KARUNA SHINSHO, CNN ANCHOR, ASIA TONIGHT: A major crackdown is underway against Islamic militants in Pakistan. Local police raided the offices of several groups in Karachi, arresting some 200 activists and seizing weapons. They were acting on a national ordinance. President Pervez Musharraf set the campaign in motion last week when he banned two Islamic groups. Officials detained hundreds of activists from the groups. General Musharraf has in recent weeks voiced concern over global perceptions of Pakistan as a base for Islamic militants. Well, today's raids follow a ban by the Sindh provincial government on groups raising funds in the name of a holy war or Jihad. Talot Hussian (ph) has more on the Karachi crackdown and the opposition from critics.</s>CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Pakistan there is no shortage operations for militants fighting Indian groups in the disputed region of Kashmir. Dozens of groups collect these funds in the name of Jihad or holy war to a country-wide network. But now this war industry is in the danger. The government of General Pervez Musharraf has started a crackdown against militant groups operating in the name of Kashmir. Several members of these organizations have been arrested in Karachi, Pakistan, port city (ph) and their offices shut down. A new law bans all groups for collecting funds for Kashmir or for Jihad. So far, the reaction from these groups has been restrained.</s>AHMAD HAMZA, AL BADR MUJAHIDEEN (through translator): I want to make it clear that any curb that damages the cause of Jihad or harms the Kashmir freedom struggle, we will not accept such as curb now or in the future.</s>HUSSAIN: While the crackdown gets harder, the vows of resistance might take the shape of street agitation; that will test
Some 200 Arrest Made in Crackdown Against Islamic Militants