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Ex-IGP Islamabad moves court against non-promotion

2015-05-20

[DAWN] Former inspector general of the capital police Aftab Ahmed Cheema on Monday challenged the non-recommendation of his name for promotion to BPS-21. Mr Cheema was the IGP Islamabad when the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) and Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) staged the longest 'sit-ins' outside Parliament House in August last year. The government removed Mr Cheema from the post and put him under suspension after he allegedly did not use force against the protesters. The former IGP filed a petition with the IHC which stated: "Petitioner has unblemished and excellent service career except an incident of August 2014 when he was posted as the IGP Islamabad. The petitioner was issued a charge-sheet to which a reply has already been submitted."

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India-Pakistan

Police to fix elements fanning sectarianism

2012-09-06

[Dawn] Punjab police on Tuesday decided to reorganise lists of Fourth Schedule of Anti-Terrorism Act and show zero tolerance toward the elements promoting sectarianism. Field officers were asked to arrest such elements after registration of cases against them. Authorities announced a new and comprehensive plan to ensure security for foreigners, government installations, minorities and the general public. Punjab Police Inspector General Habib-ur-Rehman stated this at a meeting on law and order in the province at the Central Police Office here. Additional IGs, RPOs and DPOs from all over the province and Lahore police command were also present. The meeting decided that police would ensure foolproof security for foreigners and minorities in the province and a strategy must be implemented in this regard. It was decided that promotion cases would be decided on merit and in the light of court directions. The IG was informed that at least 16 DSPs (legal) had been promoted to the rank of SP and seven DSPs and other officers were regularised on merit in recent past. The meeting reviewed police encounters, arrests of top-10 and top-20 proclaimed offenders and overall crime situation in the province. So far, 44 police encounters have been reported in Rahim Yar Khan, 26 in Faisalabad ...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after... and 16 in Vehari in which most wanted criminals were killed and cooled for a few years Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! The IG gave cash award of Rs100,000 to Rahim Yar Khan DPO Sohail Zafar Chatha, and Rs50,000 each to Faisalabad CPO Bilal Siddique Kamyana and Vehari DPO Ali Nasir Rizvi. Similarly, the IG awarded cash prizes of Rs50,000 and Rs25,000 to Lahore CCPO Aslam Tareen, DIG (Operations) Rai Tahir and DIG (Investigations) Chaudhry Shafique who traced the 34-member Kohat gang involved in bank robberies. The IG directed the Sheikhupura RPO to send him proposals on relocation of Sheikhupura Police Range from Lahore to Sheikhupura. On this occasion, the IG said that names of Faisalabad RPO Aftab Ahmed Cheema, Vehari DPO Ali Nasir Rizvi and Sahiwal DPO Rana Ayyaz Saleem had been withdrawn from the Mid Career Management Course due to their outstanding performance. The IG directed the coppers to respond to media queries and ensure their availability to the media in case of any incident. The meeting decided to ensure physical fitness of the coppers across the province and field officers were directed to replace overweight officials on operational duties with smart and energetic coppers.

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India-Pakistan

Benazir put under house arrest

2007-11-13

PPP Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto, having been issued a seven-day restraint order to stop her from leading a mass rally, was placed under house arrest on Monday evening in Senator Latif Khosa’s house, which was declared a sub-jail, according to the detention notice. Sources said the deployment of law enforcement personnel outside the house of Senator Khosa was increased to around 300. However, SSP Operations Aftab Ahmed Cheema told journalists that Bhutto refused to receive the warrants for her house arrest. No ‘long march’: Minister of State for Information Tariq Azim told AFP that the authorities concerned would not allow the PPP ‘long march’ to occur. “She [Bhutto] will not be allowed to break the law, hence there will be no ‘long march’,” he said, referring to the ban on political gatherings. The Ravi Town SP submitted a report stating that “Taliban commander” Qazi Hussain Ahmed had sent suicide bombers to Lahore. Sources, meanwhile, said the Ravi Town SP had submitted a report stating that “Taliban commander” Qazi Hussain Ahmed had sent suicide bombers to Lahore. There are also reports of eight North Waziristan suicide bombers hiding here. Sources in the Home Department, meanwhile, said an intelligence source has warned the Punjab government that a suicide bomber of Arab origin had reached Lahore and intended to target Bhutto and other prominent PPP leaders. A Home Department official said it had warned Bhutto’s security in-charge, Rehman Malik, of the looming threat. Surely the lowly Ravi SP hasn't spoken the unspeakable, revealing Qazi as the shadowy supreme "Taliban" commander? That's, of course, ridiculous. It would suggest that what we've assumed all along has been in fact correct.

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Afghanistan/South Asia

Police bust Gora Butt gang

2005-02-12

Lower Mall Police have arrested seven members of Gora Butt gang. The police also seized stolen property worth millions of rupees and illegal weapons. According to a handout issued here Friday, a special team headed by Old Anarkali ASP Dr Muhammad Abid Khan raided Mughal Park on Bund Road and arrested the accused. The arrested criminals are Adil Butt, alias Gora Butt, Adil, Khurram, Moosa, Abid, Waseem and Nadeem. The arrested accused were involved in robberies and car snatching incidents in Sialkot district. They were wanted in at least 15 cases. The police also seized five cellphones, two TV sets, gold ornaments, cash and seven pistols. SSP Aftab Ahmed Cheema has announced cash prizes and commendatory certificates for the police raiding team. I'm sure the Butt Buddies are thanking their lucky stars they weren't doing business in Bangla. There would have been no survivors...

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More on the raids in Lahore

2004-01-13

The intelligence agencies, probing into two suicide bombing attacks on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, accompanied by police officials conducted more raids in various localities in the provincial metropolis and arrested nine persons on suspicion of their involvement in the attacks. “We were directed by authorities in Islamabad to raid two seminaries of Al-Hafiz Town, Hanjerwal area, and nine persons were taken into custody’, said an official who took part in the raids, adding though they belong to religious organisation yet they don’t have any connection with the extremist outfits. He said while in police custody, they were thoroughly interrogated by the personnel of intelligence agencies. “They seem to be innocent and have no connection of any sort with the assassination attempt on Musharraf,” he said. Interestingly enough, when this scribe contacted Provincial Police Officer Syed Masud Shah on his cell phone to ascertain details of the raids from him, Shah switched off his phone after listening to the detailed query. The sources say after the Rawalpindi police arrested a religious extremist namely Jamil in connection with assassination attempt he gave them a lead about the involvement of Habibullah - Amir of Harkatul Jehad Islami Burma chapter. The investigators suspect that Habibullah might have masterminded the suicide attacks on President Pervez Musharraf. DSP Rawalpindi Rana Shahid raided a seminary in Tara Garh in district Kasur late Friday night and took into custody a teacher namely Habibullah. ‘Habibullah belongs to a banned extremist religious organisation and has participated in Afghan Jehad’, the sources say. The administrator of the seminary, Qari Abdul Karim, said that 16 students are getting religious education here and Qari Masud had referred him Habibullah, a resident of Rajgarh in Islampura. Habibullah is married with two wives and has five children. He currently has been living in a three-room house constructed on the first floor of the seminary. The sources claim that the raiding team, got a picture of a suspected namely Ihsan whom they blame for attacks on President Pervez Musharraf. “Ihsan is wanted in Bahawalpur Church attacks and he had allegedly faxed the messages to various newspapers offices fixing the responsibility of attacks on Jaish-i-Muhammad. The fax message also include the name of Bilal,” sources say, adding that the whereabouts of both Bilal and Ihsan are still unknown. All those picked during raids were shown the picture of Ihsan for identification but none of them recognised him. The police also took into custody three brothers namely Rizwan, Sulaiman and Usman from Masjid-i-Ibrahimi during the raids. However, the investigators released Sulaiman and Usman after a few hours interrogation but Rizwan is still in custody. “The investigators kept asking the whereabouts of Harkatul Jehad Islami, Burma Chapter Amir, Habibullah, for almost two hours from the three brothers. But we don’t know who Habibullah is,” sources told quoting the family members of the three brother. The sources say that the policemen were kept in dark till the raids were conducted, adding that some officials of intelligence agencies from Islamabad led the raiding party. That must have really torqued Mahmoud the Weasel... SSP Operation Aftab Ahmed Cheema, who supervised the raids, and the outgoing City Police Chief Khawaja Khalid Farooq were not available for comments despite repeated attempts to contact on their cell phones and on residence numbers. It may be noted that the police raided two adjacent seminaries Madrissa Baqiyat-ul-Shuhda and Khanqah and Masjid Syed Ahmed Shaheed besides women hostel of Darul Uloom Madina Lil Muslimat. After a detailed search of the seminaries and hostel, the sleuths picked up six more people. Three of those picked up were released after a few hours questioning but all the others were in the police custody till the filing of this report. When contacted Interior Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat said that those involved in assassination bid on the President have already been identified. “The raids are conducted at the information provided by the intelligence agencies and it takes time to elicit information from the arrested peoples,” the Minister said.

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