Pakistani security agencies are carrying out a sweeping campaign across the country to capture the al-Qaida activists and sympathizers as it faced embarrassment after the U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden on May 2. Sensing the embarrassment as to why the Pakistani security institutions had been unaware of the Osama presence, the agencies have now launched a major search operation to nab the al-Qaida sympathizers across the country, Xinhua reported on Saturday. Pakistan's secret agencies are conducting search operations for al-Qaida members and sources said that even the civilian intelligence agencies and special police branch have not been included in the operation due to sensitivity of the campaign. Sources said that the army's secret agents are conducting raids on religious schools in several parts of the country, mostly the eastern Punjab province. Sources said that record about several foreign students in the religious schools has also been received. An official said that the secret agents had recently conducted operation in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on a tip that an al-Qaida member had been hiding there. Police said that the army's intelligence agencies have not informed the civilian security network about the operation. A police officer in Islamabad said that they were not informed about the anti-al-Qaida operation. The al-Qaida No. 2 -- Aiman al-Zwahiri -- may be the target as CIA believes he may also be hiding in Pakistan.
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