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No
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Date
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Incident
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1
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November 17
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20 people were injured when an
explosive device, weighing one kilogram, planted in a dustbin
at a bus stand on Ferozpur Road exploded a day before the arrival
of President Pervez Musharraf in the city. The Lahore Police had
initially claimed that two people were killed and another 13 injured
in the explosion, but retracted the statement later. Additional
Inspector General of Police (Punjab) Khawaja Khalid Farooq said
the bomb was similar to the one that exploded in Liberty Market
on August 29, 2006, in which four people were killed.
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2
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November 11
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Abdullah Mujahid, a founding member
of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT]
front) and close associate of its chief Hafiz Saeed, was killed
in the Taj Bagh area. Mujahid’s family and lawyer lodged a complaint
with the police of murder during robbery, while LeT activists
claimed that the incident was an act of terrorism.
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3
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August 29
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Four people were injured after
a bomb exploded in a busy market in the Gulberg area. The device
had been planted between two cars parked outside a shoe store
in the Liberty Market area. Capital City Police Chief Khawaja
Khalid Farooq said close-circuit cameras had recorded two young
men roaming near the site just before the explosion.
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4
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August 29
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Authorities detained Hafiz Mohammad
Saeed, chief of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), an hour after he was
released following a court ruling that his detention was illegal.
Saeed was first placed under house arrest on August 10, but the
Lahore High Court ordered his release on August 28, saying the
Government had not provided sufficient evidence to justify his
detention.
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5
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August 10
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The Punjab Government reportedly
put LeT chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed under house arrest for one
month at his house in Lahore, two days ahead of a public meeting
he was scheduled to address in the city. "We have orders from
the government to detain the Dawa [Jama’at-ud-Da’awa] leader,"
said the city police chief Khwaja Khalid Farooq. Police sources
said Saeed had planned to hold a public meeting on August 12 at
Minar-i-Pakistan in connection with the Independence Day.
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6
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February 13
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Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja, who had
been detained for four months in 2002 on charges of alleged links
with al Qaeda, was shot dead at Manawan. His cousin Khwaja Tanvir
Ahmad said Dr. Ahmed was en route to his clinic when two unidentified
gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on him and sped away. "It
is a target killing," said Lahore Police chief Chaudhry Shafqaat
Ahmad.
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