These recruitments, agencies say, have begun following visits from renowned militant leader Syed Salahuddin to different cities in Punjab. Salahuddin heads Hizbul Mujahideen, the most prominent militant outfit in Kashmir, and heads terror alliance Muttahida Jihad Council which supports Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan.
According to the agency’s report, these activities
have been observed since the last week of July in many cities in central Punjab. Both Salahuddin and Hafiz Saeed have been delivering emphatic speeches at
public gatherings and Iftar parties.
Meanwhile, another report forwarded by Punjab home department says that banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) has also become active, particularly after the release of the group’s founder Malik Ishaq in July.
A circular has been sent
to the Punjab inspector general of police, Lahore police chief, all regional police officers and district police officers.
According to the report, some terrorists who have been released from Punjab’s prisons in the last six months have also regrouped.
These 51 alleged high-profile terrorists, says the report, have been conducting meetings with their previous accomplices and are collaborating with the outfits that they used to belong to. All these terrorists were imprisoned for their involvement in terrorism cases.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 25th, 2011.
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@Bangash: "Kashmir war will be restarted in 2014, after US leaves the region. So preparations for that are underway."
Sure, and the outcome will be ...... ?
Kashmir war will be restarted in 2014, after US leaves the region. So preparations for that are underway.
So a new front is re-opened to save a weakening military and save assets that have 800 million fewer Dollars in their pockets. Please be patriotic to your country and not to your institution. My question, what have we given to Kashmir and do they really want us?
@ali: Fighting for this country? Only place where this country is under attack and needs solid defence is in occupied FATA territories. Our army really having problems going in there. So they need proxies according to your logic.
Then these same groups are affiliated with the people who are occupying FATA and attacking our army. Who are we trying to fool? Ourselves or rest of world? Come on, these fairy tales ceased to charm people.
Its Fine. Our foreign minister has assured all foreign nations that these non-state actors will not be allowed to conduct freedom struggles in their countries. These are allowed for domestic purposes. Its fine. nothing to worry about.
Sending report to Punjab Government is no good, nothing will happen. Remember the Shariff's run the show their & they are known to be in cahoots with these fundos.
As for Kashmir jihad, these Kashmiri's want a homeland of their own & not join Pakistan. I don’t know why are we still fighting proxy war when all it has done is come back & bite our behind in form of these Islamist fanatics TTP.
We have only lost & gained nothing first fighting USSR on the behest of US, training & sending people to Kashmir, give sanctuary to these fundo's who are now fighting & killing Pakistani citizens & Army men.
These people are nothing but mercenaries & madmen.
as long as madrassas are allowed to spew and spread misogyny and homophobia ,our public will always support the regressive barbaric ideology of the maulvis.there is widespread support for the hate and bigotry preached in the madrassas and mosques.the authorities first have to bring the mosques and madrassas under strict govt. regulation. all the friday sermons and the syllabus of madrassas should be revised and carefully monitored by the government. at present our syllabus books glorify violence in the name of jihad,they spread hate against all nonmuslims,they perpetuate a myth of muslim religious superiority and present an extremely homophobic and misogynistic view of society.
who will take action against the islamic fascists when the police and security agencies themselves are filled with islamic fanatics?? how can we expect the police and forces to take action against the religious terrorists when their sympathies and mentality lie with the islamic radicals.we've seen mumtaz qadri,we've seen how the attackers at GHQ and mehran base all had inside help . it's high time that the leadership of this country cleansed the police,rangers and armed forces of islamic extremists whose first allegiance doesn't lie with pakistan but with a religion.our army is pakistan's army,not islam's army.understand the difference.
Kashmir jihad is over, these recruits will end up waging sectarian battles
Incomplete news ET! It would be worth mentioning here that the groups that Salahuddin and Hafiz Saeed are heading namely Hizbul Mujahideen and Jamaat ud Dawah are patronized by the Pak Army and are not even banned in Pakistan! Not everyone is a terrorist! Some are fighting for this country in areas where the army cannot go fight itself given the global political situation!!