Faridkot, Okara
Faridkot
فرید کوٹ | |
|---|---|
  Faridkot | |
| Coordinates: 30°41′26″N 73°41′40″E / 30.69056°N 73.69444°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Elevation | 167 m (548 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Faridkot (Urdu: فرید کوٹ) is a village in Depalpur Tehsil in the Okara District of the Punjab province of Pakistan.
The village has been a fertile recruiting ground for Lashkar-e-Taiba; Ajmal Kasab, a perpetrator of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, belonged from Faridkot.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Shah, Saeed (7 December 2008). "Revealed: home of Mumbai's gunman in Pakistan village". The Observer. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "BBC report confirms Indian charge of Pakistan links to Mumbai attacks". The Hindu. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ Newspaper, the (21 November 2012). "The unending Faridkot mystery". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 October 2022.