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SOUTH ASIA INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
Weekly Assessments & Briefings
Volume 12, No. 19, November 11, 2013
 
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South Asia Terrorism Portal
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Assam:
UALA's Maiden Strike
Giriraj Bhattacharjee
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management
On November
3, 2013, militants of the Garo tribe belonging to United
Achik Liberation Army (UALA),
an outfit which was formed in February 2013, indiscriminately
opened fire on a group of people gambling on the occasion
of Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, at the
remote Gendamari village under Agia Police Station in
the troubled
Goalpara District, leaving seven people
dead. Six of those killed belonged to the Rabha tribe,
while the seventh is unidentified. Another nine persons
were seriously injured. On November 7, 2013, Meghalaya
Director General of Police (DGP), Peter James Pyngrope
Hanaman, stated, “Someone is using UALA as a mercenary
as the outfit does not have any ideology.” Hanaman also
described UALA as “a small but a well-armed group”.
Meanwhile,
the Meghalaya Police has identified three UALA cadres,
‘advisor-cum-publicity secretary’ A.G. Momin, Rakman Momin
and Nishan Sangma, as being responsible for the Goalpara
killings. The 'mastermind' of the attack has been identified
as UALA ‘chairman’ Norrok X. Momin, alias Singbirth
Marak.
UALA was
formed after the split in the Breakaway faction of the
Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC-B).
ANVC-B, in turn, had split from the parent ANVC after
the flawed
Cease Fire Agreement of July 23, 2004.
A November 6, 2013, report indicates that all the UALA
cadres are Garo youth from Assam, while some 30 to 35
of these cadres have links with another Garo formation,
the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA).
GNLA is also allied
to the Independent faction of United Liberation Front
of Asom (ULFA-I).
Following
the November 3 incident, there was an emergency meeting
held at the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) headed
by the Joint Secretary (North-east), Union Ministry for
Home Affairs (MHA), Shambhu Singh. The meeting resulted
in a decision to use the Border Security Force (BSF),
the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Indo-Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP) against the UALA.
Significantly,
the Garo insurgents have are also increasingly involved
in Garo-Rabha confrontations in the Rabha Hasong Autonomous
Council (RHAC) area of Goalpara and the neighbouring Kamrup
(Rural) District. UALA is against the inclusion of Assam's
Garo areas in the RHAC. Worryingly, the Rabha-Garo ethnic
relations have been strained since December 2010, when
the All Rabha Student’s Union (ARSU) enforced a blockade
of the then National Highway (NH)-37 in Goalpara District,
demanding Sixth Schedule status for RHAC [The Sixth Schedule
of India's Constitution makes special provisions for the
administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura,
and Mizoram]. On January 3, 2011, the Garo National Council
(GNC) of Assam had responded by calling a 12-hour bandh
(General Shutdown) in Goalpara District, and 30 Rabha
houses in Mendipathar in the then East Garo Hills District
(now North Garo Hills) in neighbouring Meghalaya were
reportedly set ablaze during the bandh. Clashes
followed, leaving 12 persons dead and 50,000 displaced.
Incidentally,
the November 3, 2013, attack is the first incident resulting
in civilian fatalities in Goalpara
District since 2009. The last recorded
civilian fatality in the District was on July 21, 2009,
when ULFA militants killed a surrendered militant, Hazong
Rabha, and his wife Nalani Rabha, at their Nalanga Pahartoli
residence under Baguwan Police Station. Hazong Rabha had
been engaged in the coal trade after laying down arms.
According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)
database, Goalpara District recorded 16 fatalities till
November 10, 2013 [seven civilians and nine militants],
out of the total 71 fatalities recorded in the State during
the year. 22 insurgency-linked fatalities were recorded
in 2012 and just four, all militants, in 2011, in the
District.
Apart from
insurgency related killings, the District also had recorded
fatalities resulting from violent protests on the issue
of Panchayat (Village Self-Governing bodies) elections
and, recently, on the declaration of forthcoming RHAC
elections on November 13, 16 and 25. The State Election
Commission had also announced the Panchayat poll
dates of November 20 and 27 for areas where election could
not be in February 2013, owing to widespread violence.
The latest
round of violence started on October 19-20, 2013, when
supporters of the Garo National Council (GNC) set four
vehicles ablaze and partially burned down three schools
in Goalpara District, following the October 18 announcement
of RHAC elections. The GNC also called an indefinite strike
demanding the exclusion of non-Rabha villages from the
RHAC area.
On November
1, 2013, one person was killed and another 15 were injured
when Police opened fire to disperse a group of violent
protesters belonging to the Non-Rabha Coordination Forum
(NRCC), who were blocking NH- 37 and had set ablaze a
bus at Khoridhora Bridge under Krishnai Police Station
in the District. NRCC is demanding the exclusion of 91
and 104 villages in Goalpara and Kamrup Districts, respectively,
from the 749 villages under the RHAC. However, Deputy
Commissioner (DC), Goalpara, Pritam Saikia, termed the
NRCC’s demand 'unjustified'. On October 24, Saikia said
that, out of the total of 401 villages in Goalpara, which
were earlier included in the RHAC areas, there was no
dispute over 333 villages following a mutual agreement
between the Rabhas and the non-Rabhas (excluding the Garos),
in 2010. Of the remaining 68 villages, 22 have already
been bifurcated into Part A and Part B, and10 of the other
46 villages have been excluded from the RHAC areas based
on the representation of the people following hearings
during the delimitation process. Saikia added that 35
villages had submitted no representation to stay out of
the RHAC area.
On November
6, 2013, non-Rabha organisations, including NRCC, GNC
and Garo National Union (GNU), softened their stand on
demands for exclusion of 91 villages from the RHAC areas
before the upcoming polls, following a meeting with the
State Minister for Border Area Development, Siddique Ahmed.
This move will, for the time being, help avoid possible
conflicts in the RHAC area. Ahmed gave an assurance that
the demands of the non-Rabha organisations which were
placed before him would be taken up with the Chief Minister,
and also appealed to the organisations not to obstruct
the holding of the first-ever RHAC elections. The non-Rabha
organisations agreed in principle to the proposal, but
asked the Government to expedite the revenue bifurcation
of the 22 disputed villages in the Part-A portion being
included in the RHAC areas, and the remaining Part-B list,
excluded from RHAC. The Garo organisations have urged
the Government to exclude all the villages with Garo population
from RHAC.
Earlier,
on February 12, 2013, at least 20 persons had been killed
in RHAC areas in the District, during the third and final
phase of Panchayat elections. The February 2013
phase of violence in the RHAC region was led by the Rabha
Hasong Joint Movement Committee (RHJMC), an umbrella organisation
of 34 Rabha groups opposed to the Panchayat polls.
The recent
killings of Rabha tribals by UALA militants comes at a
time when ethnic tensions amongst Rabhas and Non-Rabhas,
the latter including Garos, are running high due to unresolved
issues surrounding RHAC elections. Meanwhile, following
a meeting between Meghalaya and Assam Police DGPs, the
Police Forces of Assam and Meghalaya, along with the CRPF
and the Army, launched counter-insurgency operations on
October 6, 2013, along the 68-kilometer along Assam-Meghalaya
border in Goalpara. The operations are to target GNLA
and UALA, with the further objective of taking on ULFA-I,
which use the District as a transit location.
The swift
deployment of Forces and launch of coordinated operations
by the two States may prevent further deterioration in
the situation. Following the November 3 incident, the
District Administration also clamped an indefinite night
curfew along the Assam-Meghalaya border. However, a window
of risk remains till the three-day long RHAC elections
are over. Thus, on November 6, 2013, a Police source warned,
“Our biggest worry is UALA that may galvanise all the
forces which are opposed to the council polls on November
13, 16 and 25”. Security Forces and the State Administration
will need to exercise extraordinary vigilance in the tense
run-up to the RHAC elections.
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Treaty
of Hope
Sanchita Bhattacharya
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management
On October
7, 2013, Bangladesh's Cabinet ratified the Extradition
Treaty with India. Disclosing this,
Bangladesh Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan
stated that the Cabinet meeting was chaired by Bangladesh
Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, and that the treaty
would now require the approval of the Parliament in order
to come into effect, following the exchange of documents
after legal procedures by both countries. The Indian Cabinet
had already ratified the treaty. On October 23, 2013,
the instruments of ratifications were exchanged, and the
Treaty came into effect. The Extradition Treaty had been
inked on January 29, 2013.
Some of
the significant aspects of the treaty include:
Article
5: Nothing in this Treaty shall preclude the extradition
by the Requested State of its nationals either in respect
of a territorial offence or in respect of an extra-territorial
offence.
Article
11(1): In case of urgency, one Contracting State may request
the other Contracting State to provisionally arrest the
person sought. Such request shall be made in writing and
transmitted to the Central Authority of the Requested
State through diplomatic channels.
Article
17(1): When a request for extradition is granted, the
Requested State shall, upon request and so far as its
law allows, hand over to the Requesting State articles
(including sums of money) which may serve as proof or
evidence of the offence.
Article
18: Each Contracting State shall, to the extent permitted
by its law, afford the other the widest measure of mutual
assistance in criminal matters in connection with the
offence for which extradition has been requested.
However,
according to Article 6, persons accused of political crimes
[offence of a political character] would not come under
the purview of the Treaty. Further, offenders accused
of small crimes, with a maximum penalty of imprisonment
for less than one year, are also outside the scope of
the Treaty. Article 8 states that the signing countries
also reserve the right to refuse extradition.
Apart from
its specific provisions, the Treaty well enhance the already-much-improved
Indo-Bangladesh security ties. India hopes that the Treaty
will facilitate the extradition of Anup Chetia alias
Golap Barua, 'general secretary' of the United Liberation
Front of Assam (ULFA)
and other criminals taking shelter in Bangladesh. Chetia
has been in a Bangladesh jail since his arrest in 1997.
A Bangladesh court jailed Chetia for seven years for illegal
entry. Although his sentence has expired, he is still
in Bangladesh custody. Chetia sought political asylum
in Bangladesh thrice, in 2005, 2008 and in 2011, after
being arrested from Dhaka's Mohammadpur area in 1997.
In addition
to Chetia, National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
leader Thulunga alias Tensu Narzery and many other
insurgents from India's insurgency-wracked north-east
have been hiding in Bangladesh, and are now under imminent
threat of deportation.
Bangladesh
on the other hand, wants India’s help in arresting and
extraditing Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's killers.
The suspects, Captain (Retired) Abdul Mazed and Risalder
(Retired) Moslehuddin, are believed to be hiding in India.
The treaty will also clear the way to bring back criminals
like Subrata Bain and Sazzad Hossain to Bangladesh from
India. Bain and Hossain are currently lodged in Delhi's
high-security Tihar Jail. Bain was charged with carrying
Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), illegal arms and for
illegal immigration into India. Hossain is wanted in cases
of murder in Bangladesh. The Awami League government of
Bangladesh contends that Bain and Hossain were involved
in attacks that targeted its top leadership. Bain is an
accused in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack on a rally
of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka.
Further,
with an over 4,000 kilometre porous border between the
two countries, mainly along India's insurgency-plagued
north-eastern States, and reports suggesting that both
Indian and trans-border terrorists are taking advantage
of security gaps in the Indian State of West Bengal, the
treaty will be crucial for both countries to take effective
action against serious offenders for a wide variety of
crimes, including terrorism, smuggling, human trafficking,
organised crime, and white-collar crime. The treaty has
also extended the scope of mutual cooperation on security
and border related issues. It can be hoped, moreover,
that it will help the enforcement agencies on both sides
to secure their common goals of protecting their respective
citizens and eliminating cross-border safe havens for
criminals.
In addition,
India has also operationalised the Mutual Legal Assistance
Treaty in Criminal Matters with Bangladesh. The Legal
Assistance Treaty assume importance in combating transnational
organized crimes, trans-border terrorism, and other serious
offences such as human and drug trafficking, money laundering,
counterfeit currency, smuggling of arms and explosives,
etc. Keeping in mind the regional challenges of terrorist
funding and the recent Rohingya
problem, such cooperation will create
strong instruments of ‘official hindrance’ to anti-governmental
formations and non-state actors with radical political
agendas.
The India-Bangladesh
relationship has been on a sustained upswing since Sheikh
Hasina came to power in January 2009. With remarkable
transformations in the domestic scenario, Dhaka sought
to repair relations
with Delhi, and to stamp out the anti-Indian
sentiment in Bangladesh.
These gains,
of course, remain tenuous. Recent developments, including
the political turmoil in Bangladesh, and evidence that
the US has revaluated its position on the Bangladesh Nationalist
Party (BNP) - Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) combine, with an assessment
in its favour, suggest that the outcome of the General
Elections due before January 24, 2014, are deeply uncertain.
A restoration to power of the BNP-Jamaat combine in Dhaka
would lead to the inevitable resurgence of Islamist extremist
radicalization and the anti-India sentiment in Bangladesh,
and the rapid erosion of the gains of the past years in
India-Bangladesh relations. Significantly, the Extradition
Treaty has several loopholes, particularly including the
clause that allows the signatory states to refuse extradition,
which would allow an uncooperative Government to subvert
the letter and spirit of the agreement. As with much else,
South Asia remains a region of extreme uncertainty.
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Weekly Fatalities: Major
Conflicts in South Asia
November 4-10,
2013
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Civilians
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Security
Force Personnel
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Terrorists/Insurgents
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Total
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BANGLADESH
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Islamist Terrorism
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5
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0
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1
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6
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INDIA
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|
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Assam
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
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Manipur
|
1
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0
|
0
|
1
|
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Meghalaya
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7
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Left-wing
Extremism
|
|
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Andhra Pradesh
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
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Bihar
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3
|
0
|
0
|
3
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Chhattisgarh
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
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Jharkhand
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3
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0
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0
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3
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Total (INDIA)
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11
|
7
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3
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21
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PAKISTAN
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Balochistan
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10
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1
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6
|
17
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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1
|
2
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0
|
3
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Punjab
|
3
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0
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0
|
3
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Sindh
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29
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1
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27
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57
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Total (PAKISTAN)
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Provisional
data compiled from English language media sources.
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INDIA
26
alerts
issued
by
CIA
before
26/11
attacks,
says
book:
Around
26
intelligence
alerts,
many
of
them
by
Central
Investigation
Agency
(CIA),
were
issued
since
August
2006
on
Lashkar-e-Toiba's
(LeT)
plan
to
carry
out
major
terrorist
attacks
in
Mumbai
(Maharashtra)
and
several
five-star
hotels
were
mentioned
as
targets,
according
to
a
book
titled
"The
Siege:
68
Hours
Inside
the
Taj
Hotel",
written
by
authors
Adrian
Levy
and
Cathy
Scott-Clark
on
the
November
26,
2008
(26/11)
attacks.
It
is
said
that
three
warnings
specifically
mentioned
possible
fidayeen
(suicide)
attacks,
with
the
first
coming
just
a
month
ahead
of
Pakistani-American
LeT
operative
David
Coleman
Headley's
visit
to
Mumbai
on
September
14,
2006.
New
Indian
Express,
November
9,
2013.
Bihar
Police
hands
over
Patna
serial
blasts
investigation
to
NIA:
The
Bihar
Police
on
November
6
formally
handed
over
investigation
of
October
27
Patna
serial
blasts
to
the
National
Investigation
Agency
(NIA)
but
claimed
it
has
almost
cracked
the
sensational
case.
Times
of
India,
November
7,
2013.
Pakistan
prints
fake
Indian
rupees,
according
to
NIA
forensic
analysis:
A
detailed
forensic
analysis
by
the
National
Investigation
Agency
(NIA)
has
revealed
that
the
paper
used
to
print
the
counterfeit
rupee
notes
is
an
excellent
match
with
the
legal
tender
of
Pakistan.
The
NIA's
explosive
conclusion
was
recently
revealed
to
Parliament's
Standing
Committee
on
Finance
by
the
Research
and
Analysis
Wing
(R&AW),
the
Intelligence
Bureau
(IB),
and
the
Department
of
Revenue
Intelligence
(DRI).
India
Today,
November
6,
2013.
Bhatkal
brothers
get
support
from
JuD
'chief'
Hafiz
Mohammad
Saeed:
Both
the
National
Investigation
Agency
(NIA)
and
Central
intelligence
outfits
have
stumbled
upon
crucial
information
during
the
course
of
investigating
Patna
serial
blasts
revealing
that
Indian
Mujahideen
(IM)
operatives
Riyaz
and
Iqbal
Bhatkal,
have
embarked
on
a
major
plan
to
revive
the
terror
outfit
in
India
as
it
had
suffered
serious
reverses
following
the
arrest
of
its
India
chief
Yasin
Bhatkal.
Asian
Age,
November
5,
2013.
PAKISTAN29
civilians
and
27
militants
among
57
persons
killed
during
the
week
in
Sindh:
Eight
persons
including
seven
gangsters
killed
in
gang-war
in
Karachi,
the
provincial
capital
of
Sindh,
on
November
10.
Seven
people
were
killed
in
separate
incidents
of
violence
across
the
Karachi
on
November
9.
Four
persons
killed
in
separate
incidents
of
violence
and
target
killing
in
Karachi
on
November
8.
At
least
eight
persons,
including
six
gangsters,
were
shot
dead
in
Lyari
Town
on
November
7.
Seven
people
were
killed
in
separate
incidents
of
violence
in
Karachi
on
November
6.
Four
cadres
and
two
supporters
of
the
Ahl-e-Sunnat
Wal
Jama'at
(ASWJ)
were
shot
dead
on
November
5
in
tit-for-tat
killings
a
day
after
four
Shia
community
members
were
shot
dead
on
November
4
in
Karachi.
Seven
persons
including
five
Shias
killed
in
sectarian
attacks
in
Karachi
on
November
4.
Daily
Times;
Dawn;
The
News;
Tribune;
Central
Asia
Online;
The
Nation;
The
Frontier
Post;
Pakistan
Today;
Pakistan
Observer,
November
4-10,
2013.
TTP
announces
wave
of
revenge
attacks:
The
Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan
(TTP)
announced
on
November
8
that
they
would
orchestrate
a
wave
of
revenge
attacks
against
the
Government.
"We
will
target
security
forces,
government
installations,
political
leaders
and
police,"
said
Asmatullah
Shaheen
Bhittani,
the
interim
chief
of
the
TTP.
He
said
the
TTP's
main
target
included
army
and
government
installations
in
Punjab.
"We
have
a
plan.
But
I
want
to
make
one
thing
clear.
We
will
not
target
civilians,
bazaars
or
public
places.
People
do
not
need
to
be
afraid,"
Shaheen
added.
"Pakistan
has
full
information
about
drone
attacks,"
said
Shaheen.
"Pakistan
is
a
slave
of
America.
It
is
an
American
colony."
Daily
Times,
November
9,
2013.
Karachi
operation
to
continue
indefinitely,
says
Prime
Minister
Nawaz
Sharif:
Prime
Minister
Nawaz
Sharif
on
November
8
said
that
the
operation
to
purge
Karachi
of
criminals
will
continue
'indefinitely',
reports
The
Express
Tribune.
"We
will
neither
call
off
the
operation
nor
reduce
its
intensity…the
action
will
continue
until
the
last
criminal
is
netted,"
he
said.
He
dispelled
impressions
that
the
ongoing
operation
is
aimed
at
any
political
party.
He
added
that
high-profile
suspects
detained
by
Police
and
Rangers
would
be
moved
to
other
Provinces
so
that
they
could
be
tried
without
any
fear.
Tribune,
November
9,
2013.
Prime
Minister
Nawaz
Sharif
says
Government
wants
to
hold
talks
with
militants:
Prime
Minister
(PM)
Nawaz
Sharif
on
November
8
said
that
the
Government
wanted
to
resolve
issues
with
the
Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan
(TTP)
through
talks.
Speaking
to
traders
at
the
Governor
House,
he
said
a
Government
delegation
was
to
hold
talks
with
the
TTP
but
now
there
was
a
hurdle,
an
apparent
reference
to
the
killing
of
TTP
'chief'
Hakimullah
Mehsud
in
a
US
drone
strike
on
November
1.
He
said,
"We
don't
want
further
bloodshed
and
killing
of
our
brothers
and
sisters.
This
matter
should
have
been
resolved
earlier
but
now
it
is
incumbent
upon
us
to
address
this
issue".
The
News,
November
9,
2013.
Former
President
General
Pervez
Musharraf
freed
from
jail:
Former
President
General
Pervez
Musharraf
was
formally
released
on
November
6
from
his
sub-jail.
Pervez
Musharraf
was
imprisoned
in
his
Chak
Shehzad
farmhouse
near
Islamabad
which
was
declared
a
sub-jail,
reports
Daily
Times.
He
was
released
from
the
sub-jail
after
he
submitted
two
surety
bonds
of
Rs
100,000
two
days
after
being
granted
bail
in
the
murder
case
of
Lal
Masjid
cleric
Abdul
Rasheed
Ghazi.
Ahmed
Raza
Kasuri,
counsel
for
the
former
military
dictator,
said
that
Musharraf's
release
was
not
part
of
any
deal
and
the
ex-president
would
address
a
"historic
press
conference"
after
his
release
from
the
sub-jail.
He
claimed
that
fake
cases
were
instituted
against
his
client.
Daily
Times,
November
8,
2013.
Mullah
Fazlullah
named
new
TTP
'chief':
The
Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan
(TTP)
ruled
out
the
possibility
of
peace
talks
with
Pakistan
as
Mullah
Fazlullah,
the
leader
of
the
Swat
Taliban,
was
named
the
new
chief
on
November
7.
Fazlullah
was
elected
by
the
supreme
shura
(supreme
council)
a
week
after
Hakimullah
Mehsud
was
killed
in
a
US
drone
strike
on
November
1.
Sheikh
Khalid
Haqqani
was
chosen
as
his
deputy.
The
TTP
leaders
from
as
far
afield
as
Kurram
Agency,
Orakzai
Agency,
Bajaur
Agency,
Tank
and
South
Waziristan
participated
in
the
meeting.
Fazlullah
is
the
first
TTP
chief
who
is
not
from
Waziristan.
His
deputy,
Khalid
Haqqani,
hails
from
Swabi.
It
is
for
the
first
time
that
the
TTP
leadership
comprises
men
from
urban
areas
and
not
from
Federally
Administered
Tribal
Areas
(FATA).
Tribune,
November
8,
2013.
First
phase
of
Karachi
operation
complete
with
9,000
arrests,
claims
Federal
Minister
for
Interior
Chaudhry
Nisar
Ali
Khan:
Federal
Minister
for
Interior
Chaudhry
Nisar
Ali
Khan
on
November
7
informed
the
Senate
that
the
first
phase
of
the
targeted
operation
in
Karachi
had
been
completed
during
which
9,000
criminals
were
arrested.
In
reply
to
a
question,
the
Minister
said
a
time
frame
for
the
operation
could
not
be
disclosed,
adding
that
several
objectives
had
been
met
and
this
was
evident
with
the
decrease
in
target
killings
and
extortion.
"The
second
phase
of
the
operation
is
underway
and
the
third
phase
will
be
severe,"
he
added.
The
News,
November
8,
2013.
SRI
LANKA
Sinhalese
should
be
allowed
to
live
in
Jaffna,
says
Jaffna
Tamil
Buddhist
Association:
The
Jaffna
Tamil
Buddhist
Association
has
said
that
Sinhalese
who
wish
to
live
in
the
Jaffna
peninsula
should
be
allowed
to
do
so.
It
said
Sinhalese
should
not
be
prevented
from
living
in
Jaffna.
President
of
the
Association,
Ravi
Kumar
issuing
a
statement
said
that
Sinhalese
and
Tamils
in
the
North
should
be
encouraged
to
live
in
harmony
without
any
differences.
He
pointed
out
that
Tamils
live
peacefully
with
Sinhalese
in
certain
areas
in
the
South.
He
made
this
comment
in
reference
to
statements
made
by
some
Tamil
National
Alliance
(TNA)
members
against
Sinhalese
settling
down
in
the
North.
Colombo
Page,
November
6,
2013.
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