Posted on 08/20/2006 7:21:44 AM PDT by Srirangan
Pakistan has ordered over 400 members of banned terrorist groups to be put on a watchlist and has proceeded to detain them. This comes as international pressure rises on Islamabad after the role of Pakistan based terrorists and organizations becomes evident in the recent London terror incident.
The Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee (IPCC), which met in Islamabad on Saturday, has put 400 'alleged extremists' on its watchlist.
They would be proceeded against under the Anti-Terrorist Act and detained for a year.
However, their cases would be reviewed every three months, local daily The News quoted officials as saying.
There was no official confirmation whether these 400 have been detained.
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That's like saying, lets watch all animals with a tail in a rats bin.
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