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Outspoken are Hindus of Lahore Louder is cry for reconstruction of damaged temples 12/9/2006 12:44:06 AM B L KAK NEW DELHI, DEC 8 Pakistan's Hindu community has called for early reconstion of more than 1,000 temples across Pakistan. According to the All Pakistan Balmik Sabha (APBS), these temples had been damaged by violent Muslim mobs in December 1992 in protest against the demilition of the Babri Masjid in north Indian State of Utar Pradesh (UP). Reports received in New Delhi from Lahore, the All Pakistan Balmik Sabha, which is a major Hindu organisation in Pakistan, has stated that no religion in the world permitted violence and blamed anti-human individuals in India of fanning religious hatred by demolishing the Babri Mosque on December 6, 1992. JJ Vishnu Mangay Ram, former advocate general of the Sindh High Court and chairman of the APBS, was reported to have said in a media interview that the Babri Masjid demolition had "affected humanity" on both sides of the border. He demanded the Pakistan government fulfil its promise and reconstruct the places of worship of the minority Hindus. APBS Balochistan President, Atnay Ram Chohan, said that more than 1,000...   READ MORE

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Crime syndicates engage corporate lawyers Strong nexus between crime and terrorism: IB 12/9/2006 12:43:21 AM B L KAK NEW DELHI, DEC 8 "Behind every terrorist is a hardcore criminal". This is the finding of Avinash Mohananey, Joint Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in New Delhi. And he is convinced of the strong nexus between organised crime and terrorism. Avinash Mohananey, who has spent most of his career in tackling terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, has observed: "If organised crime has to be dealt thoroughly, India must enhance its international cooperation for the extradition and deportation of fugitives". "That is because it has a global spread with criminals sitting in one place and carrying out their crimes elsewhere", he was quoted as saying at a national seminar on...   READ MORE

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