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FILE - In this April 11, 2011 file photo, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan. The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the founder of the Pakistani militant group blamed for the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed,File)

U.S. offers $10 million reward for Pakistani militant

Asif Shahzad, Sebastion Abbott The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 9:48am

ISLAMABAD -- The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the founder of the Pakistani militant group blamed for the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people, a move that could complicate U.S.-Pakistan relations at a tense time.

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(MOHAMMAD JAVED/The Associated Press) In this Dec. 27, 2007 file photo, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrives to address to her last public rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bhutto was assassinated with 20 others in a suicide attack as she left the rally. A Pakistani government prosecutor said Saturday Nov. 5, 2011, a court has indicted seven men on charges of killing country’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto,

Pakistan indicts 2 more in Bhutto’s assassination

Asif Shahzad The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 4:01pm

ISLAMABAD — Two police officers were indicted Saturday in the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and will face trial along with five members of the Pakistani Taliban, a state prosecutor said.

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(K.M. CHAUDARY/The Associated Press) Pakistani cricketer turned politician and head of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice Party Imran Khan waves to his supporters during a rally in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Khan railed against the government and its alliance with the U.S. before an energized crowd of over 100,000 flag-waving supporters Sunday, establishing himself as a force to be reckoned with in Pakistani politics.

Anti-US Pakistani cricketer rallies 100,000 people

Asif Shahzad, Sebastian Abbot The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 4:30pm

ISLAMABAD — Cricket legend and opposition politician Imran Khan railed against the government and its alliance with the U.S. before more than 100,000 flag-waving supporters Sunday, establishing himself as a force in Pakistani politics.

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In this photo taken on July 15, 2011, Malik Ishaq, a leader of the banned Sunni Muslim group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, is greeted by supporters with rose-petals upon his arrival in hometown after his release from jail, in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. Fourteen years in prison had not tempered one of Pakistan's most feared extremist leaders: Within days of his release, Ishaq was preaching murderous hatred toward Shiites infront of cheering crowds, energizing a militant network whose members have joined al-Qaida for terror strikes. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

Militant deal sours in Pakistan

Asif Shahzad The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 10:34am

ISLAM NAGAR, Pakistan -- The deal saw one of Pakistan's most feared militants walk from jail apparently in exchange for his commitment to nonviolence, help in reining in other fighters and possibly delivering the votes of his followers.

Supporters showered Malik Ishaq with rose petals when he left the prison in the eastern city of Lahore in July. Days later, he was preaching murderous hatred toward minority Shiites to crowds of cheering Sunnis, energizing a network whose members have joined al-Qaida for terror strikes. That was too much for Pakistani authorities, who arrested him again last month.

Pakistan has a well-documented history of trying to coopt or strike deals with militants of various causes, and a close examination of the Ishaq case shows how that can play out.

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Pakistan scours Google, other sites for blasphemy

Asif Shahzad, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, June 25, 2010 - 10:04am

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan will start monitoring seven major websites, including Google, Yahoo and Amazon, for sacrilegious content, while blocking 17 other, lesser-known sites it deems offensive to Muslims, an official said Friday.

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