Pakistan: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Asks Media Persons Not To Distort Party's Statements

SAP20110521122015 Quetta Dunya in Urdu 19 May 11 pp 1, 7

[NNI report: "Bullets Can Target Chests of Media Men Also: Lashkar-e Jhangvi"]

Quetta -- Ali Sher Haideri, spokesman for the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, has

said: "The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims responsibility for the attack in

Gauharabad on 18 May. We will conduct further attacks of similar kind

as well. The political parties should mend their ways and stop begging

aid from Iran and Shiite people. If there is a Muslim member in any

political party, he should understand this Shiite infidelity. If they

supported the infidelity of Shiite people out of fear, they will be on

our target as are the Shiite people."

On 18 May, talking to NNI news agency from an undisclosed location via

satellite telephone, Ali Sher Haideri said: "The media persons should

mend their ways and stop distorting our statements. Moreover, some of

the papers do not report our statements. If from now onward, the media

persons did not publish our statements, the media persons will not be

safe. Their offices will be in danger as well. If we can open fire on

Shiite people, we can also the attack them. Media persons should

honestly perform their duties."

"We appeal to the entire Sunni trader community that they should not

take part in any strike or rally of the Shiites, otherwise, they will

face terrible consequences." He also severely criticized the

organization of a traders' community.

[Description of Source: Quetta Dunya in Urdu -- "The World," a

moderate newspaper mostly presenting government views. It does not

carry detailed reporting on activities of nationalist groups.

Editorials and articles are mostly borrowed from major newspapers. The

Dunya Group of Newspapers also publishes the daily Qudrat in Pashto

and the daily Talib in Urdu. Circulation unknown.]

Pakistan: Two Terrorists Killed in PNS Attack Identified as Uzbek Nationals

SAP20110527100007 Islamabad Khabrain in Urdu 26 May 11 pp 1, 4

[ANN news agency report: Uzbek Group Came to Karachi Two Weeks Ago,

Visited Mehran Base; Mobile Recovered ]

Karachi - The investigation agencies have found the cellular phone of

one of the terrorists, who attacked Pakistan Navy Station [PNS] Mehran

that has facilitated the investigation. The finger prints are being

sent to National Database and Registration Authority to identify the

attackers.

According to military sources, the terrorists who attacked PNS Mehran

had brought big cache of arms with them but they did not have edibles.

The sources told that the four terrorists who entered into the base

were wearing suicide jackets and they also had night-vision goggles.

During operation on the PNS Base, the first encounter between the

terrorists and navy commandos took place early on Monday morning [ 23

May].

According to military sources, the commandos taking part in the

operation were directed to arrest the terrorists alive due to which

the naval commandos showed care during the operation and made every

effort to arrest the terrorists alive. When the naval commandos

reached near a terrorist to arrest him, he blew himself up. During the

operation the terrorists targeted the navy commandos.

According to sources, operation at PNS Mehran was launched by naval

commandos of Pakistan Navy prepared on the model of the US navy seals.

Two of the persons [attackers] killed in the attack have been

identified as Uzbek nationals. They are stated to be hailing from

terrorist outfit Islamic Jihad Union of Uzbekistan. This group has

expertise in launching attacks on airports and has been involved in

several attacks in Afghanistan.

The sources revealed that a high-ranking intelligence official has

confirmed the identity of these people. He has expertise regarding

Uzbek and Chechen terrorists. The official said Islamic Jihad Union

has close links with Taliban Movement and Al-Qa'ida and prepares

suicide bombers for attacks. Most of the youth in the organization are

aged between 16 and 25 years. The sources say the group that took part

in the attack had smattering of Urdu.

The group had come to Karachi two weeks ago to launch attack on Mehran

Base where Usman group of Taliban made arrangements for its stay and

was assigned the task of monitoring the area. Some people at Mehran

Base informed the group about the way-in and positions of the cameras.

The group visited Mehran Base a few days ago in this connection. The

day for the operation was chosen by Jihad Union at its own and the

objective of the mission was to destroy the US-made aircraft. Some

colleagues of the group kept on watching the action from a distance

and later fled away with [some] attackers. It is stated that those

escaping went to Korangi and Defense areas. The sources say that as

the identity of two out of four terrorists has been established, the

investigation agencies are convinced that the terrorists who escaped

can be arrested. High alert has been sounded in the country after this

situation. In this connection, four arrested navy officers are being

investigated, who have been tried in court martial for contacts with

terrorists.

The law enforcement agencies have started investigation in southern

Punjab after apprehensions that Lashkar-e Jhangvi is involved in the

incident. According to media sources, the law enforcement agencies

have received such information that those launching attack on PNS Base

in Karachi may be associated with Lashkar-e Jhangvi. After that the

law enforcement agencies started massive investigations in southern

Punjab and started a hunt for Lashkar-e Jhangvi men.

[Description of Source: Islamabad Khabrain in Urdu News, a

sensationalist daily, published by Liberty Papers Ltd., generally

critical of Pakistan People's Party; known for its access to

government and military sources of information. The same group owns

The Post in English, Naya Akhbar in Urdu and Channel 5 TV. Circulation

of 30,000]

Pakistan: PIPS Report Titled 'Backgrounder' on Attacks on Sufi Shrines

SAP20110529106007 Lahore Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies in

English 25 May 11

[Unattributed report: "Backgrounder: Attacks on Sufi Shrines"]

[Text disseminated as received without OSC editorial intervention]

A spate of terrorist attacks targeting shrines of renowned Sufis and

worship places has been witnessed across the country in recent years.

Many of these attacks did not attract much media attention mainly

because they took place in the conflict-hit areas of the country, and

were considered within the context of the insurgency and militant

violence in those areas rather than as a specific attempt by the

militants to target those places. However, 2010 was a watershed in

this regard as most major Sufi shrines in the country--including the

shrines of Data Ganj Bakhsh (Lahore), Abdullah Shah Ghazi (Karachi),

Baba Fareeduddin Ganjshakar (Pakpattan) and Sakhi Sarwar (Dera Ghazi

Khan)--were targeted. The attacks fueled extensive media coverage and

discussions.

The targeting of shrines could have a number of motives:

Disturbing sectarian/communal harmony in the country by stirring up

another layer of conflict that increases religious polarization. This

in turn diverts the attention of the security forces from their

campaigns against the militants in the tribal areas and stretches them

to maintain security within the urban centers, thus providing the

militants with a breather to reorganize and regain strength.

Maximizing anarchy which is conducive for growth of militancy.

At an ideological level, such attacks are a manifestation of

prevalence of Al Qaeda's Takfiri ideology within the ranks of banned

sectarian outfits who, by closely linking themselves with Al Qaeda,

increasingly use tactics such as suicide bombings to target these

shrines. Militants have shown that they would attack anyone who

opposes their version of Islam. Therefore, attacks on the shrines of

renowned Sufis who advocated tolerance and peace make perfect sense.

They are also in sync with the Islamist militants' espoused ideology

of purging Islam of "religious impurities" and ridding Pakistani

society of "moral ills."

Since the beginning of 2005 until the end of April 2011 as many as 24

attacks have been reported on shrines which have left at least 200

people dead and another 542 injured. These attacks should not be

looked at as isolated incidents with sectarian/communal undertones but

as continuation of a well-thought strategy of the militants against

anyone opposing their version of Islam. Most of these attacks have

been sectarian in nature and have been carried out by the

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Punjabi Taliban, the key knots of the network of

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Terrorist Attacks on Sufi Shrines in Pakistan (Jan 2005-April 2011)

Date

Place

Shrines

Killed

Injured

Apr 3, 2011

D.G.Khan

(Two Attacks)

Sakhi Sarwar Shrine

50

100

Feb 3, 2011

Larri Addah

area,

Lahore

Haider Saint Shrine

3

30

Jan 24, 2011

Lund Khur

Sub-district,

Mardan

Shrine

2

3

Jan 3, 2011

Angoor Adda area,

South Wazirstan Agency

Mussa Neeka Shrine

-

-

Dec 14, 2010

Budh Bheer area

Peshawar

Ghazi Baba Shrine

3

3

Oct 25, 2010

Pakpattan district

Punjab

Baba Fareeduddin Ganjshakar Shrine

7

25

Oct 14, 2010

Landi Kotal

Khyber Agency

Shrine

-

-

Oct 7, 2010

Karachi/Sindh

Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shahid shrine

9

75

Aug 19, 2010

Green town area

Lahore

Shrine

-

2

July 15, 2010

Landi Kotal

Khyber Agency

Shrine

-

-

July 1, 2010

Data Ganj Bakhsh

Lahore/Punjab

Data Ganj Bakhsh Shrine

At least 40 persons were killed and 175 others injured when three

suicide attackers blew themselves up inside the shrine of Lahore's

patron saint Syed Ali Hajwairi popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh, at

about 11 pm (PST) in the night.

45

175

June 21, 2010

Chamkani area Peshawar

The shrine of Mian Umer Baba

-

-

Apr 21, 2010

Orakzai Agency

Shrine

-

9

Jan 5, 2010

Satori Khel area

Orakzai Agency

Seven Shrines

-

-

March 5, 2009

Hazarkhwani area

Peshawar

Rehman Baba's Shrine Attacked, Famous Pashtun Traditional Islamic Poet

-

-

May 8, 2009

Peshawar

Sheikh Omar Baba's shrine in Peshawar

-

-

March 7, 2009

Nowshera

Shrine of Bahadur Baba in Nowshera

1

-

March 3, 2008

Bara

Khyber Agency

A 400-year-old shrine of Abu Saeed Baba

in Bara Tehsil Khyber Agency

10

-

May 7, 2008

Peshawar

The shrine of Ashaab Baba

-

-

Dec 9, 2008

Buner

District Swat

The shrine of Hazrat Pir Baba

1

4

Dec 18, 2007

GT Road, Peshawar

Shrine of Abdul Shakoor Malang Baba

4

1

May 27, 2005

Islamabad / Punjab

At least 25 people, including a suspected suicide bomber, are killed

and approximately 100 others sustain injuries during a powerful

explosion at the Bari Imam shrine of the Shia sect located in vicinity

of the diplomatic enclave in capital Islamabad.

25

100

March 20, 2005

Jhal Magsi

Kachhi district/Balochistan

Urs of Sufi saint Pir Syed Rakheel Shah Jhal Magsi shrine bombing

40 15

Total

24

200

542

[Description of Source: Islamabad Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies

in English -- Website of an independent, not-for-profit

nongovernmental, research and advocacy Pakistani think tank dedicated

to producing surveys and analysis of South Asia-related issues.

Muhammad Amir Rana, a well-known author on Pakistani militants, is

President of PIPS Board of Directors. Advisory Board members include

American terrorism expert Peter Bergen and Khalid Ahmed, renowned

moderate intellectual and consulting editor of the weekly Lahore

Friday Times in English and Lahore Daily Times in English; URL:

http://www.san-pips.com.]

Article Says Saudi State Agencies Funding Extremist Elements in Pakistan

SAP20110530136008 Islamabad Daily Express in Urdu 30 May 11 p 6

[Article by Mujahid Hussein: "Extremism in South Punjab: An Analysis

-- Last Part"]

The game has now gone out of the control of the Inter Services

Intelligence [ISI] and Army, and it has become impossible to block the

Taliban power in Punjab. They have become active against all the state

institutions, and their designs against other sects and minorities

have come to the fore.

The ISI is in fix, and the Army is also left with limited options. Now

the situation is such that the ISI is making efforts to withhold the

information it extracted from terrorists after interrogation.

Moreover, it is being considered dangerous to make public the links

between the security agencies and perpetrators of attacks on Pervez

Musharraf, General Headquarters [GHQ] and the ISI centers in Lahore,

Multan Peshawar, and Faisalabad, and ties with extremist outfits of

Punjab.

The gravity of situation can be understood from the fact that when

terrorists held the Pakistan Army's top brass hostage in GHQ, the ISI

chief requested the chiefs of the Sipah-e-Sahaba, Lashkar-e-Taiyiba

[LeT], Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Jaish-e-Muhammad in Punjab by telephone

to help save those officials. It can be assessed from this incident

that what power centers in Punjab are and where they are located.

The LeT's governing offices are located in Muridke and Lahore. The

Sipah-e-Sahaba is controlled from Jhang. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi takes

directions from Rahimyar Khan and Karachi, and the Jaish-e-Muhammad is

linked with its center in Bahawalpur.

Moreover, the provincial and district offices of powerful agencies

keep on issuing "necessary" directions whenever needed. Members of

these outfits and parties continue to perform their assigned duties in

police, district administration, educational institutions, traders'

unions, Urdu newspapers, TV channels, government departments, as MPs,

in trade unions of Pakistan International Airlines and railways, and

other government and semigovernment departments. Seminaries of various

religious sects and their outfits in South Punjab also play their role

in this holy war of extremism and sectarianism.

Most of the terrorists involved in suicide attack on Marriot Hotel

Islamabad belonged to Jhang city and adjoining villages. They kept on

loading a truck with explosives for one week and then passed through

highway to reach their target. No one today knows who were these

people, and to which religious party they belonged, whom the law

enforcement agencies arrested on charges of these attacks.

Similarly, several perpetrators of GHQ attack belonged to Dera Ghazi

Khan, Rajanpur, and Bahawalpur. However, the newspapers were provided

with limited information about a single character, Dr Usman, and the

issue was shelved.

Majority of the perpetrators of attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team

in Lahore belonged to Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Jhang, and Bahawalpur.

However, nothing is available anywhere about them or their links.

Similarly, people who attacked the ISI center in Lahore also belonged

to the cities of South Punjab.

However, everything regarding these accused perpetrators is

confidential. Majority of people accused in various attacks, including

suicide attack at Royal Artillery Bazaar Lahore, attack on the ISI

center in Faisalabad, massacre of Ahmadis in Faisalabad, suicide

attack on the intelligence agency office in Model Town Lahore, Karbala

Gamay Shah [Shiite worship place in Lahore], and Data Darbar, and even

those involved in assassination of General [retired] Faisal Alvi,

former chief of the military commandos wing in Rawalpindi, belonged to

South Punjab and other cities of Punjab. However, no one knows about

their centers and sponsors.

Children born in traditional poverty and backwardness of South Punjab

are trained in violence and sectarianism in religious seminaries and

scattered everywhere because 90 percent of these religious seminaries

belong to a specific school of thought. All the religious seminaries

established in these areas get unimaginable funds from Gulf countries,

particularly Saudi Arabia. Those who prov ide assistance include Saudi

state agencies and affluent Arab shaykhs donate funds openheartedly.

The government does not have any mechanism to stop or monitor similar

assistance. Successive governments, under foreign pressure, have made

half-hearted attempts regarding syllabi of these seminaries and their

registration. However, the powerful agencies come to these seminaries'

rescue, and governments stop this process. The powerful agencies come

to the rescue of these seminaries and governments stop their job. The

only reason for this type of intervention by the powerful agencies is

to save these jihadist organizations from any type of accountability.

These organizations have been providing human resource to these

agencies, whenever needed, on the domestic as well as external fronts.

Following the damage done by these extremists to the state and the

security agencies themselves, it always appears that the powerful

agencies have renounced assistance to them. This is such a wishful

thinking that cannot be cured because it has never materialized into

action. This horrifying tradition of willful neglect continues with

full force, and despite identification, these characters in Punjab,

about whom there is no ambiguity now, are being ignored.

Numerous similar horrible characters, which were once dear to the

adventurous and powerful agencies, are now engaged in war against the

state. These characters, from Ilyas Kashmiri to Zakiur Rahman, are in

front of us. They were fully armed and provided with militants to turn

the dream of strategic depth into reality. Strategic depth has become

further "deeper," and several friends of past have turned into foes to

such an extent that major military centers have been rendered

insecure. Fingers are being pointed at similar characters within the

security agencies that provide information and assistance to

terrorists. All the details of this situation are surprising, and also

point toward shallowness of the state.

[Description of Source: Islamabad Daily Express in Urdu -- Daily owned

by Century Publications of the Lakson Business Group. The second

largest daily after Jang newspaper with a circulation of over 120,000.

Provides good coverage of national and international issues and

follows moderate and neutral editorial policy.]

Pakistan: New Terror Wave To Surface With Operation in North Waziristan

SAP20110601109008 Rawalpindi Jang Online in Urdu 01 Jun 11

[Report by Irshad Ahmed Arif: "US Gave Pakistan Target of Military

Offensive in North Waziristan Within One Month, Also Asked Pakistan to

Arrest Five Commanders"]

Lahore -- The war expanses amounting to $113 billion during the

current fiscal year and $107 billion during the next year are the most

significant reason for the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

However, Pakistan has been given the target to conduct military

offensive in North Waziristan within the next one month i.e. by the

commencement of military withdrawal on 1 July in line with the

declaration of US President Barack Obama.

Moreover, the United States has also asked for the arrest of five

Al-Qa'ida and Taliban commanders Dr Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Mullah Muhammad

Umar, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Ilyas Kashmiri, and Attiya Abdur Rehman

through unilateral or joint operation. It has added to the worries of

Pakistan nation. This also is a reason of concern and surprise that so

far Pakistan army was following a policy to avoid conducting military

showdown in North Waziristan because on the one hand, the Haqqani

network poses no threat to Pakistani national interests, and on the

other, it is an important Pakistani source of contacting the Taliban,

battling against NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Thirdly, Mullah Nazir and Hafiz Gul Bahadur groups in North Waziristan

have kept some effective tribes, in particular Wazir tribe, away from

this war against Pakistan which Baitullah Mehsud and his predecessor

Hakimullah Mehsud had triggered in unison with the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

and other sectarian groups and Mehsud tribe.

According to a report of the US newspaper The Washington Post, the

most important factor in military withdrawal from Afghanistan is

neither the rise in death toll of battling the Taliban nor is purging

a lot of areas from the control of the Taliban but it is only and only

the growing US war expanses, which have forced the political team of

US President Barack Obama to make this decision of withdrawal. In the

process, the opinion of David Petraeus and other military advisors has

been turned down. After earmarking a huge amount of $113 billion for

the war expanses alone, the social sector is impacted negatively.

The death of Usama Bin Ladin has cemented the decision of the US

military withdrawal and senior political colleagues like Joe Biden

told the US president not to deviate an inch from the roadmap declared

during 2009 so that the US economy could be saved from destruction.

Prior to withdrawal, the apparent goal of toning up pressure against

Pakistan for military offensive is that at one hand, the arrest or

killing of the "most wanted" persons should boost the morale of the US

nation and the US troops, withdrawing from Afghanistan; and on the

other hand, the decision should not be considered as made by a tired

and defeated nation and an obligated army. Second, the United States

wants that the Haqqani Network and other safe sanctuaries of Pakistan

and the leaders, who lead Al-Qa'ida and Taliban, in the eyes of the

United States, should not be able to take credit of the US withdrawal.

The United States also fear that with their withdrawal, the spirits of

the Afghan Taliban will go up and the Haqqani Network through its

actions in the areas adjacent to North Waziristan will shred the peace

of Afghanistan into pieces.

However Pakistan is facing a fix because the military offensive in

South Waziristan and military action in Lal Mosque brought a jinni of

terrorism out of bottle. However, despite serious and intense military

actions, the US drone attacks and extensive arrests and crackdowns in

every nook and cranny of the country, Pakistan could not put the jinni

of terror back into the bottle.

Now if Pakistan initiated military offensive against the Haqqani

Network, Pakistan will lose the weak or strong contacts that it has

with Taliban of Afghanistan. Moreover, India will come forward to fill

this lacuna of power as India is present in Jalalabad, Kabul, Herat,

and at other places under the US patronage. This operation could also

encourage the groups of Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Mullah Qadir to tread

the footprints of the Tehreek -e Taliban of Pakistan.

The eight to nine years of war have swayed the Pakistani society,

state agencies, and system of defense and security. It is hard to cope

with these acts of terrorism for too long because several global

players are intent on settling their old scores with Pakistan and the

United States is supporting them in every possible way.

Another reservation is rightly there that after the military offensive

kicks off, the United States may mount pressure on Pakistan to take

action against the Lashkar-e-Taiyiba [LeT] as Pakistan will be engaged

in coping with the potential outburst of terror wave then. It is

because the United States is again and again linking the LeT to

Al-Qa'ida and Taliban. The United States opposes making any kind of

discrimination among Al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, Haqqani network, and the

LeT.

The United States itself wants result-oriented and decisive talks with

the Taliban but it is showing Pakistan a path of war against the same

groups. These groups, so far, have been avoiding engaging in any clash

with Pakistan and they have capability to play a positive role during

the talks between and among the United States, Pakistan, and the

Taliban at some stage.

The United States fears that these groups may create tumult in

Afghanistan after the US withdrawal and Afghan Army cannot take on

these groups which the Pentagon has prepared with a huge amount of $28

billion and trained then along the global standards of professional

training.

If Pakistan kicked off military offensive in North Waziristan, for the

very first time during the past 10 years war, the US troops will also

fight shoulder to shoulder with the Pakistan Army [as published] for

which Hillary Clinton and the United States are making demands.

Moreover, if the United States initiated the course of search

operation seeking the wanted men in southern Punjab, then only God

knows what would be the consequences. However, Pakistan is at the

moment standing between devil and the deep blue sea. One single step

may prove destructive for its integrity, defense and situation of

law-and-order.

[Description of Source: Rawalpindi Jang Online in Urdu -- Website of

The War, an influential, largest circulation newspaper in Pakistan,

circulation of 300,000. One of the moderate Urdu newspapers, pro-free

enterprise, politically neutral, supports improvement in

Pakistan-India relations; URL: http://www.jang.com.pk]

Pakistan: Involvement of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Mehran Naval Base Attack Suspected

SAP20110526100008 Karachi Ummat in Urdu 25 May 11 p 9

[Unattributed report: Investigation Into Involvement of

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Mehran Base Attack Starts"]

Investigation agencies and police have started investigation about the

involvement of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi [LeJ] terrorists, hailing from

southern Punjab, in attack on Mehran base located along Faisal Highway

in Karachi while another investigation agency is also collecting

information about the terrorists of defunct Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan

[TTP]. Investigation agencies claim that LeJ has merged into outlawed

TTP and launches action by using the name of defunct LeJ at times, and

name of defunct TTP at other times.

A senior officer of the CID [Criminal Investigation Department]

police, Sind told, on condition of anonymity, that CID police Sind

have started investigation at its own after attack on Mehran Base and

investigations are being held about the involvement of LeJ terrorists

in the attack. The police officer said that investigation agencies

were also holding investigation in this regard. The police officer

said an investigation agency has collected information from the

officers of CID Sind about the LeJ terrorists, belonging to south

Punjab. The police sources say such information was being received

that the terrorists of LeJ in Karachi were being operated from south

Punjab. The source said that even if the terrorists, who launched

attack on Mehran base had come from outside, they would have enjoyed

full support of their Karachi-based comrades and the arrangements for

lodging and provision of weapons would have been made by the

terrorists present in Karachi. The investigation agencies have started

investigation in this connection. Officer of an investigation agency

told the Ummat, on condition of anonymity, that all the groups of

defunct LeJ have merged into defunct TTP and when these terrorists

commit some sectarian act of terrorism, they call themselves as

members of defunct LeJ and when they attack security forces, they call

themselves Taliban. The officer of investigation agency said there are

tip offs that the terrorists of LeJ, belonging to southern Punjab, can

carry out more terror acts. The source said that CID police has been

mobilized in this regard but investigation are being held, in the

first phase, as to wherefrom the terrorists enter into Mehran base. In

this regard, the federal Interior Minister, Rehman Malik said the

assailants entered from the rear wall of the Faisal Base in

juxtaposition of the checkpoint No 9. They were carrying two ladders.

They cut the barbed wire and cable of secret cameras and then they

target two P-3 Orion aircraft parked in and outside the hanger of

Mehran Base. Four terrorists were killed in the encounter while two

escaped. Two of them were killed in exchange of fire while the

remaining two blew themselves up. Their dead bodies are beyond

recognition. It may be recalled that the team that the interior

minister had got constituted immediately after the incident was

particularly comprised of the officers of the investigation agencies

of air force, navy intelligence, Inter Services Intelligence [ISI],

Military Intelligence, Federal Investigation Agency, and police. Some

time after the statement of the federal law minister, the naval chief

told a news briefing that the assailants had entered from the

jurisdiction of air force and they had not come from the jurisdiction

of Mehran while case No 447/2100 has been registered under section

353/427/324/302 of conspiracy against country and section 314, 34/ 21

of explosive act and it was got registered by Lieutenant Irfan of

Mehran Base. It says a guard, Adnan posted on checkpoint No 9 told him

at 2200 on 22 May night that 10 to 12 terrorists had entered the base

from the rear boundary wall on the side of Shah Faisal Colony and

carried out a blast near the hanger. Therefore, immediate

reinforcement should be dispatched. He said four terrorists were

killed in the incident while the remaining managed to flee. The

weapons recovered from the terrorists include rocket launchers,

Kalashnikovs, hand grenades, and other weapons.

The Ummat has learned that it had become clear after half an hour of

the attac k that the terrorists had entered from the rear wall. The

intelligence agencies recovered two ladders while foot prints of four

to five persons were traced. Immediately afterwards, heavy contingents

of rangers cordoned off the area. 16 km-long jurisdiction of Faisal

Base spread from Drug Road, Shah Faisal Colony No 4, Shah Faisal

Colony 5, Baloch Colony, to KESC Grid Station. The investigation

agencies started interrogation about the terrorists in neighborhoods

on both sides of the drain in juxtaposition of checkpoint No 9. The

rain drain adjacent to the rear wall is nearly 200 feet wide. The

local population lives nearly 350 to 400 ft away from the boundary

wall. A footpath leads upwards along the drainage from embankment of

Malir drainage at Shah Faisal Colony and near the cantonment pump

house. Ghausia Colony is situated in juxtaposition of the boundary

wall that is called as shanty town of Shah Faisal Colony No 5. It has

a population of some 24,000 inhabitants and the settlement spreads

from the said place to Malir drainage. There are poultry farms beyond

the Ghousia Colony and the shanty town is situated near the boundary

wall and is comprised of a few cottages. Non-locals doing farming live

along the boundary wall. However, later this place was illegally given

the name of Shah Faisal Colony No 6. Approximately 200 homes have been

built here and people hailing from Hyderabad and other cities of Sind

are living in some 40 cottages situated here, some Urdu-speaking

people also live here.

The terrorists crossed over the boundary wall when the power supply to

the area was cut off at its scheduled time, 10 p.m. First blast

occurred inside the Mehran base at 2225. The officer of an

intelligence agency told the Ummat that shanty town and Ghausia Colony

were cordoned off in wake of the incident because it was probable that

the assailants were either living in rented houses or living as

guests. The population is far away from the city, and plots or

cottages are easily available for100,000 to 200,000 rupees, while a

home is available for rent for a few hundred rupees. A large tract is

empty nearby while the garbage of Shah Faisal Town is dumped near the

drainage. The Malir drainage joins it where people have been given

permission to do farming. The Ummat team reached the rear boundary

wall of Faisal Base near the checkpoint No 9 on 24 May in connection

with the investigation into the incident and found that the barbed

wires on the rear boundary wall had been replaced while new barbed

wires and secret cameras were being installed, especially at

checkpoint No 9. It was stated that the terrorists first cut the

barbed wire by using a ladder and then cut off the cable of secret

cameras to render them useless. Large contingent of police was

deployed on footpath while the police personnel on horses were

patrolling the place. The Ummat team went to shanty town in

juxtaposition of check post No 9 and found all cottages and brick

homes locked. A resident, Jabbar told the Umamt that he belongs to

Tandu Adam and had been living there for 20 years. He said he works in

fields along the boundary wall. There were some 25 to 30 cottages five

years ago and tillers used to live there. Then all places were

grabbed. People belonging to Sind, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa,

besides Waziristan and Tribal Areas also live there. He said he was

asleep at the time of attack and woke up on hearing noise. There was

no power at that time. Sounds of blasts and firing were audible. He

said police and rangers took position on the route leading to their

settlement from upward. He said it was surprising that when he came

out, many cottages were locked and the residents had reached Shah

Faisal Colony through rear residential area. A woman resident of the

same area said few persons had come to their settlement on the morning

of 17 May to collect information. The home bearing census No SM 151

was locked. Many people used to get information about it. The

residents of many homes and cottages are missing since Sunday night.

She said that some one came to the settlement after an hour or so to

collect information and personnel in plain took many inmates along

with them.

The Ummat has learned that cottage settlement and Ghausia Colony were

thoroughly checked after act of terrorism at Mehran Base. A resident

of Ghausia Colony said it appears that the intelligence agencies are

suspecting that the terrorists were present in the cottage settlement

or Ghausia Colony and attacked the Mehran base when it was black out.

On the other hand, police are investigating as to how the assailants

reached the boundary wall and how they crossed over 200 ft wide

drainage and how they reached with without being noticed by the

personnel present on checkpoint and secret monitoring cameras

installed there. No eyewitness was found vis--vis the terrorist act.

It could not be known yet as well as how the accused person fled and

where they went during the commando operation.

[Description of Source: Karachi Ummat in Urdu -- Sensationalist,

pro-Usama Bin Ladin Urdu daily. Harshly critical of the US, Israel,

and India. Propagates Muslim unity to counter US/Western influence.

Circulation 20,000. Editor-publisher Rafiq Afghan is an Afghan war

veteran.]

Pakistan: Intelligence Agencies and Extremism in South Punjab

SAP20110528122004 Islamabad Aaj Kal in Urdu 27 May 11 6

[Article by Mujahid Hussain: "Extremism in South Punjab -- A Review (Part 2)"]

Most of the seminaries in South Punjab belong to Deoband school of

thought. However after 1990, the seminaries of Ahl-e-Hadith school of

thought have substantially increased. The seminaries were established

for militants of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba [LeT], Sipah-e-Sahaba [SS] and

Jaish-e-Mohammad [JeM] in the economically backward areas and they

were directly linked with pro-jihad donors, well-off sectarian

elements, and rich contacts of Gulf States.

Since ISI [Inter Services Intelligence] was at war with India through

JeM and LeT, training camps were established in areas ranging from

Muzaffarabad to Mansehra, Murree, Bahawalnagar, and South Waziristan,

where the jihadists were given guerilla training. The militants of SS

and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi [LeJ] were also admitted to these camps.

Apparently, these militants would express willingness to fight Kashmir

jihad; however, wiping out the opponent sect was their real objective

and they used to carry out attacks every now and then to achieve this

objective. That is what accounts for the fact that workers of SS and

JeJ were very few among the Pakistani mujahidin who fought Kashmir

jihad. Most of the martyrs belonged to LeT while second most belonged

to JeM. In this entire struggle, ISI very secretly made such financing

arrangements for these militants that the springs of this funding

continue to flow as smoothly as ever. The trained staff of the

Pakistan Army's intelligence agencies used to be deployed in Saudi

Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai in the

guise of diplomats to raise funds for these holy warriors. These

officials, who had all kinds of diplomatic facilities, would introduce

the militants leaders to the rich Arab traders and they would start

getting aid in the name of seminaries to continue the jihadist

mission. Similar methods were used to forge contacts with the

governments and wealthy people of countries like Iraq, Libya, and

Syria.

In the attempt to raise funds inside the country, such industrialists

and traders were hunted who were pro-jihad and sectarian. For example,

the billionaire jewelers, apparently very religious but dishonest in

reality, the rich people connected with textile industries in

Faisalabad, traders connected with electronics and iron business, the

real estate businessmen in Karachi and other main cities, and even the

wealthy overseas Pakistanis, who wanted to make a name among the

national political and religious parties, were also connected with

jihadists and sectarian groups.

Aid in the form of dollars and pounds continues through hundi. As

State Bank of Pakistan and other financial institutions do not have

the powers to stop the hundi business, it was not possible for the

state to stop the flow of the foreign funding for jihad and sectarian

killings or to order any inquiry into it. Things reached a point where

the financers of the jihadist groups started to send funds through

firms like Western Union. This is so despite the fact that, after the

9/11 incident, the FBI and other western intelligence agencies were

bound to check all the records of the concerns like Western Union and

Money Gram.

In 2008, when LeT started preparation for Mumbai attacks, overseas

Pakistanis, Haji Mohammad Yaqub, Imrab Yaqub, father and son, sent

money from Italian city Brescia to Karachi center for purchasing

weapons. Later, the Italian police arrested them on the request of

FBI.

Similarly, the jihadist organization and violent seminaries in South

Punjab are directly linked to government institutions and traders of

Gulf countries and get millions of rupees annually in the name of

religious education. These religious institutions design projects for

providing the students with education, food, and accommodation and

residential constructions to get money from foreign non-government

organizations [NGOs] and personalities. Just as the human rights

organizations and NGOs in Pakistan, which are hated by the religious

minded, these "religious NGOs" get funds from the government

institutions in Gulf countries and overseas Pakistanis in the western

countries.

It is pertinent to mention here that the organizations and parties

which are funded like this include some which are not involved in any

kind of jihad or sectarianism inside or outside the country. However,

it will be difficult to predict as to what turn their aims and

objectives will take in future because some religious parties, which

used to be peaceful some time ago, have now got involved in these

sectarian wars. It is very difficult to stop these religious parties

which are moving on the track of religious extremism and sectarianism.

Cutting off the supply of funds from inside and outside the country to

these organizations is even more difficult. The involvement of

powerful and adventurous state institutions is the important reason

for it. These institutions have been taking help from these jihadist

and sectarian groups and parties at different times at internal and

external fronts and are unwilling to give up this practice.

[Description of Source: Islamabad Aaj Kal in Urdu -- Newspaper

published by Media Times (Private) Ltd., which also publishes the

independent moderate newspaper Daily Times in English. The paper

provides exhaustive coverage of terrorism issues. Editorials strongly

oppose religious extremism and Talibanization. In 2008 the paper

received threats from the Red Mosque activists for its criticism of

Islamic extremism and militancy. The Taliban in Khyber Agency had

imposed a ban on sale of Aaj Kal for some time. Salman Taseer, the

incumbent governor of Punjab province, is publisher/owner of Aaj Kal

and Daily Times. Aaj Kal is published simultaneously from Karachi,

Lahore, and Islamabad.]

Pakistan: Militant Affiliated Group Organizes Seminar

SAP20110608134001 www.alittehaad.org in Urdu, English 08 Jun 11

An announcement posted on the website www.alittehaad.org, affiliated

with the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), says that the

Alittehaad subgroup of Ahl-e Sunnat Wal Jamaat (new name for anti-Shia

group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan) is organizing the 2nd annual Imam Azam

Abu Haneefa bin Sabat seminar, which will take place in the Islamabad

Hotel, Melody, in sector G-6, on Sunday 19 June 2011. The seminar

will be attended by local and international eminent scholars,

intellectuals, and journalists. Live coverage will be provided for

this seminar by Ahnaf Media [the media wing of ASWJ].

Time: 9 AM - 3 PM

Admission: By invitation only

The alittehaad.org website has been also observed to carry an ad

providing the details of the seminar. It carries an ad in Urdu

The following is the translation of the Urdu text.

Organized by Alittehaad, Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat[the followers of

Prophet's teachings].

The 2nd annual Imam Azam Abu Haneefa bin Sabat seminar

Location: Islamabad Hotel, Melody, in sector G-6, Islamabad

Date: Sunday, 19 June 2011

Time: 9 AM - 3 PM

Presided over by: Maulana Munir Ahmed Manawar - President of

Alittehaad, Pakistan

With the prayers of Azizur Rehman Hazarwee and Maulana Zahoor Ahmed Halvee

Speakers: Abdul Hafeez Makki- from Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Sheikhul Hadees Maulana Zahid Rushdi, Jamia Nusrat-ul-Aaloom, Gaugernwala

Maulana Mufti Mohammed Zahid, Jamia Imdadia, Faisalabad

Maulana Abinul Hasan Abbasi, Editor Monthly Wafaaq-ul- Madaras

Maulana Alyaas Ghuman, Sargodha Center

Maulana Syed Adnan Kaka Kheel, Jamia Alrashid, Karachi

Maulana Sajaad abne Alhajabi, Murdan

Maulana Rooh Allah Madni, Ex Provincial Minister, Peshawar

Maulana Syed Mohammed Abdulul Khabir Azad, Imam of Badshai Mosque, Lahore

Maulana Mufti Shabir Ahmed, Sargodha Center

Doctor Ali Asghar Chushtee, Alama Iqbal Open University

Doctor Mohammed Tufail Hashmi, Islamabad

Senior Journalist Mujeebur Rehman Shami, Lahore

Prominent Writer Irfan Siddique, Islamabad

Maulana Abid Jamshaid, Director of Ahnaf Media service

Live coverage of the seminar can be seen at the following websites;

www.alittehaad.org, www.ahnafmedia.com

By invitation only

Contact: Maulana Abid Jamshaid

Cell: 0334-4004420, 0321-423-1173

Email: markazhanfi@gmail.com

[Description of Source: www.alittehaad.org, affiliated with the

militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)]

Pakistan: Police Help TTP, LeJ Terrorists Escape From Detention

SAP20110608115001 Karachi Ummat in Urdu 07 Jun 11 p 3

[Unattributed report: "Terrorists Easily Flee From City Court and

Civil Hospital"]

Solid proofs of police officials's connivance in escaping of Alauddin,

the dreaded commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan [TTP] and

Kashif of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi [LeJ] from prison ward of Civil

Hospital, Karachi have been found. In this regard, daily Ummat has

come to know that one of the officials, who got escaped TTP activist,

Alauddin, from Civil Hospital's prison ward on 15 May, used to visit

Kashif, an accused being treated in the ward. That is why when he came

to prison ward on 15 May at 0700. along with his other colleagues, he

was allowed to enter the ward because of his acquaintance. Afterward,

with the help of his colleagues, he picked up the lonely policeman in

the prison ward at gunpoint and removed handcuffs of all the six under

treatment prisoners, including, Alauddin, and took with them Alauddin

and Kashif. However, the other four accused did not flee because of

their illness.

The Ummat has further learned that the man who used to visit Kashif in

the Prison ward had been giving a hefty amount of money to police

officials deployed in the ward every time. Meanwhile, one of the five

police officials on duty, Head Constable Shamsuddin is still at large.

It is suspected that he was in contact with the banned LeJ. However,

the real facts will emerge after his arrest. The police official

reportedly belongs to the Saraiki belt in southern Punjab.

It may be recalled that negligence, carelessness, and collusion of

police officials plays a key role in the escape of most of the

prisoners from the City Court and government hospitals. The security

arrangements in the City Court and Civil Hospital are such that any

prisoners can escape any time with the help of his colleagues. It is

also very difficult to re-arrest these dangerous accused. The

incidents of fleeing of dangerous prisoners have increased because of

negligence and criminal carelessness of the police in the court and

lock-up of the City Court.

The Ummat conducted a special survey of the prison ward of Civil

Hospital, City Court, and City Court Police Station to review the

incidents of escaping of prisoners from the City Court and hospital.

The survey revealed that the prison ward of the Civil Hospital has

been temporarily closed and security arrangements are being made after

the escape of two dangerous prisoners from the hospital on 15 May. The

concerned officials said that completion of security arrangements may

take two months and the prison and afterward would be reopened for

prisoners.

In addition, a special plan worked out under the supervision of the DG

[director general] South with regard to security in the City Court has

been sent to higher authorities. Under the plan, a total of 86 secret

cameras, USV [unmanned surface vehicle] system for checking vehicles,

walk through gates and scanners for all the doors will be installed at

the City Court and around it. In addition, the lock-up of the City

Court is also being widened. At the same time, there is a plan to

construct boundary wall around lock-up to prevent the prisoners from

openly meeting with their relatives and friends. However, if police

department and government showed some slackness, the traditional

system will go on without any change. This system has dozens of flaws

and dangerous prisoners have been fleeing by taking its advantage and

apprehensions of their escape exist in future as well.

When the Ummat conducted research regarding the escape of prisoners

from these places, many flaws and weakness came to limelight and any

armed group by taking their advantage can easily get free its

prisoners with the help of its members. The Ummat came to know that

the accused got released by terrorists from the prison ward of the

Civil Hospital included accused Alauddin, who was arrested in Orangi

Town area on 30 June 2010 when he along with his colleagues was

engaged in a bank robbery. Police had to face stiff resistance at the

time of his arrest because the accused had, in retaliation, attacked

police with autom atic weapons and hand grenades, due to which five

police officials, including, SHO [station house officer] of the

concerned police station, Raja Tariq, were injured. However, Alauddin

was arrested in wounded condition.

Similarly, Azizabad Police had arrested accused Kashif Bahadur in 2010

on suspicion of his links with outlawed LeJ. According to sources,

when accused Alauddin was arrested, a grenade, which he was carrying,

had exploded due to which his leg was injured and the lower part of

his chin had blown up. He was shifted to Civil Hospital in precarious

condition. However, charge was not framed against this dangerous

accused during the last one year because whenever the case came up for

hearing in the court, a new date was given. Had charge been framed

against the accused, perhaps the incident of his escape would have not

happened.

In this context, Raja Tariq told the Ummat that when Alauddin was

arrested, it was presumed that he is the ring leader of a group

involved only in bank robberies in Gadap, Orangi Town and other areas.

However, when he was interrogated, he made many disclosures and it

came to light that he is the most important member of the TTP in

Karachi and he has sent millions of rupees, which he got through bank

robberies and kidnapping for ransom, to Waziristan. Alauddin used to

keep with him only five percent of the money to meet his own

expenditures and that of the members of his gang. It had also come to

know that he enjoyed close contacts with Shuja Haider, commander of

Jundullah in Karachi, and he made last contact with Haider during

encounter with police in Orangi Town and asked him to come for his

help if possible, otherwise inform his mother about his 'martyrdom'.

However, Haider could not reach for his help due to the reason that at

that time Rangers, besides heavy police contingents, had cordoned off

the bank building. Inspector Tariq added that a few months before this

incident, a close colleague of Alauddin alias doctor was killed in a

house in hilly Mangopir while making a bomb.

The Ummat has come to know through important sources that Haider, the

commander of Jundullah in Karachi, had got released TTP and LeJ

activists from the prison ward of the Civil Hospital. Investigations

are underway in this regard.

It may be recalled that this was not the first operation to get

released accused of banned organizations. Earlier, members of

Jundullah had attacked the City Court in 2010 when four members of the

group, which included Murtaza Ilyas Shakil, Shaikl Farooqi, Wazir

Muhammad and Murad Shah, arrested by SIU [Special Intelligence Unit]

were being produced in the court. They were involved in over 25

incidents of terrorism. After their arrest, CCPO [capital city police

officer], Waseem Ahmed had proudly addressed a press conference.

However, the colleagues of the accused attacked the City Court and got

released the accused by martyring a police official. The

investigations of important cases, which beside others, included blast

on Ashura [martyrdom day of Hazard Imam Hussain], came to a standstill

with the escape of dangerous accused. After the incident, judicial

staff and lawyers launched a strong protest and IG [Inspector General]

Sind [police] and CCPO were demanded to resign immediately because

police had failed to provide appropriate security for high profile

accused. After the incident, an issue was also raised that security in

the City Court and other courts should be upgraded because now accused

belonging to banned organizations and accused involved in terrorism

are being produced in the courts besides accused involved in murder,

attempted murder, theft and other traditional cases. However, the

traditional system of security prevailed when the dust settled down

after the incident. The result was that a number of prisoners

succeeded to escape from City Court in 2010, which broke all previous

records.

In this context, the Ummat has come to know through important sources

that whenever dangerous accused succeed to escape fro m the City Court

and other places, the speed of crimes suddenly increases. Giving an

example, a CCU [common control unit] officer said that incidents of

kidnapping for ransom have increased after the release of the LeJ

accused on 15 May.

About the background of Jundullah, a senior police officer told the

Ummat, that Al-Qa'ida commander in Waziristan, Abu Hamza Jufil Masri

is running this organization. It has been involved in big activities,

including attack on Corps Commander in Karachi in 2004.

When the Ummat analyzed the prison ward of the Civil Hospital to

review escape of prisoners and negligence of police, it came to know

that the prison ward has been closed after the escape of prisoners.

Security arrangements, including placing iron grills on doors and

windows, are being made. In addition to increasing the number of beds

in the ward, secret cameras are being installed to avoid recurrence of

any such incident. A police official in the prison ward on the

condition of anonymity told the Ummat that when the terrorists carried

out operation to get the accused freed, four police officials deputed

at the ward had gone for breakfast at 0700. and there was only one

police official in the ward, who was guarding six dangerous prisoners.

He said that it often happens that central gate of the prison ward is

locked up from inside. The gate is only opened when an acquaintance is

on the gate otherwise the gate is not opened. However, on that day,

the police official on duty opened the gate on the arrival of

terrorists. It may be recalled that after the escape of prisoners, a

case No. 147/2011 was registered in Eidgah Police Station against five

police officials deployed in the prison ward, in which very hard

clauses including, 222, 225, 392, 397 and 337, were imposed against

them. The police officials against whom the case has been registered,

included Inspector Abdullah Hameed, Constable Qazi Kamran, Constable

Muhammad Fahim, Constable Moeen Ansari and Head Constable Shamsuddin.

However, Head Constable Shamsuddin had fled from the scene when the

remaining four police officials were arrested and locked up in Eidgah

Police station. The investigation was assigned to Inspector Rais of

Eidgah Police Station.

The Ummat has come to know that the accused have escaped from the

prison ward of the Civil Hospital in the past as well. Despite that,

only six police officials were deployed for security in the prison

ward and often one of them remained present on duty. It was known well

to all concerned officers that how much high profile were the accused

prisoners being treated in the ward for the past one month. It has

come to know about the City Court lock-up that no steps have been

taken to improve the situation despite fleeing of dozens of prisoners

from here and the same traditional system is being run.

The chains of handcuffs of eight to 12 dangerous prisoners are given

in the hand of an inexperienced policeman. In addition, there is no

system of vigil and security in the custody area of the City Court.

The family members and colleagues of the accused continue to meet

freely with the accused persons. They also gave eatables to the

accused persons. A police personnel continues to watch all this by

holding the chains of their handcuffs. However, he does not speak

because of the reason that his palm is also greased. After getting the

money, the policeman also makes an accused to talk to someone on

mobile phone. There is a rush of accused persons and their friends

outside the lock-up of the City Court as if it is a picnic spot.

A police official on the condition of anonymity said that when these

dangerous accused and members of banned organizations are arrested,

they are brought to police station in the armored vehicles under the

supervision of heavy police contingents equipped with modern weapons.

However, when they are produced in the courts, the newly recruited

policemen are made to hold their handcuffs at a time when no security

arrangements exist in th e City Court. Therefore, the policemen are

always at the mercy of terrorists.

The Ummat has come to know through sources that the number of accused

fled from the City Court in 2011 has reached 13 whereas only one

accused has fled from Malir Court. Similarly, two accused have fled

from the prison ward of the Civil Hospital. As a whole, 16 accused

have fled in five months. The Head Clerk of the City Court, Nadeem

told the Ummat in this context that Police of the City Court Police

Station is taking special steps for the last few months which have

resulted in the considerable decrease in the number of fleeing

prisoners. He said that he registered case of escape of only one

prisoner in 2011. An accused of the PIB Police Station, Khan, alias

Essa, had fled from the City Court on 13 January by getting his

handcuff freed from the policeman. At this case No 2/2011 was

registered against the policeman and challan submitted.

However, according to the information gathered by Ummat, 10 other

accused also fled from the City Court Police Station in 2011, which

included eight accused fled on 4 February. A case of kidnapping was

registered against these accused and they were produced in the court

of District East Session Judge Waseem Iqbal. However, the accused fled

in front of the investigation officer when their bail application was

rejected. Two other accused, Kamran and Amjad, who fled from the City

Court Police Station, faced cases of attempted murder.

When Nadeem's attention was drawn toward these incidents, he said

these are the accused, which are brought to the court by police of the

Police Stations by directly nominating them in the cases instead of by

police of the prison s. The cases are not registered when such accused

flee.

According to the investigations of the Ummat, there is no arrangement

for the treatment of the accused, who are brought to hospitals by

police. The Ummat during survey of the Civil Hospital came to know

that an injured accused was brought to the Civil Hospital from Pak

Colony Police Station on 3 June. He was admitted in a ward in the

hospital for treatment. However, the accused succumbed to his injuries

on Monday, 6 June and his relatives disappeared with his body without

any information. After the incident, an official of Pak Colony [Police

Station] with papers in his hands wondered in the hospital in a worry

as to what reply he would submit to the senior officers.

Meanwhile, the Ummat saw three handcuffed youth sitting in the

emergency of the Civil Hospital. However, no police official was

present with them. These accused could have fled or made to flee

easily.

Inspector Rais, Investigation officer of police officials arrested for

negligence over escape of prisoners from the prison ward of the Civil

Hospital talking to the Ummat said after arrest the police officials

were presented in the court and the court remanded them to police

custody for further investigations. Meanwhile, a bail application was

submitted in the court by the arrested police officials, however, the

court rejected their application. Inspector Rais said on 6 June that

these accused police officials were presented in the court on which

the court fixed 14 June as date for further proceedings. The interim

challan [fine] of the accused has been submitted and a final challan

will be submitted on 14 June and now these police officials have been

sent to prison. Confirming negligence of the police officials and

their possible assistance to the accused, Inspector Rais said FIR

[First Information Report] registered against the police officials

said that a visitor used to visit accused Kashif for the last several

days and police officials deputed at the prison ward allowed him to

enter the ward. According to Inspector Rais, the real facts will come

to light very soon.

[Description of Source: Karachi Ummat in Urdu -- Sensationalist,

pro-Usama Bin Ladin Urdu daily. Harshly critical of the US, Israel,

and India. Propagates Muslim unity to counter US/Western influence.

Circulation 20,000. Editor-publisher Rafiq Afghan is an Afghan war

veteran.]

Pakistan: Banned Lashkar-e Jhangvi Said Involved in Killing of Sports Official

SAP20110618381001 Karachi Ummat Online in Urdu 18 Jun 11

[Report by Asif Sa ud: Proof of Lashkar-e Jhangvi s Involvement in

Abrar Shah Murder Case ]

Quetta - The police investigating team probing the murder of Syed

Abrar Hussain Shah, former Olympian and Deputy Director General [of]

Pakistan Sports Board, has got solid proof about the involvement of

terrorists belonging to the banned Lashkar-e Jhangvi outfit in this

killing. With the help of eyewitnesses the police have prepared the

sketch of a terrorist and have also taken into custody nine people

from Quetta from whom vital information about the proscribed Lashkar-e

Jhangvi network is being extracted. After the murder of Syed Abrar

Hussain Shah on Ayub Stadium Road in Quetta on Thursday, an

investigation team led by DPO [District Police Officer] Jameel Kakad

was constituted under the supervision of CCPO [Capital City Police

Officer] Quetta. This team also includes Abdul Malik Durrani, SHO

[Station House Officer] of Sadar Police Station and Sub-Inspector

Shafqat Mehmood Aamir, officer in charge of Investigations of the same

Sadar Police Station. An important source says that the First

Information Report [FIR] submitted to senior officers by the

investigation team probing the murder of Abrar Hussain says that this

incident is the outcome of sectarian terrorism and that the terrorists

of proscribed Lashkar-e Jhangvi outfit are involved in it. The same

source says that in this case, the investigation team has sought the

help of CID [Crime Investigation Department] Quetta police, which

probes cases in regard to the incidents of sectarian terrorism. The

source further says that the police have prepared a sketch a terrorist

in Abrar Hussain murder case which was shown to the Quetta CID

officials, too. According to the source, this sketch resembles a

terrorist belonging to the banned Lashkar-e Jhangvi outfit. However,

this matter has been kept absolutely confidential.

The Ummat, in this connection, has come to know that the Quetta CID

police had apprised senior officers of the fact that the proscribed

Lashkar-e Jhangvi outfit was getting stronger. The report identified

the areas where the terrorists of the proscribed Lashkar-e Jhangvi

were getting back to their feet. The source has also stated that the

terrorists had used a 9-mm pistol in the murder of Abrar Hussain.

Even on earlier occasions, the terrorists had used 9-mm pistols only

in the incidents of sectarian terrorism in Quetta. In this

connection, investigation department officer Shafqat Mehmood told the

Ummat that the FIR Number 72/2011 of Olympian Abrar Hussain murder was

moved by his brother Syed Ijaz Hussain Shah. The investigating

officer says that there is sufficient progress in the murder probe and

a sketch of a terrorist has also been prepared, which has proved very

helpful in tracing out the terrorists. Five spent cartridges of 9-mm

pistol have been found at the scene of the murder and these have been

recovered and sent to the forensic laboratory. Initial investigation

reveals that this is an incident of sectarian terrorism and that the

terrorists involved in this case will be arrested soon.

[Description of Source: Karachi Ummat Online in Urdu -- Website of the

sensationalist, pro-Usama Bin Ladin Urdu daily. Harshly critical of

the US, Israel, and India. Propagates Muslim unity to counter

US/Western influence. Circulation 20,000. Editor-publisher Rafiq

Afghan is an Afghan war veteran; URL: http://www.ummatpublication.com]

Pakistani Commentary Details Dissident, Terrorist Networks Operating in Country

SAP20110620142004 Islamabad Daily Express in Urdu 19 Jun 11 p 6

[Commentary by Syed Asim Mehmood: "Pakistani Taliban"]

The other day I happened to meet a friend. He was extremely worried

over the situation in the country. In the course of the conversations

he said: "Curiously, we have no idea who is our friend and who enemy,

and who is whose enemy, or why." Almost every Pakistani, not just my

friend, is victim of the confusion as to what is happening in

Pakistan. It is no longer a secret that seven types of armed groups

are currently active in Pakistan: the Afghan Taliban; Al-Qa'ida and

other organizations connected with it; the Pakistani Taliban;

sectarian groups; separatist groups; anti-India groups; and foreign

intelligence agencies.

1. Al-Qa'ida, Other Organizations Connected With It

According to the national media, Sayf-al Adl, the interim chief of

Al-Qa'ida, is in the area of Waziristan currently. Ilyas Kashmiri,

another important commander of Al-Qa'ida, was also residing in this

very area. Moreover, the leaders and members of the organizations

connected with Al-Qa'ida; that is, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,

Islamic Jihad Group of Uzbekistan, the Lebanon Islamic Fighters Group,

the Eastern Turkmenistan Islamic Movement, and so on, are also present

here. According to experts, Al-Qa'ida is involved in attacks on the

Pakistan Army and other security agencies.

2. Afghan Taliban

Afghanistan is their home. However, the western media claim that the

Afghan Taliban have also established their centers in the FATA

[Federally Administered Tribal Areas] where they impart training to

the Pashtun youths so that these youths can fight the foreign

occupiers in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban are primarily supporters

of Pakistan and often keep announcing that they are not involved in

the unrest and turmoil in Pakistan. The Haqqani Network is a part of

this group.

3. Pakistani Taliban

This is a general name for different Pakistani militant organizations.

These include: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Hakimullah Mehsud and

Waliur Rehman); Maulana Faqir Muhammad Kajtha (Bajaur); Tehreek

Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi (Maulana Qazi Fazlullah); and Maulvi Saeed's

group (Razmak Valley). Moreover, the militants of Punjab known as the

Punjabi Taliban are also counted among this group. According to

experts, these Taliban, who are warring against the Pakistani

Government, are supported by Al-Qa'ida.

However, two major groups of Pakistani Taliban, Hafiz Gul Bahadur's

group (North Waziristan) and Maulvi Nazir's group (South Waziristan)

are not warring against the government. These groups only help the

Afghan Taliban in order to help them drive out the foreign occupiers

from their country. The Afghan Taliban claim that they have no

connection with the local Taliban fighting against the Pakistan

Government. Rather, on numerous occasions, Mullah Omar has said to

the Pakistani Taliban that they should not foment evil in Pakistan.

However, they are doing what they like.

4. Sectarian Organizations

Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Sipah-e-Muhammad fall

into this category. They first help the Pakistani Taliban in times of

need. These organizations can also pick fights to destroy peace.

5. Separatist Groups

This group consists of separatist organizations like the Baloch

Liberation Army, Jiay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Waziristani Tehreek, and so

on. These organizations also can carry out terrorist acts in the dear

motherland in order to achieve their objectives.

6. Anti-India Groups

This group consists of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba [LT], Jaish-e-Muhammad [JeM],

Harkat-ul-Mujahidin [HM], and other small organizations. Hafiz

Muhammad Saeed, Fazlur Rehman Khalil, and Maulana Masud Azhar are the

central leaders of this group. The group aims to free Kashmir of the

Indian oppression. This group is not involved in the terrorist acts

in Pakistan. However, some experts say that some members of JeM have

joined the Pa kistani Taliban.

7. Foreign Intelligence Agencies

This foreign group includes the intelligence agencies of India,

Russia, Afghanistan, the United States, and Israel. These visible and

invisible enemies of Pakistan can carry out terrorist acts through

their local agents in order to destabilize Pakistan.

First Side of Coin

Pakistan is the only nuclear power of the Islamic world. The

closeness to the three major powers of China, Russia, and India, has

made it an important geographical location. Then, in the prevailing

situation, Iran also has assumed great significance.

This very important geographical position has made Pakistan a part of

the "new great game" that is going on between the world powers in our

region. This clandestine game is aimed at gaining control over the

fuel and vast reserves of precious minerals found in this region. It

is only possible when a world power brings the countries of the region

under its influence. Therefore, any world power that is a part of the

great game can be involved in the terrorism in Pakistan to achieve its

objectives.

Religious and ideological differences are an important aspect of the

turmoil going on in the dear motherland. The roots of these

differences can be traced to the first Islamic era, when the Muslims

and Christians clashed in Syria and Turkey in the first century. This

was followed by the crusades. Later, because of scientific and

technical supremacy, the British, the Portuguese, the Russians, the

Dutch, the French, the Italians, the Spanish, the Belgians, the

Germans, the Austrians, and so on, occupied Muslim areas. They

subjected the Muslims to atrocities and plundered the local resources.

The Muslim leaders in several Muslim areas fought wars of freedom

against the European imperialist powers and waged jihad. Severe

resistance was put up against the imperialist powers in Indonesia,

India, the Philippines, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria,

Iraq, Turkestan, and Dagestan. These powers called the Muslim

resistance "terrorism."

The tables turned in the 20th century. The European imperialist

powers, ravaged by the lust of land and riches, fought against one

another. Following two world wars, several Muslim countries were

freed from the clutches of oppression. The leaders of Al-Qa'ida and

all the organizations connected with it say that the Islamic world has

not been able to free itself of the clutches of the imperialist

powers, despite winning freedom, as in most Muslim countries they

appointed their puppet rulers. The only thing these rulers want is to

prolong their rule, using all legitimate and illegitimate means, and

thus live a luxurious life. Therefore, in the presence of these

rulers, the movements of revival of Islam or Islamic renaissance can

never succeed.

The leaders of the Islamic movements felt helpless when they saw that

the Muslims in Palestine, Kashmir, the Philippines, Thailand,

Yugoslavia, Burma, Chechnya, and Central Asia continued to be

subjected to oppression with the backing of the imperialist powers.

Later, the Muslims of Bosnia and Kosovo also joined these ranks.

On the other hand, the Muslim rulers were content to make oral

protests. Their inaction and insensitivity engendered the theory,

first of all in Egypt, that it was imperative to get rid of the

incapable, corrupt, and greedy rulers, the western stooges, before

fighting the imperialist powers. This theory saw Anwar al-Sadat

murdered. Ayman al-Zawahiri, a central and spiritual leader of

Al-Qa'ida, is the most active proponent of this theory. It is he who

provided the ideological foundations to Al-Qa'ida and then war was

opened against imperialism with the funds of Usama Bin Ladin.

Prior to 9/11, the Islamic leaders did not apply this theory to the

Pakistani Government. However, when General Pervez Musharraf's regime

shook hands with the United States, the greatest imperialist power of

the modern world, all the Muslim leaders stood against him. In 2002,

General Pervez Musharraf sent the Army into the FATA and thus made

some tribes enemies of the Pakistani Government. Then, in 2004, he

declared the Islamic organizations fighting against the Indian

occupiers in occupied [Indian-administered] Kashmir "terrorists."

Senior Al-Qa'ida leader Ilyas Kashmiri became active against the

Pakistani Government only after this act. Otherwise, he had been

actively involved in the Kashmir jihad previously.

The militant organizations having the ideology as stated above hold

that the Pakistani Government has put an end to its religious and

legal status by joining hands with the imperialist powers (the United

States and the United Kingdom); therefore, waging jihad against it is

legitimate. The militants belonging to the middle and lower class

also regard the Pakistani Government as corrupt. It is under this

ideology that they are attacking the Pakistani government

installations. Some of these organizations tend toward extremism.

For example, they hold the ideology that the Muslims who do not agree

with their ideas and ideologies also deserve to be killed.

The Muslims across the world who hate the western imperialist powers

are supporters of all the organizations of the Islamic world,

including Al-Qa'ida, which are fighting against the West. They

believe these organizations are the Islamic vanguards against the

western military and cultural invasion. However, the Muslim

governments are engaged in wiping them out after declaring them to be

terrorists.

It was a strategy of Usama Bin Ladin and Ayman al-Zawahiri, the

founders of Al-Qa'ida, to entangle the United States, today's central

imperialist power, in wars and thus destroy it economically because it

is difficult to defeat it in the battlefield. When we see the

statistics Bin Ladin's strategy appears to be successful because the

total US debts have assumed dreadful proportions. The total US public

debt stood at $3.4 trillion in 2000. After the United States was

entangled in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the so-called war

against terrorism, this debt has risen to $14.32 trillion in just 11

years. The Americans believe that the figure is dreadful because the

total annual US GDP is $14.66 trillion. In other words, the United

States has sunk under a whole mountain of debts. If the United States

does not get rid of its international wars, this mountain will one day

crush it to pieces.

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Network of Organizations

According to research done by the Financial Action Task Force, an

international agency that monitors the illegal movement of funds,

bombs do not cost much to the organizations that attack the citizens

and most of their funds are spent on maintaining their network. For

example, in July 2005, the bomb attacks on the London transport system

cost only $12,000. Similarly, the bomb attacks in Bali in October

2002 cost only $50,000. Experts estimate the 9/11 attacks cost the

attackers at most $500,000.

Most of the funds of these militant organizations are spent on

maintaining their networks, for example, giving salaries to the

members, bearing their everyday expenses, and feeding their families

in the hour of need, and then giving them training and bearing the

expenses of their travel, accommodation, and food. In short,

maintaining the network costs millions of dollars while the material

for making bombs, maps, and surveillance equipment can be obtained for

a few thousand dollars.

These organizations often receive donations from the traders,

industrialists, and people, who subscribe to their ideas and

ideologies. Some of them also earn funds from kidnap for ransom,

thefts, robberies, selling drugs, and selling weapons to fulfill their

designs. They generally use hundi [hawala] for the movement of funds.

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Other Side of Coin

Syed Qutab Azzam, Imamul Sharif, and Ayman al-Zawahiri were the

creators of the religious ideologies under which Al-Qa'ida and other

Muslim o rganizations waged international jihad. Imam Sharif's

jihadist books were taught at the war training centers of Al-Qa'ida.

However, in 2007, Al-Qa'ida suffered a huge ideological setback when

Imamul Sharif announced the abandoning of his ideology. His basic

point was that the change cannot be brought about with the bullet.

Moreover, confessing his mistake, he insisted that there are specific

conditions for jihad and Al-Qa'ida's international jihad does not meet

these conditions. Moreover, he raised strong objections to the

attacks on children, women, and citizens, which are forbidden in

Islam.

In Pakistan, the organizations of the Deoband and Ahl-e-Hadith schools

of thought were impressed by the ideologies of the Muslim leaders

mentioned above. That is why their ideologies cannot find a place in

Brelvi circles. The Brelvis anyway believe that mysticism is a

messenger of love and peace and in Islam killing is secondary to these

moral values.

A major objection raised against the jihadist organizations is that

the blind attacks on citizens and particularly the 9/11 incident, have

harmed the Muslims freedom movements in occupied Kashmir, Palestine,

Chechnya, the Philippines, and other areas. These attacks provided

the imperialist powers with the excuse to declare terrorists the

mujahidin engaged in real jihad. That is why the war in occupied

Kashmir has cooled down today and Muslims are fighting against Muslims

in Pakistan.

The foreign intelligence agencies also benefited from the internecine

fighting and injected their local agents into the warring parties.

These agents have not only added fuel to the raging fire of

differences but also carried out terrorist acts whenever they saw that

peace was about to be established so that the flames of fire would

keep burning.

Obviously, it is quite difficult to know whether a person is an agent

of the RAW [Research and Analysis Wing], CIA, or KHAD [refers to

Afghan National Directorate of Security -- NDS]. The enemy countries

are already engaged in fighting proxy wars. The terrorist acts

perpetrated by these very agents have defamed the Islamic

organizations across the world.

Experts raise another objection against these organizations that

militancy and extremism were promoted in the Muslim societies because

of them while the tolerance and forbearance, which have a prime status

in Islam, have died. According to experts, the recent revolutions in

the Middle East, Egypt, and Tunisia have proved that militancy is not

the only solution to the problems and negotiations and dialogue often

yield better results.

Another point is that the jihadist organizations want to foist their

own sect on other Muslims, the sect with which all the Muslims do not

agree. God has said in the Holy Koran that there is no room for force

in religion. Yet, some organizations want all Muslims to accept their

religious viewpoint and ideology.

Another theory is that the Pakistani Taliban are agents, particularly

of the United States and India, and the two countries design to

destabilize Pakistan through these agents. Retired General Aslam Beg,

former Pakistani Army chief, has already said about the Sipah-e-Sahaba

and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi that these organizations were formed by the

United States to foment Shiite-Sunni riots. These organizations may

well be supported by India as well because India was enraged at the

"infiltration" of the Pakistani organizations into occupied Kashmir.

According to Retired Gen Aslam Beg, these very organizations are

involved in bomb explosions at mosques and imambargahs [Shiite

mosques].

It is pertinent to mention here that, in 2009, Qari Zainuddin Mehsud,

a Tehrik-e-Taliban defector, claimed that the organization had

relations with foreign powers (the United States, India, and Israel).

A few days after giving the news conference about this, Qari Zainuddin

Mehsud was murdered. Similarly, the telephone numbers of the leaders

of the Tehrik-e-Taliban were recovered from the cellular telephones of

Raymo nd Davis, an officer of the US CIA. Moreover, in the recent

attack in Karachi, the attackers belonging to Al-Qa'ida or the

Tehrik-e-Taliban specifically targeted the P-3 Orion aircraft, which

were used for the surveillance of the enemy's activities in the water.

Their destruction has benefited India the most, as the Pakistan Navy

has lost its eyes and ears.

The events and developments make it clear that Pakistan is currently a

victim of the war of ideologies and interests and attacks by the

foreign intelligence agencies. According to experts, the new

generation of Islamic leaders and workers, impressed by the Al-Qa'ida

ideology, has ripened and this generation is more strongly militant

than its predecessors. If its jihad is against the atrocious

imperialist powers, it is understandable then. However, what do they

want to achieve by harming an important country of the Islamic world?

The answer to this question remains to be unraveled. Then, regardless

of everything, the Pakistani people have suffered the most in this

war. The expensive cost of living, poverty, and joblessness have

badly affected them.

The need of hour is that all the Pakistanis unite to fight the

problems so that the dear motherland can be put on the road of

progress and prosperity. There is no other way of pulling ourselves

out of the quagmire of problems.

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Ilyas Kashmiri's Story

When the Mehran base in Karachi was attacked, it was initially

believed that the attack was carried out by Indian agents. However,

gradually, it was discovered that that Ilyas Kashmiri's organization

Brigade 313 carried out this attack. Ilyas Kashmiri is also among the

Pakistanis who were active on the Kashmir front earlier, but then

turned against the Pakistani Government. Considering his bravery,

intelligence, and experience, Al-Qa'ida had made him head of its

global operations. He was reportedly killed in a US attack on 3 June.

Ilyas Kashmiri was born in Bhimber, Azad [Pakistan-administered]

Kashmir on 10 February 1964. Right from his childhood, he cherished

the desire to free occupied Kashmir of the clutches of the occupiers.

That is why, as soon as he matured, he started taking part in jihadist

activities. He even abandoned his education to take part in jihad.

He sacrificed an eye and a finger in jihad. Later, he joined the

Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami and fought against the occupiers in occupied

Kashmir.

Ilyas Kashmiri won global fame in 1994 when, along with his

companions, he attacked New Delhi. He wanted to get his mujahid

friends released from Indian imprisonment. He held several Israeli,

US, and UK tourists hostage and took them to Ghaziabad (near Delhi).

He wanted the release of his friends in exchange for their release.

However, the Indian commandos attacked his hideout. Ilyas Kashmiri

fought and escaped. Mi