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Pakistan arrests Jaish members in connection with India air base attack
[DAWN] Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday said the government wants to send a team of special Sherlocks to the Pathankot air base in India for further investigation.In a statement, the PMO also confirmed the arrests of several members of the Jaish-e-Mohammad ...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf bannedthe group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat... murderous Moslem group, which India suspects of involvement in what was nearly week-long siege of the Pathankot Indian air base earlier this month. A Rooters report later cited unnamed Pak officials as saying head of the Jaish-e-Mohammad group, Masood Azhar, was among those tossed in the calaboose ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... along with his brother and brother-in-law. This could not be independently verified by Dawn.com. The Pathankot airbase attack was claimed by separatist group United Jihad Council, an alliance of Kashmiri murderous Moslems. The statement was issued after a high-level meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... to discuss the country's security situation. The PMO statement further elaborated that Jaish-e-Mohammad offices in the country were being traced and sealed. These developments come two days before a meeting between the foreign secretaries is scheduled to take place. "The meeting expressed national resolve not to allow our territory to be used for acts of terrorism anywhere," the statement said. It was also noted that "considerable progress" has been made in the investigations, being carried out against terrorist elements reportedly linked to the Pathankot incident. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-14 |
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