Articles tagged with: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
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“Pakistani authorities need to address the severe danger faced by the Shia population with all necessary security measures. They can start by arresting extremist group members responsible for past attacks,” says HRW.
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Twenty-six innocent pilgrims of Hazara origin were murdered in cold blood when their Iran-bound bus was waylaid by unknown assailants near Mastung, Balochistan.
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Where does the government, more specifically the Punjab government, figure in all of the craziness and continued growing extremism: the head money on the judge who passed the death penalty against Mumtaz Qadri, the Sunni Tehreek’s offer of diyat to the Taseer family and the growth of the LeJ?
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Sectarian terrorists have struck again, killing five doctors in the last two months. Will these murders be consigned to the back-burner like the previous murders of 74 Shia doctors?
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A few years ago, I met some young boys from my village near Bahawalpur who were preparing to go on jihad. They smirked politely when I asked them to close their eyes and imagine their future. “We can tell you without closing our eyes that we don’t see anything.”
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Ayesha Siddiqa profiles four militant organisations operating in South Punjab, who allegedly have a nexus with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
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Punjab’s officialdom refuses to see the rise in sectarian killings as part of the growing influence of jihadi groups in South Punjab.
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Eighteen months of military operation has produced little results. The army achieved some significant successes last year, when they pushed out the militants from most of the areas, but an ill-fated peace deal signed by the provincial government allowed the militants to regroup and return to Swat.
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The spectre of religious extremism and terrorism grows as Jihadi organisations set up base in southern Punjab.
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Even though police are catching some of the deadliest terrorists in the country, including Amjad Farooqui and Eid Mohammed, more and more young recruits are joining Pakistan’s militant organisations
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