07-10-2007, 04:54 PM
Obituary: <b>Abdul Rashid Ghazi </b>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...ia/6281228.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Abdul Rashid Ghazi's father came from a poor and religious family in Rajanpur district in southern Punjab.
The real problems between [Ghazi] and the state developed in 2004, over the operation against pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's tribal areas
<b>The family belongs to the Baloch Mazari, a warrior tribe from southern Punjab and north-eastern Balochistan. </b>
Maulana Abdullah's circle of influence included senior government officials and politicians and he was said to be very close to former military ruler Gen Zia-ul-Haq.
In 1998, Maulana Abdullah was assassinated in the courtyard of the Red Mosque. According to his will, his elder son, Maulana Abdul Aziz, replaced him as the mosque's khateeb (the person who delivers the sermon).
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Like other religious leaders, Abdul Rashid Ghazi also condemned the operation and used the Red Mosque to wage a campaign against it.
<b>During this time the mosque issued a fatwa or religious edict which said that soldiers dying in the campaign should described as "killed", while the militants' dead were to be called "martyrs". This enraged President Musharraf and the army.
Soon after, the government announced that Abdul Rashid Ghazi had been involved in a plot to blow up the president's house, the parliament building and army headquarters on Pakistan's independence day</b>.
Abdul Rashid Ghazi went underground, and the government presented an explosive-filled truck owned by him as evidence of his involvement to the media
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<b>Further investigations apparently revealed that Abdul Rashid Ghazi had close contacts with militants in Pakistan's tribal area of Waziristan. </b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ghazi was not related to Kashmir but Balochistan. Mushy is trying to remove people related to Baloch movement.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Abdul Rashid Ghazi's father came from a poor and religious family in Rajanpur district in southern Punjab.
The real problems between [Ghazi] and the state developed in 2004, over the operation against pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's tribal areas
<b>The family belongs to the Baloch Mazari, a warrior tribe from southern Punjab and north-eastern Balochistan. </b>
Maulana Abdullah's circle of influence included senior government officials and politicians and he was said to be very close to former military ruler Gen Zia-ul-Haq.
In 1998, Maulana Abdullah was assassinated in the courtyard of the Red Mosque. According to his will, his elder son, Maulana Abdul Aziz, replaced him as the mosque's khateeb (the person who delivers the sermon).
..............
Like other religious leaders, Abdul Rashid Ghazi also condemned the operation and used the Red Mosque to wage a campaign against it.
<b>During this time the mosque issued a fatwa or religious edict which said that soldiers dying in the campaign should described as "killed", while the militants' dead were to be called "martyrs". This enraged President Musharraf and the army.
Soon after, the government announced that Abdul Rashid Ghazi had been involved in a plot to blow up the president's house, the parliament building and army headquarters on Pakistan's independence day</b>.
Abdul Rashid Ghazi went underground, and the government presented an explosive-filled truck owned by him as evidence of his involvement to the media
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<b>Further investigations apparently revealed that Abdul Rashid Ghazi had close contacts with militants in Pakistan's tribal area of Waziristan. </b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ghazi was not related to Kashmir but Balochistan. Mushy is trying to remove people related to Baloch movement.