Pakistan

Qadri’s long march: Confidential reports confirm threats

Interior ministry's report supports Special Branch report regarding possible TTP attacks on Qadri’s rally.

Asad Kharal January 13, 2013 Less than a minute read

File photo of MQI rally in Lahore. PHOTO: NNI/ FILE

LAHORE:

Intelligence reports have confirmed that several terrorist outfits have planning attacks on the January 14 long march of Minhajul Quran International (MQI).

According to a Special Branch (SB) report – a copy of which is available with The Express Tribune – confirmed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is planning an attack on the rally. The group is also planning assassination of influential scholar Mufti Muneebur Rehman and Dawat-e-Islami chief Maulana Ilyas Qadri.

A report by the interior ministry’s National Crisis Management Cell supported the Special Branch report regarding possible TTP attacks on Qadri’s rally.

Another SB report suggested that the Saifullah Baqi-led Ghazi Fidai Force is planning suicide attacks on the march.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 13^th, 2013.