Kamran Atif is a member of Harkat-ul Mujahideen al-Alami

Harkat-ul Mujahideen al-Alami

Harkat-ul Mujahideen al-Alami is a militant organization in Pakistan. In 2002, Kamran Atif a member of this organization tried to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf. Arrested in 2004 during a police shoot-out, he was sentenced to death in 2006 by an Anti-Terrorism Court....

. In 2002, he tried to assassinate President

President of Pakistan

The President of Pakistan is the head of state, as well as figurehead, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Recently passed an XVIII Amendment , Pakistan has a parliamentary democratic system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by the Electoral College to serve a...

 Pervez Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...

. Kamran Atif was arrested in 2004 after a shootout with police in Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

 in which he was critically wounded. A 50-year-old woman passer-by was killed in the gun battle, which started when the police raided a house where at least two militants were hiding. He was sentenced to death in 2006 by the Anti-Terrorism Court

Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan

Anti Terrorism Court was established in Pakistan, under Nawaz Sharif's government, to deal with terrorism cases.- 1997 creation and subsequent amendments :...

 in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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