Mumbai attack puts focus on Pakistan Dec 2, 2008
"You could argue rogue elements are involved, but in Bahawalpur (in southern Punjab) you have the presence of an army corps," said Siddiqi. "If they can't pick up that there is something going on among the jihadi groups and stop them, then there must be something. Of course the links are still there.". (MSNBC -- International)
Whitehall kept in dark over strike that may have killed British ... Nov 24, 2008
It later became apparent that he had fled to Bahawalpur in Pakistan, a town 450 miles south of Islamabad where he knew a local imam ... Rauf was detained in Bahawalpur shortly before 21 people were arrested across the south-east of England for questioning about an alleged plot to bring down several airliners using bombs in plastic drinks bottles ... About 100 people in the city of Multan, near Bahawalpur, demonstrated against the attack yesterday, chanting "down with America" and burning an... (guardian.co.uk)
A flood wave in the River Sutlej will pass through district Vehari in the next 24 hours while the local administration has ordered the residents to evacuate the area Aug 18, 2008
According to the channel, villages along the river in Bahawalpur have been asked to evacuate and a flood control room has been set up in the district coordination officers office. Sadiqabad administration has also set up a relief camp for shifting people from Machka village due to floods at Guddu in Indus, the channel reported. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Zia's death still a mystery Aug 17, 2008
45 in the afternoon, Pak One, the official carrier of the President of Pakistan, took off from the military air base of Bahawalpur, in Pakistan's southeastern Punjab province ... They had come to Bahawalpur to witness the demonstration of an American built Abrams M1 battle tank. (India Times, India)
Shooting from the hip - and mouth May 24, 2008
Masood Azhar, the Jaish-e-Mohammed chief, was released from house arrest and allowed to parade with armed cadre in Bahawalpur town. ISI funding for the Hizbul Mujahideen which had been shut off under international pressure in 2006 has been resumed, The Hindu reports. (Asia Times Online)
India Hit by Another Bombing May 15, 2008
"We know that there are ... terrorist training camps in Bahawalpur in Pakistan across the border from Rajasthan. This looks like a pre-planned ISI Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence unit pattern: strike mosques on Fridays and Hindu temples on Tuesdays, Tuesday being the day when Lord Hanuman is worshiped. This attack was also well-designed and well-planned like the one on Benaras," he says. "But unless there are arrests, it is difficult to say who is behind it for sure.". (Time.com)
Pakistan military appoints new intelligence chief Apr 3, 2008
Ejaz, appointed MI chief by then army chief Pervez Musharraf in 2006, has been posted as the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Bahawalpur of Pakistan's Punjab province. Ejaz is believed to be a close aide of President Musharraf. (Xinhuanet, China)
'ISI reach will expand with D-Company merger' Mar 28, 2008
"Many members of Dawood's gang have been indoctrinated and trained in the use of weapons in the Bahawalpur centre of the LeT near Lahore. Funds are being raised by investments in real estate and SRA projects in Mumbai and through smuggling of diesel and other essential commodities through the western coast spanning from Raigad to Mangalore along the Arabian Sea. We have warned Delhi about the smuggling being carried out by the Dawood gang with impunity," a security official said. Asked why the... (India Times, India -- Community News)
From Birmingham to Bahawalpur Jan 28, 2008
Once in Pakistan, the young Brummie headed for Bahawalpur, a small town 450 miles south of Islamabad where he knew a local imam, a man who had stayed at his family home while preaching in the UK. Despite speaking very little Urdu, Rauf was soon engaged to marry the imam's daughter ... Rauf was picked up in Bahawalpur in early August 2006, almost a week before any airliner terrorism suspects were detained in the UK. The Americans had been urging the British and Pakistani authorities to move... (Guardian Unlimited)
Pakistani escape police 'sacked' Jan 19, 2008
Pakistani authorities arrested Mr Rauf in the eastern city of Bahawalpur in August 2006, and claimed he was the ringleader of an al-Qaeda cell. They said they recovered 29 cylinders of oxygen peroxide - used in explosive devices - forged identity cards and immigration stamps when they arrested him. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Red alert... Dec 28, 2007
The armed forces would undertake flag marches through the districts, which include Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad and Bahawalpur. In a brief televised address to the nation, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said that terrorists were responsible for the suicide attack on Bhutto's rally in Rawalpindi that left 30 people dead and close to 50 others injured. (The Drudge Report)
Rashid Rauf escaped with his uncle Dec 18, 2007
I spoke to his family and they said two of his uncles have been arrested and his house in Bahawalpur was raided, Hashmat Habib said ... Our Correspondent in Bahawalpur adds: A heavy police contingent raided the house of Rashid Rauf on Sunday night, carrying out a thorough search. (Pakistan Dawn)
Suspect in bomb plot escapes in Pakistan Dec 17, 2007
Originally from Kashmir, he spent much of his life in Britain but returned to Pakistan, married and settled in Bahawalpur in southern Punjab Province. It was reportedly from there that he was detained in August 2006, and his arrest prompted a police search of several homes in Britain, resulting in the arrests of 24 people. (International Herald Tribune)
Airline plot suspect faces deportation Nov 16, 2007
Following the fatal stabbing, Rauf settled in Bahawalpur, southern Punjab, where his relatives had a close friend who owned a madrasa. He was arrested in Pakistan in August 2006, shortly after British police and MI5 uncovered an apparent al-Qaida-inspired plot in Britain to bomb passenger jets crossing the Atlantic. (Guardian Unlimited)
Sharif's lawyers to challenge deportation Sep 12, 2007
He was being sent to a prison in Bahawalpur, near the Indian border, for 30 days. "This is a very serious crisis of governance, a blatant violation of the supreme court," he said. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Meet India's most wanted Sep 2, 2007
A Pakistani national, Azhar was born on July 10, 1968 - the third among 11 children of a Bahawalpur schoolteacher. A product of the ultra-orthodox Binori seminary in Karachi, Azhar joined the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and was sent to India to oversee the formal unification of the HuM and the Harkat-ul-Ansar. (India Times, India)
Clinics warn of medical visa scam by foreigners looking to get in U.S. Jul 16, 2007
In 2004, a Pakistani national from Bahawalpur another known hotbed for terrorist recruits demanded the Caster Eye Center in Los Angeles issue him a letter of invitation he could present to the U.S. consulate to obtain a visa. "I want a free visa for sergury [sic]," Nabeel Ahmed Bhatti wrote in an e-mail, a copy of which was obtained by WND. He claimed to have what he described in his limited English as a "short problem" with his left eye. (WorldNetDaily)
The delicate diplomacy of swaps Mar 28, 2007
Following the fatal stabbing, Mr Rauf went to Pakistan, settling in Bahawalpur, southern Punjab, where his relatives had a close friend, Ghulam Mustafa, who owned a madrasa. With police in Birmingham seeking to speak to him in connection with his uncle's murder, Mr Rauf made a life in Bahawalpur, marrying Mr Mustafa's daughter Saira, 21 ... For four years he worked as an honest and pious businessman, according to friends and relatives in Bahawalpur. (Guardian Unlimited)
Deputy attorney general quits in Pakistan judiciary crisis Mar 20, 2007
A civil judge in the central Pakistani city of Bahawalpur and a public prosecutor said they were quitting last week. Violent protests broke out in Islamabad and Lahore last week over Chaudhry's removal. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Widespread Support for Chief Justice Chaudhry Mar 16, 2007
He belongs to the remote southern district of Bahawalpur. Mystery of Rana Bhagwan Das. (OhmyNews International)
* World News Quick Take Feb 5, 2007
The train was passing through the heavily populated Dhobhi Gath neighborhood of the city of Bahawalpur when the accident happened. The boys, aged between eight and 10 years, died at the scene, police said, adding that their bodies were badly damaged. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Grant says he plans to marry Jemima Jan 23, 2007
BAHAWALPUR: The police registered an FIR against Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Depu. . (The News - International)
