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January - 1 
According to a report prepared by the Punjab Police Department and quoted in The News, as many as 200,246 students are enrolled in seminaries representing the Deoband school of thought, while 199,733 students are associated with seminaries belonging
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According to a report prepared by the Punjab Police Department and quoted in The News, as many as 200,246 students are enrolled in seminaries representing the Deoband school of thought, while 199,733 students are associated with seminaries belonging to the Barelvi school of thought in the Punjab province. While 34,253 students are affiliated with the seminaries representing the Ahl-e-Hadith school of thought, 7,333 students are getting education from the seminaries of Ahl-e-Tashi school of thought. The classified report showing the situation till September 2005 states that a total of 441,565 students are getting education in Madrassas (seminaries) across the Punjab province.
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January - 1 
Bahawalpur district with the highest number of 41,811 students comes first while the cities of Lahore, Bahawalnagar and Faisalabad appear second, third and fourth with 35,339 students, 33,026 students and 31,941 students registered with the religious
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Bahawalpur district with the highest number of 41,811 students comes first while the cities of Lahore, Bahawalnagar and Faisalabad appear second, third and fourth with 35,339 students, 33,026 students and 31,941 students registered with the religious seminaries, respectively.
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January - 1 
Four persons were killed and three children sustained injuries when a bomb exploded inside a house in the Mashkal area of Kharan district in Balochistan province on January 1, according to Dawn.
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Four persons were killed and three children sustained injuries when a bomb exploded inside a house in the Mashkal area of Kharan district in Balochistan province on January 1, according to Dawn.
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January - 1 
In Balochistan, six bomb blasts were reported from the Spin-Tangai area, with one of them damaging a portion of the railway track. Separately, one device exploded near a gas pipeline in Kalat without causing any loss of life or injuries.
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In Balochistan, six bomb blasts were reported from the Spin-Tangai area, with one of them damaging a portion of the railway track. Separately, one device exploded near a gas pipeline in Kalat without causing any loss of life or injuries.
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January - 1 
On the directions of the Interior Ministry, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sought details of a huge amount of donations two Muslim charities, Al-Rashid Trust (ART) and Al-Akhtar Trust, are receiving from a UK-based NGO Human Aid, accordin
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On the directions of the Interior Ministry, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sought details of a huge amount of donations two Muslim charities, Al-Rashid Trust (ART) and Al-Akhtar Trust, are receiving from a UK-based NGO Human Aid, according to Daily Times. Sources said that recently the two charities received $10 million each from Human Aid. They also said the NGO recently transferred $20 million from the UK to its account at a Quetta branch of the Metropolitan Bank. The amount was further credited to different accounts of Al-Rashid Trust and Al-Akhtar Trust, each getting $10 million for sacrificing animals on Eid-ul-Azha on behalf of thousands of British Muslims. According to sources, the FIA has also sent a questionnaire to both charities, seeking details on when they started functioning, their areas of work, their trustees, sources of funding, expenditures and auditors.
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January - 1 
Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and Secretary-General of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has warned that the Islamist alliance would launch a protest movement if the Government did not withdraw the decision on foreign s
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Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and Secretary-General of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has warned that the Islamist alliance would launch a protest movement if the Government did not withdraw the decision on foreign students’ expulsion from Pakistani seminaries and changed curricula of the seminaries and contemporary education, according to The News. "The government should forthwith withdraw decisions of foreign students expulsion, cases lodged against Ulema [religious scholars], courts decisions on Madaris certificates, and changes in religious and contemporary education curriculum, otherwise we will unleash a countrywide Jail Bharo Tehrik," Rehman said while addressing an Ulema convention in Islamabad on January 1. The rulers, he said, should note that Pakistan couldn’t survive without Islam and Islamic education. He linked eradication of Islamic education to the elimination of defence capabilities of the country, adding that negative propaganda had been launched to defame the seminaries and its students. "General Musharraf’s policies are demonstrating extremism. He is the sign of extremism. Politics is the name of prudence but army and uniform are the signs of war," he remarked.
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January - 1 
Speaking at the same convention, various religious leaders said they would not allow the Government to deport foreign students. "It is the right of every student to study in a free atmosphere, especially when he has valid documents and a visa," state
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Speaking at the same convention, various religious leaders said they would not allow the Government to deport foreign students. "It is the right of every student to study in a free atmosphere, especially when he has valid documents and a visa," stated a communiqué read out by Sarfaraz Naeemi. The communiqué also demanded the Government allow foreign students to complete their studies and also allow the new students to come to Pakistan to get religious education.
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January - 2 
According to The News, sporadic incidents of violence were reported from different parts of the Dera Bugti district on January 2. District officials said unidentified armed men attacked a FC check-post in the Loti area firing several rockets. However
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According to The News, sporadic incidents of violence were reported from different parts of the Dera Bugti district on January 2. District officials said unidentified armed men attacked a FC check-post in the Loti area firing several rockets. However, no loss of life was reported. In another incident, the FC personnel fired a number of rockets at three vehicles loaded with arms and ammunition that were being supplied to the insurgents.
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January - 2 
At least three people were killed and eight others sustained injuries in clashes between paramilitary forces and Bugti tribesmen on January 2, Shahid Bugti, General Secretary of the Jamhoori Watan Party was quoted as saying in Daily Times. However, D
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At least three people were killed and eight others sustained injuries in clashes between paramilitary forces and Bugti tribesmen on January 2, Shahid Bugti, General Secretary of the Jamhoori Watan Party was quoted as saying in Daily Times. However, Dera Bugit District Coordination Officer, Abdul Samad Lasi, said that he knew of no casualty on either side. He stated that the Frontier Corps (FC) had neutralised a training camp known as Mauranj in the Bekar area situated at the border of Dera Bugti and Punjab province.
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January - 2 
Reports from district Bolan indicated that insurgents attempted to blow up power pylons with explosives in the Bibi Nani area. However, the poles were not damaged and power supply remained undisturbed.
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Reports from district Bolan indicated that insurgents attempted to blow up power pylons with explosives in the Bibi Nani area. However, the poles were not damaged and power supply remained undisturbed.
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January - 3 
According to Daily Times, suspected militants bombed a security check-post and a girls’ school in South Waziristan on January 3 but there was no loss of life. Both incidents occurred in the Sararogha area where the tribal militant Baitullah Mehsud is
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According to Daily Times, suspected militants bombed a security check-post and a girls’ school in South Waziristan on January 3 but there was no loss of life. Both incidents occurred in the Sararogha area where the tribal militant Baitullah Mehsud is dominant. The suspected militants triggered an explosion near the tribal police-manned check-post of Ladah sub-division and also targeted the Government-run girls school in Sher Muhammad Kot with rockets causing damage to the school building.
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January - 3 
Security forces (SFs) killed two tribesmen and injured seven others in a shoot-out in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province on January 3, according to The News. No SF personnel were injured in the fighting, said Abdul Samad Lasi, the region
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Security forces (SFs) killed two tribesmen and injured seven others in a shoot-out in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province on January 3, according to The News. No SF personnel were injured in the fighting, said Abdul Samad Lasi, the region’s police chief. The two sides were involved in an exchange of fire after the "terrorists" attacked the security forces, he said.
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January - 3 
Syed Salahuddin, Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC) chairman and chief of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), is likely to meet Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman of his own All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) faction, in Saudi Arabia next week. "Salahuddin is l
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Syed Salahuddin, Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC) chairman and chief of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), is likely to meet Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman of his own All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) faction, in Saudi Arabia next week. "Salahuddin is likely to leave for Saudi Arabia in a couple of days to perform Haj where he will also meet Geelani to discuss the recent development on Kashmir," sources told Daily Times on January 3. Sources said that although Salahuddin and Geelani had been in contact for a long time, they were meeting after six years. Salahuddin would brief Geelani about his meetings with Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, APHC chairman, and Yasin Malik, former Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman, in 2005, sources added.
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January - 3 
The gas pipeline to the Uch power plant in Balochistan province was blown up in an attack on January 3-night suspending supply to the plant while sporadic rocket and artillery duels between security forces and tribesmen continued in different parts o
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The gas pipeline to the Uch power plant in Balochistan province was blown up in an attack on January 3-night suspending supply to the plant while sporadic rocket and artillery duels between security forces and tribesmen continued in different parts of the Dera Bugti district, according to Dawn. The district coordination officer said the rocket fire had damaged a water plant of the Loti gas field and added that if repair work were not undertaken within 72 hours, gas supply would be suspended.
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January - 3 
The Government’s writ would be restored where challenged, declared President Pervez Musharraf, while addressing the 94th Corps Commanders Conference at the General Headquarters in Islamabad on January 3. Gen. Musharraf said paramilitary forces would
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The Government’s writ would be restored where challenged, declared President Pervez Musharraf, while addressing the 94th Corps Commanders Conference at the General Headquarters in Islamabad on January 3. Gen. Musharraf said paramilitary forces would take action against miscreants in Balochistan and the Government would ensure protection of important national installations and continue with the development activities, which are people-focused and need of that area.
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January - 3 
The Ittehad Tanzeemat-e-Madaris-e-Dinia (ITMD), an apex body of the seminaries, has announced a protests’ schedule for their campaign all over Pakistan against the Government’s decision to expel foreign students from Madrassas (seminaries), according
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The Ittehad Tanzeemat-e-Madaris-e-Dinia (ITMD), an apex body of the seminaries, has announced a protests’ schedule for their campaign all over Pakistan against the Government’s decision to expel foreign students from Madrassas (seminaries), according to Daily Times. ITMD Coordination Secretary, Qari Hanif Jhulandari, said on January 3 that if the Government did not withdraw its decision regarding the expulsion of the foreign students the seminary alliance would start its protest on January 25 from Karachi and then on February 15 from Lahore and they would present themselves for mass arrests. "The expulsion of foreign students studying in religious seminaries is immoral, unjust and contrary to international laws and we have decided to oppose this decision forcefully and we have planned to launch a Jail-Bharo [Fill the jails campaign] drive from Sindh from January 25 and from Punjab February 15," Jhulandari said.
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January - 3 
The Jamhoori Watan Party Secretary General, Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti, said rocket duels were fought amidst a heavy exchange of fire, which continued for three hours in the Bekar area. He also claimed that Bekar was in the control of those resisting th
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The Jamhoori Watan Party Secretary General, Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti, said rocket duels were fought amidst a heavy exchange of fire, which continued for three hours in the Bekar area. He also claimed that Bekar was in the control of those resisting the state’s assault. He added that troops had been deployed in the Loti gas field on January 3. "No loss of life was reported on our side in today’s fighting," he informed.
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January - 3 
Year 2005 witnessed a 30 per cent decrease in terrorist and sectarian incidents against the previous year, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said in Islamabad on January 3. "The decline is welcome but not satisfactory as the government is de
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Year 2005 witnessed a 30 per cent decrease in terrorist and sectarian incidents against the previous year, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said in Islamabad on January 3. "The decline is welcome but not satisfactory as the government is determined to eliminate these evils completely," he told reporters. He also said that 65 per cent of foreign students in the seminaries had returned to their home countries while the remaining would also be sent back with the consent of the religious schools’ managements, according to Dawn.
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January - 4 
According to Dawn, three people were killed and four others sustained injuries during a clash between security forces (SFs) and tribesmen around the Sui area of Balochistan province on January 4. According to the District Co-ordination Officer (DCO)
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According to Dawn, three people were killed and four others sustained injuries during a clash between security forces (SFs) and tribesmen around the Sui area of Balochistan province on January 4. According to the District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) of Dera Bugti, Abdul Samad Lasi, a group of miscreants led by Bakhshoo Mandrani was coming towards Sui to attack the gas installations there. In the consequent exchange of fire with the SFs, three attackers were killed and four others wounded. The rest of the attackers escaped, he claimed.
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January - 4 
Baloch insurgents blew up the railway track near Basti Darvesh Lashari, 20km from Dera Ghazi Khan, on January 4. No loss of life has yet been reported.
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Baloch insurgents blew up the railway track near Basti Darvesh Lashari, 20km from Dera Ghazi Khan, on January 4. No loss of life has yet been reported.
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January - 4 
DCO Lasi informed that in a landmine explosion, four SF personnel were injured. He said a SF team was going to the Loto gas field to repair the water plant that was damaged earlier in a rocket attack but had to break the journey due to the mine blast
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DCO Lasi informed that in a landmine explosion, four SF personnel were injured. He said a SF team was going to the Loto gas field to repair the water plant that was damaged earlier in a rocket attack but had to break the journey due to the mine blast. Lasi told Dawn that Nawab Akbar Bugti’s men fired rockets at the Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint near the Sui gas installations. "The situation has become serious after today’s landmine incident as miscreants may have laid mines in other areas also," he added. FC sources were quoted as saying in Dawn that in the rocket attack in the Kahan area of Kohlu district, a driver of the security forces was wounded.
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January - 4 
Fighting between the SFs and insurgents continued for the fourth day, with the JWP claiming that helicopter shelling injured three women and 11 children.
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Fighting between the SFs and insurgents continued for the fourth day, with the JWP claiming that helicopter shelling injured three women and 11 children.
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January - 4 
Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) spokesperson, Agha Shahid, claimed that one tribesman was killed by the troops in the Dera Bugti town.
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Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) spokesperson, Agha Shahid, claimed that one tribesman was killed by the troops in the Dera Bugti town.
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January - 4 
Officials revealed that the security forces arrested a LeJ cadre accused of involvement in two failed assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf in Lahore, according to Dawn. Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum was arrested in late December 2005 in the
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Officials revealed that the security forces arrested a LeJ cadre accused of involvement in two failed assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf in Lahore, according to Dawn. Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum was arrested in late December 2005 in the eastern city of Lahore, said an unnamed intelligence official. "He is amongst the top nine terrorists in the country and was also involved in the planning of two failed assassination attempts on President Musharraf," the official added, referring to attacks in Rawalpindi in December 2003.
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January - 4 
The Rangers said on January 4 that they had arrested three terrorists of the outlawed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) who were involved in sectarian killings, according to The News. They were arrested on a tip-off from the Korangi Industrial Area
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The Rangers said on January 4 that they had arrested three terrorists of the outlawed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) who were involved in sectarian killings, according to The News. They were arrested on a tip-off from the Korangi Industrial Area, Col Qamar Abbas Kiyani, Commandant, Bhittai Rangers, said at a press briefing in Karachi. The arrested men were identified as Maqsood Ahmed Qureshi alias Abbas alias Faisal, Azhar-ul-Haq alias Tariq and Nawaz Khan alias Shosha. A large quantity of explosives, detonators, a Kalashnikov and three TT pistols were recovered from them, disclosed Kiyani. He said Maqsood, who had been a close associate of LeJ leaders, Riaz Basra, Akram Lahori and Asif Chotoo, took part in many terrorist activities and then established his own network.
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January - 4 
The Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqi added at the press conference that 1,058 terrorists were arrested during 2005 and 398 arms were recovered.
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The Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqi added at the press conference that 1,058 terrorists were arrested during 2005 and 398 arms were recovered.
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January - 5 
One insurgent was killed and nine others were arrested in an encounter between Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and armed men in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province, while saboteurs blew up two electricity pylons in the Barkhan district on J
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One insurgent was killed and nine others were arrested in an encounter between Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and armed men in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province, while saboteurs blew up two electricity pylons in the Barkhan district on January 5. Dera Bugti District Co-ordination Officer, Abdul Samad Lasi, was quoted as saying in The News that seven suspects were arrested from Pir Koh and two others from the Loti area. During investigations, they confessed that they had laid four landmines near Pir Koh. "The FC personnel have recovered the landmines and defused them," Lasi said.
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January - 5 
The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) claimed that another woman was killed in shelling by the troops on January 5-night. JWP Secretary-General, Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti, said the woman was killed in the suburb of Dear Bugti town as a result of the troops’ f
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The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) claimed that another woman was killed in shelling by the troops on January 5-night. JWP Secretary-General, Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti, said the woman was killed in the suburb of Dear Bugti town as a result of the troops’ firing.
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January - 5 
The railway track between Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan in Punjab province was blown up by unidentified terrorists just before the Lahore-bound Chiltan Express was due to arrive there, according to Daily Times. "The railway track was blown up by miscrea
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The railway track between Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan in Punjab province was blown up by unidentified terrorists just before the Lahore-bound Chiltan Express was due to arrive there, according to Daily Times. "The railway track was blown up by miscreants near Darvesh Leghari railway station at midnight but the railway staff on patrol saw the incident and managed to stop the Lahore bound Chiltan express coming from Quetta at DG Khan railway station," Pakistan Railway official Ahmed Mukhtar said.
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January - 5 
Two electricity pylons were blown up in the Barkhan district, suspending electric supply to the Kohlu district.
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Two electricity pylons were blown up in the Barkhan district, suspending electric supply to the Kohlu district.
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January - 5 
Unidentified gunmen are reported to have killed eight tribesmen, including seven of a family, in two separate incidents in South Waziristan on January 5. Seven men of the Karikhel sub-tribe were shot dead near a paramilitary force base in Wana, accor
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Unidentified gunmen are reported to have killed eight tribesmen, including seven of a family, in two separate incidents in South Waziristan on January 5. Seven men of the Karikhel sub-tribe were shot dead near a paramilitary force base in Wana, according to Daily Times. Seventy-year-old Abdullah Jan along with three sons and three grandsons were killed when attackers from another vehicle shot at their car. Separately, in the Karama area, assailants killed a tribesman near his residence.
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January - 6 
A ‘Central Executive Committee’ member of the proscribed Jamiat-ul-Ansar has been released after a six-month detention, according to Daily Times. Qari Abid, the second-in-command of the group formerly known as Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), was arrested
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A ‘Central Executive Committee’ member of the proscribed Jamiat-ul-Ansar has been released after a six-month detention, according to Daily Times. Qari Abid, the second-in-command of the group formerly known as Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), was arrested for his suspected involvement in two assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003. The HuM was outlawed in August 2002. His second wife, an Egyptian national, has close relations with women who were arrested in May 2005 along with Abu Al Firaj Libbi, the mastermind behind the assassination attempts on Gen. Musharraf. "Qari Abid was arrested by security agencies in the first week of June 2005 and later released in the last week of December 2005," sources said. They said that Abid, who was also the prayer leader at a mosque in Chaklala Scheme-III in Rawalpindi, spent the detention period in interrogation cells across Pakistan.
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January - 6 
According to Dawn, Pakistan Television (PTV) transmission was suspended in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province after an exchange of fire between security forces (SFs) and Bugti tribesmen damaged the TV booster in the township. "There has
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According to Dawn, Pakistan Television (PTV) transmission was suspended in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province after an exchange of fire between security forces (SFs) and Bugti tribesmen damaged the TV booster in the township. "There has been no PTV transmission in Dera Bugti since this evening," a senior official of the Dera Bugti administration said. Firing between the SFs and Bugti tribesmen stopped late in the evening after erupting at around 5.30pm. They used heavy weapons and fired rockets at each other’s positions. However, no casualty was reported.
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January - 6 
It is not possible for the complete independence of Kashmir under present circumstances and therefore a policy of co-existence acceptable to India, Pakistan and Kashmiris should be adopted, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC)
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It is not possible for the complete independence of Kashmir under present circumstances and therefore a policy of co-existence acceptable to India, Pakistan and Kashmiris should be adopted, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman, said on January 6. The Mirwaiz (a hereditary title of one of Kashmir's important religious seats, and also head priest of the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar) is currently visiting Pakistan as head of the APHC delegation to express solidarity with the survivors of the October 8 earthquake. During his stay, he met many Pakistani leaders and reportedly discussed with them the latest proposals for the resolution of the Kashmir issue. In an interview to Daily Times, Mirwaiz said self-governance and de-militarisation of Kashmir could be an interim arrangement under which the people of Kashmir could get a sense of "being masters of their own destiny." He said sticking to traditional positions was no solution and the idea of self-governance could provide the way out. The APHC was setting up an office in Islamabad to keep in contact with the Kashmir Jihad Council and Pakistani political parties, Mirwaiz added. Commenting on militancy in the Kashmir Valley, Mirwaiz claimed the political leadership in Kashmir needed the support of the Mujahideen. "Actually, there is a need to channelise the movement, which is being fought on different fronts. The militants will have to work in tandem with the Kashmiri leadership. Nothing will happen in isolation," he said.
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January - 6 
Police foiled an attempt to destroy the Cadet College Mastung by defusing four rockets planted atop a hill near the college. Police also defused explosive devices planted under six huge towers of high-tension transmission line in the Chater area of N
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Police foiled an attempt to destroy the Cadet College Mastung by defusing four rockets planted atop a hill near the college. Police also defused explosive devices planted under six huge towers of high-tension transmission line in the Chater area of Nasirabad district.
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January - 6 
Reports from Punjab province indicated that railway traffic on the Dera Ghazi Khan-Jacobabad section was suspended on January 6-night after a bomb explosion blew up the track two kilometres south of the local railway station in Dera Ghazi Khan (DGK).
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Reports from Punjab province indicated that railway traffic on the Dera Ghazi Khan-Jacobabad section was suspended on January 6-night after a bomb explosion blew up the track two kilometres south of the local railway station in Dera Ghazi Khan (DGK). The explosion site is adjacent to the establishment-cum-residential colonies of the Atomic Energy Commission, according to Dawn. This was the second blast on the railway tracks in the DGK region during the current week. On January 4, unidentified saboteurs had also blown up a portion of the track near Basti Dervesh Lashari.
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January - 7 
A six-year-old Afghan refugee died in a bomb explosion at Wana in which another eight-year-old child was wounded.
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A six-year-old Afghan refugee died in a bomb explosion at Wana in which another eight-year-old child was wounded.
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January - 7 
At least 22 people died in separate incidents of violence in North and South Waziristan on January 7, as local Taliban attacked a paramilitary checkpoint and helicopter gun-ships bombed a pro-Taliban cleric’s house, according to Daily Times.
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At least 22 people died in separate incidents of violence in North and South Waziristan on January 7, as local Taliban attacked a paramilitary checkpoint and helicopter gun-ships bombed a pro-Taliban cleric’s house, according to Daily Times.
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January - 7 
Gen. Musharraf, however, said Pakistan would ensure there was no violence in Kashmir if India withdrew its troops from the cities of Srinagar, Kupwara and Baramulla in the Kashmir Valley. "Pakistan will be with the Indian government, with the Kashmir
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Gen. Musharraf, however, said Pakistan would ensure there was no violence in Kashmir if India withdrew its troops from the cities of Srinagar, Kupwara and Baramulla in the Kashmir Valley. "Pakistan will be with the Indian government, with the Kashmiris, to ensure that there is total peace and tranquility within these three cities," Musharraf claimed.
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January - 7 
Hours after the attack, aircraft attacked pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Noor Muhammad’s house in Saidgai village, three kilometers from the Afghan border, killing eight tribesmen and injuring 19 others. Local residents suspected the involvement of the U
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Hours after the attack, aircraft attacked pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Noor Muhammad’s house in Saidgai village, three kilometers from the Afghan border, killing eight tribesmen and injuring 19 others. Local residents suspected the involvement of the US military. All those killed in the attack were members of Mohammad’s family, Reuters reported.
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January - 7 
In response, India reminded Pakistan that its commitment to not let its territory be used for cross border terrorism against India was ‘‘unconditional’’ and could not be linked with any proposal for demilitarisation in parts of Jammu and Kashmir. ‘‘A
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In response, India reminded Pakistan that its commitment to not let its territory be used for cross border terrorism against India was ‘‘unconditional’’ and could not be linked with any proposal for demilitarisation in parts of Jammu and Kashmir. ‘‘Any demilitarisation or redeployment of security forces within the territory of India is a sovereign decision... and cannot be dictated by a foreign government,’’ Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Navtej Sarna said.
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January - 7 
In the Ladah sub-division of South Waziristan, unidentified gunmen shot dead a pro-government tribal leader, Malik Essa Khan, his brother, cousin, a young child and another occupant of the vehicle they were traveling in from Tank to Kotkai.
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In the Ladah sub-division of South Waziristan, unidentified gunmen shot dead a pro-government tribal leader, Malik Essa Khan, his brother, cousin, a young child and another occupant of the vehicle they were traveling in from Tank to Kotkai.
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January - 7 
President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly said that he was disappointed with a two-year peace process with India and accused New Delhi of not responding to his proposals to end the conflict. "There’s not much of a response from the Indian side. That
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President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly said that he was disappointed with a two-year peace process with India and accused New Delhi of not responding to his proposals to end the conflict. "There’s not much of a response from the Indian side. That is why the disappointment," Musharraf said in an interview aired on January 7 by Indian TV channel CNN-IBN.
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January - 7 
President Pervez Musharraf is reported to have accused India of arming and financing militants in Balochistan. When asked whether India was backing armed Baloch militants, Gen. Musharraf told the CNN-IBN channel in an interview aired on January 7: "T
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President Pervez Musharraf is reported to have accused India of arming and financing militants in Balochistan. When asked whether India was backing armed Baloch militants, Gen. Musharraf told the CNN-IBN channel in an interview aired on January 7: "There are lot of indications, yes indeed." There is a "lot of financial support, support in kind being given to those who are anti-government, anti-me and to those feudal people who are anti-national", the president said. Musharraf also said that he was "annoyed" and "disappointed" by India’s statements and alleged actions in Balochistan. "It’s a direct interference in our internal affairs," he told the television channel.
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January - 7 
Suspected insurgents fired more than 20 rockets at paramilitary camps in the Machh area of Bolan and Mand area of Makran division in the Balochistan province on January 7, killing at least one person, according to Daily Times. The Machh district admi
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Suspected insurgents fired more than 20 rockets at paramilitary camps in the Machh area of Bolan and Mand area of Makran division in the Balochistan province on January 7, killing at least one person, according to Daily Times. The Machh district administrator said at least one boy was killed and two people were injured in the attack. A man on behalf of the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility.
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January - 7 
Terrorists armed with heavy weapons attacked a new Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint on Khasokhel bridge near Mir Ali, the main town in North Waziristan, killing eight FC personnel. Six soldiers have been reported missing. Maj. Gen. Muhammad Akram Sahi,
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Terrorists armed with heavy weapons attacked a new Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint on Khasokhel bridge near Mir Ali, the main town in North Waziristan, killing eight FC personnel. Six soldiers have been reported missing. Maj. Gen. Muhammad Akram Sahi, Operations Commander in North Waziristan, is reported to have given the tribal elders in Miranshah a 24-hour ultimatum to hand over the suspected Taliban who attacked the checkpoint.
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January - 7 
The Interior Ministry is reported to have reissued an advisory to some cabinet members concerning a plausible threat from the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists. The ministry said in a letter that it had information "terrorist elements" might try to abduct o
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The Interior Ministry is reported to have reissued an advisory to some cabinet members concerning a plausible threat from the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists. The ministry said in a letter that it had information "terrorist elements" might try to abduct or attack some ministers, civil servants or army officers. A similar warning had been issued during September 2004. The cabinet members on top of the ‘hit list’ were said to be Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Special Education and Social Development Minister Zobeida Jalal and Kashmir Affairs Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat.
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January - 8 
A caravan of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) was attacked by unidentified armed men in the Sui area of Dera Bugti district on January 8, according to The News. Reports said that a fact-finding mission of the HRCP, led by its chairperso
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A caravan of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) was attacked by unidentified armed men in the Sui area of Dera Bugti district on January 8, according to The News. Reports said that a fact-finding mission of the HRCP, led by its chairperson Asma Jehangir, was on its way to meet the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Akbar Bugti, when armed men opened fire on its vehicles. The HRCP mission reportedly returned to Kashmore after the firing incident.
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January - 8 
A Jirga (tribal council) held in the Eisokhel village of Mirali, unanimously demanded of the Government to remove security forces from the area. However, commanding officer of the army, Major-Gen Akram Sahi, while rejecting the demand said that param
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A Jirga (tribal council) held in the Eisokhel village of Mirali, unanimously demanded of the Government to remove security forces from the area. However, commanding officer of the army, Major-Gen Akram Sahi, while rejecting the demand said that paramilitary forces would reconstruct the check-post and warned that the army would use full force, if troops came under attack in the area in future.
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January - 8 
According to Dawn, military authorities on January 8 gave a one-week deadline to the Utmanzai tribe in North Waziristan to hand over the accused involved in the killing of paramilitary troops a day earlier. "The tribe should fulfill its legal respons
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According to Dawn, military authorities on January 8 gave a one-week deadline to the Utmanzai tribe in North Waziristan to hand over the accused involved in the killing of paramilitary troops a day earlier. "The tribe should fulfill its legal responsibilities and surrender the culprits within a week, otherwise security forces will use full-scale force," Major-Gen Akram Sahi told leaders of the Utmanzai tribe in Miranshah. Officials said that authorities had asked tribesmen to hand over the men who attacked a check-post near the Khaisaro Bridge in Mirali on January 7-night, killing eight soldiers and abducting 11 others. Earlier, the Utmanzai tribe rejected the military’s demand and expressed ignorance as to who had attacked the check-post.
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January - 8 
According to Dawn, paramilitary forces launched a crackdown on armed men in the coalmine area of Margat in the Bolan district of Balochistan province on January 8 after the rocket attack on Mach town a day earlier. Reports of heavy gunfire have been
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According to Dawn, paramilitary forces launched a crackdown on armed men in the coalmine area of Margat in the Bolan district of Balochistan province on January 8 after the rocket attack on Mach town a day earlier. Reports of heavy gunfire have been received from the area. Security forces have reportedly cordoned off the Margat area, deploying more personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC), and conducted a search operation against elements believed to be involved in lobbing rockets on FC base camps in Bolan district. Reports added that armed men have taken positions on the mountains and engaged security forces in a battle, using rockets and other heavy weapons.
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January - 8 
Meerak Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army, claimed that five women and children had been injured in the firing by troops. However, official sources did not confirm any causality so far.
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Meerak Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army, claimed that five women and children had been injured in the firing by troops. However, official sources did not confirm any causality so far.
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January - 8 
Two bomb explosions were reported in the Sibi and Wadh areas of Khuzdar district. Official sources said a bomb exploded under a pushcart parked along Chakar Khan Road in Sibi. Another bomb exploded in Wadh, the native town of Baloch nationalist leade
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Two bomb explosions were reported in the Sibi and Wadh areas of Khuzdar district. Official sources said a bomb exploded under a pushcart parked along Chakar Khan Road in Sibi. Another bomb exploded in Wadh, the native town of Baloch nationalist leader Sardar Attaullah Mengal. Police said that one more bomb was recovered in the area and subsequently defused. Separately, the FC personnel recovered and defused an anti-personnel mine in the Nushki area.
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January - 9 
Five explosions occurred in the Kalat and Hub areas of Balochistan province on January 9 while security forces (SFs) and insurgents clashed with each other in the Margat coalmine area of Bolan district, according to Dawn.
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Five explosions occurred in the Kalat and Hub areas of Balochistan province on January 9 while security forces (SFs) and insurgents clashed with each other in the Margat coalmine area of Bolan district, according to Dawn.
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January - 9 
Security forces also raided Mosaki village, 29 kilometres east of Miranshah, to target suspected terrorists, but there was no reports of casualties, according to Daily Times. Reuters added that residents said they believed a gunship helicopter had at
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Security forces also raided Mosaki village, 29 kilometres east of Miranshah, to target suspected terrorists, but there was no reports of casualties, according to Daily Times. Reuters added that residents said they believed a gunship helicopter had attacked the house of a religious scholar, who supports the Taliban, on January 7. US authorities had denied their troops were involved, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told a briefing on January 9, adding that authorities were investigating reports that a foreign helicopter had landed on the Pakistani side.
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January - 9 
The Khasokhel tribe handed over 10 members to the Government as guarantee for holding negotiations with the latter after the festival of Eidul Azha to identify and hand over the men responsible for the January 7-attack in which eight soldiers were ki
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The Khasokhel tribe handed over 10 members to the Government as guarantee for holding negotiations with the latter after the festival of Eidul Azha to identify and hand over the men responsible for the January 7-attack in which eight soldiers were killed.
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January - 9 
There was a heavy exchange of fire between SFs and insurgents in the Margat coalmine area. Rockets and mortars were used in the battle. The insurgents reported some casualties in the fighting when paramilitary forces began lobbing rockets and missile
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There was a heavy exchange of fire between SFs and insurgents in the Margat coalmine area. Rockets and mortars were used in the battle. The insurgents reported some casualties in the fighting when paramilitary forces began lobbing rockets and missiles from their positions. However, official sources did not confirm any casualty so far and added that action against outlaws was continuing in the Margat and Narwar areas of Bolan district.
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January - 9 
Three paramilitary soldiers were wounded in a pre-dawn attack on a checkpoint near Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, on January 9, according to Daily Times. The political administration and security forces launched a joint search operation
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Three paramilitary soldiers were wounded in a pre-dawn attack on a checkpoint near Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, on January 9, according to Daily Times. The political administration and security forces launched a joint search operation hours after the rocket attack, a military spokesman said. Local residents said that helicopter gun-ships carried out two sorties to bomb suspected militant hideouts in Musaki village. However, there were no reports of any civilian casualties or terrorists killed in the air raids.
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January - 9 
Three powerful blasts were reported from the Kalat township at brief intervals. The blasts were triggered by home-made bombs which were planted in a football stadium close to the Frontier Corps Mess and the District Co-ordinator’s office. Two more bl
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Three powerful blasts were reported from the Kalat township at brief intervals. The blasts were triggered by home-made bombs which were planted in a football stadium close to the Frontier Corps Mess and the District Co-ordinator’s office. Two more blasts were reported from the industrial town of Hub. While the first blast damaged a part of the wall of a police station, another occurred near the coast guard office. However, no casualty was reported in any of these explosions.
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January - 10 
According to Dawn, a Frontier Corps personnel was killed and two others sustained injuries in a gun-battle between tribesmen and security forces (SFs) in the Loti gas field area of Balochistan province on January 10 while a heavy exchange of fire was
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According to Dawn, a Frontier Corps personnel was killed and two others sustained injuries in a gun-battle between tribesmen and security forces (SFs) in the Loti gas field area of Balochistan province on January 10 while a heavy exchange of fire was reported from the Dera Bugti township. The fighting reportedly erupted in the afternoon when an attack was launched on the gas field. Sources claimed that both sides were using rockets and missiles against each other. The tribesmen also suffered casualties but no details were available.
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January - 10 
In another incident, three rockets exploded in village Ghulam Bolak, close to the Sibi airfield. However, the airfield remained safe, official sources said. Meanwhile, reports from Mach indicated that SFs continued operations against Baloch insurgent
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In another incident, three rockets exploded in village Ghulam Bolak, close to the Sibi airfield. However, the airfield remained safe, official sources said. Meanwhile, reports from Mach indicated that SFs continued operations against Baloch insurgents in the coalmine area of Margat and Narwar. Meraach Baloch, who claimed to be a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army, said that SFs suffered heavy losses in the Margat area during the last three days.
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January - 10 
In the province, security agencies have occupied Bugti House, headquarters of the Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, in Sui and arrested 20 people amidst new shelling in the area, according to Daily Times. Locals said that the firing w
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In the province, security agencies have occupied Bugti House, headquarters of the Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, in Sui and arrested 20 people amidst new shelling in the area, according to Daily Times. Locals said that the firing was initiated by the Frontier Corps and several shells landed at the Bugti House and in the Sui city. "Yes, the Bugti House in Sui was taken over by security forces," Abdul Samad Lasi, District Coordination Officer in Dera Bugti, confirmed to the media and claimed that criminals had been taking shelter in the house.
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January - 10 
Seven soldiers and 14 suspected terrorists were killed following an attack on a Frontier Corps outpost in North Waziristan in the early hours of January 10, according to The News. Official and tribal sources confirmed that the Sarbanki post located t
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Seven soldiers and 14 suspected terrorists were killed following an attack on a Frontier Corps outpost in North Waziristan in the early hours of January 10, according to The News. Official and tribal sources confirmed that the Sarbanki post located three kilometers southeast of Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, was attacked with rockets at 3 am. According to officials, troops returned fire with heavy weapons until 5 am and targeted the area from where the rockets were fired. According to a TV channel report, 14 suspected terrorists were killed in the exchange of fire, including a local Taliban ‘commander’ called Bilal. "Some are locals and some are foreigners. We are trying to find out their nationalities and identities," an unnamed army official said in Peshawar. Two women in the Sarbanki village near the military post were hit by stray bullets and sustained injuries.
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January - 10 
Suspected insurgents fired three rockets in Sibi while an explosion in Harnai damaged a power transmission tower. However, no loss of life was reported. Separately, an army officer was injured when a Frontier Corps vehicle hit a landmine in the Tale
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Suspected insurgents fired three rockets in Sibi while an explosion in Harnai damaged a power transmission tower. However, no loss of life was reported. Separately, an army officer was injured when a Frontier Corps vehicle hit a landmine in the Tale Karam Wodeh area.
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January - 10 
The Federal Government has decided to introduce the Islamiyat textbook being taught in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to other parts of the country, including the Northern Areas, in an attempt to end the controversy generated over prayer met
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The Federal Government has decided to introduce the Islamiyat textbook being taught in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to other parts of the country, including the Northern Areas, in an attempt to end the controversy generated over prayer methods. Differences over prayer methods being taught in school had led to sectarian violence in the Northern Areas in 2005 killing at least 60 people and closed schools in Gilgit for nine months. Official sources told Daily Times that the Government would direct authorities of all the four provinces, Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas to develop Islamiyat textbooks based on the pattern of the NWFP textbook, which does not contain prayer methods. The Northern Areas previously studied the Punjab Textbook Board’s Islamiyat book. A recent meeting decided that since the Islamiyat textbook being taught in NWFP did not contain prayer method and was acceptable to all sects, the same pattern should be followed all over the country.
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January - 10 
The Federal Information Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, has reportedly said that military operations in Balochistan have ceased, but the troops would remain in the region for an indefinite period. Talking to a TV channel, he ruled out any compromise o
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The Federal Information Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, has reportedly said that military operations in Balochistan have ceased, but the troops would remain in the region for an indefinite period. Talking to a TV channel, he ruled out any compromise on the development projects of Balochistan, which would be completed at all costs.
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January - 11 
According to The News, unidentified armed men attacked a Frontier Corps check-post in North Waziristan with sophisticated weapons on January 11. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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According to The News, unidentified armed men attacked a Frontier Corps check-post in North Waziristan with sophisticated weapons on January 11. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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January - 11 
FC personnel came under attack in another incident in the Kohlu district when suspected Baloch insurgents reportedly fired rockets on their check-post. However, no fatality was reported. According to police, the rockets which were fired from mountain
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FC personnel came under attack in another incident in the Kohlu district when suspected Baloch insurgents reportedly fired rockets on their check-post. However, no fatality was reported. According to police, the rockets which were fired from mountains of Jindharan in Kohlu hit an area, 20 yards from the FC check-post. The attackers managed to escape from the incident site when FC troops opened retaliatory firing.
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January - 11 
In the province, a bomb blast was reported from the Naushki area in the early hours of January 11. However, details of fatalities, if any, were still awaited.
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In the province, a bomb blast was reported from the Naushki area in the early hours of January 11. However, details of fatalities, if any, were still awaited.
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January - 11 
Six personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) were injured in a landmine explosion at Pathernala in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province on January 11, according to The News. District Coordination Officer, Abdul Samad Lasi, confirmed the incide
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Six personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) were injured in a landmine explosion at Pathernala in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province on January 11, according to The News. District Coordination Officer, Abdul Samad Lasi, confirmed the incident and informed that the landmine placed underground was remote-controlled.
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January - 12 
At least 15 people, including three personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC), were killed and three others injured in an armed clash between the paramilitary force and armed tribesmen in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti district in Balochistan on January 12
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At least 15 people, including three personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC), were killed and three others injured in an armed clash between the paramilitary force and armed tribesmen in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti district in Balochistan on January 12. Officials told The News that an FC convoy was carrying ration to the Pirkoh check-post when their vehicle hit a remote-controlled landmine in the Puthar Nullah area, killing three FC personnel and wounding three others. Abdul Samad Lasi, District Coordination Officer, informed that soon after the explosion, paramilitary forces cordoned off the area and fierce clashes erupted between the FC personnel and suspected miscreants. 12 miscreants were killed in the encounter, in which the two sides used sophisticated weapons, Lasi added.
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January - 12 
In the provincial capital Quetta, suspected Baloch insurgents blew up the railway track near the Airport road suspending train services between Quetta and the border town of Chaman. Further, suspected assailants fired two rockets from atop Jindran mo
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In the provincial capital Quetta, suspected Baloch insurgents blew up the railway track near the Airport road suspending train services between Quetta and the border town of Chaman. Further, suspected assailants fired two rockets from atop Jindran mountain on January 12. However, no fatalities were reported. Separately, the FC personnel arrested a wanted outlaw, Naimatullah, alias Nimko, in a raid conducted in the Mand area of Turbat district. He was wanted in a case of bomb attack on officials of the paramilitary force.
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January - 12 
Three more security force personnel were killed in the Margat coalmine area of Bolan district in a rocket attack at a base camp of security forces (SFs) on January 12-night. According to Dawn, armed men fired eight rockets one of which hit the SF pos
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Three more security force personnel were killed in the Margat coalmine area of Bolan district in a rocket attack at a base camp of security forces (SFs) on January 12-night. According to Dawn, armed men fired eight rockets one of which hit the SF post, killing three soldiers on the spot and injuring two others.
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January - 13 
Army spokesperson, Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan, said he did not know the cause of the blasts, but added "People heard explosions and as a result, there were a number of casualties. My information is that 11 to 14 people have been killed." However, a US mi
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Army spokesperson, Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan, said he did not know the cause of the blasts, but added "People heard explosions and as a result, there were a number of casualties. My information is that 11 to 14 people have been killed." However, a US military spokesperson in Afghanistan, Lt-Col Jerry O’Hara, said there were no reports of US forces operating in that area. In Kabul, US military spokesman Lt Mike Cody denied the attack. In Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar, which borders Bajaur, Deputy Provincial Governor Noor Mohammed denied Pakistani allegations that the strike was launched from within Afghanistan.
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January - 13 
At least 18 people, mostly women and children, were killed and several others injured as suspected US planes fired missiles targeting three houses some 40 kilometers inside the Pakistani territory in Bajaur Agency of North West Frontier Province (NWF
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At least 18 people, mostly women and children, were killed and several others injured as suspected US planes fired missiles targeting three houses some 40 kilometers inside the Pakistani territory in Bajaur Agency of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in the early hours of January 13. Eyewitnesses told The News from Mamund, the targeted area, that four to five planes took part in the bombing of Damdola village destroying houses of Bacha Khan, Bashir and Gul Zaman. According to locals, eight children and four women are among the dead. Haroon Rashid, Member of National Assembly from Bajaur, informed that American planes started targeting Damdola at about 3:00 am. "Damdola is adjacent to my village and we saw the planes and heard the deafening sound of explosions very clearly," said Rashid, adding that the bombardment by the planes came after a drone made several sorties to the area.
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January - 13 
In the province, paramilitary forces started an operation in the different areas of Kohlu district, including Tartani, Peshi, Nisao, Jhabbar, Karimo Wadh, Tali and Kanhan, after a gap of a few days. Helicopter gun-ships were participating in the oper
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In the province, paramilitary forces started an operation in the different areas of Kohlu district, including Tartani, Peshi, Nisao, Jhabbar, Karimo Wadh, Tali and Kanhan, after a gap of a few days. Helicopter gun-ships were participating in the operation against suspected insurgents, during which some casualties were also reported. A tribesman, Allah Bakhsh Marri, told Dawn that two people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured in the operation. However, official sources denied that any operation was taking place in Kohlu.
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January - 13 
JWP Secretary-General, Agha Shahid Bugti, said over 43 people, mostly women and children, had been killed since December 30, 2005 when the paramilitary forces launched a crackdown in Dera Bugti.
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JWP Secretary-General, Agha Shahid Bugti, said over 43 people, mostly women and children, had been killed since December 30, 2005 when the paramilitary forces launched a crackdown in Dera Bugti.
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January - 13 
Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chairman and Bugti chief, has blamed the Government for pushing Balochistan towards trouble and for not encouraging conducive and peaceful dialogue. He told reporters in Dera Bugti that the Governmen
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Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chairman and Bugti chief, has blamed the Government for pushing Balochistan towards trouble and for not encouraging conducive and peaceful dialogue. He told reporters in Dera Bugti that the Government had started military operations in the area to ‘snatch’ Baloch land and that the Baloch would defend their rights to "total sovereignty" to death.
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January - 13 
Paramilitary forces on January 13 launched another operation in the Marri area of Balochistan province using helicopter gun-ships and heavy weapons while unidentified people fired rockets at a Frontier Corps (FC) camp in Kohlu, according to Dawn. Mir
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Paramilitary forces on January 13 launched another operation in the Marri area of Balochistan province using helicopter gun-ships and heavy weapons while unidentified people fired rockets at a Frontier Corps (FC) camp in Kohlu, according to Dawn. Mir Balach Khan Marri, a member of the Balochistan Assembly, informed that security forces (SFs) had been lobbing mortars and rockets at the small township of Kahan for the last two days in which 25 people, mostly women and children, had been killed and several others injured. “Kahan town witnessed heavy shelling and mortar attacks the whole day on Saturday. My house was also targeted and has been badly damaged,” he told Dawn. Official sources, however, claimed that SFs were taking action against outlaws’ hideouts and camps in different parts of the Kohlu and Dera Bugti districts.
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January - 13 
Reports from Jacobabad indicated that a 20-inch gas pipeline was blown up near Tangwani on the confluence of the Sindh-Balochistan border, on January 13, temporarily disrupting supplies to parts of the Punjab and Sindh provinces.
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Reports from Jacobabad indicated that a 20-inch gas pipeline was blown up near Tangwani on the confluence of the Sindh-Balochistan border, on January 13, temporarily disrupting supplies to parts of the Punjab and Sindh provinces.
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January - 13 
Sardar Akhtar Mengal, President of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), has called for international mediation to resolving the Balochistan problem, according to The News. Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on January 13, the fo
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Sardar Akhtar Mengal, President of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), has called for international mediation to resolving the Balochistan problem, according to The News. Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on January 13, the former Chief Minister of Balochistan said that there would be no dialogue with the Government and those who were killing children, women and elderly persons. He also said the committees appointed for dialogue on the Balochistan issue were helpless and Baloch leaders would not talk with these committees. Mengal added, "There was no other option left except (the way) that is chosen by the people of Balochistan." Rejecting government claims, the BNP chief said there was no terrorist camp and only mud houses were in the areas in which "innocent" and "poor" people were living. He said more than 650 check-posts were set up in the area and 35,000 Frontier Constabulary force, 12,000 Coast Guards, 1,150 Levies, 6,000 BRB, 2,000 marines and four Army brigades had been deployed in the area. He also claimed that 12 gunship helicopters, nine jets and other weapons were being used.
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January - 13 
This is the second incident in less than two weeks that the US planes targeted houses of the Pakistani tribesmen. Eight persons belonging to the family of a religious leader, Maulvi Noor Muhammad, were killed in similar circumstances at Sidgai villag
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This is the second incident in less than two weeks that the US planes targeted houses of the Pakistani tribesmen. Eight persons belonging to the family of a religious leader, Maulvi Noor Muhammad, were killed in similar circumstances at Sidgai village in North Waziristan on January 7. An unnamed intelligence official said Damadola has been a stronghold of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), a pro-Taliban group outlawed in January 2002. He said members of the group might be involved in attacks on US-led forces in Afghanistan and the missile strikes might have been launched in retaliation.
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January - 13 
Two bomb blasts targeting Pakistan Telecommunication Company buildings in Khuzdar town were reported on January 13-night. However, no casualty or serious damage was reported in both the explosions.
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Two bomb blasts targeting Pakistan Telecommunication Company buildings in Khuzdar town were reported on January 13-night. However, no casualty or serious damage was reported in both the explosions.
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January - 14 
According to The News, unidentified assailants fired several rockets at a military post in Sarbandki village in North Waziristan on January 14, sparking a gun-battle between the two sides in which at least one person was killed and three children inj
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According to The News, unidentified assailants fired several rockets at a military post in Sarbandki village in North Waziristan on January 14, sparking a gun-battle between the two sides in which at least one person was killed and three children injured. It was not immediately clear whether security forces or suspected terrorists were responsible for the man’s death. More than 1,000 people from Sarbandki and two adjacent villages staged a protest against the latest killing, and blocked a main road linking Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, and Bannu, a city in the east.
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January - 14 
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told AFP that Pakistan had summoned the US envoy to the foreign office in protest. “Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan handed over a formal protest to the US ambassador at the foreign ministry this evening,” said Asl
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Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told AFP that Pakistan had summoned the US envoy to the foreign office in protest. “Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan handed over a formal protest to the US ambassador at the foreign ministry this evening,” said Aslam.
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January - 14 
Pakistan on January 14 lodged a protest with the US Ambassador over the missile attack in Bajaur Agency launched from Afghanistan on January 13 in which 18 people were killed, according to Dawn. A foreign ministry press release said that Pakistan wou
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Pakistan on January 14 lodged a protest with the US Ambassador over the missile attack in Bajaur Agency launched from Afghanistan on January 13 in which 18 people were killed, according to Dawn. A foreign ministry press release said that Pakistan would also take up the issue in the next meeting of the Tripartite Commission of the militaries of the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It said “The incident is being thoroughly investigated” and added that “according to preliminary investigations there was foreign presence in the area… Our armed forces have undertaken large-scale operation against the foreign militants and it remains our responsibility to protect our territory from outside intrusion.”
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January - 15 
A pipeline supplying gas to the Uch power plant was blown up near Dera Murad Jamali, shutting supplies to a US and British-owned power plant for the second time this month.
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A pipeline supplying gas to the Uch power plant was blown up near Dera Murad Jamali, shutting supplies to a US and British-owned power plant for the second time this month.
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January - 15 
According to Daily Times, unidentified men ambushed Superintendent of Police Choudhury Mohammad Aslam’s jeep in Karachi on January 15, killing two police personnel. The attack occurred during President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to the city. The assail
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According to Daily Times, unidentified men ambushed Superintendent of Police Choudhury Mohammad Aslam’s jeep in Karachi on January 15, killing two police personnel. The attack occurred during President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to the city. The assailants managed to escape. "According to initial investigations, the assailants appeared to be Baloch," said police officer Imran Shaukat.
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January - 15 
Afghanistan’s Government said on January 15 that it recently established a 1,000-strong tribal militia force to tighten security along the border with Pakistan. The force was formed a month ago to slow the flow of militants slipping back and forth ac
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Afghanistan’s Government said on January 15 that it recently established a 1,000-strong tribal militia force to tighten security along the border with Pakistan. The force was formed a month ago to slow the flow of militants slipping back and forth across the frontier between Afghanistan’s Kunar province and Pakistan’s Bajaur area, Kunar Governor Assadullah Wafa told Associated Press. "Al Qaeda, as well as the Taliban and other militants have camps over the border… They come across to launch attacks in Afghanistan and then run back," he said.
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January - 15 
At least eight people were killed in clashes between armed men and security forces (SFs) in the Kahan area of Kohlu district in Balochistan province on January 15, according to Dawn. Marri tribesmen alleged that paramilitary forces had taken over
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At least eight people were killed in clashes between armed men and security forces (SFs) in the Kahan area of Kohlu district in Balochistan province on January 15, according to Dawn. Marri tribesmen alleged that paramilitary forces had taken over control of the Kahan town which had been under heavy attack for two days. Most of the people of Kahan are reported to have left the town. According to official sources, armed men fired at least 48 rockets from mountains targeting the Frontier Corps fort in Kahan. Most of the rockets exploded close to the fort and a few of them in the residential areas of the town. There might have been causalities as some rockets had hit residential areas, officials said.
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January - 15 
Four people, including a woman and a child, were injured when security forces (SFs) opened fire on tribesmen in the Kushali Turikhel area of North Waziristan on January 15, according to Dawn. They said that local residents came under attack when they
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Four people, including a woman and a child, were injured when security forces (SFs) opened fire on tribesmen in the Kushali Turikhel area of North Waziristan on January 15, according to Dawn. They said that local residents came under attack when they were collecting usable articles from the rubble of their houses demolished by the army and paramilitary forces. The troops had earlier demolished the houses of eight tribesmen in the region under the collective responsibility act of the Frontier Crimes Regulation.
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January - 15 
Jamhoori Watan Party president and Bugti tribe chief, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, said on January 15 that 85 per cent of those killed in the ongoing "Army operation" in Balochistan were women and children, according to The News. Addressing a press confer
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Jamhoori Watan Party president and Bugti tribe chief, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, said on January 15 that 85 per cent of those killed in the ongoing "Army operation" in Balochistan were women and children, according to The News. Addressing a press conference in Karachi, he said the Baloch people are fighting a "battle for survival" and will continue their struggle till the attainment of their rights. "The armed forces are using the most sophisticated weapons against unarmed civilians — most of them women and children," Bugti said. "It’s a matter of life and death for the Baloch people. They will never succumb to any pressures," he added. Bugti said fighting and bombardment continued in the Marri areas, while paramilitary forces and the Army had laid a complete siege to Dera Bugti. He also termed action by the security forces as an operation against all the Baloch people.
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January - 15 
Militants attacked a paramilitary check-post at Amin near Miranshah with five rockets on January 14-night. However, no casualty was reported.
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Militants attacked a paramilitary check-post at Amin near Miranshah with five rockets on January 14-night. However, no casualty was reported.
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January - 15 
Protest rallies were also held in the national capital Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Reports from Lahore indicated that the Jamaat-e-Islami held a big rally at the Lahore Press Club which was addressed by senior leaders of the party.
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Protest rallies were also held in the national capital Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Reports from Lahore indicated that the Jamaat-e-Islami held a big rally at the Lahore Press Club which was addressed by senior leaders of the party.
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January - 15 
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) held a joint demonstration in Karachi on January 15 against the alleged military operation in Balochistan and the killing of 18 people in Bajaur Agency by US jets, according to
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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) held a joint demonstration in Karachi on January 15 against the alleged military operation in Balochistan and the killing of 18 people in Bajaur Agency by US jets, according to The News. The call for countrywide protest demonstrations was given by MMA chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed and supported by the MQM. Protests were reportedly held in many big and small cities across the Sindh province. In Karachi, a big demonstration was held at Gurumandir against the US attack and the Balochistan operation.
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January - 15 
Traffic between Khuzdar and Karachi remained suspended for several hours after a bridge on the RCD highway was blown up near Wadh.
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Traffic between Khuzdar and Karachi remained suspended for several hours after a bridge on the RCD highway was blown up near Wadh.
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January - 15 
Two explosions were reported from the Wadh town and a house was attacked with a hand-grenade in the Shahbaz town of Quetta, capital of Balochistan.
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Two explosions were reported from the Wadh town and a house was attacked with a hand-grenade in the Shahbaz town of Quetta, capital of Balochistan.
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January - 15 
Two men were killed after a landmine exploded at Jangzai village in the Bajaur Agency of North West Frontier Province on January 15, according to Daily Times. There was no official confirmation of the blast, which occurred at a site five kilometers f
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Two men were killed after a landmine exploded at Jangzai village in the Bajaur Agency of North West Frontier Province on January 15, according to Daily Times. There was no official confirmation of the blast, which occurred at a site five kilometers from Damadola, a village where an alleged US air strike on January 13 killed at least 18 people.
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January - 16 
At least seven missiles were fired on the Bannu cantonment in North West Frontier Province on January 16-night, according to Dawn. One of the missiles fired from the Baka Khail area near Kachkot canal hit a house near the cantonment police station, i
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At least seven missiles were fired on the Bannu cantonment in North West Frontier Province on January 16-night, according to Dawn. One of the missiles fired from the Baka Khail area near Kachkot canal hit a house near the cantonment police station, injuring one person. Six missiles exploded in the military farm area. Some adjacent buildings and an electric transformer were damaged in these explosions. Bannu range police chief Abdul Wadood Shah told Dawn that that the attacks were being carried out in reaction to the Waziristan operation and the cantonment area had been targeted 13 times since the action had been launched.
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January - 16 
Bomb blasts and rocket fire were reported in the Noshki, Wadh, and Nasirabad areas of the province.
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Bomb blasts and rocket fire were reported in the Noshki, Wadh, and Nasirabad areas of the province.
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January - 16 
Bugti tribesmen said that the Frontier Corps had started "indiscriminate shelling" in the Lope area, "creating terror among the local people". Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi denied there had been any violence in Dera Bugti.
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Bugti tribesmen said that the Frontier Corps had started "indiscriminate shelling" in the Lope area, "creating terror among the local people". Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi denied there had been any violence in Dera Bugti.
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January - 16 
Security forces (SFs) killed three children in an attack at Kahan and other adjacent areas of Balochistan province on January 16, local tribesmen were quoted as saying in Daily Times. A representative of the Marri Qaumi Ittehad said that aerial attac
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Security forces (SFs) killed three children in an attack at Kahan and other adjacent areas of Balochistan province on January 16, local tribesmen were quoted as saying in Daily Times. A representative of the Marri Qaumi Ittehad said that aerial attacks were carried out in the Kahan area and continued for over three hours. Raziq Bugti, the Government spokesperson, however, said that unidentified assailants had attacked a SF convoy and the latter had probably responded to it. He denied any aerial attacks, adding that no casualty was reported from Kahan and Kohlu.
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January - 16 
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on January 16 defended the tough US tactics to root out Al Qaeda terrorists on Pakistan’s border after an air strike on a village sparked a wave of protests. While Rice did not comment on the reported deaths of
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on January 16 defended the tough US tactics to root out Al Qaeda terrorists on Pakistan’s border after an air strike on a village sparked a wave of protests. While Rice did not comment on the reported deaths of 18 villagers in a raid at Bajaur Agency said to target Osama bin Laden’s deputy Ayman Al Zawahri, she added, "We’ll continue to work with the Pakistanis and we’ll try to address their concerns," according to Daily Times. Speaking to reporters en route to Liberia for the inauguration of president-elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Rice made no apologies for US actions against suspected Al Qaeda forces near the border with Afghanistan. "It’s obviously difficult at this time for the Pakistani government… But I think I would just say, to both the Pakistani government and the Pakistani people, we’re allies in the war on terror," she said.
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January - 17 
A bomb explosion was reported from a Government employees’ colony on the White Road in the provincial capital Quetta. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. In another incident, suspected Baloch insurgents blew up a tower of 32kV transmis
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A bomb explosion was reported from a Government employees’ colony on the White Road in the provincial capital Quetta. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. In another incident, suspected Baloch insurgents blew up a tower of 32kV transmission line in the Rakhni area of Barkhan district.
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January - 17 
Offices of the United Nations (UN) and some other international organisations were temporarily shut in Quetta on January 17 after a UNHCR office received a telephone threat. Sources in the UN offices told The News that the unknown caller, who called
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Offices of the United Nations (UN) and some other international organisations were temporarily shut in Quetta on January 17 after a UNHCR office received a telephone threat. Sources in the UN offices told The News that the unknown caller, who called himself an Al Qaeda operative, threatened to attack the offices of the world body and other international organisations. Subsequently, all the offices of the UN and other organisations were closed temporarily.
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January - 17 
One Frontier Corps personnel was killed in a mine blast near Kahan in the Balochistan province on January 17, according to Dawn. In the same area, security forces (SFs) arrested a man and found six bombs, six Kalashnikovs and two light machine-guns i
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One Frontier Corps personnel was killed in a mine blast near Kahan in the Balochistan province on January 17, according to Dawn. In the same area, security forces (SFs) arrested a man and found six bombs, six Kalashnikovs and two light machine-guns in his possession.
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January - 17 
Pakistan has admitted that foreign terrorists were present in the Damadola village of Bajaur Agency at the time of the US missiles attack on January 13, which killed 18 people, according to The News. The political agent of Bajaur Agency, Fahim Wazir,
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Pakistan has admitted that foreign terrorists were present in the Damadola village of Bajaur Agency at the time of the US missiles attack on January 13, which killed 18 people, according to The News. The political agent of Bajaur Agency, Fahim Wazir, in a statement on January 17 said the initial report compiled by Government agencies revealed that the missile attack was directed against some foreign terrorists, who were present in the area at the time of the attack. Wazir added that according to the available information at least four to five foreigners had been killed in the incident but their bodies’ were removed from the scene by their associates, so as to suppress the actual reason of the attack.
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January - 17 
The political administration on January 17 barred journalists from entering Bajaur in the aftermath of the US air strike. Haroon Rashid of BBC Urdu Service told Daily Times that he, along with AVT Khyber reporter Mehmood Jan Babar and cameraman Wahee
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The political administration on January 17 barred journalists from entering Bajaur in the aftermath of the US air strike. Haroon Rashid of BBC Urdu Service told Daily Times that he, along with AVT Khyber reporter Mehmood Jan Babar and cameraman Waheedur Rehman, was denied entry into Bajaur Agency and the tribal police told them to go back to Peshawar as authorities had banned journalists.
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January - 18 
A powerful explosion was reported from Quetta. However, no casualties were reported in this blast.
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A powerful explosion was reported from Quetta. However, no casualties were reported in this blast.
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January - 18 
According to media reports, a senior Al Qaeda terrorist was killed in the January 13 missile strike in Bajaur. Pakistani officials identified him as Midhat Mursi, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, ABC News said.
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According to media reports, a senior Al Qaeda terrorist was killed in the January 13 missile strike in Bajaur. Pakistani officials identified him as Midhat Mursi, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, ABC News said.
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January - 18 
Dawn adds that at least two senior Al Qaeda commanders and a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden’s second in command, Dr Ayman Al Zawahiri, are believed to have been killed in the Bajaur attack. Apart from Midhat, also believed to have been killed in the a
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Dawn adds that at least two senior Al Qaeda commanders and a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden’s second in command, Dr Ayman Al Zawahiri, are believed to have been killed in the Bajaur attack. Apart from Midhat, also believed to have been killed in the attack is Abu Obaidah Al Masri, Al Qaeda’s chief of operations for Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province and son-in-law of Dr Ayman Al Zawahiri and incharge of Al Qaeda’s media department, Abdur Rehman Al Maghribi.
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January - 18 
Dawn reports that a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion in Pirkoh area on January 18. Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) secretary-general Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti stated that after the landmine blast, security f
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Dawn reports that a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion in Pirkoh area on January 18. Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) secretary-general Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti stated that after the landmine blast, security forces cordoned off the area and set around 30 houses on fire in a nearby village.
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January - 18 
Rockets were also fired at FC posts in different parts of Kohlu district. At least 17 rockets exploded near checkposts in the areas of Jandran, Nal and Kahan. The FC personnel returned fire, targeting positions of the attackers.
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Rockets were also fired at FC posts in different parts of Kohlu district. At least 17 rockets exploded near checkposts in the areas of Jandran, Nal and Kahan. The FC personnel returned fire, targeting positions of the attackers.
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January - 18 
Six suspected terrorists, including four Afghans, were arrested from the Swat district in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on January 18. A security official told Daily Times that five of them were arrested at a mosque in Matta and the sixth was a
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Six suspected terrorists, including four Afghans, were arrested from the Swat district in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on January 18. A security official told Daily Times that five of them were arrested at a mosque in Matta and the sixth was apprehended at a seminary in the Bahadak area. "They are suspected of having links with Al Qaeda," the security official added. Matta is known to be a stronghold of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), an extremist group outlawed by President Pervez Musharraf in January 2002.
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January - 19 
At least one person was killed when unidentified men fired more than 20 rockets at security forces’ (SF) camps on January 19 in the Machh area of Bolan and Mand area of Makran division in the Balochistan province, according to Daily Times. The Machh
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At least one person was killed when unidentified men fired more than 20 rockets at security forces’ (SF) camps on January 19 in the Machh area of Bolan and Mand area of Makran division in the Balochistan province, according to Daily Times. The Machh district administrative officer said that at least one boy was killed and two were injured. He informed that approximately 15 rockets were fired at a post where Frontier Corps (FC), Levies and police personnel were present. An FC commander said that three people were killed while Levies personnel put the death toll at two, saying that five children were injured. Unidentified men also fired seven rockets at an FC check post in the Mand area, but no causalities were reported. A man identifying himself as Azad Baloch claimed responsibility for the attacks on behalf of the Baloch Liberation Army.
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January - 19 
Eight rockets were fired at an FC camp in the Kohlu district, but no loss of life or injuries was reported. An unidentified number of rockets were also fired at the Sui Peerkoh gas field and Pathar Nalah.
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Eight rockets were fired at an FC camp in the Kohlu district, but no loss of life or injuries was reported. An unidentified number of rockets were also fired at the Sui Peerkoh gas field and Pathar Nalah.
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January - 19 
Three of the foreign terrorists killed in the January 13 air strikes in the Bajaur Agency have been identified, ABC News said on January 19. One of the dead was said to be 52-year-old Midhat Mursi, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, a top Al Qaeda bo
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Three of the foreign terrorists killed in the January 13 air strikes in the Bajaur Agency have been identified, ABC News said on January 19. One of the dead was said to be 52-year-old Midhat Mursi, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, a top Al Qaeda bomb maker with a five million dollar reward on his head. Another was reported to be Abu Obaidah al-Masri, Al Qaeda’s chief of operations for the eastern Afghan province of Kunar and the third was Abdur Rehman al-Maghribi, the Moroccan son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden’s top lieutenant Ayman Al-Zawahri and the head of Al Qaeda’s media operations. The fourth has not been identified but reports said that he may have been an Egyptian national named Mustafa Usman. A Pakistani intelligence official said that Khalid Habib, head of Al Qaeda’s operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan, may have also have been among the dead.
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January - 19 
Unidentified men fired rockets at a Tochi Scouts camp in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan on January 19, but no casualties were reported.
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Unidentified men fired rockets at a Tochi Scouts camp in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan on January 19, but no casualties were reported.
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January - 20 
According to Dawn, reports of exchanges of heavy fire between security forces (SFs) and tribesmen around Dera Bugti in the Balochistan province were received on January 20. Jamhoori Watan Party spokesperson Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti claimed that nine p
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According to Dawn, reports of exchanges of heavy fire between security forces (SFs) and tribesmen around Dera Bugti in the Balochistan province were received on January 20. Jamhoori Watan Party spokesperson Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti claimed that nine people were killed and 31 others injured in shelling on the town by SFs. He said paramilitary forces started massive shelling on the town at 11.30am, in which six children, two women and a man were killed and 23 others wounded. He said shelling was continuing till evening and two jets had carried out an attack near the town. Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi said Government buildings, a television booster and a telephone exchange were badly damaged in the exchange of fire in the area. "Miscreants fired four rockets on my house in Sui. One of them fell 15 yards away from my house but did not explode," he told Dawn.
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January - 20 
Four bombs exploded in other areas of the province. A three-foot portion of the Quetta-Zahidan railway tracks was damaged in an explosion near the Ahmedwal railway station after a train from Zahidan had passed. Railway tracks near Mach were also dama
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Four bombs exploded in other areas of the province. A three-foot portion of the Quetta-Zahidan railway tracks was damaged in an explosion near the Ahmedwal railway station after a train from Zahidan had passed. Railway tracks near Mach were also damaged in an explosion. Separately, two rockets landed a few yards away from a FC checkpoint near Wadh. Further, a bomb exploded in a sweetmeat shop in Nushki bazaar.
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January - 20 
In their efforts to enhance people-to-people contacts, India and Pakistan on January 20 launched a bus service between Amritsar and Lahore in the two Punjab provinces. The first Lahore-Amritsar bus included 15 Pakistan Government officials, six journ
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In their efforts to enhance people-to-people contacts, India and Pakistan on January 20 launched a bus service between Amritsar and Lahore in the two Punjab provinces. The first Lahore-Amritsar bus included 15 Pakistan Government officials, six journalists and a group of artistes and crossed the Atari-Wagah joint check post at around 11:30 am, according to Press Trust of India. The Dosti (friendship) bus will arrive from Lahore every Friday and return from Amritsar on Saturday, being renamed "Punj Aab" after the land of the five rivers.
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January - 21 
In another incident, official sources said suspected miscreants fired four rockets at the Frontier Corps (FC) check-post of Muhammad Khan in the Kohlu district. The rockets landed near the check-post, but didn’t cause any casualties, the sources adde
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In another incident, official sources said suspected miscreants fired four rockets at the Frontier Corps (FC) check-post of Muhammad Khan in the Kohlu district. The rockets landed near the check-post, but didn’t cause any casualties, the sources added.
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January - 21 
Reports from Dera Bugti district said that FC personnel and armed tribesmen were engaged in a heavy exchange of gunfire. The two sides were using sophisticated weapons against each other, said official sources. Confirming the firing, the district coo
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Reports from Dera Bugti district said that FC personnel and armed tribesmen were engaged in a heavy exchange of gunfire. The two sides were using sophisticated weapons against each other, said official sources. Confirming the firing, the district coordination officer of Dera Bugti, Abdul Samad Lasi, said armed tribesmen fired at least 500 rockets at the FC fort in Dera Bugti. Three hundred rockets hit the fort, damaging it badly, he added. Two FC personnel were also injured in incident.
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January - 21 
Three bomb explosions were reported from the Sunari area of Sibi district in Balochistan province on January 21. However no fatalities were reported, according to The News.
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Three bomb explosions were reported from the Sunari area of Sibi district in Balochistan province on January 21. However no fatalities were reported, according to The News.
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January - 22 
A bomb exploded in Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province, on January 22, according to Dawn. However, it did not cause any loss of life or damage to property. The device which had been planted near a hotel in the cantonment area exploded at 10.1
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A bomb exploded in Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province, on January 22, according to Dawn. However, it did not cause any loss of life or damage to property. The device which had been planted near a hotel in the cantonment area exploded at 10.15pm.
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January - 22 
A girl, Fareeda, was injured when a bomb exploded in the Mand area of Turbat district. Suspected Baloch insurgents also fired some 24 rockets at the Frontier Corps (FC) fort in Dera Bugti and four at the PPL gas plant in Sui, but without causing dama
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A girl, Fareeda, was injured when a bomb exploded in the Mand area of Turbat district. Suspected Baloch insurgents also fired some 24 rockets at the Frontier Corps (FC) fort in Dera Bugti and four at the PPL gas plant in Sui, but without causing damage to the targets.
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January - 22 
Security agencies raided the base camp of Al Rehmat Trust in Haripur on January 22-night and arrested 25 workers, including the director of the camp, and seized five truckloads of relief goods, trust officials told Daily Times. The Islamic charity is
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Security agencies raided the base camp of Al Rehmat Trust in Haripur on January 22-night and arrested 25 workers, including the director of the camp, and seized five truckloads of relief goods, trust officials told Daily Times. The Islamic charity is believed to have links with the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). “I don’t know why they raided our base camp. Perhaps it is a message for all other Islamic charities working in the area to pack up and leave,” Maulana Asmatullah Muawia, Al Rehmat Trust leader, told Daily Times from Muzaffarabad. “All I can say is that the raid has been conducted at the behest of the Americans and it was meant to discourage us as well as the other religious organisations working in the area,” added Maulana Asmat.
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January - 23 
Former Chief Minister of Balochistan, Sardar Attaullah Mengal, has claimed that Pakistani security forces are using chemical weapons in the province, according to Hindustan Times. Mengal, who addressed the media at the Karachi Press Club, supported h
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Former Chief Minister of Balochistan, Sardar Attaullah Mengal, has claimed that Pakistani security forces are using chemical weapons in the province, according to Hindustan Times. Mengal, who addressed the media at the Karachi Press Club, supported his claim by showing pictures of Baloch civilians who he said had been hit by chemical weapons. Further backing his claim of use of chemical weapons, Mengal pointed to the pictures and said that "you will note the blood coming out of people's mouth without any injury to their bodies... what does this show... it shows that poisonous gases have been used in the military operation." "Chemical weapons are being used (to resolve the crisis), and a large number of women and children have died as a result," Mengal claimed in an interaction with the media. Demanding the presence of international mediators to ensure a fair resolution of the dispute between the tribal-dominated province and Islamabad, Mengal, who is presently the President of the Balochistan National Party, said that the Balochis are not ready to negotiate with either President Pervez Musharraf or his hand-picked Government.
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January - 23 
Security forces and tribesmen exchanged fire in the Kahan Town of Kohlu district in Balochistan province while the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) claimed that two of the rockets fired by paramilitary forces hit Nawab Akbar Bugti’s fort, according to Dawn
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Security forces and tribesmen exchanged fire in the Kahan Town of Kohlu district in Balochistan province while the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) claimed that two of the rockets fired by paramilitary forces hit Nawab Akbar Bugti’s fort, according to Dawn. District officials, however, denied the JWP claim and said no such incident had occurred. JWP spokesperson Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti said a tribesman, Pardin Bugti, was injured after security forces opened fire in Kahan. He added that Frontier Corps personnel fired 15 rockets in the same area and that two of them landed inside the fort of Nawab Akbar Bugti but caused no damage.
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January - 23 
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) rejected claims by authorities in Islamabad that regular armed forces were not being used to crackdown on people in Balochistan. The HRCP claimed that it had concrete evidence that action by the armed fo
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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) rejected claims by authorities in Islamabad that regular armed forces were not being used to crackdown on people in Balochistan. The HRCP claimed that it had concrete evidence that action by the armed forces had led to the deaths and injuries among civilians" and that "populations had also been subjected to indiscriminate bombing."
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January - 23 
Washington has an understanding with Islamabad that allows the US to strike within Pakistani territory on the border with Afghanistan, providing the US has actionable intelligence and Pakistan cannot take firm action, according to a report in US week
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Washington has an understanding with Islamabad that allows the US to strike within Pakistani territory on the border with Afghanistan, providing the US has actionable intelligence and Pakistan cannot take firm action, according to a report in US weekly magazine Time. The source of the report is a Peshawar-based Pakistani intelligence official. "Pakistan’s caveat (to the agreement) is that it would formally protest such strikes to deflect domestic criticism. Some ranking Pakistani officials deny such an agreement exists," says the report headlined ‘Can Bin Laden be caught?’ According to the Time report, Pakistani and US intelligence agencies have stepped up their search for top Al Qaeda leaders in recent weeks, "with the skies above the mountains buzzing with spy planes and unmanned Predator drones, and a network of local spies and informants has been scouring the landscape for information." A Pakistani security officer told Time that the Central Intelligence Agency has installed sophisticated surveillance equipment in several offices of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence to monitor any radio and Internet communications between Al Qaeda and its sympathisers.
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January - 24 
A Jamhoori Watan Party spokesman said that the situation was calm in Dera Bugti with the exception of one incident in which security forces had fired 12 shells on the northern side of the town without causing any damage.
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A Jamhoori Watan Party spokesman said that the situation was calm in Dera Bugti with the exception of one incident in which security forces had fired 12 shells on the northern side of the town without causing any damage.
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January - 24 
In continuing violence in Balochistan, two water pipelines to the Pirkoh gas plant that was repaired after 10 days was blown up again and a minor incident of firing near Dera Bugti occurred without causing any loss of life on January 24, according to
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In continuing violence in Balochistan, two water pipelines to the Pirkoh gas plant that was repaired after 10 days was blown up again and a minor incident of firing near Dera Bugti occurred without causing any loss of life on January 24, according to Dawn. Official sources in Sui confirmed that two separate water pipelines, to the Pirkoh gas plant and town, were damaged on January 24- morning by explosives. Sources added that without de-mining the entire region it would be extremely difficult to ensure a normal supply of water to the Pirkoh and Loti gas plants through pipelines.
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January - 24 
In the province, a bomb explosion damaged an under-construction residential quarters of a school in the Wadh town and rockets were fired on the Frontier Corps check post in Barkhan.
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In the province, a bomb explosion damaged an under-construction residential quarters of a school in the Wadh town and rockets were fired on the Frontier Corps check post in Barkhan.
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January - 24 
Pakistan on January 24 categorically denied reports that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States has succeeded in penetrating the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency. "Absolutely rubbish, I ca
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Pakistan on January 24 categorically denied reports that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States has succeeded in penetrating the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency. "Absolutely rubbish, I categorically deny these allegations as nothing of the sort is happening in the ISI. We have very secure systems for all our communications, especially for sensitive communication for which there are secret codes. Of course, we are aware that the Americans have highly sensitive technical gadgetry and we are aware of the manner that they pick up information on unguarded lines but this does not mean that we let our guard down for a minute," a senior intelligence official told The News. The official was responding to queries about a report in The Times in this regard.
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January - 24 
President George W Bush is reported to have termed Washington’s ties with Islamabad as "strategic and vital" for the United States, according to The News. He made a brief statement to Pakistani and American media representatives at the Oval Office an
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President George W Bush is reported to have termed Washington’s ties with Islamabad as "strategic and vital" for the United States, according to The News. He made a brief statement to Pakistani and American media representatives at the Oval Office and the White House on January 24 after his one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Bush thanked President Musharraf and Premier Shaukat Aziz for their role saying: "We appreciate President Musharraf’s personal involvement in fight against terrorism. The two sides are working closely to fight terrorism."
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January - 24 
President Pervez Musharraf said on January 24 that Al Qaeda fighters were probably killed in a suspected Central Intelligence Agency air strike that killed 18 civilians at Damadola village in the Bajaur Agency on January 13, according to Daily Times.
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President Pervez Musharraf said on January 24 that Al Qaeda fighters were probably killed in a suspected Central Intelligence Agency air strike that killed 18 civilians at Damadola village in the Bajaur Agency on January 13, according to Daily Times. "Now that we’ve started investigating the reality on the ground, yes, we have found that there are foreigners there. That is for sure," Musharraf said in response to a question at the Oslo Nobel Institute following his lecture on ‘Pakistan’s Role for Peace and Development in the Region and Beyond.’ "There is indication that there were some people, also Al Qaeda people, who have gotten killed. Now we need to ascertain that. I’m not 100 percent sure of that," he added. The president said Pakistan contacted the United States after the air strike on Damadola. "Yes, indeed, they do assure that they will not act against Pakistan’s interest," he said, without giving details.
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January - 24 
The Government on January 24 froze bank accounts of an Afghan trading group allegedly involved in funneling funds to the Taliban. The Federal Investigation Agency’s Special Investigation Group (SIG) froze 15 bank accounts of Shirkat Special and Amria
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The Government on January 24 froze bank accounts of an Afghan trading group allegedly involved in funneling funds to the Taliban. The Federal Investigation Agency’s Special Investigation Group (SIG) froze 15 bank accounts of Shirkat Special and Amria Food in Peshawar and Islamabad on the request of Interpol, sources told Dawn. The sources claimed that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar had a share in both the companies. They said the trading companies were apparently dealing in edible oil, sugar and other foodstuff and had a sizable amount in Pakistani bank accounts. The SIG on January 24 raided the offices of Shirkat Special at Mohmand Plaza on Naz Cinema Road in Peshawar and seized documents indicating the firm’s involvement in transferring money to the Taliban. "The company’s owner Rais Abdul Bari and his family members, including Abdul Hadi, Abdul Baqi, Noor Mohammad, Mohammad Nabi and Abdul Nasih, of Kandahar, escaped before the raid," the sources added.
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January - 25 
A rocket landed near the Circuit House in Nushki and a bomb exploded near the railway tracks on the Quetta-Taftan section, near Nushki, without causing any damage. Official sources said that seven rockets were fired on Frontier Corps check-posts at F
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A rocket landed near the Circuit House in Nushki and a bomb exploded near the railway tracks on the Quetta-Taftan section, near Nushki, without causing any damage. Official sources said that seven rockets were fired on Frontier Corps check-posts at Fazalchal, Naal and Taramen in the Kahan area of Kohlu district.
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January - 25 
According to Dawn, six passengers were killed and five others sustained injuries when a minibus hit a landmine at Kharcha in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province on January 25. Two women, three children and the driver were reportedly kille
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According to Dawn, six passengers were killed and five others sustained injuries when a minibus hit a landmine at Kharcha in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province on January 25. Two women, three children and the driver were reportedly killed on the spot. The district coordination officer in Dera Bugti, Abdul Samad Lasi, told Dawn that after the dismantling of the Bekal camps outlaws had taken shelter in mountains and they had laid the mine on the Bekar Road.
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January - 25 
Suspected terrorists on January 25 fired six rockets at security forces in a remote tribal area bordering Afghanistan. However, no casualties were reported. The rocket attack occurred near the Thal town southwest of Peshawar, according to AFP.
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Suspected terrorists on January 25 fired six rockets at security forces in a remote tribal area bordering Afghanistan. However, no casualties were reported. The rocket attack occurred near the Thal town southwest of Peshawar, according to AFP.
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January - 25 
The Jamhoori Watan Party spokesperson Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti accused paramilitary forces of firing 14 shells on the Dera Bugti town on January 25, and said that tribesmen did not retaliate.
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The Jamhoori Watan Party spokesperson Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti accused paramilitary forces of firing 14 shells on the Dera Bugti town on January 25, and said that tribesmen did not retaliate.
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January - 26 
A bomb exploded at the Join Road in the provincial capital Quetta on January 26-night, police said. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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A bomb exploded at the Join Road in the provincial capital Quetta on January 26-night, police said. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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January - 26 
A railway track was blown up minutes after a railway engine passed through the area in the Mach city of Balochistan province on January 26, according to Daily Times. Railway Engineer Miftah-ul-Haq said the railway engine passed from the spot at 6:10
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A railway track was blown up minutes after a railway engine passed through the area in the Mach city of Balochistan province on January 26, according to Daily Times. Railway Engineer Miftah-ul-Haq said the railway engine passed from the spot at 6:10 am and the bomb exploded at 6:12 am. Railway officials said a five feet three inches portion of the track was damaged and the explosion also caused minor damages to the pilot engine. However, no loss of life was reported.
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January - 26 
President Pervez Musharraf has said in an interview with CNN that besides the United States, Al Qaeda also violates Pakistan’s sovereignty as it operates from within Pakistani territory. "While we are angry at the violation of (our) sovereignty by th
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President Pervez Musharraf has said in an interview with CNN that besides the United States, Al Qaeda also violates Pakistan’s sovereignty as it operates from within Pakistani territory. "While we are angry at the violation of (our) sovereignty by the US, I am also angry at the violation of (our) sovereignty by Al Qaeda," Gen. Musharraf told CNN’s Richard Quest at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He said he believed around five or six Al Qaeda operatives were killed in the Bajaur air strike on January 13. But, he added that the US attack was an unjustified violation of an agreement that Pakistani forces should handle operations against Al Qaeda inside their territory. "We were disappointed… Intelligence is coordinated between our two countries, and there is cooperation on both sides at a strategic and tactical level. So it’s a disappointment and we hope this is not repeated," added Musharraf.
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January - 27 
Railway traffic on the Multan-Jacobabad section was suspended after a portion of the track was blown in a bomb blast at Pul Kambar in the Balochistan province on January 27, according to Dawn. Sources said the blast damaged the track and created a fo
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Railway traffic on the Multan-Jacobabad section was suspended after a portion of the track was blown in a bomb blast at Pul Kambar in the Balochistan province on January 27, according to Dawn. Sources said the blast damaged the track and created a four- foot deep crater. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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January - 28 
Suspected Baloch insurgents destroyed the main power transmission line near the town of Rakhni in a bomb attack and fired a missile at yet another section of a water pipeline of Pirkoh gas plant in the Balochistan province on January 28. The bomb att
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Suspected Baloch insurgents destroyed the main power transmission line near the town of Rakhni in a bomb attack and fired a missile at yet another section of a water pipeline of Pirkoh gas plant in the Balochistan province on January 28. The bomb attack disrupted electricity supply to thousands of people in the Barkhan and Kohlu districts, according to Dawn. A spokesman for the Jamhoori Watan Party, however, denied the Government’s claim that a missile attack had been launched on the water pipeline. He said the pipeline was a “money-minting racket for the district coordination officer and Frontier Corps officials”.
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January - 29 
A rocket exploded in the house of a senior official of the Balochistan Government in the cantonment area of provincial capital Quetta. Police said the rocket fired from an unknown place hit the rooftop of the house of Captain (retd) Niaz Mohammad Jaf
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A rocket exploded in the house of a senior official of the Balochistan Government in the cantonment area of provincial capital Quetta. Police said the rocket fired from an unknown place hit the rooftop of the house of Captain (retd) Niaz Mohammad Jaffar. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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January - 29 
Heavy fighting erupted between security forces and tribesmen in the Pirkoh gas field area. Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Samad Lasi said "Armed tribesmen attacked the officers Mess and the Pirkoh gas field with heavy weapons late night… Ca
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Heavy fighting erupted between security forces and tribesmen in the Pirkoh gas field area. Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Samad Lasi said "Armed tribesmen attacked the officers Mess and the Pirkoh gas field with heavy weapons late night… Casualties cannot be ruled out in the fighting, but we have no details."
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January - 29 
The Uch power plant was shut down while operations of the Loti gas purification plant was affected when significant portions of the pipelines supplying gas to the two units were blown up in separate incidents in the Balochistan province on January 29
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The Uch power plant was shut down while operations of the Loti gas purification plant was affected when significant portions of the pipelines supplying gas to the two units were blown up in separate incidents in the Balochistan province on January 29, according to Dawn. It is the third time in a month that the pipeline to the Uch plant has been blown up in the Nasirabad district.
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January - 30 
In Wana, seven rockets were fired at a checkpoint at Shahalam where security forces arrested a Turkish Al Qaeda suspect three days ago.
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In Wana, seven rockets were fired at a checkpoint at Shahalam where security forces arrested a Turkish Al Qaeda suspect three days ago.
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January - 30 
Two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 11 of their colleagues were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) blast blew up a security force vehicle they were traveling at Mubarik Shahi village near Miranshah, headquarters of North
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Two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 11 of their colleagues were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) blast blew up a security force vehicle they were traveling at Mubarik Shahi village near Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan tribal agency on January 30, according to The News. While one FC personnel was killed on the spot, the other succumbed to his injuries later. Four persons have been arrested from the nearby village soon after the incident. Two other roadside explosions took place in the Khajuri area of nearby frontier region of Bannu on the same day. However, no casualty has been reported in these incidents.
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January - 31 
At least one Frontier Corps (FC) personnel was killed and four others sustained injuries in a landmine explosion near Pirkoh gas plant in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province on January 31, according to Daily Times. The paramilitary person
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At least one Frontier Corps (FC) personnel was killed and four others sustained injuries in a landmine explosion near Pirkoh gas plant in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province on January 31, according to Daily Times. The paramilitary personnel were in the area to clear landmines and repair a water pipeline blown up by suspected rebel tribesmen a few days ago, Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi said. Bugti tribe spokesperson Agha Shahid Bugti claimed that three soldiers were killed and one injured.
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January - 31 
Security forces launched a search operation in North Waziristan on January 31 and arrested two suspected terrorists from the Mir Ali area, according to Daily Times.
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Security forces launched a search operation in North Waziristan on January 31 and arrested two suspected terrorists from the Mir Ali area, according to Daily Times.
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*Data till , April 19, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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