Meet the 20 most wanted Deobandi terrorists in Punjab
The Punjab government released a list of the 110 most wanted terrorists in the province on Wednesday.
Major findings from the list include:
- Most of those listed are affiliated with local militant organisations including the Deobandi Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its many factions, Deobandi Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ), Deobandi Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and Deobandi Jaish-i-Muhammad (JM). Only 14 individuals had no affiliation.
- Eight of the terrorists have links to global terrorist organisation Al Qaeda.
- The most high profile terrorists include those involved in assassination attempts on former prime minister (PM) Shaukat Aziz, former president Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
1
Name: Mati-ur-Rehman 
Other name(s): Samad, Ustaad Talha
Head money: Rs10,000,000
Major crime(s): Involved in suicide Attack on then Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz, Civil Lines Karachi bomb blast.
Affiliated with: Sipah-i-Sahaba/Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (SSP/LJ), Jaish-i-Muhammad (JM)
2
Name: Mansoor
Other name(s): Ibrahim, Chotta Ibrahim, Hasaan
Head money: Rs5,000,000
Major crime(s): Involved in suicide Attack on then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf
Affiliated with: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ), Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
3
Name: Qari Ehsan ul Haq
Other name(s): Basit, Ustaad Huzaifa
Head money: Rs5,000,000
Major crime(s): Involved in suicide Attack on then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf
Affiliated with: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)
4
Name: Rana Muhammad Afzal
Other name(s): Fazal Ullah, Noor Khan
Head money: Rs5,000,000
Major crime(s): Attack on Saddar Kabirwala district, Khanewal, 2005
Affiliated with: Jaish-i-Muhammad (JM) [Masoor Azhar Group], Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
5
Name: Qari Obaidullah
Other name(s): Qari Imran, Hakeem Nasir, Abdul Rahim, Qari Sahib
Head money: Rs5,000,000
Major crime(s): Various attacks in Mianwali, Multan, DG Khan and Faisalabad
Affiliated with: Ameer Lashkar-i-Khurasan, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
6
Name: Muhammad Hammad Akbar Khan
Other name(s): Ilyas Moavia
Head money: Rs2,000,000
Major crime(s): Involved in suicide attack on PTS Sargodha/PAF bus Sargodha in 2007
Affiliated with: Jaish-i-Muhammad (JM), Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
7
Name: Muhammad Tayyab
Other name(s): Baba Ji
Head money: Rs2,000,000
Major crime(s): Involved in suicide attack on PTS Sargodha/PAF bus Sargodha in 2007
Affiliated with: Jaish-i-Muhammad (JM)
8
Name: Faiz Muhammad
Other name(s): Kaskat, Qasim
Head money: Rs2,000,000
Major crime(s): Involved in suicide attack on Benazir Bhutto, Rawalpindi in 2007
Affiliated with: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), BM
9
Name: Ikram Ullah
Other name(s): None
Head money: Rs2,000,000
Major crime(s): Involved in suicide attack on Benazir Bhutto, Rawalpindi in 2007
Affiliated with: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), BM
10
Name: Qari Muhammad Yasin
Other name(s): Osama, Aslam, Hakeem, Sangarbar, Ustad Mushtaq, Sabir, Arif Khan
Head money: Rs2,000,000
Major crime(s): Various attacks in Rawalpindi, Attock and Lahore
Affiliated with: Sipah-i-Sahaba/Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (SSP/LJ)
11
Name: Noor-ul-Ameen
Other name(s): Khalid Pathan
Head money: Rs1,000,000
Major crime(s): Attack A-R Bazar, Rawalpindi in 2004
Affiliated with: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)
12
Name: Abdul Hameed Watto
Other name(s): Watto, Abu Tariq
Head money: Rs1,000,000
Major crime(s): Involved in suicide attack on GPO Chowk and Naval War College Lahore
Affiliated with: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), BM
13
Name: Bilal
Other name(s): Abdul Rahim
Head money: Rs1,000,000
Major crime(s): Various attacks in Sargodha
Affiliated with: Jaish-i-Muhammad (JM)
14
Name: Muhammad Zubair
Other name(s): Mugheera, Farooq
Head money: Rs2,500,000
Major crime(s): Involved in ISI Qasim Bela, Multan
Affiliated with: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)/Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
15
Name: Muhammad Majid
Other name(s): Abdul Majid
Head money: Rs500,000
Major crime(s): Attack in Rahim Yar Khan
Affiliated with: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)
16
Name: Abdul Waqar
Other name(s): Waqar Azeem
Head money: Rs200,000
Major crime(s): Two attacks in Vehari
Affiliated with: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)
17
Name: Ahmed
Other name(s): Shareef, Ayaz Punjabi
Head money: –
Major crime(s): Two attacks on Sakhi Sarwar district, DG Khan
Affiliated with: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
18
Name: Zara Ali
Other name(s): Naeemullah
Head money: –
Major crime(s): Two attacks on Sakhi Sarwar district, DG Khan
Affiliated with: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
19
Name: Ayub
Other name(s): Saifullah
Head money: –
Major crime(s): Two attacks on Sakhi Sarwar district, DG Khan
Affiliated with: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
20
Name: Ijaz Ahmed
Other name(s): None
Head money: –
Major crime(s): Attack on Cantt, Multan
Affiliated with: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) [Qari Obaidullah Group]
Source:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1169101/