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Mastermind of the murder attack on Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi was arrested along with accomplices from Southern Punjab on Monday. According to the state television the culprit was wanted in several cases. The police have started interrogation however avoided to disclose the names of the accused. Police maintained the case was high profile yet the accused have been arrested. Unidentified armed men ambushed the vehicle of Kazmi on September 02 in Islamabad when he was going home from office. Kazmis driver was killed on spot while driver passed away after some days. Kazmi is affiliated to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and is considered as an important member of the party. President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and other ministers had strongly condemned the attack and termed it deplorable.
