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Counter IED symposium: 20 May 2013 at Rawalpindi.
Steps taken to defeat IEDs:
Pakistan’s Counter-IED Organization established to formulate policies and ensure implementation.
Tight control over explosive, detonators and others IEDs-related material by the Ministry of Industry.
Banning the export of Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) and other chemical based fertilizers with issuance of NOCs to authorized dealers only.
Disallowing the transportation of CAN and other such fertilizers to be moved in FATA and Balochistan.
Fertilizer control regime introduced and implemented by the FATA Secretariat.
Increased number of troops on border outposts to minimize possibility of cross-border smuggling of CAN.

Press Release

No PR113/2011-ISPR

Dated: May 17, 2011

Rawalpindi - May 17, 2011:

SENIOR AL QAEDA COMMANDER NABBED

A senior Al Qaeda operative, Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub alias Abu Sohaib Al Makki, has been arrested by the security agencies from Karachi.
According to preliminary investigations; Al Makki is Yemeni national and has been working directly under Al Qaeda leaders along Pak-Afghan borders.
The arrest of Al Makki is a major development in unraveling the Al Qaeda Network operating in the region.

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Press Release

No PR112/2011-ISPR

Dated: May 17, 2011

Rawalpindi - May 17, 2011:

Two NATO Helicopters violated Pakistan air space today at Admi Kot Post, North Waziristan Agency in the in the early hours of the morning. The troops at the post fired upon the helicopters and, as a result of exchange of fire, two of our soldiers received injuries. Pakistan Army has lodged a strong protest and demanded a flag meeting.

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