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Security forces on Saturday took into custody two brothers of Anwaarul Haq, the alleged facilitator of the Feb 13 suicide bombing in Lahore, from their residence in Bajaur Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), security sources said.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had announced Haq's arrest in a press conference on Friday evening. The suspect's confessional statement was also aired during the briefing.
Acting on information provided by intelligence agencies, security personnel on Saturday raided Haq's house in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur Agency, security sources said.
Haq's two brothers Khalilullah and Hameedullah were taken into custody during the raid.
Several others were nabbed from the area during the operation and shifted to an unknown location for interrogation, the sources added.
In his press conference, the Punjab chief minister claimed to have eliminated the terrorist network involved in Monday’s suicide attack in Lahore in which 15 people were killed.
Shahbaz said the facilitator, Anwaarul Haq, had divulged that their network was operating from within Afghanistan.
The suspect in the confessional video said he hailed from a remote village in Bajaur Agency.
“I was associated with Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and they trained me,” said the suspect, adding that he has visited Afghanistan around 15 to 20 times.
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Feb 18, 2017 02:24pm
completely eradicate this evil from its roots, please!
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Feb 18, 2017 02:38pm
@nk At a public place where everyone could see!
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Feb 18, 2017 02:44pm
Punjab Safe city project and enhanced Punjab CTD ( Counter Terrorism Department) is bearing its fruit. The whole location and activity of the attackers was traced through footages, cell phone traces and sensors around the location. Anyway supporters of Imran Khan will find one way or another to bash Punjab and will find faults in the arrest of terrorists as well.
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Feb 18, 2017 02:50pm
@AwaN The security systems are put into place to avoid human losses, and not to nab perpetrators after they have done the damage. In Balochistan, the killers of the advocates were apprehended after some coercion by the judicial commission, even without sophisticated systems in place.
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Feb 18, 2017 02:58pm
This proves that our agencies are well informed and efficient to nab terrorists promptly. That is, the capability is there to eradicate terrorism, BUT someone somewhere within, does not want the suffering of ordinary citizens to end, or the country to progress.
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Feb 18, 2017 03:09pm
it is a sad lament that most of the times the links are traced back to kpk and FATA.Therefore,it is time that FATA be included into mainstream Pakistan and the writ of the state is enforced in FATA so that the rest of the country doesnot suffer because of that
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Feb 18, 2017 03:06pm
without purging corruption it is not possible to deny documents and entries to Afghan nationals and as long as we do not deport all Afghans the peace in Pakistan is impossible. For this, the help of local Pakhtoons is a must. Until and unless they do not stand up against Afghans and start disowning them, it is hard to deport all Afghans. The government should make it responsibility of local Pakhtoons to identify Afghans living on valid Pakistani documents for ages or have become part of the local families and deport them without any consideration. Afghans and Afghanistan have always hated Pakistan, starting from its creation when they refused to recognize it as a separate state and Talibinization has further heated their hatred. They need to return to their homeland to pay the price for peace as it does not come without a fight
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Feb 18, 2017 03:23pm
@Brekhna You are stating that security systems are not used to nab perpetrators. What can I say for the ignorant comments like these?.
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Feb 18, 2017 03:30pm
Its all beacause of Afgans !!!
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Feb 18, 2017 03:34pm
they are the wolf...
must be awarded exemplary punishments..these evil forces wants to turn our "homeland" Pakistan into another SYRIA, LIBYA.....
Thanks to the security forces for acting and arresting the facilitators so quickly...
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Feb 18, 2017 03:40pm
Govt.. already knows the where abouts of the terrorists residing mingled with the civilians.. but it acts only after the damage is done...... why not make a pre emptive strike and sweep out all off them in one go... and make peace?
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Feb 18, 2017 03:45pm
If so much proof is available alongwith confession then by next week he should be punished. This will give a strong message to the future facilitators.
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Feb 18, 2017 03:51pm
Ok, so all is well. We can all rejoice peace. Terrorism has been defeated by the exalted CM of Punjab. Nothing to worry about. Please go out, enjoy yourselves, eat, drink and be merry. This arrest means we have found the head of the terror group and no more terrorist incidents are to be expected!!
Glorious Punjab and Pakistan!
The only question is, why wasn't this government able to find all the suspected militants months or years earlier and prevent the carnage in the first place??
Does the word 'FAILURE' mean anything to him or the intelligensia in Pakistan?
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Feb 18, 2017 03:56pm
Eliminate all terrorists
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Feb 18, 2017 03:57pm
It may sound cynical, but if there is yet another terror attack anywhere in the country in coming days, followed by 'arrest' of suspected militants and facilitators within hours of the incident, will that mean anything to anyone?
The lives that are lost can never be revived by arrest of a thousand such militants. The failure of the security agencies, and lack of preventive measures, pro-active rather than re-active forces, can only lead to inevitable.
What good does it to do to the families of the dead and injured, with the arrested of the alleged ringleaders AFTER every such event?
How many such attacks have been stopped in their tracks by Pakistanis agencies? How many such arrests have been made, how much infrastructure and arms, ammunition ceased in such raids?
Why do these attacks continue to take place, unabated all the time, if the government had been successful in its efforts and had a concrete plan of action?
Simply put NAP is a failure.
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Feb 18, 2017 04:18pm
@AwaN It's not about Imran Khan or the Sharifs so please keep your stupid ideas to your self yes I support PTI and I love Khan sab but when there is a blast in KPK or Lahore or Karachi for me its the same because we are all Pakistanis and you need to understand this.
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Feb 18, 2017 04:24pm
@FAREED HUSSAIN Whilst I agree with you up to some extent I don't think that would be fair. I think all the Afghans who have valid documents and a Pakistani resident can confirm that they are not a threat to anyone then they should be allowed to return. If anyone gets involved in terrorism then they should be made aware that their family would be picked up too and that may prove to be the biggest deterrent.
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Feb 18, 2017 04:32pm
Many times, some people under interrogation confess to crimes they did not commit.
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Feb 18, 2017 04:34pm
@bALAKRISHNAN kamesh KAMESH ... Terrorists mingled with frightened and intimidated civilians. Terrrorists with the same mentality as ISIS. Make them slaves.
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Feb 18, 2017 05:02pm
@Imtiaz Piracha then why they couldn't trace them before the attack?
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Feb 18, 2017 05:04pm
@nk Catch and kill, that should be the only action plan for killers of innocent people. Do such killers realize the consequences of their coward action? How many families destroyed, how many suffering widows, orphans and grieving relatives and friends?
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Feb 18, 2017 05:05pm
What misguided souls they are. These incorrigible souls need elimination.
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Feb 18, 2017 05:32pm
No mercy on these culprits.
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Feb 18, 2017 05:56pm
How about teaching some lessons to Afghanistan, lately all the evil pouring in from that side.
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Feb 18, 2017 06:03pm
Send all afghani back to afghanistan.and also lock them up in camps till their process is completed.
These afghanies are involved in theft, kidnapping, and all other evil activities since they come to pakistan.
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Feb 18, 2017 06:04pm
Send them to Afghanistan for good!
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Feb 18, 2017 06:18pm
How did he facilitate the Lahore attack and in what way was he connected to the suicide bomber ? Where is the suicide bomber from ?
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Feb 18, 2017 06:52pm
@Awan Stop blameing poor innocent Afgan for your failure.
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Feb 18, 2017 07:07pm
@Brekhna Please note that even in America security cameras could not prevent Boston bombing. Same was the case in UK subway bomb blast however, the cameras helped in identifying the culprits.
The proactive action in most oof the countries was taken in casess whereby intelligence was provided by a common man to the agencies. this is what is lacking within our society. We always looks towards others and consume all our energies in finding faults with others absolving ourselves from all the responsibilities.
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Feb 18, 2017 07:30pm
Terrorists facilitators were picked up, but the courts will let them off as judges are scared of terrorists. That's why military courts are needed for swift justice. Why do some political parties oppose military courts, because they support terrorists killing innocent people of Pakistan. Such politicians should be arrested and prosecuted under the law. No country in the world would tolerate any politician supporting terrorism.
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Feb 18, 2017 07:32pm
What our intelligence agencies are doing after getting heavy budgets, salaries and perks. They only wake up when heavy damage is done.
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Feb 18, 2017 07:36pm
strict measures should be taken to eradicate this evil from our country,our government should make clear foreign policies for the strengthening of our good image all over the world.
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Feb 18, 2017 08:01pm
@AwaN You have very low IQ.Govt is fail no law and order fake medicines rapes un-employment corruption list goes on
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Feb 18, 2017 08:14pm
@AwaN - You must be laughing at the whole of Pakistan. What are you bragging about AFTER a tragedy happened? Being reactive is no credit. Be proactive!
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Feb 18, 2017 08:30pm
we should not forget that the man who exploded himself was a Afghani.I wonder why Pakistan Government does not expel Afghani ?Every day we listen that if a bomb explodes ,there is a hand of Afghani in it.Goverment must expel Afghanis in one month.
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Feb 18, 2017 08:32pm
@FAREED HUSSAIN ,you are correct.All afghanis must be deported in one month time.This time their stay must not be extended.
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Feb 18, 2017 09:02pm
Punish him in a way that it can be remembered as a lesson for many others.
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Feb 18, 2017 09:17pm
@Feroz have you been taking your beauty nap? The bomber was from Afghanistan. He is from fata, came to Lahore in 2010 and owns a shop in Delhi Gate. See, how he paid back the country which housed him and gave him decent business to survive?
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Feb 18, 2017 09:56pm
So Here is the proof that we don't need army operation in Punjab!
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Feb 18, 2017 10:33pm
Why?.Because of DNA?!
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Feb 19, 2017 12:26am
Kindly work with Afganistan..Then lie will be detected...
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Feb 19, 2017 02:50am
It is my personal observation that hundreds of non local people are roaming in cities without any identity. This person does not looks like as media show. May be fabricated story.
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Feb 19, 2017 04:35am
Yet another fake confession by a fake government!
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Feb 19, 2017 05:29am
I am deeply skeptical about these so called video confessions. Believe me this is nothing but a theater. There is no transparency. They can simply pick up anyone and make him confess under duress. If our LEAs were that efficient, we would not have the menace of terrorism in the first place.
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Feb 19, 2017 07:42am
This is the first case where Lahore security system and network paid off. It is difficult to stop terrism but it is not impossible to find the sources of terrorism. Good job Lahore security system. Make Lahore more secure. More cameras and more vigilance.
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Feb 19, 2017 07:50am
by only killing terrorist we can not eradicate this evil , to completely remove this scare from Pakistan face , we need to provide education facilities , health and equal job opportunities to FATA , south Punjab and all remote areas.
Think .......
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Feb 19, 2017 09:52am
PM should take notice and make a committee
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Feb 20, 2017 02:50am
@FAREED HUSSAIN
most afghans speak better urdu than pakistanis.
they are now as much pakistanis if not more.
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Feb 20, 2017 06:45am
@Azmeen
I'm with you but the question is HOW?
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Feb 20, 2017 07:06am
@irfan uk
Problem is that most of the Afghans residing in Pakistan have Pakistani documents - some real and many fake. There are some corrupt people within NADRA that sells them Pakistani ID cards - the rate was Rs. 10,000 per card as far back as 2010. To give these illegals more legitimacy these same corrupt NADRA employees will also add them to the "family trees" of bonafide Pakistani citizens. This happend to me and it has been over 3 years and I have been unable to remove this person (of Afghan origin) from our family tree! My advice to everyone is to request your family tree from NADRA and confirm that it has no unauthorized additions. It has many negative legal consequences that my family is going through after the death of our parents.
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Feb 20, 2017 08:21am
The video seems to cooperative to be real. The suspect is not beaten up and dis-shelved. Nothing here to convince the public.
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Feb 20, 2017 01:40pm
will he be punished and facts will come to light or like other case will go free.
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