NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

21ST MID CAREER MANAGEMENT COURSE

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Current Issue Presentation

SLEEPING CELLS OF TERRORISTS IN KARACHI

14th April 2016

SEQUENCE OF PRESENTATION

CURRENCY OF THE ISSUE

PROLOGUE

INTRODUCTION TO TERROR SLEEPER CELLS

MODUS OPERANDI OF SLEEPER CELLS

ACTIVITIES OF TERRORISTS

TERRORISTS ORGANISATIONS

KARACHI SET-UP AND TERRORIST HIDEOUTS IN KARACHI

ANALYSIS:ROOT CAUSES

CONCLUSION TO ANALYSIS

WAYOUT:RECOMMENDATIONS

EPILOGUE

Q & A SESSIONS 2

CURRENCY OF THE ISSUE

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PROLOGUE

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INTRODUCTION TO SLEEPER CELLS

A terrorist cell; members or agents work under cover in an area until galvanized into action.

Secretive group with suspected links to a terrorist organization.

Terrorists pretending to be normal human beings, living prima facie as peace loving normal people among the rest in society

Members remain dormant member of a group while belonging to another (parent) group for undisclosed reasons.

Status of a sleeper cell is kept secret. 7

MODUS OPERANDI OF SLEEPER CELLS

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TERRORIST ORGANISATION

HANDLER HANDLER

LEADER LEADER

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MEMBERS

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MEMBER

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ACTIVITIES OF TERRORISTS

Bomb Blasts (Suicide / IED)

Target Killing

Kidnapping For Ransom

Bank Robberies/ Dacoities

Extortion

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HISTORY OF TERRORIST ATTACK IN KARACHI- AL-QAIDA ROLE

Following attacks in Karahi have been carried out by Al-Qaida sleepers cells

May 13, 2015: attack on Ismaili passengers, killing 46 men and women

April 25, 2015: Assassination of Sabeen Mahmud

April 16, 2015: An attack on American professor Debra Lobo March 20, 2015: A bomb explosion outside a Bohrimosque, killing two

March 20, 2015: A suicide attack on a Rangers vehicle 10

HISTORY OF TERRORIST ATTACK IN KARACHI- AL-QAIDA ROLE

March 19, 2015 – Beaconhouse School near the KDA

round in North Nazimabad

March 10, 2015: An attack on a police vehicle at

Pakistan Chowk, killing one

March 10, 2015: An attack on police at Rimpa Plaza,

killing two

March 4, 2015: Attack on a shop owned by a Bohra

trader in Bahadurabad, killing a boy who worked at the

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HISTORY OF TERRORIST ATTACK IN KARACHI- AL-QAIDA ROLE

February 18, 2015: The assassination of Karim

Hashmi, a factory manager from the Bohra

community in North Nazimabad

February 3, 2015: Bomb explosion near DC Office –

West, targeting a Rangers van

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Tehreek-e Taliban

Pakistan

Tehreek-e Taliban Swat

Tehreek-e Taliban Punjabi

Tehreek-e Taliban Gedar Group

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Al-QaedaSSP /

LeJJandullah I.S.I.S

TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

Alternatively referred to as the Pakistani Taliban

An umbrella organization of various Islamist militant groups based in the northwestern Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)

Most, but not all, Pakistani Taliban operate under the TTP

In the beginning about 13 groups united under the leadership of Baitullah Mehsud to form the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

Among stated objectives are resistance against the Pakistani state, enforcement of their interpretation of Sharia and a plan to unite against NATO-led forces in Afghanistan.

TEHREEK-E-TALIBAN PAKISTAN (TTP)

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SlahuddinAfghani TTP Karachi chapter

1.Sufian, 2. Qari Zubair Afghani, 3. Firdos @ Baba, 4.

Afzal @ Tata 5. Naveed, 6. Aqeel Nawab, 7. Imran, 8.

Mission dada, 9. Baba, 10, Ismaile, 11. Khalid Mozan,

12. Qari Sabir, 13. Mozan Abid @ Abdullah, 14. Jibrail

@ Qasim, 15. Jalil, 16. Bilal @ Spain, 17.

Jamsheed, 17. Muzamil, 18. Ameer Jan Muhammad, 19.

Saeed @ Commando, 20 Qari abdul Wahid

1.Rehman Uddin @ Muslim, 2. M Ali @ M Inayat, 3.

Hamza 4. Sheer Afzal, 5. Ghani, 6. Yasir, 7. Khitab

Abdullah @ Dawood, 8. Qari Arshad, 9. Tor Sardar @

Gul dada, 10, Qari Arshad, 11. Imran, 12. Chota Jan,

13. Rehman Hussain @ Umer @ Umer Tor, 14. Inam

Ullah, 15. Kako, 16. Ali Khan, 17. Usman, 17. Talib, 18.

Jan Alam

Important Activists

Important Activists

Javed

(Ameer TTS SwatiTaliban) 16

Qari Abdul RaoufAmeer LeJ

Nasir @ Hidayat

Ullah, Ameer TTP

Tariq Gedar Group

1.Idress, 2. Papu, 3. Mukhtiar 4. Guffran, 5.

Junaid, 6. Ibrahim, 7. Bilal, 8. Shoukat, 9.

Akber, 10, waseem, 11. Anwar,

1.Qari Abdul Raouf, 2. Ali Hassan 3. Akram

Pathan @ Khan Sab, 4. Abdul Wahid @ Wahab

Ahmed, 6. Khalid Takra.

Important Activists

Important Activists

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Abdul Rehman @ Khatir,

Ameer TTP Mehmand

1.Khalid (killed) 2. Kashif (Killed) 3. Sora Jan @ BBC (Killed)

Important Activists

Alternatively referred to as the Swati Taliban

Two Groups (Bajur + Mohmand)

Swati Taliban is a Dangerous militant wing involved in the Bomb Blast, Killing of Police Officials and Govt personalities in the city.

Further this group is also involved in collection of Bhatta from Traders and Bank Dacoities for funding of TTS

TEHREEK-E-TALIBAN SWAT

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UMAR KHALIFA

(AMEER KHYBER AGENCY)

MUFTI SHAKIR

AMEER (ARRESTED)

ABDUL WAKEEL

AZIZULLAH SHAMZAIHAJI

(OPERATIONAL MAN)

PEHLWAN

(PATHAN COLONY)

UMAR MAVIA

(METROVILL)

SADIQ MAZRAB

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• A branch separated from theSwati Taliban

• Dangerous militant winginvolved in the Bomb Blast,Killing of Police Officials andGovt personalities in the city.

TEHREEK-E-TALIBAN GIDAR GROUP

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GIDAR IS A VILLAGE IN SWAT

TARIQ KILLED BY ARMY AT SWAT

Jan Bakht @ Angothion wala Baba r/o Landhi Commander TTS

Landhi Code (TTS/D) while working in West then code on slips DW

Maulana Faisal @ Aalam Sb

r/o Qasba

Sajjad Langhra

r/o Qasba Islamia Colony No-1

Yasir @ Suleman r/o

Frontier Colony

Rafiq Rikshaw Wala r/o Peerabad No-

1, near Bacha Khan Chowk.

Mateeullah Sawati

r/o MetrovilleArshed @ Majboorr/o Frontier Colony

Mufti Shakir r/o Mukhzanul

Uloom Deer Colony PeerabadMaster Saleem

r/o Bukhari 21

Qaiser Sawati

r/o Banaras

Asmatullah Sawati

r/o Mianwali Colony

Akram Sawati r/o Quaidabad

Fayyaz Ali r/o

Majeed Colony, Landhi

Azizullah @ Haji Sb s/o Fazal

Karim

Muhammad Ali @ Pappo

r/o Bukhari Colony

Muzamil Sawati r/o Deer

ColonySahil Sawati

r/o Frontier Colony

Tariq

r/o Frontier / Ittehad Town

Syed Qamar brother of Qasim

(drug Seller) r/o Frontier

Qasim (Drug

Seller)

r/o Frontier Colony

Jawaid @ Abdullah

r/o Frontier

Shaukat r/o Qasba

Naushad

r/o Ittehad Town

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TEHREEK-E-TALIBAN PUNJABI

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• Alternatively referred to as thePunjabi Taliban

• Alleged loose network of membersof banned militant groups basedin South of the mostpopulous province of Pakistan(Punjab)

• TTP has significant recruits fromPunjab-based sectarianorganizations also called PunjabiTaliban

ASIF CHOTU (Lashkar-e-Jhangvi)

Not Arrested

CHACHA SINDHI (TTP Punjabi)

Not Arrested

ABDUL BARI T.T.P

(Shikar Pur jail)

ABDUL HAFEEZ @ ALI

SHER

T.T.P (Not Arrested)

ZAMEER MARFANI L.J / T.T.P

(Not Arrested)

ISMAIL (Arrested)PEER BUX @ ABDUL HAKEEM

Sucidal Bombar on Ex MNA

Ibrahim Jattoi

MUHAMMAD KHALIL

(Arrested)

MOAVIA

(Not Arrested)

MUHAMMAD RAHIM

MUHAMMAD ILYAS SUICIDAL SHIKARPUR

BASHIR KHARANI

KHARAN QUETTA

Ameer Jaish-e-Islam

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HAJI SAHAB(WANNA)

CHAUDARY

SHAHJAHAN @

MUNAWAR

MOULVI NASEERQALLAT

GHANI

Dera Mruad Jamali

HAYYAT ULLAHDera Mread Jamali

SAMEEDera Mread Jamali

GUL ASLAMABBAS TOWN BLAST

(Dead)

ABU

BAKARKhuzdar / Noshki

MOULVI KHALID JHAL MAGSI

KHATTAB

Khuzdar / Noshki

WAZEER @

MEHMOODKhuzdar / Noshki

SUFIYAN

Khuzdar / Noshki

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AL-QAEDA

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• Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has close ties to Al-Qaeda,sharing money and bomb experts and makers

• T.T.P. draws ideological guidance from Al Qaeda, whileAl Qaeda relies on the T.T.P. for safe haven in thePashtun areas along the Afghan-Pakistani border

• It operates as a network comprising both amultinational, stateless army and an Islamist, Extremist,Wahhabi, Jihadist group

• Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and militarytargets

Irshadullah

@ Niaz

Ustad Ahmed Farooq Group

Hassan Shuja

Amir @ Abbas

Khalid

Jalal Sindhi (Ameer Alqaida

Sindh / Balochistan)

Junaid @ Asad ur Rehman

Sarfaraz Sharif @

Hamza @ Abu-Musab

Umer @Hafeez Zulfiqar @

Cheeta

Tahir Minhas @ Mota @ Sain

@ Naveed @ Uncle

Arman @ Asadullah Roshan

Abdullah Yusuf @ Saqib

(Ameer Arabi Group)

Kamran @

Bhatti

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SSP / LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI

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• LeJ has ties with Taliban, the IslamicMovement of Uzbekistan (IMU),Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP), Ahle SunnatWaljamaat (ASWJ), Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Al-Qaeda and Jandullah

• It has played an immense role insectarian killings specially against theShias

Mansoor @ Ibrahim

TTP

Farrukh Jamal TTP

Pir Sahab TTP

Azeem

Shaikh

(Al-Qaida)

Abdul Razzaq @ Raja

(Al-Qaida)

Tahir @ Mota (Al-

Qaida)

Talat (Al-Qaida)

Zubair @

Munna

Qaiser Mustafa @

Sohail TTP

Nasir

Chacha Sindhi TTP

Saqib TTP

Amir

Haider Bhai @

Waziri TTP

Shah Sahab @

Waziri

Attaullah @ Naeem

Bukhari

Asif ChotuUsman Kurd

STILL AT LARGE ON BAIL

Muhammad

GhaffarAdnan @ Talha

Danish Chota

Kashif Behari Jaffer Ayaz

Shakeel Barki

Tariq Shafi @

Uncle Azam @ Akber @

Butt Sahab

Faizan

Asif Liaquatabad

Wala

Shamim Shami

Sajid Budha

Ali Khan

Asif Elahi

Zafar Zaman

Muhammad Shahid

Muhammad Faisal

Muhammad Mairaj

Maqsood Qureshi

Waheed

NiaziTariq @

Moavia

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JANDULLAH

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• They are involved in sectariankillings especially in Karachiand Quetta

• Also hit high profile targets e.gcore commander Karachi

TERRORIST HIDEOUTS IN KARACHI

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ANALYSIS : ROOT CAUSES OF TERROR SLEEPER

CELLS

Ideological basis: Young, educated, and affluent boys

pretending to live normal lives but working as UNDERCOVER

for Al-Qaeda and waiting for orders to unleash terror

Some of madrassas: Sanctuaries/safe havens of terrorism in

the country.

Unemployment: The mother of all evils; young people have

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ANALYSIS : ROOT CAUSES OF TERROR SLEEPER CELLS

Free flow of funds: There seems to be no check on free flow of funds for members,i.e,the handlers of Raw’s sleeper cells have reportedly found to be based in Canada and Malaysia, but there is uninterrupted flow of funds to their agents in Karachi

Nexus of crime and politics: The nexus of crime and politics turned Lyari into a lawless territory

Poor intelligence: The airport attack in 2014 and Mehran airbase attack in 2011 speak volumes about poor intelligence.

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CONCLUSION TO ANALYSIS

Success story of Karachi operation:60% drop in terror-related incidents in the last two years.

However, the issue of terrorism in Karachi, or for that matter in the country at large, will not just go away unless network of sleeper cells is annihilated.

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WAYFORWARD:RECOMMENDATIONS

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Proposed action

oMadrassa Reforms:

o Paradigm shift in Foreign

policy: Afghan policy

(strategic depth)& Kashmir

policy (military solution)

need to be revisited.

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Action to be taken by

oMinistry of Interior/ Religious affair and Provincial Home departments

o PM,MOF/GHQ

WAY FORWARD:RECOMMENDATIONS

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Proposed action

Security policy:

We may take cue from US Department of Homeland security

Training and Recruitment policy in police and other LEAs: Merit should supersede Political influence.

Action to be taken by

o Ministry of Finance,PM/Cabinet

o City/District Police Administration

WAYFORWARD:RECOMMENDATIONS

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Proposed action

CCTV CAMERAS at

public places

Action to be taken by

City/District Police Administration

EPILOGUE

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THANK YOU39