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India-Pakistan

Blasphemy case against seven ‘for burning holy pages’

2019-03-28

[DAWN] Saddar police on Tuesday registered a blasphemy case against seven people, arresting one of them, after they were accused of burning pages of the Holy Koran at Hariher village, some six kilometres from here. The case was lodged under Section 295-B of the Pakistain Penal Code against seven nominated suspects for allegedly burning the pages of the holy book near the village graveyard on Monday evening on the complaint of Muhammad Shakeel. The locals tortured the suspects who were rescued and taken into custody by police. District Police Officer Shahzad Asif, on being informed of the incident, involved the members of the district peace committee in the matter, who delivered speeches to calm down the enraged people and helped police in getting custody of the suspects from them. According to the complainant, he was crossing the village graveyard along with two others -- Munir Ismail and Shabbir Sharif -- when he saw a fire on its other end. He said they rushed to the spot and saw that the prime suspect was burning a large quantity of "holy pages". He said when they tried to stop the suspect, he snubbed them harshly. The complainant said when they raised hue and cry, locals gathered there and started beating the suspect. He said the six others nominated in the FIR tried to rescue the prime suspect from the mob, saying he was burning the holy pages with their consent. On being informed of the incident, the police arrived at the spot and tried to pacify the locals but the mob refused to handover the prime suspect to them. Given the sensitivity of the situation, the DPO contacted some of the members of the district peace committee, including Maulana Shabbir Ahmed, and requested them to pacify the mob. The Maulana, other members of the committee and coppers reached the spot and delivered speeches to convince the mob to handover the suspect to police. On being assured that justice would be done, the locals handed the prime suspect over to police. According to a senior police official, who sought anonymity, the prime suspect belonged to a local religious family whose members have been collecting the wasted holy pages from the boxes they had installed at different places for their storage and disposing them of since long to avoid their desecration. He said the whole episode might be a result of some misunderstanding and the police were probing it. According to the DPO, the situation was "completely under control" and police were looking into the matter from various angles.

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ATC hands down 28-year jail to three LeJ terrorists

2018-05-20

[DAWN] BAHAWALPUR: Anti-Terrorism Court judge Malik Shabbir Ahmed on Friday handed down 28-year jail term to three Death Eaters for attacking a team of the Counter-Terrorism Department in 2016. According to the front man, the CTD had tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! Imdadullah, Sajid Javed and Muhammad Khaliq belonging to the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ... (LeJ) on Dec 24, 2016 after they attempted to attack the officials with hand grenades. The CTD team started the paperwork but haven't done much else (FIR No 105/16) under section 4/5 Explosive Act and 7 Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The judge awarded them 14-year imprisonment under each of the section along with the confiscation of their properties.

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Five arrested for involvement in child marriage to 'settle gambling debt'

2017-09-23

[DAWN] Five people, including a prayer leader, were placed in durance vile Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! on Friday evening for their suspected involvement in marrying off a five-year-old girl to a 15-year-old boy in Dadu's Taluka Johi area allegedly to settle a gambling debt, police said. Shahid Ali, the father of the minor girl and a resident of Khandhani village, was amongst those taken into custody after he was suspected of having contracted the marriage between the underage girl and boy in order to settle a Rs40,000 gambling debt, police said Police said that Shahid had lost the money in a gamble to the 15-year-old child groom, a relative of his. Unable to settle the debt in financial terms, he decided to marry his daughter off to the boy. After receiving information about the marriage, Senior Superintendent Police Dadu Shabbir Ahmed Sethar ordered a police team to conduct a raid in Shahid's village to arrest those involved. Following the raid at the child groom's house, Shahid and Maulvi Karim Bux ─ the prayer leader who contracted the marriage ─ were arrested, police said. Although the boy managed to escape a police raid at his house, he was arrested in a separate raid carried out in a neighbouring village, police said. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... he was later released by police as he was underage. The minor girl was also briefly detained and released for the same reason. Two other people were also arrested and a case was registered against the accused under sections 3 and 4 of the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2016, Station House Officer TR Khan said. Further investigations into the matter are underway, police said. Inayat Ali Jamali, a social activist and head of a children's rights committee, urged the police not to release the groom and demanded that all gambling dens be closed down in the area.

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Army chief signs off on death warrants for four 'hardcore terrorists'

2017-09-21

[DAWN] Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday confirmed the death sentences awarded to four hardcore bandidos gunnies involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. The men were involved in attacks on law enforcement agencies and the armed forces, the ISPR said. On the whole, they were involved in the killing of 21 individuals, the ISPR said, adding that arms and explosives were also recovered from the convicts’ possession. The convicts were tried by military courts and awarded death sentences. Shabbir Ahmed s/o Muhammad Shafique The convict, a member of a proscribed organization, was involved in attacking the armed forces, which resulted in death of one Major Adnan and 10 other soldiers. He was also involved in the kidnapping and slaughter of four soldiers. The convict admitted his offences before the magistrate and the trial court. Umara Khan s/o Ahmed Khan The convict, a member of a proscribed organization, was involved in attacking the armed forces which resulted in the death of three soldiers. He was also involved in the destruction of the Government Girls Primary School in Hazara. He was found in possession of a fire-arm and explosives. The convict admitted his offences before the magistrate and the trial court. Tahir Ali s/o Syed Nabi The convict, a member of a proscribed organization, was involved in attacking the armed forces, which resulted in the death of two soldiers. The convict admitted his offences before the magistrate and the trial court. Aftabud Din s/o Farrukh Zada The convict, a member of a proscribed organization, was involved in attacking law enforcement officials, which resulted in the death of a police official and injuries to another. He was found in possession of a fire-arm and explosives. The convict admitted his offences before the magistrate and the trial court.

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JUI-F leader, son gunned down

2016-07-26

[DAWN] GWADAR: A prominent religious scholar of Makran and leader of Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability... -Fazl, Mufti Ehtishamul Haq, was bumped off along with his son in Tump area of Kech district on Sunday evening, security officials said. Mufti Haq was travelling to his native village Asyiabad along with his son Maulana Shabbir Ahmed when his car came under fire in Kalaho area, Levies officials said. They suffered multiple injuries and died. Levies and FC personnel took the bodies to hospital. "The attackers were riding a cycle of violence," a senior Levies official said. The cause of the attack could not be ascertained immediately. Levies termed it an incident of assassination'>assassination. No one grabbed credit for the assault. Mufti Haq, a former chief of JUI-F in Makran, was running a seminary in Asyiabad where hundreds of students are enrolled. The two will be laid to rest in their native area on Monday.

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Shocking video of police torture fails to stir department

2016-07-23

[DAWN] RAHIM YAR KHAN: A sickening video clip of police officials humiliating and torturing a young man and his veiled sister in the Sadiqabad city has gone viral, creating outrage on social media. Dawn learned Shahzad Lateef was riding a cycle of violence with his sister on Tuesday (July 19) when police constables Shabbir Ahmed and Qasim Raza with police volunteer Yaseen stopped them in Madina Town. Police officials asked them about their relation with each other. When the motorcyclists told them, that they were siblings, coppers asked them to go to the Sadiqabad City cop shoppe for further interrogation. Shehzad insisted on knowing about the reason which enraged the constables who started beating him, slapped his sister and abused them. The beating attracted a crowd there, and one of the onlookers recorded the scene and later uploaded it on a social media site. Seeing a crowd there, the coppers let them go. When Shehzad approached them for a case against their colleagues, Sadiqabad City police refused his application. Shehzad went to the deputy superintendent of police office only to learn that he busy in an operation against dacoits. Meanwhile, ...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results... different TV channels aired the footage which pressurised the bigwigs. On Wednesday, Superintendent of Police Irfan Samoon suspended Shabbir and Qasim from service. Spokesperson for police Arshad Nawaz told Dawn Mr Samoon would initiate an inquiry against the police employees seen in the footage soon as currently he was busy in the recruitment process. The City station house office told Dawn that he was out of the town when the incident occurred but senior coppers were looking into the matter.

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Police arrest cleric for 'inciting' boy to cut off his hand

2016-01-17

[DAWN] LAHORE: Okara police on Saturday locked away Book 'im, Mahmoud! the imam of a mosque on terror charges in relation to the incident involving a 15-year-old boy who had cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy. On Friday night a first information report (FIR No. 36/16) was registered against the prayer leader Shabbir Ahmed on behalf of the state under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and Section 324 of the Pakistain Penal Code (PPC) against. Police officials said the holy man was arrested under the National Action Plan (NAP) for inciting violence during a speech in which he asked a controversial question. Around five days ago, the holy man, addressing a Mehfil-e-Milad at a village mosque in Chak 3D of Hujra Shah Muqeem town in Depalpur Tehsil of Okara District, said that "those who love the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) always say their prayers". He then asked his audience "Who does not love the Prophet (PTUI!)?" The holy man asked, "Raise your hand." The child misheard the question and raised his hand. The imam then pointed to the youth and alleged he was a "blasphemer who was liable to be killed". When asked, members of the crowd said they were aware the boy had not committed blasphemy as he was the victim of a misunderstanding. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... police maintain that the allegations of the holy man led to the boy's heinous act, as he felt ashamed and dejected after being called a blasphemer. The 15-year-old maintains that the imam is blameless while his act was reportedly celebrated by his parents and neighbours. Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Pakistain, where even unproven allegations can stir mob violence and lynchings.

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ASWJ cleric gunned down in Korangi

2015-02-26

[DAWN] KARACHI: A holy man, said to be a district president of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous banned extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the political wing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi... , was rubbed out and his associate maimed in Korangi in an attack carried out apparently on sectarian grounds on Tuesday, police and party said. They said that Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Hyderi, 42, along with an associate, Khan Din, 35, was going to Malir from Korangi to attend an ASWJ meeting. When their cycle of violence reached near Singer Chowrangi, gunnies travelling in a car intercepted them, fired shots and fled. They sustained multiple bullet wounds in the chest and abdomen and were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where doctors declared Maulana Hyderi dead on arrival. Mr Din's condition was also critical and he was admitted for treatment, said Dr Seemin Jamali, the head of JPMC's emergency department. "Moulana Hyderi was the president of the ASWJ's Korangi chapter and his murder seems to be sectarian in nature," said Landhi SP Akhtar Farooq. A spokesperson for the ASWJ said the slain holy man was the district president of Korangi and also a member of the party's majlis-e-shoora for the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... division and Mr Din was also an office-bearer. They were on their way to Malir from Korangi to attend a party meeting, he added. Activists of the ASWJ protested outside the mortuary of the JPMC and blocked the road for some time.

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Slain ANP leader's house attacked

2014-04-21

[DAWN] Unknown gunnies attacked a hujra in the Badbher area on the outskirts of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. and kidnapped three people. The hujra situated in the Mashokhel area of Badbher belongs to the slain Awami National Party (ANP) leader Mian Mushtaq. The three people who were kidnapped were reported to be Mushtaq's close associates and relatives. The Station House Officer (SHO) of Badbher cop shoppe Garanullah said that the attackers may have thrown a hand grenade or a bomb at Mushtaq's hujra, which damaged two vehicles on the premises. Family sources have said that three people related to the late ANP leader were kidnapped by the gunnies, SHO Garanullah said. The names of those kidnapped are Fahad, Shakeel and Shabbir Ahmed. The police said that it was not possible at present to confirm whether the attack was carried out by Death Eaters or was a result of a personal enmity. Mian Mushtaq was bumped off some weeks earlier along with his driver and an associate. His funeral was also targeted with a remote-controlled bomb that went kaboom! near the funeral venue. Mian Naseer Ahmed, a relative of the slain ANP leader, registered a report with the police and said that masked gunnies entered the premises and kidnapped Fahad, Shakeel and Shabbir after separating them from the others. He added that after taking the abductees, the gunnies detonated some explosives, which damaged two vehicles parked nearby and to the hujra.

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'MQM man' among five shot dead in city

2013-06-21

[Dawn] Five men, including a supporter of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were gunned down in separate incidents in the city on Wednesday, police said. They said that armed men kidnapped Irfan Qasim, 29, in the Baghdadi area. They brought him to G. Allana Road, fired at him and fled in the early hours of Wednesday. The wounded was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi where he died during treatment. Quoting his family, the police said that he left his residence in Musharraf Colony on Tuesday night to visit his native place in Daryabad, Lyari. The Baghdadi police said that the victim was believed to be a supporter of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and his brother, Adnan, lodged an FIR against 'Lyari gangsters' without nominating any individual. Killing in Mewa Shah graveyard The bullet-riddled body of a young man was found in the Mewa Shah graveyard on Wednesday. Pak Colony SHO Bilal Raza said that circumstances suggested that unidentified persons kidnapped and brought the victim to the graveyard where they shot him dead. He said there were three bullet marks on the head, back and hand on the victim's body while his hands were also tied. The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi for a post-mortem examination. The identity of the victim could not be ascertained till late. Youth found shot dead The bullet-riddled body of a young man was found along the Lyari riverbed in Machhar Colony on Wednesday, police said. They said that the victim was identified as Farhan Ismail, 26, with the help of an identity card found in his pocket. He was shot five times. Docks SHO Asif Jakhrani said that a letter was also found in his pocket, which stated that he had been 'betrayed' by his beloved 'S'. However, the victim's family told the police that he had left his residence in Jamshed Quarters around two days ago and did not return home. They would lodge an FIR after the burial, the police said. Picnicker kidnapped, killed Two picnickers going to the Keenjhar Lake along with their other relatives in a small coach on Wednesday were 'kidnapped' and one of them was found shot dead later in the day, police said. They said that armed occupants of a car intercepted the coach in the Malir City area, and took away Raja Pervez and his cousin, Noman, at gunpoint. Later, Pervez was found shot dead near Saleh Muhammad Goth within the remit of the Shah Latif Town police station. The kidnappers left Noman unhurt. Area SHO Ali Hassan said that victim's brother Aurangzeb nominated their relative Rehan alias Azeem in the FIR. He said that the complainant told the police that his relatives, living in Nazimabad and Liaquatabad, had planned a picnic and they left for the Keenjhar Lake in a small coach on Wednesday. The SHO said that there was a dispute between suspect Rehan and the victim, as the former did not want him to take his wife to the picnic. The suspect's wife was in the coach when she received a phone call from her husband who asked her location and she told him that the vehicle was at a fuel station in Malir City. As soon as it started moving, armed occupants of a car intercepted the vehicle and two of them took Raja Pervez and Noman away. Later, they killed the former. The area SHO said that suspect Rehan had shifted to Nazimabad from Lyari and he had a criminal background. Van driver shot dead A young school van driver was shot dead in New Karachi on Wednesday, police said. Khawaja Ajmer Nagri SHO Gul Baig said that Imran Wazir, 35, was targeted outside his residence in Sector-5-C-1 when he was going to pick some schoolchildren. The motive for the murder could not be ascertained immediately. Robbers kill man upon resistance A young man was shot dead while his brother was wounded by robbers upon resistance in Bhitai Colony on Wednesday.The Ibrahim Haidery police said that three gunmen stormed a house and started looting valuables. As inmates resisted, the suspects opened fire on them and fled. Kaiser Iqbal, 25, was killed while his brother, Nasir Iqbal was wounded. A suspected robber, Khalid, 28, was also wounded as bullets fired by his accomplices hit him, Ibrahim Haidery SHO Naik Muhammad said, adding that two other robbers managed to escape but they left looted valuables at some distance. He said the wounded robber was admitted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in a critical condition. Woman bludgeoned to death A woman was bludgeoned to death in her Hasan Brohi Goth home on Wednesday, police said. They said that the body of Rizwana, 50, was found in her house. Surjani Town SHO Shabbir Ahmed said that she was living alone in her house since the death of her husband. She had no children. Grenade attack in Manghopir A grenade was lobbed into a house in the Manghopir area on Wednesday. The attack, however, did not cause any damage to life and property. Police said that the house of Shah Hussain located in Hamza Goth came under attack. They said that the incident could be a result of ongoing gang warfare in the area.

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ASWJ cleric among seven shot dead in city

2013-01-28

[Dawn] Seven men, including a prayer leader associated with the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), The false nose and mustache name of Sipah-e-Sahaba... were rubbed out in different parts of the city since Friday, police and hospital sources said on Saturday. They said that Noorul Bashar, 28, was the prayer leader of the Muhammedia Islamia Masjid in Orangi Town and a resident of nearby Bengali Para. The police said that the victim along with two others was sitting near a cigarette cabin when two motorcyclists opened fire on them. They said that the prayer leader died instantly and two others, Maulana Saleem Ullah and Shoaib, sustained bullet wounds. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where medico-legal sources said that the victim was shot in the head from a very close range as the bullet went through his skull. The maimed were later shifted to the Liaquat National Hospital where they were stated to be in a stable condition. A front man for the ASWJ stated that the victim was also a local leader of the party, while Maulana Saleem Ullah was a member of mosque committee. He said that the ASWJ would observe a protest day on Sunday. MQM man killed A young man was killed and his brother maimed in an attack on them on Jahangir Road within the remit of the Jamshed Quarters cop shoppe. The police said Sharafat Ali and Mubarak Ali, sons of Shabaan Ali, were at an air-conditioner and refrigerator repair shop where two motorcyclists came and sprayed them with bullets. They said that Sharafat died instantly and his younger brother sustained critical bullet wounds. The body and the maimed were shifted to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... where sources said that deceased sustained four bullets and his brother sustained three bullet wounds. The police said that they had collected 18 spent bullet casings from the spot. They said that the two brothers, residents of PIB Colony, were employed in the Bloody Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and they worked part time at the repair shop. The two brothers were stated to be affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... Killings in Orangi A 23-year-old man was rubbed out in Orangi Town within the remit of the Iqbal Market cop shoppe. The police said that the victim, Waqar Ahmed aka Vicky, Vicky? I used to date a girl named Vicky in high school. Ahhh, Vicky! How sweet she was! Nobody filled a sweater quite like Vicky. I don't think this is the same Vicky, though. son of Syed Nisar Ahmed, was affiliated with a banned religious outfit. He was a tailor by profession. They said that the victim was targeted by two motorcyclists who rode away after their swift operation. A 28-year-old man was rubbed out within the remit of the same cop shoppe. The victim was identified as Shabbir Ahmed, who was targeted near his house at Islam Nagar. The police said that two motorcyclists killed the young man who dealt in shopping bags. Man rubbed out in F. B. Area Motorcyclists rubbed out a 30-year-old man, Waseem Zafar, in Block 11 of Federal B. Area within the remit of the Gulberg cop shoppe. Witnesses said that the victim was sitting with his friends near his house when attackers opened fire on him. They said that one of the attackers also stabbed the victim when he fell down after being shot. The police said that he was a former worker of a political party. 'Gangster' killed in attack A 32-year-old man, who had recently come out of jail after serving over a two-and-half-year term, was rubbed out near Al-Makka hotel at Secor 5-B in Surjani Town. The police said that Mirza Sabir Baig, son of Mirza Saleem Baig, was talking to someone on his cellular phone when two cycle of violences targeted him. They said that the attackers rode away after their swift operation and the victim died before he could be shifted to hospital. The police said that the man was involved in several criminal cases including murder. They said that the victim was apparently killed by his gangland opponents. Youth rubbed out by fleeing bandidos A 25-year-old man was killed when one of the fleeing robbers opened fire in Federal B. Area. The police said that two robbers were decamping with the booty after looting a fresh milk shop at Samanabad when people caught hold of one of them. They said that the one of them opened fire and a bullet hit Muhammad Yousuf son of Illahi, who died instantly. Onlookers and passers-by became enraged and brutally tortured the captured suspect who was later taken into custody by the police. The police said that the victim ran a tyre mending shop in front of the robbed milk shop and he was shot when he attempted to grab one of the fleeing dacoits. The tossed in the clink You have the right to remain silent... suspect was identified as Amir, hailing from Punjab. Strangled In Surjani Town, the body of a 30-year-old man was found in the bushes at a desolate place near Northern Bypass within the remit of the Surjani Town cop shoppe. The police shifted the body to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he was identified as Adnan, son of Haji Akram, hailing from Balochistan. ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Medico-legal sources said that the young man was strangled. The police suspected personal enmity as a likely motive for the murder. Woman killed A 25-year-old woman was found strangled in her house in Sector 11-B of North Bloody Karachi. The victim was identified as Sonia, wife of Muhammed Nawaz. Her body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where medico-legal sources said that the woman was strangulated and her body also bore marks of torture.They said that the post-mortem report was reserved. The police said that the body was later handed over to the victim's family, who would contact them after burial for lodging an FIR. Body found The body of a young man was found in the underground water tank of an under-construction building near Makki Masjid. The Nabi Bux police shifted the body to the Civil Hospital for an appointment with Dr. Quincy and later moved to the Edhi's morgue at Sohrab Goth as the victim remained unidentified. Medico-legal sources said that the victim was clad in shalwar-qameez and he appeared to be in his mid-20s.

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Tribesmen forced to end protest after police move in

2013-01-17

[Dawn] In a late night development, police was called in to disperse protesting rustics outside the governor house and move the bodies to a cold storage, DawnNews reported. Police used tear gas and shelled at the rustics and others who had joined in the protest. The bodies were loaded on to trucks and taken to a morgue by the police. The move came following the rejection of an agreement between the tribal elders and Governor Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... Masood Kausar by the protesting rustics over the killing of 18 rustics in Bara tehsil. According to the agreement, the government would conduct an impartial inquiry into the killings and punish those involved. The inquiry committee will also comprise judges and other stakeholders who would be included into the committee with the consent of the tribal elders. The protesting rustics however rejected the settlement between the representative jirga and KP governor and are refused to bury their dead, saying they would continue with the sit-in protest until rustics were provided security. PM takes notices of killings Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, had taken notice of the protest in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , telephoned KP Governor Masood Kausur and directed him to address the protesters' grievances. Governor Kuasar while speaking to the media after the jirga, said that seven lakh rupees each would be provided as compensation to the dear departed's family and four lakh rupees for burial of the dear departed. Protestors however refused to accept the compensation amount and assurances to conduct an inquiry into the killings. The KP governor had said that an impartial inquiry would be conducted into the incident and if there were excesses proved, against anyone, the culprits would be penalised according to the law. "It will not be a judicial inquiry, but it will have members of the judiciary as well," he said. The governor stated that if the tribal elders could guarantee no terrorist activity in their areas, the government would be ready to call back security forces. However he said that the army had been deployed at the request of tribal elders when they were unable to resist the cut-throats onslaught. Earlier on at least 400 to 500 rustics had marched from Bara to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa bustling provincial capital, carrying the bodies of the dear departed in pick-ups and demanded justice for the victims. The protestors accused security forces of the killings and demanded that the governor and authorities provide them justice. Security forces claim that the turban group Lashkar-e-Islam, led by Mangal Bagh ...a former bus driver, now head of the Deobandi bandido group Lashkar-e-Islam and the Terror of Khyber Agency... , is behind the murders. An elderly man, who was also protesting the killings, told Dawn.Com that his colleagues killed were simple labourers who had been killed in their homes allegedly by the security forces. "They were taken out of their houses and were rubbed out by the forces, it's a routine now they don't care who is being killed when they open fire, we have been tolerating it for almost four years," he said. Peshawar's main Railway Road was blocked for traffic due to the protest. Traffic on Sunheri Mashid and Peshawar Cantt roads was also suspended and security forces had sealed the entire cantonment area to stop protestors from entering the red security zone. Protestors had carried placards and banners calling for an end to the ongoing military operation in their areas. The rustics protested that undirected mortar bombs and artillery shelling have killed a number of innocent people in their area. Security forces denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! claiming that the dead included a former Frontier Corps soldier's father and four brothers -- all five bumped off by cut-throats on Tuesday night, they claimed. Military sources said that cut-throats from the banned Lashkar-e-Islam group had raided the house in Dogra area of former FC-man, Shabbir Ahmed, and bumped off his father and brothers. "I was a government servant but I don't know why this injustice done to me," former FC official, Shabbir, who was also among the protestors outside the Governor House, told Dawn.com. "I am serving the nation and working for the security of the country but don't know why and who has killed my four brothers and father. The government must answer why this has been done to me," he said. Security forces claimed they had also launched a counter-attack after cut-throats attacked several check-posts, killing six soldiers and injuring 28 others on Tuesday. Four cut-throats were also killed in the festivities, they said. The officials claimed that Lashkar-e-Islam turbans, dressed in FC uniforms, were also involved in the killings of innocent rustics in a bid to malign the security forces. They also further denied that any operation was carried out by the FC force in the area where the bodies were found.

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