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K J M Varma in Islamabad
The Pakistan police on Saturday released photographs of 11 militants suspected to have carried out the recent bombings in Karachi, including the attack on the US consulate, and the kidnap-killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl and announced a reward of Rs 20 million to help capture them.
The police also held the banned Sunni sectarian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi as one of the gangs responsible for the car-bomb attack on the US consulate on June 14.
"This gang has been identified as being behind major terrorist attacks including the consulate blast," Sindh Provincial Home Secretary Brigadier Mukhtar Sheikh said.
"But we are not ruling out the possibility of other gangs as well," he said.
This is the first time that the authorities have identified suspects in June 14 blast outside the US consulate that left 12 Pakistanis dead, and May 8 car bombing near the Sheraton hotel in the city killing 14 people, including 11 French engineers working on a submarine project.
The suspects' photographs were published in main newspapers with the reward money.
Topping the list of wanted men is Asif Ramzi in Pearl's murder case as well as for sectarian killings. A reward of Rs three million was announced for his capture.
Another reward of Rs three million was announced for capture of Muhammad Faisal Bhatti Zubair alias Chishti and Arra ur Rehman alias Naeem Bhukari. They were followed by Rs two million rewards for Naveed ul Hasan in consulate blast case.
The police also announced Rs 1.5 million reward for capture of Sharib wanted in connection with blasts in Karachi.
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