More than 120 suspects arrested, heavy weapons seized in Islamabad

[Sulman Badshah]

In a major action against miscreants in the federal capital, the police and Rangers personnel arrested one hundred and twenty one (121) suspects during joint search operation in different localities in Bhara Kahu area of Islamabadon on Friday.

“The search operation was conducted on a tip-off from security agencies and 121 suspects were detained,” the police said. Those arrested included 12 Afghan nationals.

According to police, four 9mm rifles, 19 pistols, 890 bullets and other weapons were recovered in the operation.

According to details, the whole area of Barakahu was cordoned off to ensure that no one escapes. The search operation was carried in the houses identified by the intelligence agencies.

Police sources said that Bara Kahu is infested by criminals, many of them Afghans who are living in the vicinity of the capital to carry out their activities. Many are involved in different crimes including robbery and theft of vehicles as well as smuggling and sale of narcotics and arms.

 

[punit]

In a major action against miscreants in the federal capital, the police and Rangers personnel arrested one hundred and twenty one (121) suspects during joint search operation in different localities in Bhara Kahu area of Islamabadon on Friday.

“The search operation was conducted on a tip-off from security agencies and 121 suspects were detained,” the police said. Those arrested included 12 Afghan nationals.

According to police, four 9mm rifles, 19 pistols, 890 bullets and other weapons were recovered in the operation.

According to details, the whole area of Barakahu was cordoned off to ensure that no one escapes. The search operation was carried in the houses identified by the intelligence agencies.

Police sources said that Bara Kahu is infested by criminals, many of them Afghans who are living in the vicinity of the capital to carry out their activities. Many are involved in different crimes including robbery and theft of vehicles as well as smuggling and sale of narcotics and arms.

MQM in Lahore as well ?

 

[unleashed]

In a major action against miscreants in the federal capital, the police and Rangers personnel arrested one hundred and twenty one (121) suspects during joint search operation in different localities in Bhara Kahu area of Islamabadon on Friday.

“The search operation was conducted on a tip-off from security agencies and 121 suspects were detained,” the police said. Those arrested included 12 Afghan nationals.

According to police, four 9mm rifles, 19 pistols, 890 bullets and other weapons were recovered in the operation.

According to details, the whole area of Barakahu was cordoned off to ensure that no one escapes. The search operation was carried in the houses identified by the intelligence agencies.

Police sources said that Bara Kahu is infested by criminals, many of them Afghans who are living in the vicinity of the capital to carry out their activities. Many are involved in different crimes including robbery and theft of vehicles as well as smuggling and sale of narcotics and arms.

Where are heavy weapons??

 

[Imran Khan]

you guys can collect all migrants from earth so paksitan will be peaceful

 

[Hussain Farooqui]

No real punishments are given to terrorists responsible for terrorism in Pakistan. Most of them get exonerated after judicial trials and then restart their subversive activities. Let alone civilian courts, even military courts have not practically given any death punishments to any culprits who are ravaging our society.

 

[graphican]

121 is huge number.. looks like entire division of terrorists is nabbed. Good job Rangers.

What would Rangers be doing with these many people as thousands have been arrested over the last few months. Are they kept captive or are they said good bye with a Nimaze-e-Janaza.

 

[al_asad_al_mulk]

The rising threat of terrorism and Afghan refugees in Pakistan
Pakistan suffered a great shock with three major bomb attacks carried out in the country in the past month. In a recent attack, six people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Lahore police headquarters. Less than two weeks ago, a Shia mosque in Peshawar was attacked during the Friday prayer (the most crowded time in a mosque), which killed 20 civilians and injured more than 50 people.

The Pakistani Taliban undertook both attacks. Mohammad Horasani, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, made a statement regarding the attacks and said the reason for the attack was the execution by the Pakistani government last December of Dr. Usman, who was said to be the mastermind behind the attack on the Pakistani Army general headquarters in October 2009. Horasani also said they would continue to take revenge and that these attacks were just the start.

The gradual increase in attacks that target civilians in Pakistan points to the possible chaos in the country, which is going through a very critical period in terms of security and stability. Less than a month ago, another Shia mosque in Shikarpur was attacked, and more than 60 civilians died. In another attack on a military high school in Peshawar on Dec. 16, more than 150 people were killed, including 134 children.

Following the attacks, the death penalty, which had been abolished several years ago, was reinstated and the militants who were held responsible for the military high school attack were executed. The main purpose of the attacks carried out by different groups in the Pakistani Taliban in the past month was to call the Pakistani government to account and take revenge.

It was declared earlier that a wing of the Pakistani Taliban paid homage to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). ISIL aims to increase its activities in Central Asia as well as in South Asia, another unstable, volatile region after the Middle East. The Pakistani administration has taken new measures in order to follow an active and effective policy against terrorist groups especially after the military high school attack. After reinstating the death penalty, the Pakistani government also established military courts to make an imprisonment sentence quicker and increased the number and expanded the area of attacks in particular in areas close to the border of Afghanistan.

However, these measures are problematic as they either focus on the expansion of current military operations or on the militants who have carried out the attacks. There is no policy aiming to prevent possible attacks and take pre-emptive action. Yet, there has to be efficient and effective policies that aim to deal with the daily problems of the Shiites and other religious minority groups such as discrimination and violence.

The Afghan refugees in Pakistan are one of the most affected groups from such attacks, which have increased gradually. These refugees, who had to flee Afghanistan due to the climate of war in the past 35 years and took refuge in Pakistan, have been experiencing hardship here but at the same time they live shoulder-to-shoulder with their Pakistani neighbors. In the wake of the recent attacks, Afghan refugees began to be exposed to violence and marginalization from Pakistani officials and their Pakistani neighbors. Even though the Pakistani Taliban carried out the military high school attack, two of the attackers were Afghan, and this is one of the main reasons there has been use of violence and anger towards Afghan refugees.

According to the International Migration Office (IMO), the number of Afghan refugees who returned to their homeland in the first five weeks of this year is 22,560. On a daily basis an average of 100 families (650 people) return to Afghanistan due to the harassment and threats they face from Pakistani officials and citizens. The number of refugees who returned to Afghanistan in January is 23 times higher than the figure in December of last year, which poses a great risk for the future. Moreover, the Pakistani authorities in January alone deported more than one-third of the total number of Afghans who were deported in 2014.

The recent attacks in the country brought the Pakistani government and the opposition together on the same page after a very long time. It is clearly very important to get wide public support on the measures taken and develop policies to fight against terrorism. However, it is also a serious issue that these decisions and their implementations should be "right" and inclusive and should not exclude and factionalize the Afghan refuges and religious minority groups. After all, Afghanistan is currently not capable of providing a peaceful and prosperous life for these people due to its unstable and unsecure environment.

*Salih Doğan is a research fellow at the Turkey Institute, a Ph.D. candidate at Keele University and a research assistant at Turgut Özal University.
The rising threat of terrorism and Afghan refugees in Pakistan

 

[tarrar]

Afghan refugees is & are an automatic hiding & hiring place for foreign countries. Deporting them from Pakistan asap is what is required & no time should be wasted in doing so.