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Police arrests two militants carrying explosive in eastern Pakistan
 Police on Sunday arrested two militants of a banned group, along with explosive in eastern Pakistani city, a day after President Pervez Musharraf announced new crackdown on religious groups and hate material, said police. A police team, while on a routine patrol, arrested two militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba extremist group from Mozang area of Lahore, 370 kilometers in southeast of Islamabad, a local police official, Muhammad Shah Jamal, told KUNA. He added that they were carrying explosive and weapons. He did not give further details.The arrest was made two-days after President Musharraf announced a new crackdown on extremist groups and to eliminate hate material from markets by December this year. In a related incident, police raided offices of two religious magazines in southern Karachi city on Saturday and arrested their editors. Posted by: Fred 2005-07-18 |
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