Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik says the anti-Shia terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) has been involved in 80 percent of terrorist incidents in the country. He made the remarks at a press conference in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday, the Pakistani television network Dawn News reported. Malik criticized the local government of the country’s largest… Continue reading Lashkar-e-Jhangvi behind 80% of terrorist attacks in Pakistan
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LeJ members killed and arrested in Quetta
At least two suspected sectarian militants were killed and four arrested in an overnight raid in the Pakistani city of Quetta, BBC reported. It follows a raid on Tuesday night which left four suspected militants dead. Seven others were arrested. Last Saturday a bomb planted by the group in Quetta killed almost 90 ethnic Hazara… Continue reading LeJ members killed and arrested in Quetta
Pakistan nabs leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Pakistan has arrested Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s leader Malik Ishaq following the militant group carried out two deadly bombings, mainly targeting Shia Muslims. A deadly bombing killed at least 90 people on February 16 in Quetta, provincial capital in the southwestern province of Balochistan. Ninety-two people were also killed in the city after twin bombings hit a snooker… Continue reading Pakistan nabs leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Demo held at Pakistani Embassy in Tehran over Shia killings
Hundreds of Afghan and Pakistani students studying in Iran gathered in front of the Pakistani embassy in Tehran on Wednesday condemning the killing of Shias in Pakistan. The protesters demanded the Pakistani government to take necessary measures to prevent the targeted killings of Hazaras in the country. They called for an end to such massacres… Continue reading Demo held at Pakistani Embassy in Tehran over Shia killings
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is Part of US-Saudi Terror Network
Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province, bordering both Afghanistan as well as Iran, was the site of a grisly market bombing that has killed over 80 people. According to reports, the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has claimed responsibility for the attack. Billed as an extremist group, it instead fits the pattern of global terrorism… Continue reading Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is Part of US-Saudi Terror Network