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Kudus Yolu - Abdul Ghaffar Aziz of the Islamic Group in Pakistan declared that the group approves that all politicians and citizens in exile can return back to Pakistan becaue it is their homeland and no one can deny them the right to return home. Although the Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan , it is actually outlandish to deport him again out of Pakistan .

Aziz added in a statement to Ikhwanweb: "That Binazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan is acceptable but this does not mean dropping corruption charges against her just because she sealed a deal with Pervez Musharraf to return to homeland. In one implicated in a crime must stand trial before Pakistani courts so that every one takes his rights and so that all the world knows the limits of the Bhutto-Mosharraf deal".

Regarding Bhutto"s statement that she doesn"t plan to deal with Islamists, Abd Al-Ghaffar said " Bhutto"s attitude towards Islamists is well known for years. She tries to woo the US administration adopts the US views and issues statements that she sees as appealing to the US administration. Her attitudes towards Kashmir issue and the US bombardment to tribal regions is clear from the beginning. She wants to prove that she bolder, more sincere, more efficient, and more obedient to US orders in its fight to what Washington calls "terrorists" and any religious one. They are eventually unsuccessful attempts because the U.S. can not succeed in what security forces failed to realize."

Regarding the presidential elections, Abd Al-Ghaffar declared that the election commission issued a ruling on Monday canceling a provision banning that state employees from running for elections, a scheme from Mosharraf to enable him to pursue his reelection bid. However, the judiciary is expected to reject this amendment. Such weak attempts to amend the constitution will be useless to him and his aides.

Aziz added: "There are opposition parties that agreed on rejected reelecting Mosharraf, threatening with submitting a mass resignation to parliament and leave local governments in two Pakistani provinces. It is well known that election takes place here through the Central Council, the Senate and four provincial councils which elect the president. If two councils resigned, there will be no election. If Misharraf insisted on pursuing his bid, we would take to streets to show the public opinion"s rejection to dictatorship. Also, opposition parties threaten with not participating in any general elections if he is reelected. His only option is to resign from both posts and we know that this will not be easily realized. " Quds Way - (Kudus Yolu) published on Sept 22.

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Larkana, March 1 - President Pervez Musharraf, facing criticism from some US and Afghan leaders over attacks by Taliban from across the border, vowed yesterday to wipe out such elements taking sanctuary in the tribal areas.

"People have come from outside. These people should leave [Pakistan] and go, otherwise we will have to deal with them and we are dealing with them," Gen Musharraf told a public rally in Larkana, a stronghold of Benazir Bhutto, the chairperson of opposition Pakistan's Peoples Party.

Musharraf's comments on the presence of foreign militants on Pakistan's soil followed a surprise visit by US vice-president Dick Cheney to the country on Monday.

Cheney expressed US apprehensions of regrouping of Al Qaida in the tribal areas, called for concreted efforts in countering the threat, and pressed Gen Musharraf to be more aggressive in hunting down Al Qaida operatives.

The use of Pakistani territory by the Taliban and Al Qaida has soured Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. Some Afghan leaders have accused Islamabad of failing to do enough to stop infiltration, or even of continuing support to Taliban.

Islamabad says it does all it can and struck a deal with pro-Taliban rebels in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan under which the militants agreed to stop raids in both Pakistan and across the border.

Musharraf said Pakistan was facing threats of extremism and terrorism because of these foreign militants.

"They have all come and are living in our mountains and spreading terrorism not just in Pakistan but in the entire world," he said.

"I want to say, taking benefit of this occasion [public meeting in Larkana] that these people are putting Pakistan in danger," Musharraf added.

Hundreds of Pakistani troops and rebels have been killed in the Waziristan region as the government tries to establish its authority over the semi-autonomous tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.

Musharraf said Islam is a religion of peace, harmony and tolerance and there is no place for extremist and terrorist tendencies in the religion.

"We have to check such tendencies, otherwise the country will not be able to move on to the path of progress and development," he added.

He dismissed the use of the concept of "jihad" by extremists and said it was only the prerogative of the government and not individuals to use it.

"We want moderation, we are strong Muslims and fully understand our obligations and responsibilities," he said, asking the people not to vote for extremist elements in the next general election, which is expected to be held next year. Gulfnews

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'Grand operation' against terrorists in tribal areas

Islamabad, February 6 (IANS) - Pakistan has deployed over 2,000 para-military personnel in volatile North and South Waziristan to hunt for "high value" terrorist targets.

The deployment is ahead of what the government calls "grand operation" in its Federally Administered Tribal Area bordering Afghanistan.

"Security forces are expected to begin a grand operation in the troubled Waziristan tribal region to hunt down Al Qaida and Taliban militants, including Baitullah Mehsud, who is holed up in the area," the Daily Times said yesterday quoting unnamed officials. (Picture left - They are alike, two separate bodies but with same ideologies!).

The daily said the intelligence agencies have alerted the Interior Ministry that 15 Taliban fighters arrived in Rawalpindi on January 25 with plans to target US and UN interests in Islamabad. Mehsud was reportedly involved in the kidnapping and murder of two Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver in 2004. GulfNews

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Abdullah, President Musharraf Meet In Putrajaya

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 31 (Bernama) - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and visiting Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf met here Wednesday to discuss international issues, including peace efforts in the Middle East.

Abdullah greeted Musharraf at the Prime Minister's Office at 6.45pm before their meeting, which went on until just before 8pm.

Abdullah is scheduled to host a dinner for Musharraf at a hotel here tonight.

The Pakistan president is on a two-day visit to Malaysia to discuss peace efforts in the Middle East.

Meanwhile Agencies reported that Musharaf also visited Indonesia earlier before meeting Pak Lah. (report below)

Call for Muslims to co-operate

AlJazeera, January 31 - Muslim nations must work together to end spiralling bloodshed in the Middle East, the leaders of Indonesia and Pakistan have said.

Pervez Musharraf and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said "like-minded Muslim countries" hoped to gather soon to discuss disputes in Iraq, the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon.

Few details about the proposed forum were provided, but an official who attended Wednesday's talks said the goal was to counter US influence in the region.

"The time has come for action," Musharraf said at a joint press conference at Indonesia's presidential palace on Wednesday.

"There is no room for complacency because things are moving so fast, deteriorating so fast," the Pakistani president added.

Musharraf, who next heads to Malaysia where he will meet Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the prime minister, said he was confident the yet-to-be created group would have a strong, important voice.

"Since the West is looking and searching for methods and new ideas of bringing peace to the region, I think any new idea, any new initiative would be acceptable to them as long as it is workable," he said.

Susilo said he was hopeful "greater dialogue and consultation between like-minded Muslim countries" would help reduce violence in the Middle East.

Labels: Malaysia, Musharraf, Pak Lah, Pakistan, Ummah

Protests against Pakistan army raid

AlJazeera.net, 17 January - Hundreds of people have rallied in a Pakistani town against an army air raid on a suspected al-Qaeda hide-out, claiming it killed innocents, witnesses said.

About 1,000 supporters of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) party marched through Tank, a city about 160 km north of the scene of Tuesday's attack in southern Waziristan, on Wednesday.

Activists of the JUI, a pro-Taliban group in the provincial government, shouted "Jihad [struggle]" during the protest, and chanted slogans condemning Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president.

The Pakistani army has said the raid killed eight fighters.

"They killed innocent labourers. There were no foreigners or [militant] training centres," witnesses quoted Maulana Tahir, the leader of the rally, as saying.

No violence

"Pakistani newspapers have carried the sentiments of the government, who said that it carried out the attack, and the sentiments of the people on the street, who believe that the Americans had a hand in this one as well"

Kamal Hyder,

Al Jazeera correspondent in Pakistan

In a separate incident, about 200 college students blocked a road that links Tank with Wana, the main town in southern Waziristan. A police presence was on the streets, and no violence was reported.

In the eastern city of Multan at least 60 university students shouted "Death to Bush," and burned an American flag to protest against the air raid.

Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Pakistan, said that he had received a call from Baitullah Mahsud, the head of the peace committee in southern Waziristan, inviting his team to visit the scene of the raid.

"Mahsud said he wanted to invite us to the area to prove to us that [those killed] were innocent civilians," Hyder said.

Army line

Hyder also said that the Pakistani media was doubtful about the Pakistani army's line on the attack.

Although the Pakistani army insists it carried out the raid on the suspected al-Qaeda base, many Pakistani civilians believe the US army had at least a joint role in the attack.

"Pakistani newspapers have reacted strongly but have carried both sentiments - the sentiments of the government, who said that it carried out the attack, and the sentiments of the people on the street, who believe that the Americans had a hand in this one as well," Hyder said.

Musharraf has made Pakistan a key ally in the US-led "war on terrorism", but has come under pressure from the US to arrest cross-border attacks by Taliban and al-Qaeda militants from its tribal areas into Afghanistan.

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Pakistan strikes camp in Waziristan

alJazeera.net, 16 January

The Pakistan army has launched an air attack on what it believes to be a camp for suspected fighters in Waziristan, a tribal area bordering Afghanistan.

Major-General Shaukat Sultan, a spokesman for the military, said between 25 and 30 suspects were present at the time of the attack on Tuesday.

"The operation was carried out at around 6:55am (01:55 GMT) in Zam Zola in South Waziristan, based on information that 25 to 30 miscreants, including foreigners were present there," Sultan said.

He said missiles were fired at mud-walled compounds housing the suspects.

Helicopter gunships were then deployed to complete the operation. "I can't tell you the exact number of casualties, but most of them were killed," Sultan said.

While the army and a senior local official said the dead were fighters, and included some foreigners, a resident said the slain men were in fact Afghan labourers.

Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the region, said he had received unconfirmed reports that most of those killed were "innocent civilians" in the densely-wooded Zam Zola area. He said people were still being dug out.

He said that he also had unconfirmed reports that the attack came from Afghanistan, and had possibly involved American aircraft.

Pakistan's army insists that the raid was launched by its own attack helicopters.

Problem region

The south of Waziristan has long acted as a refuge for the Taliban and al-Qaeda, despite an army campaign that began in late 2003 to clear them out.

The army later struck a peace deal, but fighters linked to the Taliban grew in influence in the semi-autonomous tribal region, actively recruiting men and boys to fight in Afghanistan.

Last September, the government of General Pervez Musharraf struck another peace deal with tribal elders in neighbouring North Waziristan. Afghan, Nato and US forces in Afghanistan are concerned that this accord will also result in pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda elements gathering in strength.

Pakistan has been trying to find ways to isolate the fighters in Waziristan as it has lost of hundreds of troops in the fighting and wants to reduce the risk of inducing a wider conflict in the tribal areas.

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Qazi Hussain Ahmed, a Pakistani political leader, said he would lead a convoy of cars from the northwestern city of Peshawar to Khar and Chingai in protest on Tuesday. "They killed 80 teenagers who were students of the Quran," Ahmed said. "This is a very cruel joint-activity [between the US and Musharraf governments]."

"They were militants doing military training. We were watching them for the last six or seven days - we knew exactly who they are, what they are doing," Musharraf told a security conference in Islamabad on Tuesday.

"They were all militants using weapons doing military training within the compound."

Almost 10,000 Pakistanis attended protests held in Khar, the main town in the northwestern tribal Bajaur district, where military helicopters fired five missiles into an Islamic religious school, known as a madrasa, on Monday.

As loudspeakers broadcast songs in the local Pashto language, protesters gathered in a field to denounce what they described as an attack that killed innocent students and teachers.

Addressing the rally, Maulana Roohul Amin, a local Islamic cleric, said: "We will continue our jihad. We will take revenge for the blood of our martyrs. "The infidels are trying to erase us from existence."

Scores of pro-government tribal police were deployed throughout Bajaur, blocking roads with large rocks in an attempt to prevent political activists and journalists reaching Khar and Chingai, a local government official said.

Resignations

Many local politicians and regional cabinet ministers have resigned in protest over the attack.

"Islamabad is acting against its own citizens who profess loyalty, promise to maintain peace and to eliminate foreign militants," a Pakistan daily, The Nation, said in an editorial column.

Ali Dayan Hasan, a representative for Human Rights Watch, accused Pakistani authorities of "persistent use of excessive and disproportionate force in pursuing counter-terror operations".

The planned signing of a peace deal between tribal leaders and the military was cancelled in response to the air strike.

The attack led to claims of US collusion with Pakistan in attacking and destroying the madrasa.

Pakistani and US military officials have denied American involvement in the attack, which occurred 3km from the Afghan border, saying it was purely a Pakistani operation.

Terrorist links

Among those killed was Liaqat Hussain, a fugitive cleric who ran the attacked madrasa.

The raid was carried out after Hussain rejected government warnings to stop using the school as a training camp for fighters heading to Afghanistan, the military said.

Faqir Mohammed, who Pakistan also described as a 'terrorist', left the madrasa 30 minutes before the strike, intelligence officials said. Aljazeera + Agencies.

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