Tahir-ul-Hasan who was passing by the area.
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May - 27 
A security guard of a private company was killed and another wounded when a bomb planted in a van exploded in the parking lot of the Sui Southern Gas Company office in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on May 27-night, according to Dawn. Deputy Inspect
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A security guard of a private company was killed and another wounded when a bomb planted in a van exploded in the parking lot of the Sui Southern Gas Company office in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on May 27-night, according to Dawn. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations), Rehmatullah Niazi, disclosed that security guard, Hamidullah, was killed on the spot while another guard, Mullah Dad, sustained injuries.
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May - 27 
Militants have warned music and video shops, as well as clandestine hashish and alcohol outlets, at Dara Adamkhel in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to close their business, according to Dawn. “The Taliban have set July 1 as a deadline to aba
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Militants have warned music and video shops, as well as clandestine hashish and alcohol outlets, at Dara Adamkhel in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to close their business, according to Dawn. “The Taliban have set July 1 as a deadline to abandon all ‘un-Islamic’ business in the area,” local resident Murtaza Khan said. The threat came in pamphlets distributed in the town. The pamphlets also warned shopkeepers to stop downloading songs as mobile telephone ring tones. “All the music shops in this area are closing now,” shopkeeper Jan Alam told AFP.
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May - 27 
Police impounded a car laden with 25 kilograms of high explosives. It was parked near the official residences of senior administrative officers in Khuzdar. "The car was rigged with high explosives to blow up residences of government officials," Deput
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Police impounded a car laden with 25 kilograms of high explosives. It was parked near the official residences of senior administrative officers in Khuzdar. "The car was rigged with high explosives to blow up residences of government officials," Deputy Inspector General of Police (Kalat Range) Ghulam Shabir said at a press conference.
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May - 28 
A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden Land Cruiser into a FC vehicle in the same area, killing two FC personnel, identified as Fareed Hussain and Nametullah and injuring another identified as Masood Afsar. Area Force Commander Muqabil Mahsud to
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A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden Land Cruiser into a FC vehicle in the same area, killing two FC personnel, identified as Fareed Hussain and Nametullah and injuring another identified as Masood Afsar. Area Force Commander Muqabil Mahsud told Dawn that the convoy of the FC comprising three vehicles was heading from Tank to Boltonabad to secure the area when it was ambushed. He said the explosive-laden Land Cruiser coming from the opposite direction rammed into the paramilitary vehicle, causing a massive blast while another car driven by militants sped away.
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May - 28 
Four local Taliban militants were killed in a clash with police in the Bannu district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 28, reports Dawn. Two police personnel and civilian were injured in the encounter, officials said. The District Police
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Four local Taliban militants were killed in a clash with police in the Bannu district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on May 28, reports Dawn. Two police personnel and civilian were injured in the encounter, officials said. The District Police Officer (DPO) Mazherul Haq told a press briefing that police on a tip-off about the entry of militants from the Sokery area into the city for sabotage activities encircled the area and signalled a suspected double cabin pick-up truck to stop, adding, that the militants, instead of stopping the vehicle, opened fire on the police, injuring three persons. Police in retaliation killed four militants belonging to the Hayat group who had been patronising local Taliban militants in the district. The militants killed in the attack have been identified as Bahadur Khan, Abid, Muhammad Rehman and Amir Hayat.
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May - 28 
Militants shot dead Mir Zarwali Khan, assistant district officer of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) in the Boltonabad area on the Tank-Jandola road in the Tank city. The officer was going to Peshawar from Tank when the militants ambushed his vehicle a
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Militants shot dead Mir Zarwali Khan, assistant district officer of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) in the Boltonabad area on the Tank-Jandola road in the Tank city. The officer was going to Peshawar from Tank when the militants ambushed his vehicle and opened fire, killing him on the spot. The driver of the vehicle also suffered injuries. Later, the militants set the vehicle on fire.
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May - 28 
Three civilians were injured in six separate bomb blasts in Quetta in Balochistan on May 28, Aaj TV reported. The intervals between the blasts ranged from 12 to 15 minutes. The first blast occurred in Satellite Town at the house of a retired health i
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Three civilians were injured in six separate bomb blasts in Quetta in Balochistan on May 28, Aaj TV reported. The intervals between the blasts ranged from 12 to 15 minutes. The first blast occurred in Satellite Town at the house of a retired health inspector, the second one at a warehouse where three labourers were injured. The third and fourth blasts occurred in Qili Hussaini and Qili Mubarik. Two more blasts were heard, but their locations could not be determined and no arrests have been made yet, the channel reported. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the blasts.
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May - 29 
A car bomb blast outside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) building in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), killed a court employee and injured eight people, including a six-year-old child, on May 29, according to Daily Times. Pe
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A car bomb blast outside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) building in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), killed a court employee and injured eight people, including a six-year-old child, on May 29, according to Daily Times. Peshawar police chief Abdul Majeed Marwat disclosed that the blast was caused by a time-bomb weighing three kilograms. The blast followed an anonymous phone call eight days ago warning that two suicide bombers in lawyers’ suits had entered the court building.
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May - 29 
Four persons, including a wanted insurgent, were killed and seven others sustained injuries in a shootout between security force (SF) personnel and armed men in the Dera Allahyar area of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan, on May 29, according to Daw
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Four persons, including a wanted insurgent, were killed and seven others sustained injuries in a shootout between security force (SF) personnel and armed men in the Dera Allahyar area of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan, on May 29, according to Dawn. When a security convoy was passing through Dera Allahyar, armed men in a car reportedly opened fire killing a man accompanying the SF personnel. The SFs retaliated and insurgent commander, Musa Rahija Bugti, Nari Bugti, a former commander of Nawab Akbar Bugti, and two other people were killed in the crossfire. Nari Bugti had surrendered to the government and was working with the SFs. The two others killed were identified as Nazir Ahmed, a soft drink vendor, and Sach Anand, a shopkeeper.
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May - 29 
Spain’s High Court on May 29 convicted three Pakistanis for sending money to al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan, but cleared them and eight others of preparing terrorist attacks in Barcelona, according to AFP. The suspects had faced up to 32 years in ja
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Spain’s High Court on May 29 convicted three Pakistanis for sending money to al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan, but cleared them and eight others of preparing terrorist attacks in Barcelona, according to AFP. The suspects had faced up to 32 years in jail for alleged involvement with al Qaeda, drug trafficking and planning attacks on a shopping centre and other targets in the city, where they lived and were arrested in 2004. Following a three-month trial, the Madrid-based tribunal on May 29 acquitted them of terrorism charges for lack of evidence. The three men who sent money to al Qaeda operators received jail terms of five-and-a-half years for terrorist collaboration. Two others received six months each for falsifying documents. All of them were Pakistani nationals. One of the three found guilty of collaboration, Mohammad Afzaal, received an additional four years for drug dealing. The other two, Shahzad Ali Gujar and Chaudhry Mohammad, were found guilty for transferring more than 800,000 euros to radical Islamists in Pakistan.
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May - 29 
The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (also known as Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT]) plans to resume publication of its entire catalogue of seven publications with new names over fears that the government may impose a possible ban on the existing names, Daily Times reported.
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The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (also known as Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT]) plans to resume publication of its entire catalogue of seven publications with new names over fears that the government may impose a possible ban on the existing names, Daily Times reported. The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa was earlier outlawed in January 2001 when it operated under the name of the Lashkar-e-Toiba. Currently, it publishes the weeklies Ghazwa, Zarb-e-Taiba and Taibaat along with the monthlies Adawa and Babul Islam in Urdu. It also publishes the monthlies Voice of Islam and Al-Ribaat in English and Arabic, respectively. These publications propagate jihad and highlight the nationwide activities of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa. Sources told Daily Times that the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa would rename its publications following a decision made during a recent meeting chaired by the groups’ chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed. However, Yahya Mujahid, the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa spokesman, did not confirm such plans.
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May - 30 
Militants attacked the house of a senior government official in the Jatai Qala area of Tank district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) after midnight on May 30 and shot dead 13 people, including two women, according to Dawn. Two children wer
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Militants attacked the house of a senior government official in the Jatai Qala area of Tank district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) after midnight on May 30 and shot dead 13 people, including two women, according to Dawn. Two children were injured, police said. Chief of the Gomal police station, Sanaullah Marwat, informed that militants attacked the house of Amiruddin Khan, Khyber tribal region’s political agent, with rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades and assault rifles. He said he was certain that the militants had come from the adjoining South Waziristan.
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May - 30 
Officials said the militants fired indiscriminately on people in the house. The dead reportedly included six members of the family and seven guests. "We could hear the rattle of guns and explosions in our office," said Marwat. "It was a big attack an
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Officials said the militants fired indiscriminately on people in the house. The dead reportedly included six members of the family and seven guests. "We could hear the rattle of guns and explosions in our office," said Marwat. "It was a big attack and a large number of militants were involved," he added. However, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Amiruddin Khan belonged to a spiritual family of South Waziristan and one of his brothers, Attiqur Rehman, was a Pir (someone who is considered to have mystic powers, according to the Sufi tradition) and his actions might have antagonised some people. After expulsion from his native area, Pir Attiq shifted to Karachi where he now has a large number of followers. He brings out a magazine, Zarbe Haq, from Karachi to propagate his ideology. Officials said the self-proclaimed Pir published editorials and articles in his magazine against militant commander Abdullah Mahsud and described him as an agent of the US. The 40-year-old Pir has been a strong critic of Talibanisation and militancy in the tribal region.
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May - 30 
One person, identified him as Inyatullah, was killed and eight others sustained injuries in a hand grenade attack in the Sariab road area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on May 30-night, according to Dawn. Police said two people on a motorcycle hu
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One person, identified him as Inyatullah, was killed and eight others sustained injuries in a hand grenade attack in the Sariab road area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on May 30-night, according to Dawn. Police said two people on a motorcycle hurled the grenade on a hair-cutting saloon.
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May - 30 
Security agencies arrested 11 insurgents and recovered an unspecified cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in a village near Dera Allahyar area of the Jaffarabad district on May 30. The suspects were reportedly involved in subversiv
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Security agencies arrested 11 insurgents and recovered an unspecified cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in a village near Dera Allahyar area of the Jaffarabad district on May 30. The suspects were reportedly involved in subversive activities in the Nasirabad and Jaffarabad districts. Official sources said the village belonged to Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, a grandson of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
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May - 30 
The district administrator of Hangu in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Ghani-ur-Rehman, escaped unhurt after a bomb explosion damaged his vehicle on May 30, according to Daily Times. "It was a remote-controlled device and I was the prime tar
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The district administrator of Hangu in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Ghani-ur-Rehman, escaped unhurt after a bomb explosion damaged his vehicle on May 30, according to Daily Times. "It was a remote-controlled device and I was the prime target. But I am totally unhurt," Rehman told reporters. Rehman was on his way home from his office in the afternoon when the attack occurred on Thall Road, police said.
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May - 30 
The Interior Ministry’s National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) has reportedly warned three federal ministers that they are on the hit list of Baitullah Mehsud, the South Waziristan-based Taliban leader, and should take extra security measures. Source
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The Interior Ministry’s National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) has reportedly warned three federal ministers that they are on the hit list of Baitullah Mehsud, the South Waziristan-based Taliban leader, and should take extra security measures. Sources told Daily Times in Islamabad on May 30 that Baitullah Mehsud was running the biggest suicide training camp in the country and planned to assassinate Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao, Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad and Minister for Political Affairs Amir Muqam. Mehsud is believed to have been behind the suicide attack on Sherpao on April 28, the sources said. The NCMC has formally informed Ahmad and Muqam of the intelligence reports warning of serious threats against them. "Yes I have received a letter from the Interior Ministry showing concern over my security," Ahmad confirmed. NCMC Director General Brig. (r) Javed Iqbal Cheema in his letters to both ministers said that the group that tried to kill Sherpao at Charsadda might attack them with car bombs, said the sources.
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May - 30 
The Islamabad-based Lal Masjid (Red mosque) cleric, Maulana Abdul Aziz, on May 30 warned the government of suicide attacks if it launched an operation against the mosque. Addressing reporters during a consultative meeting at Lal Masjid, Aziz said tho
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The Islamabad-based Lal Masjid (Red mosque) cleric, Maulana Abdul Aziz, on May 30 warned the government of suicide attacks if it launched an operation against the mosque. Addressing reporters during a consultative meeting at Lal Masjid, Aziz said thousands of students were ready to carry out suicide attacks, adding that the mosque administration was preventing them from doing so, according to Daily Times.
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May - 31 
“Independent cells” on the pattern of al Qaeda inspired by the Taliban are actively spreading Talibanisation across the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Tank district is the “litmus test” for these cells to prove how serious a threat they pose
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“Independent cells” on the pattern of al Qaeda inspired by the Taliban are actively spreading Talibanisation across the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Tank district is the “litmus test” for these cells to prove how serious a threat they pose to the state, officials said on May 31, according to Daily Times. “These independent cells are proving their point in Tank district,” said counter-terrorism officials. NWFP Information Minister Asif Iqbal said the people attacking Tank represented “small independent groups” operating under the Taliban name. “When the strongest arm of the government, the army, was neutralised it gave the cells hope that they could take on the relatively less equipped administration of a settled district,” officials said. “The people in Swat have no link to Baitullah Mehsud but are doing something the Taliban in Pakistan or Afghanistan would take pride in.” Brig (r) Mehmood Shah, former Federally Administered Tribal Areas home secretary, told Daily Times. “The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction) is the political face of Islamic militancy in Pakistan,” he said.
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May - 31 
In another incident, suspected insurgents blew up an electric tower in Kohlu, causing suspension of electricity to nearby areas. Several kilograms of explosive material were used to blow up the tower in Maywand, according to Daily Times.
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In another incident, suspected insurgents blew up an electric tower in Kohlu, causing suspension of electricity to nearby areas. Several kilograms of explosive material were used to blow up the tower in Maywand, according to Daily Times.
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May - 31 
The Anti-Terrorism Court for Karachi division, Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch, on May 31, sentenced the two accused in the bomb blast case of the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) building, to death on four counts of murder besides imprisonm
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The Anti-Terrorism Court for Karachi division, Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch, on May 31, sentenced the two accused in the bomb blast case of the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) building, to death on four counts of murder besides imprisonment for 15 years, according to Daily Times. Aziz Khan and Mangla Khan were arrested and tried for carrying out a car bomb blast in front of the PIDC building on November 15, 2005. The bomb blast killed four people, injured 21 others and damaged a number of vehicles. According to the prosecution, their target was an oil company. Barhamdagh Bugti, grandson of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, and his comrade Abdul Hameed Bugti, were shown as absconders by the prosecution. Their case was separated from those of under trial prisoners.
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May - 31 
There is a province-wide offensive on girls’ schools, video stores and barber shops in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) by the Islamist radicals, their supporters and sympathisers, according to a report in Christian Science Monitor on May 31,
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There is a province-wide offensive on girls’ schools, video stores and barber shops in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) by the Islamist radicals, their supporters and sympathisers, according to a report in Christian Science Monitor on May 31, according to Daily Times. These three, viewed as “symbols of Western-oriented life”, are being destroyed by religious extremists in a growing wave of violence. Four girls’ schools have been bombed and violent threats have been circulated that girls should stay home. While no girls or school staff have been killed, girls in some areas have stopped attending classes, the report points out. According to the report, entrenched tribal, religious, and economic imperatives in conservative areas regard the schooling of girls as either improper, since girls should not venture outside the purview of the family home, or unnecessary, since girls are often needed for work. The Monitor report notes that in 2002, the NWFP government allocated 70 percent of its entire education development budget to girls’ schools and created more than 300 primary and middle schools for girls between 2002 and 2005. Local authorities also gave parents small stipends and free clothing to encourage them to enroll their girls. It is these new schools that extremists like Maulana Fazlullah from Swat tend to target. For months, using a pirated radio channel, Fazlullah had warned locals against sending their girls to school, calling it un-Islamic and a violation of purdah (veil).
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May - 31 
Train service between Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province, and other parts of the country was suspended for about nine hours on May 31 after a railway bridge was blown up near Spezand, according to Dawn. This was reportedly the third incident
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Train service between Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province, and other parts of the country was suspended for about nine hours on May 31 after a railway bridge was blown up near Spezand, according to Dawn. This was reportedly the third incident of its kind in four days.
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*Data till , April 17, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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