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Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle FesterSharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain
publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture...
on Tuesday named certain banned
...the word
bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organizations which, he said, were using the name of a middle-eastern terror group that had no actual footprint in the country.
Reiterating his stance that the Lion of Islam Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group -- also known by its Arabic acronym Daesh [Islamic State] -- did not have a foothold in Pakistain, he said that Lions of Islam from proscribed organizations had rallied under the IS banner.
For example, he said, that when Lions of Islam using the Daesh [Islamic State] name were picked up from Daska, they were found to be associated with Hafiz Saeed
...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat...
's Jamaat-ud-Dawa
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
. In Sindh, he said, the Hizb-e-Islami group had been using the IS name.
There are around 45 terrorist organizations operating in Pakistain and some of them are using the Daesh [Islamic State] name, he said, adding that, "These [groups] are on the [radar] of intelligence and security agencies".
He also revealed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would soon send New Delhi a formal request, seeking permission for a special investigation team -- looking into suspected Pak links in the attack on Pathankot airbase -- to visit India.