...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate...
(HT) radical group and the Baloch dissidents living in exile in the United Kingdom.
Gen Sharif, who is on a three-day trip to the UK, opened his visit with a meeting with Chief of the Defence Staff Gen Sir Nicholas Houghton.
He later held meetings with British Prime Minister
David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
, Defence Secretary Michael Fallen, National Security Adviser Sir Kim Darroch, Home Office Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill and Director General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism Charles Farr.
Military Spokesman Maj Gen Asim Bajwa, speaking over phone from London told Dawn, that the issue of UK-based organizations creating security problems in Pakistain was forcefully raised in all the meetings and in particular with the Home Office.
The army chief specifically talked about the HT and the Baloch dissidents, who have taken up asylum in the UK.
The British authorities were reminded that the actions of these groups not only affected Pakistains counter-terrorism efforts, but also the security cooperation between the two countries.
Pakistain stepped up its counter-extremism and counter-terrorism operations after the Dec 16 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.
school tragedy.
The issue of terror financing was also raised at the meetings, Gen Bajwa added.
The HT is banned in Pakistain, but works freely in the UK. In Pakistain the radical group has been calling for overthrow of the government and rebellion against the military leadership for their alleged subservience to the United States.
The HT had in the past also tried to infiltrate into military ranks, but that attempt was foiled and five officers, locked away
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
in 2011, were awarded prison terms for their links with the group.
Hizbut Tahrir started operating in Pakistain in late 1990s and was proscribed by Gen Musharraf in 2003-2004 when their links with military officers were first exposed.
Security agencies believe that Baloch dissidents living in the UK have been supporting the
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
.