Faridkot, Khanewal

Faridkot
Faridkot is located in Pakistan
Faridkot
Faridkot
Coordinates: 30°10′N 71°34′E / 30.16°N 71.57°E / 30.16; 71.57
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab
Elevation
129 m (423 ft)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Faridkot is a small village in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°16'30N 71°57'30E with an altitude of 129 metres and lies to the south-west of the district capital - Khanewal.

The village gained temporary notoriety [1] for allegedly being the hometown of "Azam Amir Kasav", one of the terrorists involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[2] However, it turned out that this person's real name is Mohammad Ajmal Amir,[3][4][5] and that Ajmal Amir is from a different village with the same name, Faridkot in the tehsil of Dipalpur, about 170 km to the north-east of Faridkot near Khanewal.[3][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Hunting Mumbai militant's roots
  2. ^ Sleepy village baffled by link to captured terrorist
  3. ^ a b Swami, Praveen (2008-12-06). "Terrorist's name lost in transliteration". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  4. ^ "Mumbai cops gave Ajmal his surname". The Times of India. 2008-12-07. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  5. ^ "Cops called him 'Kasav' as dad was a butcher". The Times of India. 2008-12-07. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  6. ^ Shah, Saeed (2008-12-07). "Mumbai terrorist came from Pakistan, local villagers confirm". London: The Observer. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  7. ^ "BBC report confirms Indian charge of Pakistan links to Mumbai attacks". The Hindu. 2008-12-07. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2008-12-07.

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