Malik Ishaq of LeJ killed in police encounter

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According to the tweets of sheikh akram, Ahmed ludhianvi has got Malik ishaq killed as the latter wanted to contest the next elections from jhang. His explanation does make sense.

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Without agency support -Musharraf, Zia - they would not have 'won' half the seats in elections.

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Sheikh Waqqas Akram (@SheikhWaqqas](https://twitter.com/sheikhwaqqas?refsrc=email&s=11))

1/08/2015 6:38 pm
Ahmed ludhyawnvi is involved in getting Malik Ishaque killed.he was not allowed to lead Friday prayer in Jhang in Masjid Haq Nawaz(markaz)

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Sheikh Waqqas Akram (@SheikhWaqqas](https://twitter.com/sheikhwaqqas?refsrc=email&s=11))

[TD=“colspan: 2”]1/08/2015 6:40 pm
Ludhyawnvi did not want Ishaque and Ghulam Rasool Shah to contest next election from Jhang which Malik announced on last trip to Jhang.

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Sheikh Waqqas Akram ‏@SheikhWaqqas](https://twitter.com/SheikhWaqqas) 5h5 hours ago
MalikIshaque blamed Ludhyawnvi of meeting with AminShaheedi.Row started when Ishaque asked about money Ludhyawnvi generated2release Ishaque

Sheikh Waqqas Akram ‏@SheikhWaqqas](https://twitter.com/SheikhWaqqas) 4h4 hours ago
The one who wanted Ishaque killed sent people2 make him escape.BravePolice did what they had to.SSP should C in their ranks who sent people.

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There was no musharraf or zia when the biggest operations happened against MQM in the nineties.

I guess that it must really pain jiyalas that PPP can't even compete with MQM when it comes to doing something for its constituencies. They sure know how to "learn" the other stuff like becoming allies with land mafia / malik riaz and be patrons of liyari gangsters like uzair pappu tattu and all lallu panjus.

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You must be really stupid not to see the obvious - what do you think MQM did with all the guns/money Zia/Mush and RAW gave them?

Returned the guns to India as soon as Mush was thrown out?

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but then why did PTI not win in Karachi/Hyderabad?

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Jolie is solving that riddle !

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Details have emerged on why he was killed. As happy as I was on his death - I still question if he was going to be alive if he had not decided to join ISIS? Does the establishment still practice good extremist-bad extremist policy? When is it ever going to end?

Malik Ishaq was set to join Islamic State before his death, says official - The Express Tribune
Malik Ishaq was set to join Islamic State before his death, says official
By Kamran YousafPublished: November 2, 2015
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Slain LeJ chief would have become the chief of Da’ish in Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS
Slain LeJ chief would have become the chief of Da’ish in Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD: Claims are reverberating within Pakistan about accelerated efforts in recent months by the Islamic State (IS), also known as Da’ish, to gain a foothold in the country. Authorities have even arrested some local militants believed to be linked with the Middle Eastern extremist group.

But the biggest and perhaps more potent threat from
IS was yet to come until security agencies in July this year discovered that Malik Ishaq, the co-founder of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) sectarian extremist group, was all set to formally join Da’ish just days before he was killed in a police encounter in southern Punjab.

Malik Ishaq: The life and death of a terror kingpin

Ishaq, accused of being behind sectarian killings and attacks, was killed along with 13 others including his two sons on July 29 in a firefight when his loyalists attacked a police convoy in Muzaffargarh.

There were reports that the LeJ chief was in contact with Da’ish but the extent of his involvement with the ultra-extremist group has never been told before. A security official with the knowledge of the development told The Express Tribune that Ishaq was to become the chief of IS in Pakistan.

“Some material such as flags and pamphlets showing allegiance to Da’ish was confiscated from them [LeJ supporters],” said the official, who requested not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.

LeJ chief Malik Ishaq killed in Muzaffargarh police encounter

The potential threat posed by IS through local extremist outfits such as the LeJ then prompted the federal government to ban the group in Pakistan. The move was aimed at giving a legal arm to the police and security agencies to act swiftly against any individual or group that may attempt to join hands with Da’ish.

“The killing of Ishaq was no less than a coup against the possible emergence of Da’ish in the country,” remarked another official.

Ishaq was known to have developed close links with al Qaeda and was accused of some of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan, such as the 2009 assault on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore.

Anti-terror court acquits Malik Ishaq of hate speech

But the official said with the significant downgrading of al Qaeda in Pakistan coupled with stringent new anti-terror measures, the LeJ was struggling to find financial resources. “That was the main reason the LeJ was trying to join Da’ish,” he said.

Officially, Pakistan is still adamant that IS does not pose an immediate threat to Pakistan.

At his recent weekly briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah said Pakistan was cognisant of the threat posed by Da’ish and had alerted security agencies accordingly, but made it clear that the group had no footprint in Pakistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2015.

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