Monday, August 21, 2006

[good news] makes a change from the doom and gloom

The press trust of India reports that Pakistan has detained members of banned terror groups. Islamabad has put over 400 members of banned terrorist groups on a 'watch list' and proceeded to detain them.

The Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee (IPCC), which met on Saturday, has put 400 'alleged extremists' on a watch list. They would be proceeded against under the Anti-Terrorist Act and detained for a year. However, their cases would be reviewed every three months, local daily The News quoted officials as saying.

Besides JuD and LeT, the names of other banned outfits like Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) figured prominently in the local and foreign media. While JuD was accused of using the funds for the earthquake relief to finance the plot, the key suspect, Rashid Rauf arrested for the plot was closely connected with JEM. Rauf is married to JeM chief Masood Azhar's close relative and was arrested from Bahawalpur, the headquarters of JeM.

Well, that makes it all much clearer.

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