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January - 12 
Pakistan, he said, was a key ally in the war against terror, and the US would continue cooperating with it in all fields. "I do not question the commitment and the resolve that is being shown by Pakistan against terror," he said.
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Pakistan, he said, was a key ally in the war against terror, and the US would continue cooperating with it in all fields. "I do not question the commitment and the resolve that is being shown by Pakistan against terror," he said.
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January - 12 
US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said in Islamabad on January 12 that Pakistan and the United States had been unsuccessful in eliminating terrorists and both needed to do more, according to Dawn. "Pakistan has not succeeded despite signing an agreement with tribal people in North Wazi
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US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said in Islamabad on January 12 that Pakistan and the United States had been unsuccessful in eliminating terrorists and both needed to do more, according to Dawn. "Pakistan has not succeeded despite signing an agreement with tribal people in North Waziristan as terrorists are still going into Afghanistan. Likewise, the United States did not succeed in Afghanistan to curb violence and extremists, and they both need to harness more efforts to make the region peaceful and safe," he told a press conference after high-level talks in the capital.
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January - 17 
An Inter-Services Public Relations termed the statement "ludicrous and fabricated". An ISPR spokesperson said in Islamabad that at about 2:15am on January 17, two BSF posts, located north of Najwal village in Jammu and Kashmir, fired seven illuminating rounds, followed by small arms fire that contin
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An Inter-Services Public Relations termed the statement "ludicrous and fabricated". An ISPR spokesperson said in Islamabad that at about 2:15am on January 17, two BSF posts, located north of Najwal village in Jammu and Kashmir, fired seven illuminating rounds, followed by small arms fire that continued intermittently till 3:20am. "Pakistan Rangers did not fire a single shot," he claimed. BSF Additional Deputy Inspector General, K. S. Chouhan, told reporters, "We lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Rangers at a flag meeting at Matkola outpost in Khour sector."
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February - 10 
The international aid agency said it was suspending all field operations in NWFP, but ICRC spokesman Raza Hamdani told Daily Times from Islamabad that ICRC would continue its operations, and a security review was underway. The spokesman said a gas cylinder was lobbed into the car park, but Peshawar
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The international aid agency said it was suspending all field operations in NWFP, but ICRC spokesman Raza Hamdani told Daily Times from Islamabad that ICRC would continue its operations, and a security review was underway. The spokesman said a gas cylinder was lobbed into the car park, but Peshawar police chief Abdul Majeed Marwat said the blast had been caused by an explosive device planted near a geyser.
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February - 14 
President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the Government will not allow the Talibanisation of Pakistani society, nor allow the Taliban to impede development and prosperity, according to Daily Times. "The Taliban system will not be allowed to come to the country and the Taliban will not be all
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President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the Government will not allow the Talibanisation of Pakistani society, nor allow the Taliban to impede development and prosperity, according to Daily Times. "The Taliban system will not be allowed to come to the country and the Taliban will not be allowed to hamper the path to development and prosperity. We will continue to move forward to transform Pakistan into a moderate, enlightened, Muslim welfare state," Gen. Musharraf said in his address at a seminar titled ‘Voices of Asia for the process of peace, cooperation and security’, held in Islamabad on February 14 at the Institute of Strategic Studies. He said Pakistan would continue its war against the Taliban and Qaeda for its survival. "We are fighting this war for our security rather than to appease someone else," he claimed. He said peace deals like the one with tribal elders in North Waziristan should take place "in other areas" too. The president rejected "baseless charges" made by Afghanistan that Pakistan was aiding the Taliban. "No other country has played a more vital role than Pakistan in the war on terror. This blame game against Pakistan despite its pivotal role in the war against terrorism is a blatant denial of facts. Such a strategy has to be devised that the problems are resolved with a pragmatic approach," he said. Peace and stability in the world could not be ensured without addressing the basic problems of Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan and Iraq, he claimed. He said the Pakistan-India peace process had made progress on issues like Siachen and Baglihar. "But we cannot overlook the Kashmir issue," he added.
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February - 20 
The Government on February 20 claimed to have traced a network of terrorists allegedly involved in the killings of former Member of National Assembly Maulana Azam Tariq (chief of the outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan [SSP], provincial minister Pir Binyamin and 41 other people in various incidents tha
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The Government on February 20 claimed to have traced a network of terrorists allegedly involved in the killings of former Member of National Assembly Maulana Azam Tariq (chief of the outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan [SSP], provincial minister Pir Binyamin and 41 other people in various incidents that occurred in Punjab and Islamabad between 2003 and 2006. “Two members of the network have been arrested by Islamabad Police’s CID department from Sector G-6/2 and efforts are being made to catch their six accomplices who are reported to be hiding in the capital,” a senior official of the interior ministry told Dawn. The arrested were identified as Mudassar Ali alias Usman Chaudhry and Mohammad Ali alias Abbas. The official informed that in October 2003, the accused had intercepted Azam Tariq’s car near Golra More Toll Plaza in Islamabad and opened fire, killing Tariq, his three security guards and a driver.
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February - 22 
Security agencies claimed on February 22 to have averted at least four major terrorist attacks in different parts of the country and said that 19 suspects, who were being controlled by some people in tribal areas near the Afghan border, had been arrested. An interior ministry official told Dawn that
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Security agencies claimed on February 22 to have averted at least four major terrorist attacks in different parts of the country and said that 19 suspects, who were being controlled by some people in tribal areas near the Afghan border, had been arrested. An interior ministry official told Dawn that seven people had been arrested from Dera Ismail Khan on January 29. They were local Taliban and belonged to the Mehsud tribe from South Waziristan. Further, 12 Afghan nationals were arrested for suspected links with militants in Faisalabad on January 29, he added. The interior ministry official informed that a countrywide terror alert, especially in capital Islamabad, had been issued after investigations revealed presence of some suicide bombers in various parts of the country. The terror threat level had not been lowered from ‘red alert’, he added.
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March - 30 
The Islamabad District administration has decided that it will take action against the students of Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia madrassas after April 3, sources told Daily Times. The sources said that a meeting chaired by Islamabad Chief Commissioner Khalid Pervaiz decided that the Rawalpindi Poli
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The Islamabad District administration has decided that it will take action against the students of Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia madrassas after April 3, sources told Daily Times. The sources said that a meeting chaired by Islamabad Chief Commissioner Khalid Pervaiz decided that the Rawalpindi Police and Rangers would be summoned for an operation against the madrassa students for trying to "Talibanise" the federal capital, adding that the administration was waiting for the Interior Ministry’s approval.
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April - 2 
Two religious seminaries, Jamia Faridia and Jamia Hafsa, are planning to enforce Shariat (Islamic law) in the national capital Islamabad and across the country and said they will announce their movement in the Lal Masjid (Lal Mosque) in Islamabad on April 6, according to Dawn. They warned the govern
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Two religious seminaries, Jamia Faridia and Jamia Hafsa, are planning to enforce Shariat (Islamic law) in the national capital Islamabad and across the country and said they will announce their movement in the Lal Masjid (Lal Mosque) in Islamabad on April 6, according to Dawn. They warned the government of serious consequences if it tried to create hurdles in implementing the Islamic law. "We will start our Islamic revolution in Islamabad on Friday by launching a crackdown on CDs, DVDs and other secular activities in the G-6 sector. The exercise will be extended to the NWFP [North West Frontier Province] and other areas at later stages. We have full support of madressahs in various cities," Jamia Faridia and Jamia Hafsa in-charge Maulana Abdul Aziz told Dawn on April 2. "Ten thousand students of the two seminaries are ready to sacrifice their lives for Shariat and we are determined to enforce the Islamic law in Islamabad in order to make it example for people," said Maulana Aziz, elder brother of Ghazi Abdul Rashid. He claimed that thousands of people and government officials in Islamabad had lauded the recent raid on a brothel which, he said, was the first successful step of the movement. Asked what the funding source of the two seminaries and the Lal Masjid was, Maulana Aziz said: "Whenever we are short of essential items we close our eyes and demand the goods from Allah. Within a few minutes, we find the desired things in our kitchens." He said he was supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan and South and North Waziristan and conceded that students of his seminary had joined the Taliban but on their own. "No doubt, our students are joining jihadis because we are teaching them jihad but we have not pressurised them to fight, rather they are doing it by their own," he said.
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April - 5 
Hard-line religious leaders established on April 5 a Qazi court in Lal Masjid (Lal Mosque), a parallel judicial system in the federal capital Islamabad, challenging the writ of the government for the fourth time over the past 45 days, Dawn reported. According to an announcement from Lal Masjid, the
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Hard-line religious leaders established on April 5 a Qazi court in Lal Masjid (Lal Mosque), a parallel judicial system in the federal capital Islamabad, challenging the writ of the government for the fourth time over the past 45 days, Dawn reported. According to an announcement from Lal Masjid, the court comprising 10 Muftis will decide disputes and give their verdict in accordance with ‘Islamic injunctions’. The deputy in-charge of Lal Masjid and its Madressah Hafsa, Maulana Ghazi Abdul Rasheed, said the court had been set up but its formation would be formally announced on April 6, today, with the commencement of a three-day Nifaz Shariat-o-Azmat Jihad Conference to be held in the Lal Masjid. He said the court was not a new thing because there was a general practice that Muftis often sat in the mosque to issue decrees (Fatwas) to resolve different kinds of disputes in the light of what he called ‘Shariat’. "But this time it would become a regular feature of Lal Masjid as Muftis will sit on a regular basis," he said.
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April - 9 
Ministers and officials of the intelligence agencies reportedly voiced opposition to a crackdown on students of the pro-Taliban Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia and the Lal Masjid administration for political and security reasons, at a meeting on April 9, according to Daily Times. Interior Minister Af
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Ministers and officials of the intelligence agencies reportedly voiced opposition to a crackdown on students of the pro-Taliban Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia and the Lal Masjid administration for political and security reasons, at a meeting on April 9, according to Daily Times. Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao told the meeting, chaired by President Pervez Musharraf, that the government could not afford the use of force against seminary students since general elections were near. Officials of the intelligence agencies maintained that a crackdown would create a law and order situation in Islamabad and would strengthen extremists in the country.
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April - 10 
The pro-Taliban Lal Masjid administration on April 10 re-launched its Website on an international domain two days after it was blocked by the government. Earlier, the government said it had blocked the Website and a radio station of the Lal Masjid. "We have blocked the Website of Lal Masjid and also
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The pro-Taliban Lal Masjid administration on April 10 re-launched its Website on an international domain two days after it was blocked by the government. Earlier, the government said it had blocked the Website and a radio station of the Lal Masjid. "We have blocked the Website of Lal Masjid and also blocked the radio station… We will block anything that promotes religious hatred, calls for suicide attacks - this cannot be tolerated," Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azeem told AFP.
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April - 10 
Javed Iqbal Cheema, Director General of the National Crisis Management Cell, also opposed the use of force, "because we are already confronting difficult situations in Waziristan and Balochistan," according to the sources. Sources added that almost all the participants at the meeting, including Prim
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Javed Iqbal Cheema, Director General of the National Crisis Management Cell, also opposed the use of force, "because we are already confronting difficult situations in Waziristan and Balochistan," according to the sources. Sources added that almost all the participants at the meeting, including Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Law Minister Wasi Zafar and Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani, opposed a crackdown on the seminary students. Sources also said that Gen. Musharraf had approved a strategy for a crackdown in case negotiations failed.
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April - 20 
The US military does not have permission to conduct operations inside the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) of Pakistan even if it has information that Osama bin Laden is hiding in that area, said the commander of the US Central Command, according to Dawn. Admiral William Fallon told a Congr
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The US military does not have permission to conduct operations inside the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) of Pakistan even if it has information that Osama bin Laden is hiding in that area, said the commander of the US Central Command, according to Dawn. Admiral William Fallon told a Congressional hearing that the arrangement they had with Islamabad did not allow them to take direct military actions against targets inside Pakistan. "I do not have permission to go across that border on my own, and to conduct activities within that country, without some arrangement or agreement with the government of Pakistan," he said. Admiral Fallon also disagreed with the suggestion that under the Waziristan agreement, Islamabad had given the area to any specific group.
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May - 8 
Pakistan has increased the number of its troops deployed along the Afghan border to 90,000 to make it more difficult for the Taliban and al Qaeda militants to cross, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on May 8, The News reported. However, he provided no details of when the troop increase occurred
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Pakistan has increased the number of its troops deployed along the Afghan border to 90,000 to make it more difficult for the Taliban and al Qaeda militants to cross, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on May 8, The News reported. However, he provided no details of when the troop increase occurred or where exactly the troops were deployed. Kasuri announced the increase after talks with the NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on the intensifying violence in Afghanistan. Kasuri also said Pakistan had increased the number of military posts along the frontier from 100 to 110, and challenged Afghanistan to show the same resolve to close the frontier. "This is the level of Pakistan's commitment," Kasuri claimed at a press conference in Islamabad.
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May - 21 
Pakistan on May 21 refuted a claim that there was al Qaeda’s base command in the tribal areas and declared that the government was determined to take action against ‘remnants’ of the group who may be hiding in the country, according to Dawn. "There is no al Qaeda base in Pakistan. We have repeatedly
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Pakistan on May 21 refuted a claim that there was al Qaeda’s base command in the tribal areas and declared that the government was determined to take action against ‘remnants’ of the group who may be hiding in the country, according to Dawn. "There is no al Qaeda base in Pakistan. We have repeatedly said that Pakistan is the country that has taken the strongest action against al Qaeda," Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told a weekly news briefing in Islamabad. She, however, said: "There may be some Al Qaeda remnants in Pakistan. We are taking action against them." Aslam dismissed as ‘speculative’ a report in the United States media quoting American intelligence officials as saying that some 50 Central Intelligence Agency operatives had been deployed in Pakistan in 2006 to search for al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and that the group had a base command in the country. "There is no real evidence or intelligence with us on his whereabouts and nobody knows where he is. So there is no question of 50 CIA agents looking for Osama bin Laden in Pakistan," she said.
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June - 14 
The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher, on June 14 praised Islamabad’s role in the “war on terror” and agreed to the Pakistani assertion that there was no solid evidence of Mullah Omar’s presence in Balochistan, according to The News. Boucher met Bal
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The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher, on June 14 praised Islamabad’s role in the “war on terror” and agreed to the Pakistani assertion that there was no solid evidence of Mullah Omar’s presence in Balochistan, according to The News. Boucher met Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yusuf in the provincial capital Quetta on June 14. During the meeting, Yousuf reportedly dispelled the impression that Quetta was the Taliban headquarters. “There is no headquarters of Taliban in Quetta, nor Mullah Omar or Osama bin Laden are present in Quetta or any other part of Balochistan,” he said, according to an official statement. The statement claimed that Boucher agreed that there was no concrete “evidence that Mullah Omar was present in Balochistan” and that he appreciated Pakistan’s role in the war against terrorism. The statement said Yusuf informed Boucher that Pakistan was an important ally of the United States in the global war on terror and President Pervez Musharraf was determined to eliminate terrorism from the country with the support of the people. APP reported that Boucher also visited the border town of Chaman where he saw the biometric system installed by Pakistan on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border with the objective to check illegal cross-border movement.
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July - 8 
A senior Pakistani army commando, Colonel Haroon Islam, was shot dead on July 8-morning (today) by Islamic militants besieged in the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, said Major General Waheed Arshad, head of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), according to Times of India. Islam "was supervising the
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A senior Pakistani army commando, Colonel Haroon Islam, was shot dead on July 8-morning (today) by Islamic militants besieged in the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, said Major General Waheed Arshad, head of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), according to Times of India. Islam "was supervising the operation and got injured and expired in the hospital," said Arshad, adding, another army official was injured during the operation to blow up part of the wall surrounding the fortified mosque complex. "Islam was leading the operation and the wall was destroyed in order to facilitate the women and children who were made hostages by the militants inside the mosque," he added, and disclosed that there were intense exchanges of gunfire overnight between security forces and Islamists holed up inside the Lal Masjid.
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July - 8 
Eight “high value terrorists” wanted by Pakistan and other countries are holed up inside the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, while another was killed by security forces in the ongoing operation, Religious Affairs Minister Ejazul Haq disclosed on July 8, according to Daily Times. “Nine suspected terrorists
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Eight “high value terrorists” wanted by Pakistan and other countries are holed up inside the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, while another was killed by security forces in the ongoing operation, Religious Affairs Minister Ejazul Haq disclosed on July 8, according to Daily Times. “Nine suspected terrorists said to be far more dangerous and harmful than al Qaeda and Taliban operatives were hiding inside the mosque compound,” Haq said at a press conference in Islamabad. However, the minister refused to reveal the identities of these militants. He informed that security forces killed one of these suspected terrorists inside Lal Masjid on the second day of the ongoing operation. He was the mastermind of the failed suicide attack on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at Attock in 2005, he added. Haq also said that the militants and not Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Lal Masjid’s deputy chief cleric, were controlling the mosque. “The militants are holding children and Ghazi hostage,” he informed. The minister also ruled out the government launching any action against other seminaries in Pakistan, including the Jamia Faridia.
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July - 9 
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz confirmed that the government would allow Ghazi to be held under house arrest with his ailing mother if he surrenders and frees the hostages. "We are trying to avoid loss of life and using all negotiating options to end this crisis, including house arrest for Ghazi and hi
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz confirmed that the government would allow Ghazi to be held under house arrest with his ailing mother if he surrenders and frees the hostages. "We are trying to avoid loss of life and using all negotiating options to end this crisis, including house arrest for Ghazi and his old mother," informed Aziz. An AFP report added that Aziz said he had a list of several "heavyweight" militants inside the mosque but refused to give their names.
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July - 9 
The ISPR Director General, Major General Waheed Arshad, denied the presence of al Qaeda or Taliban militants inside the Lal Masjid. He, however, admitted to The News that the militants holed up in the mosque might have links with some local banned militant outfits. "Only local militants of banned or
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The ISPR Director General, Major General Waheed Arshad, denied the presence of al Qaeda or Taliban militants inside the Lal Masjid. He, however, admitted to The News that the militants holed up in the mosque might have links with some local banned militant outfits. "Only local militants of banned organisations are present inside the Jamia Hafsa and Lal Masjid premises," he claimed. When asked about a list of persons present inside the mosque that was published in some newspapers on Monday, he said that any such list or its source was not in his knowledge. Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, Director-General of the National Crisis Management Cell, also conformed that there were no reports of presence of al Qaeda or Taliban militants inside the Lal Masjid.
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July - 10 
Gen. Arshad told AFP that troops had secured 80 percent of the complex. He said the operation was being prolonged because the militants were using women and children as shields, they were well trained and heavily armed, and because of the complex layout of the 75-room compound, which had been extens
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Gen. Arshad told AFP that troops had secured 80 percent of the complex. He said the operation was being prolonged because the militants were using women and children as shields, they were well trained and heavily armed, and because of the complex layout of the 75-room compound, which had been extensively booby-trapped. "The operation is in its last stages. There are one or two areas to be cleared," he informed.
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July - 10 
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on July 10 in Islamabad that the killing of Lal Masjid deputy cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi was a triumph for the government, according to Daily Times. Addressing the federal cabinet, he expressed satisfaction over the successful operation and said any attempt to use sem
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on July 10 in Islamabad that the killing of Lal Masjid deputy cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi was a triumph for the government, according to Daily Times. Addressing the federal cabinet, he expressed satisfaction over the successful operation and said any attempt to use seminaries to promote militancy and extremism was intolerable. "The two cleric brothers always challenged the writ of the state due to which a grand operation against them was inevitable," said Aziz.
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July - 11 
Security forces collected 73 bodies of militants as they cleared the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa of mines and booby traps on July 11 after flushing out or killing all the militants holed up inside, according to Daily Times. Major General Arshad Waheed, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Re
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Security forces collected 73 bodies of militants as they cleared the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa of mines and booby traps on July 11 after flushing out or killing all the militants holed up inside, according to Daily Times. Major General Arshad Waheed, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations, informed reporters that the cleanup operation was almost complete and that 73 bodies had been collected, and none of them were of women. He also said that another soldier was injured in overnight fighting, taking the casualty figures for the armed forces to 10 deaths and 33 wounded. Three more militants were also killed in the fighting overnight, the military spokesperson informed. However, he did not disclose the number of civilian casualties. Around 100 graves were being prepared in the Sector H-11 graveyard for the collective burial of militants killed in the Lal Masjid operation, Geo News reported. According to The Hindu, there is no clarity yet on whether those killed inside were all militants or if they included "civilians" who, the government said, were being held hostage by "a few hardcore militants." More than 500 dead bodies of female and male students have been recovered from the debris of the Lal Masjid in the second phase of Operation Sunrise, according to Frontier Post.
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July - 13 
Federal Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao disclosed on July 13 that 102 persons lost their lives in the operation at Lal Masjid, including 91 civilians, 10 army and one Ranger’s official. He also said that four to five corpses have been identified as that of suspected foreign militants. Addressing a p
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Federal Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao disclosed on July 13 that 102 persons lost their lives in the operation at Lal Masjid, including 91 civilians, 10 army and one Ranger’s official. He also said that four to five corpses have been identified as that of suspected foreign militants. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he said 248 people sustained injuries in the operation. The minister informed that 242 students are still in jails and students below 18 years have been sent home, adding that Maulana Abdul Aziz’s wife and two daughters will remain in custody, as there are cases filed against them. He revealed that the government had the tape of Abdur Rashid Ghazi when he was pleading for the safe passage for the foreigners. However, Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah told reporters after the minister’s press conference that "In the final assault some 75 people were killed in the complex and I think 50 to 60 were militants and the rest were women and children."
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July - 17 
State Minister for Information Tariq Azeem said the incident was a suicide attack and the head of the suicide bomber had been found and added, “It is too early to say anything about the target and motive behind this attack. The security agencies have cordoned off the scene and started investigations
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State Minister for Information Tariq Azeem said the incident was a suicide attack and the head of the suicide bomber had been found and added, “It is too early to say anything about the target and motive behind this attack. The security agencies have cordoned off the scene and started investigations.” Tariq Azim told Geo TV that the government would consider various options to ensure people’s lives were protected, including imposing emergency in Pakistan. There was no immediate indication of who carried out the attack or whether it was linked to a spate of bombings and suicide attacks in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and tribal areas in recent days that have been blamed on religious extremists. Security agencies have warned of the possibility of more attacks in the capital, claiming that a number of suicide attackers had entered the city a few days ago.
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July - 24 
Interior Ministry spokesperson Javed Iqbal Cheema confirmed the killing and informed a press conference in Islamabad that Mehsud was wanted for the abduction of two Chinese engineers in 2004 and for "many terror attacks". "We are 200 per cent sure that Abdullah Mehsud has died," the spokesman said i
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Interior Ministry spokesperson Javed Iqbal Cheema confirmed the killing and informed a press conference in Islamabad that Mehsud was wanted for the abduction of two Chinese engineers in 2004 and for "many terror attacks". "We are 200 per cent sure that Abdullah Mehsud has died," the spokesman said in reply to a question expressing scepticism over the Government’s claim, according to Dawn. He was also an "active Taliban commander and staunch al Qaeda supporter," Cheema added. Cheema denied the US had shared any intelligence with Pakistan about Mehsud’s hideout. An unnamed Pakistani intelligence official said Mehsud was intercepted on his way back from Afghanistan’s Helmand province, where the official said he led supporters fighting alongside the Taliban against Afghan and US forces. The intelligence official said Mehsud had been in Afghanistan for more than a year.
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July - 27 
Islamabad Chief Commissioner Khalid Perveez said it was a suicide bombing, adding “We were expecting such an incident. There was intelligence that five suicide bombers had entered the federal capital territory. Two of them have completed their mission and three are still there.”
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Islamabad Chief Commissioner Khalid Perveez said it was a suicide bombing, adding “We were expecting such an incident. There was intelligence that five suicide bombers had entered the federal capital territory. Two of them have completed their mission and three are still there.”
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July - 29 
The Government has sounded a red alert in the wake of reports about the presence of 600 suicide bombers within the limits of the national capital Islamabad and asked security force personnel to avoid gathering in groups and not to wear uniform in public, according to The Hindu. The suicide bombers a
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The Government has sounded a red alert in the wake of reports about the presence of 600 suicide bombers within the limits of the national capital Islamabad and asked security force personnel to avoid gathering in groups and not to wear uniform in public, according to The Hindu. The suicide bombers are hiding in madrassas (seminaries) and mosques within and around the limits of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Daily Times quoted officials as saying. Most of these bombers are believed to be those who went missing after the crackdown on the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). “Around 600 students of the Jamia Hafsa and the Jamia Fareedia have not returned to their homes after the Lal Masjid operation. These are the people called ‘missing students’ and they are hiding in madrassas and mosques in and around the two cities. These are walking bombs and are determined to blow themselves up anytime, anywhere,” investigators said. The presence of the bombers was revealed by the sacked chief cleric of the Lal Masjid, Abdul Aziz, who is in detention. “During interrogation, Aziz said 500-600 students of the two madrassas had been trained, equipped and brainwashed to carry out suicide attacks. These students left the madrassas according to a plan before the final operation against the mosque was launched,” the officials said.
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August - 21 
Security agencies are reported to have traced a network of terrorists operating across Pakistan and arrested two members allegedly linked to last month’s suicide bombings in Islamabad, Interior Ministry spokesperson Brigadier (r) Javed Iqbal Cheema told reporters in Islamabad on August 21. He said t
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Security agencies are reported to have traced a network of terrorists operating across Pakistan and arrested two members allegedly linked to last month’s suicide bombings in Islamabad, Interior Ministry spokesperson Brigadier (r) Javed Iqbal Cheema told reporters in Islamabad on August 21. He said these terrorists were linked with Lal Masjid and Waziristan, adding that more members of the network would be arrested soon, according to Daily Times. Cheema stated that "We have arrested two people behind two suicide attacks that took place in district court premises on July 17 and at Aabpara Market on July 27." Official sources identified the two as Imdad Hussain of Dera Ismail Khan in the North Wes Frontier Province and Nasir Mehmood of Murree, according to Dawn. Hussain was arrested from Rawalpindi and Mehmood in Murree last week.
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September - 7 
According to Daily Times, intelligence agencies have warned the Interior Ministry that three suicide bombers have entered Islamabad to target the capital’s two busiest commercial centres, Jinnah Super and Super Market, in the next few days, sources told Daily Times. The suicide bombers were linked t
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According to Daily Times, intelligence agencies have warned the Interior Ministry that three suicide bombers have entered Islamabad to target the capital’s two busiest commercial centres, Jinnah Super and Super Market, in the next few days, sources told Daily Times. The suicide bombers were linked to the Waziristan-based tribal militant Baitullah Mehsud. Acting Inspector General of Islamabad Police Shahid Nadeem Baloch confirmed that the police had received a warning about the suicide bombers from the Interior Ministry.
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October - 2 
A terrorist network allegedly involved in recent suicide attacks in different parts of the country, including Islamabad and Rawalpindi, has been neutralized, according to Dawn. In a weekly press briefing on October 2, Interior Ministry spokesperson Brigadier (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema said eight terr
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A terrorist network allegedly involved in recent suicide attacks in different parts of the country, including Islamabad and Rawalpindi, has been neutralized, according to Dawn. In a weekly press briefing on October 2, Interior Ministry spokesperson Brigadier (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema said eight terrorists were arrested on October 1 in the Chauntra area of Rawalpindi in a predawn raid by the Punjab Police. "This is one network and we are searching for another involved in suicide attacks as they are linked with each other and with al Qaeda militants in South Waziristan," he informed. The gang members were identified as Sami Ullah, Sheraz, Hassan Majeed, Abu Bakar, Zahid Mehmood, Muhammad Hussain, Ejaz Hussain and Muhammad Arsalan, all belonging to Rawalpindi. Cheema said preliminary interrogation had revealed that they were providing transportation and communication facilities to the suicide bombers. "The raiding team has recovered weapons, laptops and material for making bombs," he said.
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October - 31 
Police said on October 31 that Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network and the Taliban were likely linked to the October 30-suicide attack in Rawalpindi that killed seven people, according to Dawn. The blast may also be a reaction to an ongoing government crackdown on militants in northwest of the countr
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Police said on October 31 that Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network and the Taliban were likely linked to the October 30-suicide attack in Rawalpindi that killed seven people, according to Dawn. The blast may also be a reaction to an ongoing government crackdown on militants in northwest of the country and a raid on Lal Masjid in Islamabad in July, the Islamabad police chief said. "Taliban and Al Qaeda elements are there. Most probably they could be instrumental in this attack," police chief Saud Aziz told AFP. He disclosed that police had found the disfigured head of the bomber, who is believed to be about 23 years old and who blew himself up when police stopped him at a check-post guarding a high security area.
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November - 5 
On November 5, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that the general elections will be held "on schedule" in January 2008. Talking to a group of newsmen at the Prime Minister secretariat, Aziz said the National Assembly session has been convened for November 7 while the federal cabinet will meet on Nove
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On November 5, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that the general elections will be held "on schedule" in January 2008. Talking to a group of newsmen at the Prime Minister secretariat, Aziz said the National Assembly session has been convened for November 7 while the federal cabinet will meet on November 6, reports The News. He said the National Assembly will adopt certain resolutions pertaining to the present situation in the country, including imposition of emergency. He said the federal cabinet will take stock of the situation, besides discussing legal and relevant aspects of the presidential election and other issues of national importance.
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November - 6 
On November 6, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto warned President General Pervez Musharraf to lift the state of emergency in the country and announce free and fair elections. She said that in its absence the PPP’s November 9 election rally in Rawalpindi would turn into a protest de
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On November 6, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto warned President General Pervez Musharraf to lift the state of emergency in the country and announce free and fair elections. She said that in its absence the PPP’s November 9 election rally in Rawalpindi would turn into a protest demonstration, according to Daily Times. "The people of Pakistan are against the imposition of emergency in the country and want free and fair elections. President Musharraf should fulfill his promise and announce free and fair elections after lifting the emergency," she told a press conference at Zardari House after her arrival in Islamabad. She said the PPP was ready to talk to other political parties for a joint course of action against the emergency. "I personally talked to Ishaq Dar and asked him to contact Nawaz Sharif in this regard. We are also ready to take the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and other smaller parties along, provided they denounce the emergency," she added.
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November - 12 
"Yes, the army has taken over command in Swat from Monday and will lead security forces to eliminate militancy," military spokesperson Major General Waheed Arshad told Dawn from Islamabad. Asked if the paramilitary forces had failed to bring the situation under control, he admitted the forces had ta
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"Yes, the army has taken over command in Swat from Monday and will lead security forces to eliminate militancy," military spokesperson Major General Waheed Arshad told Dawn from Islamabad. Asked if the paramilitary forces had failed to bring the situation under control, he admitted the forces had taken action but the situation had not improved. Therefore, he said, the army was deployed at the request of the NWFP government. He also said reinforcements were needed in the hostile area.
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November - 16 
President General Pervez Musharraf swore in caretaker premier Mohammadmian Soomro in Islamabad on November 16, reports Daily Times. “I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” said Senate Chairman Soomro while taking the oath. The government announced
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President General Pervez Musharraf swore in caretaker premier Mohammadmian Soomro in Islamabad on November 16, reports Daily Times. “I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” said Senate Chairman Soomro while taking the oath. The government announced the portfolios of the twenty-four-member caretaker federal cabinet, including some new faces and former ministers, which also subsequently took oath of office. Later, talking to reporters, Soomro said the political workers detained after the imposition of emergency would be released soon. “What I have been told is that most of them have been released ... we will see [about it], as we do not want to hold anyone back unnecessarily,” he added. He asked the opposition parties to shun the politics of confrontation and suggest methods to ensure free and fair elections. “The opposition parties should give their suggestions and we will welcome them,” he mentioned. He said his government’s priority was to ensure a peaceful atmosphere for holding free, fair and transparent elections and would assist the Election Commission in this regard. He also said the government would invite foreign observers to monitor the polls to enhance the credibility of the elections. He said the caretaker government would ensure the continuity of the outgoing establishment’s economic policies for “progress and prosperity”.
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November - 26 
The Swat operation would be completed before elections, caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan told reporters in Islamabad. “We are taking action against foreign miscreants in Swat. The condition will resolve itself and the operation will be completed before general elections,” he said.
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The Swat operation would be completed before elections, caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan told reporters in Islamabad. “We are taking action against foreign miscreants in Swat. The condition will resolve itself and the operation will be completed before general elections,” he said.
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December - 5 
The security agencies have found certain clues of females in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) getting training for suicide attacks, The Post reported. "Yes… there are some evidences of females' training in tribal areas regarding suicide bombing as the first woman did so in Peshawar," M
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The security agencies have found certain clues of females in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) getting training for suicide attacks, The Post reported. "Yes… there are some evidences of females' training in tribal areas regarding suicide bombing as the first woman did so in Peshawar," Minister for Interior, Lt. Gen. (R) Hamid Nawaz, informed the media in Islamabad on December 5, a day after a woman bomber killed herself in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP.
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