Faridkot, Okara
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 Faridkot
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| Coordinates: 30°41′26″N 73°41′40″E / 30.69056°N 73.69444°ECoordinates: 30°41′26″N 73°41′40″E / 30.69056°N 73.69444°E | |
| Province | Punjab |
| Elevation | 167 m (548 ft) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
Faridkot is a village in Depalpur Tehsil in the Okara District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°41′26″N 73°41′40″E / 30.69056°N 73.69444°E with an altitude of 167 metres and lies about 5 km north-east from the centre of the town of Depalpur, and about 25 km south-east of the district capital Okara.
On 6 December 2008, The Hindu and numerous other media outlets reported that Mohammad Ajmal Amir, son of Mohammad Amir Iman, an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist captured alive during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, is from this village, rather than from Faridkot near Khanewal and Multan. The following day, The Observer and the BBC Urdu service supported the claim. The Observer stated that it had found Ajmal Amir's parents in the electoral record for "Faridkot, near Depalpur" containing 478 registered voters, and described comments from villagers about Ajmal Amir and about the village being "an active recruiting ground" for Lashkar-e-Taiba. The BBC also reported confirmation from local villagers and the presence of numerous intelligence officials at Ajmal Amir's family's house.
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