Punjab

...other on a police academy. One security official said the Talibanisation of Punjab posed a greater threat than that from Swat, where the army fought militants through a frontal military campaign this year. The official said: "Punjab is...

In this article: Taliban, Pakistan, Swat, Pakistan, Lahore, Islamabad, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and Sri Lankan cricket team

...Asif Ali Zardari took office. Pakistani authorities linked Lashkar-e-Jhangvi members to the March ambush of the Sri Lankan cricket team in Punjab's largest city, Lahore, an attack that left seven people dead. Authorities also believe the...

In this article: Taliban, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Islam, Swat Valley, and Lahore

In a warning to the authorities in July, the criminal investigation department of the police in Punjab said the militants who attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in March would make a similar kind of assault on military headquarters. The...

In this article: Taliban insurgency, Sri Lankan cricket team, Pakistan, Suicide, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Al-qaida

...Intelligence agency. Aqeel, who used the alias Dr Usman, belonged to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Punjab-based militant group that has close links with al-Qa'ida and was blamed for the attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team. Aqeel escaped arrest in...

In this article: Pakistan, Taliban, Suicide, Athar Abbas, Sri Lanka cricket team, David Miliband, and Al-Qaeda

...attack 'mastermind' escapes police raid in Punjab The suspected mastermind of last week's assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team escaped a police raid on his home in northern Punjab today. Police believe that Mohammed Aqeel, an activist of...

In this article: Lahore, Sri Lankan cricket team, Pakistan, India, Detainee, War on Terror, and Jaish-e-Mohammed

...Khan said. Last Tuesday, heavily armed gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in Punjab province, killing six police and a driver and wounding several players before fleeing unscathed. Punjab is the stronghold...

In this article: Pakistan, U.S., Nawaz Sharif, Afghanistan, All rights reserved, and Lashkar-e-Islam

Punjab assembly condemns attack on Sri Lankan cricketers Chandigarh, Mar 4 : The Punjab assembly today rose in one voice to condemn the terrorist strike on the Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore yesterday. ''The House condemns yesterday's...

In this article: Sri Lankan cricket team, Lahore, Anxiety, Parkash Singh Badal, India, West Bengal, Mumbai, and Pakistan

...continuous U.S. drone attacks on their strongholds in Pakistan's tribal belt, are teaming up with local militant groups in the crucial Punjab province to push deeper into the country, a media report said here on Monday. The March 3 terror...

In this article: Taliban, Pakistan, U.S., Sri Lankan cricket team, Al-Qaeda, Dera Ghazi Khan, Lahore, New York, and Afghanistan

...and blast, which mangled dozens of cars left a huge crater. The attack in Pakistan's second-largest city, the capital of the Punjab province, was far from the restive northwest Afghan border region where the Taliban have established...

In this article: Taliban Movement, Lahore, Pakistan, Swat, Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence agency, Sri Lankan cricket team, and Washington