Pakistan

Intelligence reports: ‘TTP plans attacks during Muharram’

Hafiz Saeed, chief of Jamat-ud-Dawa , the organisation banned by the UN, is also purportedly a target of terrorists.

Asad Kharal December 01, 2010

LAHORE: Intelligence agencies’ reports have revealed that the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has planned suicide attacks across the country, particularly on the Iranian Embassy, its consulate, and those offices of multinational companies, NGOs and schools where foreigners are working, The Express Tribune has learnt.

Hafiz Saeed, chief of Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the organisation banned by the UN, is also purportedly a target of terrorists.

Reports reveal that a secret meeting, chaired by TTP commander Qari Ahmed Masood and held in Mir Ali, South Waziristan, planned suicide attacks across the country during the month of Muharram, targeting mourning processions, majalis, imambargahs and important religious leaders. The Uzbek Taliban commander Qari Usman was also present at the gathering.

Police and law enforcement agencies have been directed to immediately put security on high alert across the country and take all necessary security measures.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1^st, 2010.

COMMENTS (11)

anees | 13 years ago | Reply there is always possibility of attack on all the religious clericks. govt should beef up their security.

Jawad Rehman | 13 years ago | Reply Wait a minute! a meeting of TTP in South Waziristan - wasn't that supposed to have been cleared out after the operation? Why can Taliban still operate with impunity and continue to cause serious damage to the state? The army and the government should realize by now that there are NO good Taliban. All of them need to be wiped out similar to what was done in Swat - with no exceptions. As long as you leave a North Waziristan out there, these murderers will continue to flourish. And while you are at it, do eliminate their supporters and sympathizers as well. There is just no other way.

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Salim Ansari | 13 years ago | Reply He who lives by the sword will die by the sword.

Anoop | 13 years ago | Reply I for one support TTP killing Hafiz Saeed. I am sure relatives of people who died in Mumbai will feel relieved.

Shamiim | 13 years ago | Reply "Hafiz Saeed, chief of Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the organisation banned by the UN, is also purportedly a target of terrorists." --- Their radicals to attack our radicals, the game is getting pretty interesting.

Farooq | 13 years ago | Reply Theses terrorists are free to operate, because our "politically popular" and "free" juduciary will release them on lack of evidence. If Police catches them they will ultimately be freed by courts, and if Intelligence Agencies takes them our "Juduciary " will immediately take a suo moto action aginst the disappearance of "innocent" persons. Supreme Court will summon IB and ISI chief in courts, human right actvists will cheer up and praise "free" coutrs. Once these free souls plans and strikes again on the crowds and law enforcement agencies personals and blood flow in streets, our free media will declare it a "failure of security". Our religious leaders will keep terming it a conspiracy by Mossad, CIA and wesstren countries. This whole circus will be keep going on in the "land of pure" its a vicious cycle.

Rizwan | 13 years ago | Reply well done reporter its shows tahreek talban is not sincior with any one along with muslims its seems india backing this organization as india wants hafiz saeed also behind the bar.

Ashutosh | 13 years ago | Reply A snake charmer is 100 times more likely to be bitten by a snake than a tribal person living on the edge of a forest. This is because the snake charmer treats snakes as his assets.

ABDUL NASIR SAGGU | 13 years ago | Reply it is the easiest way to escape from l liability/responsibility to float such blind reports. They do it as an easiest tool make others believe that they are working. This is like I am a part of decision making group and un-necessarily raise objections on each proposal submitted to me as a routine. When a decision goes wrong due to any reason, it will be very easy for me to save my position by saying , Am i not pointed out it earlier ? Unfortunately Intelligence Agencies and Police in Pakistan is making deviation from their actual duties and its significant majority in engaged with High ups/Politicians. Therefore they are lacking expertise, energy and skill to capture the culprits before hand. Real fault is with Sovereign Authority under whose umbrella all such things are happening.

Z Ali | 13 years ago | Reply Its another trap to pressurise Pakistan to start operation.

Hamood | 13 years ago | Reply Why are all these terrorists still at large? Our military should be going in full blown assault like they did in South Waziristan. Every terrorist must be caught.

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