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Allama Khalid Mehmood Nadeem

Allama Khalid Mehmood Nadeem

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Pak Purge:ECP moved to remove Imran's name as PTI chairman, declare party ineligible for electoral symbol

2023-10-04

[GEO.TV] The Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) has been moved to remove former prime minister Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who anti-establishment Pak premier, who was hounded out of office, arrested, jailed, and will likely be hung by his political opponents... 's name as 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) chairman and declare the party ineligible for obtaining electoral symbol. According to details available with Geo News, the electoral body will hear three separate petitions filed against the former ruling party on October 10 by Khalid Mehmood Khan and Mohammad Awn Saqlain. Besides seeking the removal of Imran's name as party chairman in the ECP's record, Khan— in one of his petitions — has also sought the electoral body's action against PTI, alleging that the party is still receiving "prohibited funds from foreign entities". Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently... another application filed by Mohammad Awn Saqlain seeks PTI to be declared ineligible for electoral symbols under Section 215(4) of the Election Rules 2017. The ECP will also hear a case against PTI's former leader Fawad Chaudhry for making "contemptuous" remarks and "intemperate" language against the electoral body and its officials. It is pertinent to know that at present, PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan is imprisoned in Adiala jail in cipher case after the Federal Investigation Agency — in August — booked the PTI chief under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly misplacing and misusing the classified document for their vested political interests. Separately, the electoral body has also fixed a preliminary hearing on October 10 in response to the application filed by Syed Aziz Ud Din Kaka Khel seeking the removal of biased cabinet members of the caretaker government to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections.

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Anti-Narcotics Force arrests Rana Sanaullah from Islamabad-Lahore motorway

2019-07-02

[DAWN] PML-N Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... President Rana Sanaullah Khan was arrested on Monday by the Anti Narcotics Force's (ANF) Lahore team while he was traveling from 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... to Lahore, sources in the ANF confirmed to DawnNewsTV. The senior PML-N politician was arrested from the Islamabad-Lahore motorway near the Sukheki area, the sources said. The ANF has not officially specified the charges on which Sanaullah has been picked up, but spokesperson Riaz Soomro said drugs were recovered from Sanaullah's car. The quantity and type of drugs recovered is still being assessed, he said. "We are having some difficulties getting information from ANF Lahore," he said. "ANF does not arrest any individual without due cause." Force Commander Brig Khalid Mehmood is overseeing the investigation, the ANF spokesperson told DawnNewsTV. Sanaullah is being kept in ANF Police Station I, he added. "ANF Headquarters Rawalpindi is in touch with ANF Lahore. A statement on the drugs recovered can only be issued after completion of due process," he said. PML-N leader Attaullah Tarrar had earlier told news hounds that he had contacted Sanullah today. According to him, the PML-N provincial president was about to leave the Sukheki area to attend a meeting in Lahore. The former provincial law minister was appointed president of PML-N Punjab in May this year. PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the arrest and said that Sanaullah was arrested without any allegation and case against him. He termed it the worst example of "lawlessness and political Dire Revenge". Sharif alleged that it was another example of using state institutions against political opponents. He demanded of the government to produce Sanaullah before a court of law.

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Chhotu Gang ringleader, his 19 accomplices get death on 18 counts

2019-03-14

[DAWN] MULTAN: An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday sentenced Ghulam Rasool Chhotu, the ringleader of notorious Chhotu Gang, and his 19 accomplices to death on 18 counts, besides slapping Rs6.2 million fine on them. The judgment was pronounced by the ATC No 1 (camped at New Central Jail) Judge Malik Khalid Mehmood. Two minor convicts, Qasim and Samad, have been handed down life terms on 19 counts each. Each of the 22 convicts will also have to pay Rs6.2 million fine. The court also directed to forfeit the properties of the convicts. The court stated that "the case property shall be kept intact till the decision of appeal or revision, if any". The convicts have been given the benefit of section 382-B of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and all the sentences of imprisonment will run concurrently. The convicts can file appeals in the Lahore High Court within 15 days as enshrined under section 3 of the Section 25 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. The judge, issuing their perpetual non-bailable arrest warrants, ordered the station house officer (SHO) concerned to arrest and present them before the court for their trial. Challans of the cases were submitted in 2016 and total 56 witnesses recorded their statements. Nine cases were filed against Chhotu Gang in Rahim Yar Khan. Police backed by military helicopters had raided the gang’s hideouts. Help of army was sought after police lost six personnel in an operation against the gang. Finally, the ringleader and his gang members had surrendered unconditionally to the army in an operation titled Zarb-e-Ahan in which 24 coppers who had been taken hostage were also rescued.

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Islamabad High Court overturns acquittal of Axact CEO in fake degrees case

2018-04-26

Good lord, is this case still going on? [DAWN] The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday overturned the acquittal of Axact chief executive officer Shoaib Sheikh and other officials of the company in the fake degrees case by a sessions court. A two-member bench of the court comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the verdict on an appeal of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against the acquittal. Ordering a retrial of the case, the IHC ordered the sessions judge Islamabad (West) to decide the matter after hearing all the arguments afresh. See: The spectacular crash of Shoaib Sheikh's digital empire However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... the court extended some relief to the accused by leaving open the option for them to submit new surety bonds to secure bail and avoid arrest. During a hearing of the appeal last month, a law officer of the federal government had requested the IHC to order retrial of the Axact CEO and other officials of his IT company because they had been acquitted by a district and sessions judge after receiving a bribe. Deputy Attorney General Raja Khalid Mehmood Khan had said that despite admission of additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) Pervaizul Qadir Memon that he had taken a bribe for issuing a favourable verdict, the judgement was still intact. Besides Axact, Sheikh also owns Bol TV network. ADSJ Memon had acquitted Sheikh and others in the fake degrees case on October 31, 2016. Later the judge was sacked on February 15, 2018 due to his admission of receiving Rs5 million bribe for acquitting the accused. Axact first came into the limelight in 2015 when a New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... report titled "Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pak Company Axact Reaps Millions" outlined how the "secretive Pak software company" had allegedly earned millions of dollars from scams involving fake degrees, non-existent online universities and manipulation of customers.

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Govt wants de novo trial of Axact chief in fake degree case

2018-02-15

[DAWN] The federal government wanted a de novo trial of Axact ...the secretive Pakistani software company accused of taking hundreds of millions of dollars from scams involving fake degrees, non-existent online universities and manipulation of customers across 197 countries... chief executive officer Shoaib Ahmed Sheikh and other members of the company in the fake degree case. This was stated by Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Raja Khalid Mehmood Khan during the hearing of the appeal filed by Federal Inv­es­tigation Agency (FIA) against the acquittal of Mr Sheikh before a division bench of the Islam­abad High Court (IHC) headed by Justice Athar Minallah. When the bench resumed the hearing of the FIA’s appeal on Tuesday, the DAG requested the court to remand this case back for a re-trial.

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Two women murdered in Chakwal

2017-12-21

[DAWN] Two women were killed apparently in the name of honour in separate incidents, sources said on Tuesday. A man shot his married sister dead in Thaneel Fatohi village located in the Saddar police area. According to the villagers and police, the woman eloped with a man of Thaneel Fatohi village a few years ago and they had three children. But the women and her family reached reconciliation recently. "After the reconciliation she phoned her brother and asked him to visit her and her children," a village elder told Dawn. He added that the brother of the woman came to her house and spent a night there. "In the morning he opened fire on his sister killing her on the spot," the villager added. The husband of the woman is already in jail in murder case. The second incident occurred in Laiti village located in the area of Tamman cop shoppe where two brothers allegedly throttled their niece to death for the sake of honour. According to investigating officer Khalid Mehmood, the 18-year-old girl bravely ran away with a boy a few weeks ago and her family members traced her and brought her back. "The girl’s father was not present at his home as he worked out of Chakwal. At his behest his two brothers strangled the girl as they were angry on her elopement and they also feared that she might elope again," the IO told Dawn. "We have jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! the father of the girl and are trying our best to trace the other accused," the IO maintained.

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Multan woman handed death sentence for husband's murder

2017-10-18

[DAWN] An anti-terrorism court in Multan on Tuesday sentenced a woman to death on two counts while also handing her a life imprisonment sentence after finding her guilty of murdering her husband. A first information report had been registered against the accused, Yasmeen, at Ludden Vehari Police Station in Multan on June 23. Judge Malik Khalid Mehmood, in his verdict said that Yasmeen has been found guilty of "the brutal and gruesome murder of her husband," Muhammad Imran Ashraf. "The convict sprinkled acid on Muhammad Irfan Ashraf, entailing his death," the verdict noted. Yasmeen was sentenced to death under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and the Pakistain Penal Code. She has also been made liable to pay a fine of Rs20,000.

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2 soldiers die in IED blast in Tirah Valley

2016-08-19

KHYBER AGENCY - Two soldiers embraced martyrdom and eight others sustained injuries when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by militants went off here in Koki Khel tehsil of Jamrud in Tirah Valley in the wee hours of Wednesday. Sources in the security forces, while confirming the incident, said that the soldiers were on their routine patrolling when they were hit by the IED. Soon after the incident, the reinforcement of troops moved to the site and shifted the wounded to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar for medical treatment, sources said. The deceased were identified as hawaldar Inayat and naik Detaal. The injured included sepoy Muhammad Din, Imam-ud-Din, Seengar, Mumtaz, Tehsin, lance naik Mohammad Sohail, Naik Muhammad Riaz and hawaldar Muhammad Ameen. Meanwhile, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Eng Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Wednesday expressed his deep shock and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in Khyber Agency’s Rajgal Valley blast. In a statement, the governor expressed heartfelt sympathies with the members of the bereaved families and said that Pakistani nation stood united with military in the war against terrorism which will be rooted out by force of unity. He said the sacrifices rendered by security forces will not go waist, adding, that the operation against terrorists to curb the wave of militancy and terrorism will continue till elimination of the last terrorist. He also prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls and courage to the bereaved families to bear the irreparable loss with patience. He also wished early recovery of the injured. DPO BUNER ESCAPES BLAST Meanwhile, District Police Officer (DPO) Buner Khalid Mehmood Hamdani survived a terror attack and bomb explosion. However, two of his security guards sustained injuries. According to details, Hamdani was on way to attend a meeting with DIG Malakand. When he reached Nawagai area located in district Swat, a roadside planted improvised explosive device went off at around 11:30 am soon after the car he was traveling passed through. Sources said the DPO remained unhurt in the blast, however, one of his security vehicles was reportedly damaged in the blast and two of his security guards sustained injuries. One injured police guard was identified as Nizam while name of the other injured guard could not be ascertained till filing of this report. The injured police personnel were shifted to hospital, where there condition was stated to be stable. After the blast, sources added, the militants started firing on police and exchange of fire continued for some time. Police retaliated with full force, resultantly the attackers fled away. Confirming the incident, police officials said the incident happened at Nawagai area which falls in the jurisdiction of district Swat. They said that DPO Buner remained safe in the attack. Published in The Nation newspaper on 18-Aug-2016

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JUI-F sit-ins end as govt agrees to send Soomro murder case to military court

2015-12-27

[DAWN] Province-wide protest demonstrations and sit-ins of the 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 (JUI-F) came to an end on Saturday evening after Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah promised to send the murder case of the slain leader Khalid Mehmood Soomro to a military court for trial. A large number of JUI-F workers erupted into the streets across Sindh cities and towns demanding trial by a military court of those tossed in the clink Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! for their alleged involvement in the killing of Dr Soomro, who was rubbed out in Sukkur on Nov 29, 2014. In 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... , JUI-F workers and leaders gathered in front of the Karachi Press Club to stage a protest demonstration.

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JUI-F pledges full support to army against any external aggression

2015-12-01

[DAWN] 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 (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ... , addressing what appeared to be one of the biggest gatherings organised by the party in Sindh, on Sunday threw his party's weight behind the army chief "in defending every inch of the country's territory" in the face of a threat from the US and its allies. Besides him, a host of leaders including Senate Deputy Chairman Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidery, Maulana Saeed Yousuf, Maulana Mohammed Amjad Khan, Syed Salman Gillani, Nayab Sarkash Sindhi (of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz), Qari Mohammed Usman, Malik Sikandar (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... ), Rashid Mehmood Soomro and Nasir Mehmood Soomro spoke to the participants at the gathering titled 'Shaheed-e-Islam conference' held to pay tribute to JUI-F leader Dr Khalid Mehmood Soomro on his first death anniversary. The conference was held in the Peoples Stadium which was packed with JUI-F leaders, activists and supporters who came from across the country. Delegations from from other countries including the United Kingdom, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Yemen, Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... and Dubai also participated in the conference. The JUI-F chief paid tribute to Dr Soomro for his services to Islam, the Ummah and Pakistain, and strongly condemned his liquidation which, he said, was part of the West's conspiracy to replace Muslim rulers with liberal ones around the world. He also made mention of terrorist attacks on himself, Akram Khan Durrani and other JUI-F leaders as well as Learned Elders of Islam over the past few years in the country.

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35 cases against Safoora Goth bus attack suspects may be sent to military courts

2015-08-25

[DAWN] KARACHI: The Sindh police plan to send 35 cases of terrorist activities allegedly carried out by Safoora Goth bus attack suspects, believed to be local operatives of self-styled Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... , to military courts, official sources say. Apart from the crimes committed by bus attack suspects, two more high-profile cases of Shikarpur Imambargah ...since Pakistain is very religiously correct, Shia Moslems can't call their houses of worship 'mosques,' which are reserved for Sunnis. It's not clear if imambargahs are used for explosives storage like mosques are... attack and murder of Jamaat Ulema-e-Pakistain (JUI-F) leader Dr Khalid Mehmood Soomro had been lately re-examined by the authorities to be forwarded to the military courts, said sources. But unlike the case of JUI-F leader, police authorities did not sound convinced to forward the murder case of 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) leader Zahra Shahid Hussain as well for trial by military courts, said the sources. "We have identified 35 incidents of terrorism and other crimes, which were carried out by the bus attack suspects," said a bigwig privy to recently held series of meetings on re-examination of all terrorism-related cases before sending them to the home department that would then forward them to military courts. "The most brutal one was obviously terrorist attack on Ismaili community bus which claimed dozens of lives. Then comes killing of social activist Sabeen Mahmud, attacks on Rangers personnel and coppers in 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... and Hyderabad, grenade attack on a Karachi school, attacks on Bohri community people, attack on American educationist Debra Lobo and the list goes on," he said. The Sindh police decided to 're-examine' all terrorism-related cases on the basis of severity of the crime before recommending them to the home department in the wake of Supreme Court decision in favour of military courts. The decision was taken after detailed discussion at a recent meeting chaired by Sindh IG police Ghulam Haider Jamali at the central police office, said the sources. "Police decided to try the suspects in Khalid Mahmood Soomro murder case in military courts as the slain leader was a main figure in a leading political party. His murder in November 2014 was marked as high-profile," said the official. "The January 2015 bombing of Shikarpur Imambargah has also been added to the list. It's the worst case of sectarian terrorism in Sindh in recent history. So it was also marked as a case fit for military courts." He said the Zahra Shahid murder case was also discussed at the meeting but the officials were not convinced over recommending it.

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Three wanted ‘terrorists’ arrested

2015-04-21

[Dawn] PESHAWAR/BUNER: Three alleged holy warriors were on Monday nabbed I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! , two from Buner and one from the outskirts of the scenic provincial capital. 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. , the counter-terrorism department arrested the suspected terrorist identified as Alamzeb in the limits of Peshtakhara cop shoppe. An official said the hard boy was wanted to law enforcers in different cases of terrorism and had been absconding. Carrying head money of Rs0.5 million, the suspect is stated to be member of a proscribed outfit. Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system... Buner district police officer Syed Khalid Mehmood Hamdani told media persons at Daggar that police's special operations group arrested two bandidos snuffies identified as Mohammad Rahim and Mohammad Zada. He said explosives, ammunition and the arms looted from Ambela police post in 2009 were also recovered from their hideout in Elum Ghar. Mr Hamdani said the seizure included two Kalashnikovs, two rifles, 750 gram explosives, eight meters prima card, safety fuses, four magazines and 267 rounds. Meanwhile in Peshawar, police arrested two men in Peshtakhara area. An official said when police signaled a car to stop, the people on board the vehicle opened fire on police. The police also fired back and managed to arrest the attackers. They were identified as Gul Zaman and Suhail Khan of Regi village. Police also recovered a Kalashnikov from their possession and also seized the car. A case against them was registered at Peshatakhara cop shoppe.

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