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Tag: Ansarul Sharia Pakistan

Posted inPakistan, South Asia, World

Academia has a role in fostering Pakistani terror

by F.M. Shakil September 30, 2017

The abortive murder attempt on a senior leader of the secular Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) in Karachi early this month has exposed a previously unknown terror outfit with close links to academic institutions in Sindh and Balochistan: Ansarul Sharia Pakistan (ASP). Investigators claim the organization’s operatives, who they say have been involved in the murders […]

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