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Father of alleged lynched Pakistani pilot casts doubt on India’s claims

2019-03-07

[ALMASDARNEWS] Pakistain claimed that it shot down two Indian warplanes in a dogfight over Kashmire last week, but India said that it lost only one aircraft and had also downed a Pak Air Force (PAF) F-16 fighter jet. Islamabad captured and later released an Indian pilot as a goodwill gesture, but reports also emerged about the alleged death of the pilot who flew the Pak F-16. According to a story first reported by Indian news site Firstpost last week and then picked up by multiple Indian media outlets, the pilot, called Shahaz-ud-Din, bailed out of the crashing plane and landed somewhere in the Pakistain-ruled part of Kashmire. Firstpost alleged, citing London-based lawyer Khalid Umar, that an angry mob mistook Shahaz-ud-Din for an Indian pilot and tried to lynch him; he is said to have later died in hospital because of sustained injuries. According to Khalid Umar, who claimed to have talked to the pilot’s relatives, Shahaz-ud-Din was a son of retired Pak Air Marshal Wasimuddin. However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... a further look into this story casts doubt on Umar’s allegations. The Hong-Kong based Asia Times found out that while Wasimuddin did serve in the air force, he did not have a son named Shahaz-ud-Din. The veteran marshal told the website that he had two sons who had never flown a plane and have never served for the PAF. One of them, Aleem Uddin, is said to be studying in the UK, while the other one, Waqar Uddin, is a telecom employee. "I have not considered any legal action [against the Indian media]. I actually laughed them off. My sons have been abroad for years. Unfortunately, they have been needlessly dragged into all this," Wasimuddin was quoted as saying.

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Bomb hits police van in KP, kills three

2011-10-02

[Dawn] A roadside kaboom targeting a police van on Saturday killed three newly recruited coppers and maimed 10 others in northwestern Pakistain, officials said. The incident took place in Torghar district, a mountainous region of restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... province, where forces of Evil frequently attack government officials and troops. "It was a remote-controlled bomb. The target was the police vehicle. Three police recruits were killed and 10 were maimed," Farid Khan, the district's top police officer, told AFP. Khalid Umarzai, another senior government official in the area confirmed the incident and the casualties.

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Kohat police foil terror bid

2010-12-12

[Pak Daily Times] Police in northwestern Pakistain on Saturday seized a pick-up truck packed with a tonne of explosives, averting an attack that they said could have caused mass destruction. Dilawar Bangash, a local police chief in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... said the attackers intended to use the truck bomb to target religious processions in the city of Kohat marking the holy month of Muharram. Two suspects were jugged, he said, adding that two boom jackets were also seized in the operation. "Thank God, they failed to carry out the attack. It could have caused massive destruction," Khalid Umarzai, local administration chief told a private TV channel.

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TTP threatens war if army operation not stopped

2008-08-18

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Mohmand Agency Commander Khalid Umar on Sunday threatened Bajaur Agency's administration with war if the government did not stop operation against the people of the agency. Khalid called upon the federal government to stop oppressing the people of Bajaur Agency otherwise they would announce a state of war against the agency's administration. He also warned that those involved in spying against Taliban would be severely punished.

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Missile attack on 'special dinner' at Damdola: Officials probing presence of foreign militants

2008-05-17

Counter-terrorism authorities are investigating the presence of foreign militants at Wednesday night’s “special dinner” at Damdola that was struck ostensibly by guided missiles, sources told Daily Times on Friday. “It was a special dinner and guests included Wazir and Mohmand militants,” a source told Daily Times on condition of anonymity. “The Taliban have cordoned off the area and our special agents have not found a clue as to whether there was a high value target or any foreign militants [at the dinner]. But since guests were invited from other regions as well, that makes us suspicious of the presence of special foreign guests,” the source said. Taliban commander in Mohmand tribal region Khalid Umar’s brother Shah Wali was among the dead in the Wednesday night airstrike. NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani called the strike “an attack on Pakistan’s sovereignty” and said he was personally touched by the killing of eight-year-old pleasure boy in the attack. Taliban spokesman Maulvi Umar denies foreign militants were among the dead. He told reporters only local and “innocent” people were killed in the strike. Wednesday’s airstrike is third of its kind since January 2006. All three strikes were made at suspected targets in Mamoond tehsil, believed to be the stronghold of the Taliban in Bajaur. Bajaur tribal region overlooks Afghanistan’s Kunar province where the US forces are facing stiff resistance from militants, also including Arab fighters loyal to Osama Bin Laden. US diplomats expressed concern at an increase in cross-border movement between Pakistan and Afghanistan at Bajaur and over agreements made with militants to buy peace. The NWFP government is negotiating a peace deal with militants loyal to rebel cleric Mullah Fazlullah in Swat district while the new coalition government of the liberal-democrat Awami National Party and the Pakistan People’s Party freed Sufi Muhammad, leader of banned Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi. Death toll: Local sources in Damadola said the death toll is higher than what the Taliban had said. “The casualties are as high as 20,” they said. The Taliban say only eight people were killed.

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