Pakistan News And Discussion-11

07-03-2007, 11:25 PM

IB directed to remove bugs from courts, judgesâ residences: SC bans intelligence personnel from courtsQUOTEISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday reprimanded government lawyers for filing a âscandalousâ dossier of evidence against Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The court fined the government Rs 100,000 and suspended the advocate on record who filed the evidence.

A 13-member full court bench, headed by Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, also banned all unauthorised personnel, including intelligence personnel, from entering the Supreme Court and high courts and ordered the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to sweep the courts and their judgesâ homes of any bugging devices, and file an affidavit to this effect in the SC next Monday.

The documents, which were part of a civil miscellaneous application filed by the government, contained unidentified and unsigned papers which were allegedly abusive of the chief justice. Aitzaz Ahsan said the language in the documents was so abusive that he could not read them out. He said the file contained photographs taken inside Justice Chaudhryâs home as well as anonymous complaints and derogatory remarks about senior judges.
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No surprise here. In Pakistan they bug everything including Mushy's den.

07-03-2007, 11:46 PM

Pak turmoil may cut short Kamal Shah's India tripQUOTENew Delhi: Sudden deterioration in the internal security situation in Pakistan has forced Pakistan's Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah to cut short his stay in India and fly back home.

Naresh · (This post was last modified: 07-05-2007, 04:59 PM by Naresh.)

The Joys of a Lotastaani travelling by Perhaps I Arrive - Part I <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' />:

Ok, on take off from Toronto, I noticed a slight engine damage, huge in terms of EU safety measwsures, but as myself, knew nothing could happen as such.

<img src='http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb224/Shehz911/LeftEngine.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Still can't see the damage?

Look carefully and closely, you'll see the the bracket bent upwards with a bolt/Rippet missing.

Anyways, I didn't want to turn back, so I kept my mouth shut, but somehow opened my big fat mouth at Lahore airport.

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Now do you see it?

Cheers <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' />

Naresh · (This post was last modified: 07-05-2007, 05:00 PM by Naresh.)

The Joys of a Lotastaani travelling by Perhaps I Arrive - Part II <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /> <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /> :

Anyways, the engineering department of Lahore airport were there in a jiff, I was so impressed, and all the passenger watched with awe as a guy placed a ladder against the engine, climbed up with a long sledge hammer type rod, and went bang bang sledge and bang "Holy F*ck*ly $hit"

One passenger started to shout "I'm going to report, I never saw anything like that in my life!", others started to blame me "why did you have to inform them now, couldn't you wait untill Karachi?", and so on, and after an hours delay (because of your's truly), we finally took off with the damaged bracket.

<img src='http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb224/Shehz911/RepairWithABang.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Still the same to Karachi, the sledge hammer just didn't bang it right!

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Cheers <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' />

Naresh · (This post was last modified: 07-05-2007, 05:10 PM by Naresh.)

QUOTE(Mudy @ Jul 3 2007, 11:46 PM)Pak turmoil may cut short Kamal Shah's India trip

New Delhi: Sudden deterioration in the internal security situation in Pakistan has forced Pakistan's Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah to cut short his stay in India and fly back home.
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Mudy Ji :

Lotastaan's Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah was to Fly Home but noticed the Conditions of the Perhaps I Arrive Aircrafts.

As such he flew to Amritsar by an Indian Aircraft and then went across to Lotastaan via the Wagah Border Crossing which was especially kept open at Night so that the âLotastaaniâ could be got rid of.

Cheers <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' />

07-05-2007, 07:50 PM

Nareshji,
Same is with Air India. AI, Paki, Biman etc from chor ministries of their respective countries lease plane from Mojave Junk yard. It is a fact.
So avoid, even flying with Air India.

QUOTE âLotastaaniâ could be got rid of.
Nah, Moron Singh and AIyar must be in tears, they could have more days and nights with their own species of dear Lota.

07-05-2007, 09:07 PM

Heavy firing reported around Lal MasjidQUOTEHeavy firing was reported around the Lal Masjid complex here Thursday, interspersed with a number of explosions, one of which demolished the front wall of the girls' madrassa in the continued standoff between Pakistani government forces and heavily armed Islamists in the heart of the capital.

Geo TV showed images of three helicopter gunships over the besieged complex as large explosions were heard over live television.
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How Islamist will react? <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='whistle.gif' />

07-05-2007, 11:44 PM

8 militants arrested while escaping from Lal MasjidQUOTE"They have AK-47s, grenades and petrol bombs. They are keeping women and children who want to come out of the mosque," he said.

While the army resorted to selective bombardment of the Masjid and its madrassas damaging their walls and gates by firing mortar shells, three US-made Cobra helicopter gun ships made repeated sorties for surveillance and firing teargas into the complex to flush the militants out.

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Aziz was on Thursday slapped with charges of terrorism, abduction of six Chinese women and possession of illegal arms and was remanded to seven days police custody.
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'A friend in need, is a friend indeed'

Naresh · 07-06-2007, 12:10 AM

QUOTE(Mudy @ Jul 5 2007, 07:50 PM)Nareshji,
Same is with Air India. AI, Paki, Biman etc from chor ministries of their respective countries lease plane from Mojave Junk yard. It is a fact.
So avoid, even flying with Air India.
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Mudy Ji :

Without in any way trying to defend Air India I was (and still am) working in the City when the EU issued a set of "Warnings" to Air India and gave them Six Months to rectify the faults.

To their credit Air India quietly went into the "Air Charter Market" and "Hired" a number of Air Crafts - basically on Dry Lease - and then went about rectifying the faults and ordering New Air Crafts.

Lotastaan, on the other hand - disregarding the EU "Warnings", I think twice - and then all Hell broke loose.

Despite EU banning a Major Part of the PIA Fleet (Only 6-7 777s were acceptable in the EU and it is one of these 777s that is being described in the Toronto - Lahore - Karachi "Flight Experience in my two posts) our Government of India allowed the PIA "Defective Fleet" to operate into and out of India.

QUOTE(Mudy @ Jul 5 2007, 07:50 PM) âLotastaaniâ could be got rid of.
Nah, Moron Singh and AIyar must be in tears, they could have more days and nights with their own species of dear Lota.
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Mudy Ji :

Moron Singh is under the thumb of Sonia and has to obey Orders.

M S Aiyar is not only a Chinese Stooge (Collected funds for the Chinese in 1962 Chinese Invasion) but also seems to have an "Unnatural Love" for "The Whories"

In early August 1947 his Father (A Chartered Accountant in The Whore) decided to leave the upcoming state of Pakistan and go back to what would remain India.

His Muslim Friends in the "Mohulla" dissuaded him

On the 16 or 17th August (or thereabouts) the same Muslim Friends came to the Aiyar Family with Long Knives and "Persuaded" them to depart for India.

Thus M S Aiyar's Love for the Lotas is an "Unnatural Love"

Cheers <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' />

07-06-2007, 12:55 AM

QUOTEThus M S Aiyar's Love for the Lotas is an "Unnatural Love"
He is suffering from Stockhom Syndrome and free load of "Whories" from Whorie land is big motivation.

07-06-2007, 01:01 AM

QUOTENuggets from the Urdu press 
FT.com
PPP not to sit with supporters of terrorism
As reported in daily Express, PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto said that suicide bombing is not our culture, and the curse of extremism would stop with the exit of Pervez Musharrafâs dictatorship. She said that there should be a grand alliance, but ideological differences shall be considered. She said that the MMA has people who have supported dictators in the past, were against the creation of Pakistan and called Quaid e Azam a âkafir.â She said that some people in MMA are supporting terrorism and sitting with them would tarnish the image of Pakistan.

Jehangir Karamatâs email passwords hacked
As reported in daily Express, ex Chief of Army staff, Jehangir Karamat, sent an email to his friends that he had lost his wallet and all of his ATM cards in Nigeria and urgently needed US$ 3500 to pay hotel bills and buy a ticket. According to a report, Nigerian hackers have got email passwords of important personalities and are sending messages to everyone in the address books. Ex Governor of State Bank Ishrat Hussain was also a victim of these hackers. Many people ignored these messages, but one journalist, Akmal Alimi, sent USD 3000 to JehangirKaramat to Nigeria at the address in the email.

Film Deewarâs dialogue in Indian curriculum
As reported in daily Jang, the National Council of Education Research and Training in India decided to include the dialogue of the film, Deewar in a grade 7 school book in India. The dialogue would teach self confidence to the students. The dialogues and script were written by the poet and writer Javed Akhtar and Saleem Khan. The film scene shows a boy polishing the shoes of man who throws a coin on the ground. The boy says, âSahib! Hum boot palish karta hai, koi bhek nahin mangta.â The grown up version of the boy is played by Amitabh Bachchan.

My husband wanted me to be a suicide bomber
As reported in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, the ex wife of an extremist in Britain disclosed that her husband wanted her to be a suicide bomber. Her husband was the member of a group that was sympathetic with Al Qaeda. She said that her husband told her how to wear a suicide bomberâs belt under her clothes and how to use the hijab (veil) to cover it. When she refused to cooperate with her husband they got divorced. She told the BBC that she is disclosing this because she is angry at extremists who are taking advantage of liberties in Britain.

Opposition didnât attend Imam Kaabaâs prayers
As reported in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, Chief Minister of Punjab Pervez Elahi said that when the Imam Kaaba came to Pakistan he invited opposition members to the Lahore Fort and Badshahi mosque for prayers. The opposition didnât attend the prayers because phone calls from Dubai and London may have prevented them.

Sacred fish not for sale 
As reported in daily Jang, a trader of Municipal Corporation of Dubai offered to buy a fish that had the word Allah written on it for one million dirhams. The fish was sorted by Pakistani fisherman Rab Nawaz from the lot and the Municipal Corporation refused to sell it. They are planning to display it in front of the main door of the corporation and have planned a special arrangement to keep the fish in safe and good condition.

Venus in the lap of moon
As reported in daily Khabrain, the planet Venus came in the lap of moon and appeared similar to the Urdu letter, ânoon.â The leaders of PML (N) said that this is a sign of good luck and that no power on earth can now stop PML (N)âs coming to power in the coming elections. <!--emo& Big Grin

--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />Â They claimed that when Nawaz Sharif came into power the positions of the moon and planet Venus were similar. [Islam and astrolgy, toba toba!!!]

Fake amil rapes a woman
As reported in daily Express, a woman went to a fake amil (sorcerer) Baba in Ishra for sacred chants for curing. The fake amil told her that he would visit her house on the third Thursday of the month. The woman sent her family away and the fake amil made her unconscious and raped her. He also took three lac rupees worth of jewellery from her house.

Talibanisation can become a movement 
As reported in daily Express, a British news agency reported that the Islamic Taliban are gaining momentum and can become a movement in Pakistan that can challenge the government. The Islamic Taliban have targeted Charsadda, Mardan, Kohat and tribal areas. The groups have destroyed the CD shops, barbershops and hundreds of shops are closed out of fear in NWFP.

World record of 100 children
As reported in daily Jang, ulema have called the seven marriages of a Mohammad Yousaf of Nathowala against sharia and have demanded that a case be registered against him under the Hudood Ordinance. Mohammad Yousaf wants to hold the world record of having 100 children and wanted to acquire another wife for his world record. The chairman of Mutahida Ulema council of Pakistan said that a Muslim can only marry four women and Mohammad Yousaf has crossed Islami Hudood. The case will be registered under haad.

Naresh · 07-06-2007, 01:17 AM

[center]Full-fledged âsilence operationâ launched at lal mosque <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /> [/center]

ISLAMABAD : A full-fledged commando operation has been launched at Lal mosque, the sources said.

Intense *cross firing* between the Law Enforcing agencies and students of Lal mosque has been started and the explosions have rocked the Islamabad.

The commando operation has been codenamed as âsilence operation.â

The commandoes and the Rangers have also taken control of the office of Environment ministry beside the Lal mosque.

Meanwhile, Chairing a high level meeting, president General Pervez Musharraf has directed the Law Enforcing authorities involved in Lal mosque operation to display maximum restraint to ensure safe evacuation of the maximum students from Jamia Hafsa.

Earlier, after passing of the deadline given to the Lal Masjid administration for surrender, security forces had cordoned off the mosque complex in Islamabad.

The parents of female students in Lal Masjid, have appealed he president to further extend the deadline. They said their girls have nothing to do with the stand of Lal Masjid administration and they were enrolled in the seminary to get education.

The administration had given 12:30 deadline to the students entrenched in the mosque. They were advised to leave the mosque immediately otherwise they would themselves be responsible for any harm.

The ministry of interior had announced curfew break from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm in Sector-6 of Islamabad, however the break has not been applied to the area around the Lal Masjid.

Stringent security measures were taken around the mosque with large number of security men in the area.

According to the officials over 1000 male students and 400 girls of Madrassah have surrendered before the authorities.

In another development, Maulana Abdul Azizâs wife Umme Hassan talking to Geo News denied reports of her arrest and said she was present in the mosque.

* : The Intense *cross firing* between the Law Enforcing agencies and students of Lal mosque is being carried out with the Pioneer Pakistani âSilent Firing Bulletsâ and âSilent Firing Shellsâ

 Hallelujah : Pakistan has indeed developed the First âSilent Firing Bullets and Shellsâ!

Of course the The Explosions now Rocking Islamabad are also of the Silent Variety.!!

Now Pakistan is racing ahead in the manufacture of Silent Bombs, Rockets and other Ammunition!!!

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07-06-2007, 01:28 AM

Nareshji,
Who will be new President and Chief of Paki Army?
Should be start count down for Coup, I know we have done this excercise couple of time in last one year, this time it seems real. What you think?

Naresh · 07-06-2007, 01:59 AM

QUOTE(Mudy @ Jul 6 2007, 01:28 AM)Nareshji,
Who will be new President and Chief of Paki Army?
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Mudy Ji :

Begorrah - Not Me!

QUOTE(Mudy @ Jul 6 2007, 01:28 AM)Sould be start count down for Coup, I know we have done this excercise couple of time in last one year, this time it seems real. What you think?
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Mudy Ji :

1. Whether Bush will Push Mush's Tush is a "Tight Secret" within Ye Ol' Whitey House and the Satan Department. Again the "successor" will be determined within these confines.

2. I do not think a "Coup" will be tolerated by Ye Ol' Whitey House or the Satan Department as it might lead to the "Beards" taking over - you must be aware that the Junior & Middle Ranking Officers in the Lotastaani Army are Heavily Islamized and in case of a Coup the result will most probably be similar to the cases of Negiub-Nasser (Egypt) or Kassem-Saddam (Iraq) which will get out of the hands of Ye Ol' Whitey House-Satan Department combine.

Whosoever takes over be sure that it will be Virulently Foaming at the Mouth Anti-India Jehadist Terrorists!

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Naresh · 07-06-2007, 02:36 AM

[center]Burqa repeats history[/center]

ISLAMABAD - âStrategicâ use of âburqaâ to escape unnoticed is not Maulana Ghazi Abdul Azizâs exclusive exploit.

Being a âMaulanaâ (scholar), he might have turned a few rare pages of Pakistanâs history, knowing that at least one luminary, Maulvi Tameezud Din, successfully used the âburqaâ guise, when Governor General Ghulam Muhammad, in early â50s, sealed all ways around the High Court, where Speaker of the Constituent Assembly, was feared to appear to challenge the illegal dissolution of countryâs prime constitutional institution.

The burqa-clad Maulvi Tameezud Din entered the court premises unnoticed and succeeded in securing the verdict in his favour.

The second Maulana after Maunal Aziz, was Maulana Abdus Sattar Khan Niazi, who during the historic Khatm-e-Nabuwwat movement, had to go in hiding for fear of arrest, but was nabbed while trying to escape under burqa guise with shaven beard. Thatâs perhaps why Maulana Aziz rejected the idea of shaving his beard sensing that if at all he was going to be apprehended, it didnât matter much whether or not there was a beard.

The law enforcement agencies may be clever enough in nabbing some maulanas from under the burqa, but perhaps they donât care if the bootleggers use the guise to supply the illicit stuff to their needy clients.

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Naresh · 07-06-2007, 04:37 AM

Mudy Ji :

This proves one of two things :

1. Mush the Tush can order his Terrorists to act according to his wishes i.e. Mush can turn the Terrorism ON or OFF as he wishes

2. Not only Mush but the whole Pakistani Establishment - including the Terrorists - are mortally afraid of the Chinese and the whole Lal Masjid Operation against the Mullahs was conducted under Chinese Orders.

[center]China supports Lal Masjid operation[/center]

BEIJING: China voiced support on Thursday for a crackdown on Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa where armed militants have exchanged gunfire with police and rangers. âAs a friendly neighbour of Pakistan, China backs Pakistanâs measures to safeguard social stability and economic development,â Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters. âWe hope Pakistan will ... severely punish the terrorists attacking Chinese people and organisations,â Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang said, without directly referring to the kidnappings. afp

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07-06-2007, 08:35 AM

This operation is for Chini bhai and monitored by unkle, Great!!

I think we will see change, Gola is unable to control fondoos, I don't think fondos will tolerate lost of H&D by english speaking paki fauji.
Other side of my logic says, Paki converts and Harem products lacks guts, its in blood. Only guys from middle east are fanatic and have tribal H&D very dear to them. Paki converts have no such strong attachment only they are 3rd class Muslims and wanna be Arabs. Paki converts lost 4 wars from India, they are machoo in front of loudspeaker. Unkle slap them on and off, Now chinis are doing same.
It is true who ever will come will be anti-Indian, but Aiyar, profool and Moron will wave tail in front of them.

07-06-2007, 11:00 AM

Pakistani militants snub surrender call QUOTEInterior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao said soldiers were trying to blast holes in the walls of the fortress-like compound of the mosque and an adjoining seminary for girls, seeking to wear down the defenders' resolve and force a surrender without a bloody battle.

In India, AP CM rubbed his nose in front of Mullahs.

Naresh · 07-06-2007, 01:25 PM

QUOTE(Mudy @ Jul 6 2007, 08:35 AM)This operation is for Chini bhai and monitored by unkle, Great!!

I think we will see change, Gola is unable to control fondoos, I don't think fondos will tolerate lost of H&D by english speaking paki fauji.
Other side of my logic says, Paki converts and Harem products lacks guts, its in blood. Only guys from middle east are fanatic and have tribal H&D very dear to them. Paki converts have no such strong attachment only they are 3rd class Muslims and wanna be Arabs. Paki converts lost 4 wars from India, they are machoo in front of loudspeaker. Unkle slap them on and off, Now chinis are doing same.
It is true who ever will come will be anti-Indian, but Aiyar, profool and Moron will wave tail in front of them.
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Mudy Ji :

Many thanks your views with which I can concur except that Mush the Tushâs âOperation Lal Masjidâ is totally under the Instructions of the Chinese Government as also totally a Pakistani Operation without any outside support.

Uncle is, in fact, despairing at the action being taken as per Chinese Orders whereas Uncle has been hardly successful in having Mush the Tush act similarly against the Lotastaani Jehadi Terrorists in Pakistan & Afghanistan in General and in FATA in Particular.

It is sad that the Indian Government - especially Minister Patil - tries to disassociate Islamic Terrorism from Lotastaan by stating Pakistan is also a victim of Terrorism

This is patently untrue.

Pakistan is indeed the Training as well as Operation Base, nay the Epicentre - of International Islamic Terrorism

There are no ifs or buts. Only confirmation and unequivocal reiteration.

Manmohan Singh's Appeasement of the Lotastaanis is to keep them sweet so that we Sikhs - Keshdharis as well as Sehajdharis - are allowed to perform Pilgrimages in Nankana Saheb etc.

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Pure and Simple!

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Naresh · 07-06-2007, 05:41 PM

[center]Pakistan security official says Musharraf plane fired on[/center]

Mian Khursheed Reuters - 46 minutes ago

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's plane was fired on as it took off on Friday from a military airfield in Rawalpindi, an intelligence officer said, contradicting official denials.

Musharraf's plane arrived safely in the southwestern town of Turbat, where the president visited flood victims. The military denied there had been any attack.

But an intelligence officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there had been an unsuccessful attempt on Musharraf's life.

"There was an attempt, that was missed," said the officer, who declined to be identified.

U.S. ally Musharraf, who came to power in a military coup in 1999, survived two assassination attempts by al Qaeda-linked militants in Rawalpindi in December 2003.

A Reuters photographer saw two large guns mounted on the roof of a two-storey house in the congested area close to the airport, and a neighbour said he heard the firing.

One appeared to be a long barrelled anti-aircraft gun and the other a light machine gun.

They were placed between large satellite dishes and a water tank of the flat-roofed house, located directly under the flight path close to the runway. A low wall ran round the perimeter of the roof.

Security is normally deployed in the area ahead of the president's flights, the timings of which are generally kept secret.

Neighbour Arshad Mehmood said the house had been vacant and up for rent, though a couple with two children had visited it the previous night.

Security forces have cordoned off the area around the house in the garrison town next to the capital, Islamabad, and the owner, a shopkeeper, had been detained.

According to some accounts given by television reporters a rocket was also fired at the plane.

But the Pakistan military was adamant there had been no attack.

"There was no firing at the president's plane. He is in Turbat," an army spokesman said.

Musharraf, who came to power in a military coup in 1999, has been a hated figure among Pakistani militant groups since he abandoned support for the Taliban and sought peace with India over the disputed territory of Kashmir.

The reports of a fresh assassination attempt came as Pakistani security forces laid siege to a mosque in Islamabad where a radical cleric and hundreds of followers were holed up after clashes on Tuesday.

At least 19 people have been killed so far in the clashes and bloody stand-off.

Washington has depended on General Musharraf to help crush Osama bin Laden's network, the remnants of which have been regrouping in Pakistan's tribal areas on the Afghan border.

The Pakistan army's support is crucial also to the success of a NATO counter-insurgency campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Coincidentally, the plane of Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq, another Pakistani president who came from the military and was allied to the United States, was fired on as it overflew the same neighbourhood in the 1980s.

Zia later died in a mysterious aircrash, along with the U.S. ambassador. There has long been speculation enemies inside the military assassinated him.

(Writing by Simon Cameron-Moore, editing by Jerry Norton; Reuters Messaging: cameron.moore.reuters.com@reuters.net))

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