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Pakistan: JUI district chief among 4 injured in blast in mosque
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
District Police Officer Asif Bahader told Dawn that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast occurred at 1:45pm (local time) at Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque on Azam Warsak Bypass Road, with the device planted in the mosque's pulpit.
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Pakistan: Former Lal Masjid cleric, his wife booked in terror, other cases
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
As per the FIR, on June 21 the couple were among those who blocked Jinnah Avenue and Fazl-i-Haq Road for over six hours. They also forcefully shut down shops and markets.
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Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz booked over terror charges after 'ope
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Maulana Abdul Aziz, cleric of Lal Masjid, along with four others has been booked over terrorism charges after they opened fire on police in the country's capital, Islamabad, The Express Tribune reported.
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Controversial cleric occupies Pakistan's state-owned Lal Masjid
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 15 (ANI): Controversial cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz is once again under the spotlight for testing the nerves of the Pakistani government by occupying the state-owned Lal Masjid and reiterating his claim to be its Khateeb (the sermon-giver), media reports said.
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Pro-Taliban leader calls for Islamic revolution against Pakistani state
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): Taliban's return in Afghanistan seems to have emboldened a radical leader in Pakistan, who have openly called for an "Islamic revolution" against the state.
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In a shameful surrender, Islamabad administration reaches deal with Maulan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): The controversial Maulana Abdul Aziz of Pakistan's Lal Masjid is firmly back in the spotlight after the government reached an agreement with him following days of negotiations.
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COVID-19: Police book Pak cleric, 6 others for violating govt order bannin
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): The Islamabad Police on Sunday booked former Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz and six others for "disobeying a government order, spreading fear and inciting people against the state," despite a ban on prayer congregations imposed to prevent the spread
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The siege of Pakistan's Lal Masjid
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Feb 10 (ANI): Maulana Abdul Aziz, better known as 'Maulana Burqa' for escaping arrest in 2007, being disguised as a woman, does it again.
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Islamabad administration agrees to give 20-kanal land to deposed Lal Masji
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 10 (ANI): The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has reached a deal with the deposed cleric of Lal Masjid Maulana Abdul Aziz, agreeing to allot 20-kanal land for the construction of a seminary in exchange for the latter's vacation of the state-run mosq
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Pak cleric agrees to leave Lal Masjid after authorities promise land
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 10 (ANI): Ending a three-day-long standoff with the government, the deposed cleric of Lal Masjid Maulana Abdul Aziz on Sunday agreed to withdraw from the state-owned mosque after Islamabad administration assured allocation of 20 kanals of land for the establishme
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Deposed cleric to hold conference on 2007 Lal Masjid operation
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Another controversy is set to surface with deposed cleric of the Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, announcing that he will preside over a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the army-cum-paramilitary operation on the mosque-seminary.
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