ISLAMABAD (REUTERS) - Pakistan said on Tuesday (March 5) it had begun a crackdown on Islamist militant groups, detaining 44 members of banned organisations including close relatives of the leader of a group blamed for a deadly bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said on Tuesday it had begun a crackdown on Islamist militant groups, detaining 44 members of banned organisations including close relatives of the leader of a group blamed for a deadly bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month.Officials said it was part of a long-planned drive against militant groups, not a response to Indian anger over what New Delhi calls Islamabad's failure to rein in militant groups operating on Pakistani soil.
The interior ministry said close relatives of JeM leader Masood Azhar had been detained in"preventive custody" as part of the crackdown. It named them as Mufti Abdul Raoof and Hamad Azhar, who one ministry official said was the leader's son. "We are investigating them and if we get more evidence, more proof against them, they will be proceeded against according to law and if we don't get any proof their detention will end," Suleman said.
"We have all seen this done for the last several decades now. How many times has Hafiz Saeed been arrested and let out?" the official said."And have they taken action against Jaish camps?" Saeed, who holds public gatherings in Pakistan, has been at the heart of criticism that Pakistan does not enforce its anti-militancy laws.
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