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Detained activists admit plans to attack National Assembly
 Two detained activists of the defunct Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have admitted during investigations to planning attacks on the National Assembly (NA) and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) rallies to create religious hatred, Information Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed told the NA, on Friday. "Activists of extremist religious organisations are trying to destabilse the country by targeting leaders of various religious groups," said Sheikh Rasheed, in response to a query by Israr-ul-Ibad in the NA. Mr Ibad had raised concerns about the security of NA in light of reports in the national media on Friday. According to reports, Amer Shehzad (22) and Khawaja Muhammad Ibrahim (50), the two activists arrested in Jalalpur Pirwala, revealed the disclosures during interrogations. According to investigators, they had planned to go to NA, take lawmakers hostage and then press their demands. The two men are also suspected of being involved in a suicide bombing that killed 30 people in Sialkot's Imambargah on October 1. They also confessed to conspiring to kill Tehrik-i-Jafaria Chief Allama Sajid Ali Naqvi in October 2004. The police have arrested up to eight members of the network and are looking for the remaining members of the 23-man group, recruited for 'suicide attacks'. Posted by: Fred 2005-05-14 |
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