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India-Pakistan
Bombs target JI candidate, office
2013-05-05
[Pak Daily Times] A candidate running for parliament in next week's historic election was injured on Saturday as his vehicle hit a roadside kaboom in the troubled northwest, officials said. Raj Mohammad, a National Assembly candidate from the Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, was on his election campaign in the Lower Orakzai Agency
... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers...
when his vehicle hit an IED. "Raj Mohammad and his driver were maimed in the attack and their vehicle was badly damaged," Wali Mohammad, a local government official told AFP. "The victims are out of danger and had no life threatening wounds," he said. Meanwhile,
...back at the mall, Clarissa spent the day shopping for new underwear. Tonight was going to be a special occasion...
two people were maimed in a grenade attack on the provincial office of JI on Saturday night. According to police, JI candidate Akhtar Baloch had dismounted his vehicle when two people hurled a grenade at the provincial office of JI. In a separate incident, an election office of Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) was attacked in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
. Police said that around five kilogrammes of explosives were planted outside a PTI area office, which went kaboom! in the early hours of the morning.
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