(AKI/DAWN) - Pakistan's central government has issued for the first time a 'red book' containing information about 162 most-wanted terrorists, including the four individuals allegedly involved in an abortive attempt to assassinate Pakistan's president, Gen Pervez Musharraf. The wanted men belong to banned radical groups such as Lashkar-i-Taiba, Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Tehrik-i-Jaffariya Pakistan, Sippah-i- Muhammad Pakistan and Bugti, Magsi and Marri Tribes, according to the ‘red book.'The government has announced a million dollar bounty on the heads of 66 of the country's 162 most-wanted terrorists. The highest head-money, 166,000 dollars, is for Matiur Rehman, alias Ustad Talha. Rehman is alleged to have been involved in the 14 December, 2003 attempt on Musharraf's life. Another man alleged to have been involved in the same assassination attempt, Mansoor Chhota, has an 83,000 dollar bounty on his head, as does a third alleged plotter, Umar Qada. The fourth accused plotter is Qari Ahsanul Haq. All four are SSP members, according to the 'red book'. It was compiled on the basis of information provided by central and provincial intelligence agencies and police. The plotters allegedly planted a powerful bomb on a bridge in Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad, as the Musharraf's highly-guarded motorcade was crossing.
Of the 162 'most wanted' terrorists identified by the 'red book', 83 are from to Punjab province, 29 from Sindh, 11 from the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), 37 from Balochistan and two from Pakistan-administered Kashmir.