- Islamabad (IANS) - Pakistan's much-publicized
campaign against terrorist organisations, that had seen the arrest of over
2,000 people, has fizzled out, SADA news agency reported.
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- Most of those arrested have been released
due to lack of evidence, sources said.
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- On Thursday itself, 16 detained activists
of the Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were released from
Bahawalpur, the sources said. Bahawalpur is the home town of JeM chief
Maulana Masood Azhar.
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- The authorities had no evidence against
these 16 activists that could substantiate their involvement in LeT and
JeM activities, the sources said.
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- A total of 2,010 persons belonging to
militant and fundamental organisations like LeT, JeM, Harkatul Mujahideen,
Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM), Tehrik-e-Jafferia Pakistan
(TJP) and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) had been arrested till January
24, official figures show.
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- A total of 624 offices of these six organisations
across the country had been sealed.
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- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had
on January 12 announced a ban on the six organisations and ordered the
law enforcing agencies to arrest their leaders and cadres. The step followed
increasing U.S. pressure on Musharraf to crackdown on militant and fundamental
organisations as part of the global war against terrorism.
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- New Delhi blames the LeT and the JeM
for the December 13 attack on the Indian Parliament. The attack escalated
tensions between India and Pakistan and led to their biggest military mobilisastion
in 30 years.
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- The following are the details of the
activists arrested offices sealed of the six organisations:
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- Lashker-e-Taiba: 203 arrested and 187
offices sealed.
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- Jaish-e-Mohammad: 130 arrested and 181
offices sealed.
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- Harkatul Mujahideen: 4 arrested 7 offices
sealed.
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- SSP: 1012 arrested and 161 offices sealed.
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- TJP: 434 arrested and 70 offices sealed.
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- TNSM: 207 arrested and 13 offices sealed.
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- Eighteen people were arrested and four
offices of different organisations were sealed in Islamabad. Besides, two
people were arrested in the "non-settled" areas of Balochistan
and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
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