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Pakistan targets Lashkar, Jaish, with “intelligence-based operations”
Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad launched to fight terrorism across country
By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 22nd February 17
Even those sceptical of Pakistan’s insistence that it is cracking down on jihadists of every hue are now admitting that something has clearly changed from the days when only token action would be taken against “India-focussed” groups.
On Wednesday evening, the Pakistan Army announced it had launched Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad across the country. This includes counter-terrorism operations, aimed at “indiscriminately eliminating residual/latent threat of terrorism”.
On Wednesday, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief, Hafiz Saeed, who has been railing at his government for detaining him at “India’s behest”, challenged his January 30 detention in the Lahore High Court. In the past, the courts had supinely ordered Saeed’s release --- as also that of his terrorist assistant, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi who masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai strike.
This time, however, with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s federal government, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s Punjab government and the army under General Qamar Bajwa clearly coordinating closely, the High Court in Lahore could well display a stiffer backbone when it hears Saeed’s appeal.
The army, particularly, has been unequivocal in backing Saeed’s arrest. The day after it happened, Pakistan’s military’s spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor stated: “This (Saeed’s arrest) is a policy decision that the state took in [the] national interest.” On Sunday, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif termed Saeed a “serious threat to [Pakistani] society” and said he had been arrested in Pakistan’s “larger interest”.
Numerous theories are being advanced for Pakistan’s new resolve. These include pressure from Beijing; and Islamabad’s worry of being punished by the new administration of President Donald Trump. In fact, the primary driver of the drive against Pakistan’s terrorist proxies is the new army chief, Bajwa.
As Business Standard first reported (January 11, “Is Pak Army preparing to turn on LeT and Jaish?”), Bajwa believes Pakistan’s national security interests lie in ending the spiral of hostility with India. For that, he is ready to curb the LeT and JeM, long coddled as “strategic assets” for proxy strikes against targets in India.
Consequently, not just does Saeed find himself in custody, his “humanitarian” fronts -- Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falaha-e-Insaaniyat (FIF) --- too have been officially proscribed under the 2nd Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.
This week, the Pakistani government cancelled 44 weapons licences that had been granted to Hafiz Saeed and his group members. Earlier, Saeed and 37 members of the JuD and FIF were placed on an Exit Control List, requiring them to obtain special government permission to travel out of Pakistan.
Tightening the squeeze, the army is facilitating sweeps by the Punjab Police’s counter-terrorism wing and the paramilitary Rangers across southern Punjab to kill or arrest terrorists, especially from these groups.
These are termed “intelligence based operations” (IBOs). According to Pakistan Army sources, an IBO is typically based on specific information about jihadis from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or the police’s counter-terrorism wing. It involves cordoning and searching a village or locality by mixed task forces, with the Pakistan Army sometimes assisting in cordoning off the area, while the Punjab Policy actual apprehends the terrorists.
The IBOs are achieving notable results. On Friday, a day after a suicide bomber killed 72 worshippers and injured 150 in the popular Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (of “Dama Dam Mast Qalandar” fame) in the Sindhi town of Sehwan Sharif, the army retaliated by killing over a hundred terrorists in IBOs.
Now the paramilitary Rangers will be joining this crackdown. On Wednesday, the federal government approved the request from Punjab Chief Minister Shabaz Sharif, made on Sunday, for 2,000 Rangers to beef up IBOs in Southern Punjab. Going back on its traditional reluctance to grant police powers to a paramilitary organisation, the Punjab government has granted the Rangers powers of search, seizure and arrest.
The Pakistan Rangers are more potent than the police, since they are officered by the Pakistan Army. Responsible (like India’s Border Security Force) for manning the Indo-Pakistan border, Indians know the Rangers as the troops who perform the coordinated flag ceremony at the Wagah-Atari border near Amritsar.
Pakistan seeks to tackle terrorism under the umbrella of a National Action Plan (NAP), which was approved in an all-party meeting after the terror strike in December 2014, when seven Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) gunmen killed 141 people in Army Public School, Peshawar, including 132 schoolchildren.
Under the NAP, former army chief, General Raheel Sharif, had selectively targeted “anti-Pakistan” groups like the TTP, while protecting “strategic assets” like the LeT and JeM, the Haqqani network and the Afghan Taliban.
Bajwa’s unusual conviction on the need to stay out of politics also manifested in Nawaz Sharif’s selection of Tehmina Janjua as foreign secretary, side-lining the army’s choice, the current High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit. Janjua is the junior-most of the Pakistan foreign ministry’s 13 apex rank (Grade 22) officers, and has no experience in New Delhi. Yet, Bajwa quietly accepted Nawaz’s choice.
Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad launched to fight terrorism across country
By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 22nd February 17
Even those sceptical of Pakistan’s insistence that it is cracking down on jihadists of every hue are now admitting that something has clearly changed from the days when only token action would be taken against “India-focussed” groups.
On Wednesday evening, the Pakistan Army announced it had launched Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad across the country. This includes counter-terrorism operations, aimed at “indiscriminately eliminating residual/latent threat of terrorism”.
On Wednesday, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief, Hafiz Saeed, who has been railing at his government for detaining him at “India’s behest”, challenged his January 30 detention in the Lahore High Court. In the past, the courts had supinely ordered Saeed’s release --- as also that of his terrorist assistant, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi who masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai strike.
This time, however, with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s federal government, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s Punjab government and the army under General Qamar Bajwa clearly coordinating closely, the High Court in Lahore could well display a stiffer backbone when it hears Saeed’s appeal.
The army, particularly, has been unequivocal in backing Saeed’s arrest. The day after it happened, Pakistan’s military’s spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor stated: “This (Saeed’s arrest) is a policy decision that the state took in [the] national interest.” On Sunday, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif termed Saeed a “serious threat to [Pakistani] society” and said he had been arrested in Pakistan’s “larger interest”.
Numerous theories are being advanced for Pakistan’s new resolve. These include pressure from Beijing; and Islamabad’s worry of being punished by the new administration of President Donald Trump. In fact, the primary driver of the drive against Pakistan’s terrorist proxies is the new army chief, Bajwa.
As Business Standard first reported (January 11, “Is Pak Army preparing to turn on LeT and Jaish?”), Bajwa believes Pakistan’s national security interests lie in ending the spiral of hostility with India. For that, he is ready to curb the LeT and JeM, long coddled as “strategic assets” for proxy strikes against targets in India.
Consequently, not just does Saeed find himself in custody, his “humanitarian” fronts -- Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falaha-e-Insaaniyat (FIF) --- too have been officially proscribed under the 2nd Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.
This week, the Pakistani government cancelled 44 weapons licences that had been granted to Hafiz Saeed and his group members. Earlier, Saeed and 37 members of the JuD and FIF were placed on an Exit Control List, requiring them to obtain special government permission to travel out of Pakistan.
Tightening the squeeze, the army is facilitating sweeps by the Punjab Police’s counter-terrorism wing and the paramilitary Rangers across southern Punjab to kill or arrest terrorists, especially from these groups.
These are termed “intelligence based operations” (IBOs). According to Pakistan Army sources, an IBO is typically based on specific information about jihadis from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or the police’s counter-terrorism wing. It involves cordoning and searching a village or locality by mixed task forces, with the Pakistan Army sometimes assisting in cordoning off the area, while the Punjab Policy actual apprehends the terrorists.
The IBOs are achieving notable results. On Friday, a day after a suicide bomber killed 72 worshippers and injured 150 in the popular Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (of “Dama Dam Mast Qalandar” fame) in the Sindhi town of Sehwan Sharif, the army retaliated by killing over a hundred terrorists in IBOs.
Now the paramilitary Rangers will be joining this crackdown. On Wednesday, the federal government approved the request from Punjab Chief Minister Shabaz Sharif, made on Sunday, for 2,000 Rangers to beef up IBOs in Southern Punjab. Going back on its traditional reluctance to grant police powers to a paramilitary organisation, the Punjab government has granted the Rangers powers of search, seizure and arrest.
The Pakistan Rangers are more potent than the police, since they are officered by the Pakistan Army. Responsible (like India’s Border Security Force) for manning the Indo-Pakistan border, Indians know the Rangers as the troops who perform the coordinated flag ceremony at the Wagah-Atari border near Amritsar.
Pakistan seeks to tackle terrorism under the umbrella of a National Action Plan (NAP), which was approved in an all-party meeting after the terror strike in December 2014, when seven Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) gunmen killed 141 people in Army Public School, Peshawar, including 132 schoolchildren.
Under the NAP, former army chief, General Raheel Sharif, had selectively targeted “anti-Pakistan” groups like the TTP, while protecting “strategic assets” like the LeT and JeM, the Haqqani network and the Afghan Taliban.
Bajwa’s unusual conviction on the need to stay out of politics also manifested in Nawaz Sharif’s selection of Tehmina Janjua as foreign secretary, side-lining the army’s choice, the current High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit. Janjua is the junior-most of the Pakistan foreign ministry’s 13 apex rank (Grade 22) officers, and has no experience in New Delhi. Yet, Bajwa quietly accepted Nawaz’s choice.
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Security forces sweep Rawalpindi, claim arresting 40 people
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The Pakistan Army, Rangers and police conducted a combing operation in the Dhok Hassu area of Rawalpindi on Wednesday morning and claimed to have arrested 40 people following the announcement of Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.
The joint operation was conducted under the command of Colonel Amanullah of Pakistan Rangers Punjab. Out of the 40 arrested, 13 are said to be Afghan refugees. The arrested individuals were shifted to Ratah Imral police station, initial investigations have started.
A number of weapons were also confiscated in the sweep, with Amanullah confirming that the operation was carried out in the area with the help the army and the police.
The federal government on February 22 approved Punjab government’s request to deploy 2,000 Ragers personnel across the province for a duration of 60 days.
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The Pakistan Army also launched Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad across the country to contain the recent wave of terror attacks in the country.
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The Pakistan Army, Rangers and police conducted a combing operation in the Dhok Hassu area of Rawalpindi on Wednesday morning and claimed to have arrested 40 people following the announcement of Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.
The joint operation was conducted under the command of Colonel Amanullah of Pakistan Rangers Punjab. Out of the 40 arrested, 13 are said to be Afghan refugees. The arrested individuals were shifted to Ratah Imral police station, initial investigations have started.
A number of weapons were also confiscated in the sweep, with Amanullah confirming that the operation was carried out in the area with the help the army and the police.
The federal government on February 22 approved Punjab government’s request to deploy 2,000 Ragers personnel across the province for a duration of 60 days.
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The Pakistan Army also launched Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad across the country to contain the recent wave of terror attacks in the country.
In think Hafiz Saeed and his team should leave Pakistan and take assylum in Azad Kashmir. Of course AJK has indigenous govt. which can take strategic decisions and invite people for the cause with full freedom and authority. They take this step, they show their presence and the world sees it.
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Pakistan Army kills two high profile JuA terrorists
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army has achieved a major success in newly launched Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad as two high profile terrorists of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) were killed at Afghan border, security sources said.
Pakistan Army announced on Wednesday to launch operation ‘Radd-ul- Fasaad’ against terrorists all over the country.
Security sources said the terrorists killed in the shelling of Pakistan Army at Afghan border were mastermind of recent militant attack in Lahore that claimed 13 lives including two high police officials.
Both terrorists were affiliated to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. One of them has been identified as Hikmatyar alias Qari Zubair.
Zubair was coordinator of hostile agency and incharge of Punjab Transit Camp in Afghanistan.
The second includes Wajihullah alias Ahrar, who was sponsored by a hostile intelligence agency for terrorist activities in Pakistan, security sources said.
He was mastermind of recent suicide attack in Lahore and earlier incidents in Punjab, they added.
Troops and police have been on high alert in Pakistan after last week´s wave of attacks, including one in Lahore and another on a Sufi shrine in Sindh province, killed more than 100 people.
After the attacks, Islamabad launched a violent crackdown, with Pakistani forces saying they had killed dozens of "terrorists" and carried out strikes on militant hideouts along the border with Afghanistan.
Prior to last week´s attacks, Pakistani forces have been engaged in a series of offensives, mainly in the country´s troubled northwestern tribal region, in pursuit of Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants.
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army has achieved a major success in newly launched Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad as two high profile terrorists of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) were killed at Afghan border, security sources said.
Pakistan Army announced on Wednesday to launch operation ‘Radd-ul- Fasaad’ against terrorists all over the country.
Security sources said the terrorists killed in the shelling of Pakistan Army at Afghan border were mastermind of recent militant attack in Lahore that claimed 13 lives including two high police officials.
Both terrorists were affiliated to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. One of them has been identified as Hikmatyar alias Qari Zubair.
Zubair was coordinator of hostile agency and incharge of Punjab Transit Camp in Afghanistan.
The second includes Wajihullah alias Ahrar, who was sponsored by a hostile intelligence agency for terrorist activities in Pakistan, security sources said.
He was mastermind of recent suicide attack in Lahore and earlier incidents in Punjab, they added.
Troops and police have been on high alert in Pakistan after last week´s wave of attacks, including one in Lahore and another on a Sufi shrine in Sindh province, killed more than 100 people.
After the attacks, Islamabad launched a violent crackdown, with Pakistani forces saying they had killed dozens of "terrorists" and carried out strikes on militant hideouts along the border with Afghanistan.
Prior to last week´s attacks, Pakistani forces have been engaged in a series of offensives, mainly in the country´s troubled northwestern tribal region, in pursuit of Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants.
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Radd-ul-Fasaad: 100 suspects including a suicide bomber held, 6 terrorists killed
Last Updated On 24 February,2017 09:04 pm
Reportedly, advanced communication equipment was seized in a raid in Pir Wadhai of Rawalpindi
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Suicide bomber among 100 suspects have been held on Friday while six terrorists killed in counter-terror raids across the country under Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad of Pakistan Army.
Counter-terrorism Department gunned down six terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi over an encounter in Muzaffargarh’s Pati Sultan Mehmood. Operative of the banned outfit, Yasin alias Imran was among the killed extremists while four terrorists fled to survive the raid.
Security personnel seized four rifles, three pistols and grenades that the six militants held in their possession. Separately, a suicide bomber was held in Shikarpur who allegedly hails from Tajikistan.
Law enforcers seized a suicide vest and explosives in his possession and foiled the terror bid. Three Afghan nationals among more than 100 suspects were detained by Pakistan Rangers and law enforcement agencies in Pirwadhai area of Rawalpindi.
Reportedly, advanced communication equipment was seized in the raid.
Ongoing counter-terror operations are being conducted across Pakistan under the recently launched offensive of Pakistan Army called Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.
The across-the-country operation was launched earlier this week after Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired a meeting.
The offensive aims at eliminating terror ‘residue’ left in Pakistan after successful Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a large scale operation launched in June 2014 in tribal areas of Pakistan that has garnered enormous success with over 3,500 terrorists’ killings and pounding of hundreds of hideouts.
The recent wave of terrorism in Pakistan began with a suicide blast on Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam in Lahore that claimed 14 lives including that of Traffic Police DIG, Capt (r) Syed Mobin Ahmad.
In the days that followed, attacks in Peshawar, Quetta, Sehwan Sharif and other parts of provinces raised the death toll to over 100 and left at least 300 wounded.
Last Updated On 24 February,2017 09:04 pm
Reportedly, advanced communication equipment was seized in a raid in Pir Wadhai of Rawalpindi
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Suicide bomber among 100 suspects have been held on Friday while six terrorists killed in counter-terror raids across the country under Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad of Pakistan Army.
Counter-terrorism Department gunned down six terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi over an encounter in Muzaffargarh’s Pati Sultan Mehmood. Operative of the banned outfit, Yasin alias Imran was among the killed extremists while four terrorists fled to survive the raid.
Security personnel seized four rifles, three pistols and grenades that the six militants held in their possession. Separately, a suicide bomber was held in Shikarpur who allegedly hails from Tajikistan.
Law enforcers seized a suicide vest and explosives in his possession and foiled the terror bid. Three Afghan nationals among more than 100 suspects were detained by Pakistan Rangers and law enforcement agencies in Pirwadhai area of Rawalpindi.
Reportedly, advanced communication equipment was seized in the raid.
Ongoing counter-terror operations are being conducted across Pakistan under the recently launched offensive of Pakistan Army called Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.
The across-the-country operation was launched earlier this week after Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired a meeting.
The offensive aims at eliminating terror ‘residue’ left in Pakistan after successful Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a large scale operation launched in June 2014 in tribal areas of Pakistan that has garnered enormous success with over 3,500 terrorists’ killings and pounding of hundreds of hideouts.
The recent wave of terrorism in Pakistan began with a suicide blast on Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam in Lahore that claimed 14 lives including that of Traffic Police DIG, Capt (r) Syed Mobin Ahmad.
In the days that followed, attacks in Peshawar, Quetta, Sehwan Sharif and other parts of provinces raised the death toll to over 100 and left at least 300 wounded.
I notice whenever we announce something cricket related, the terrorists come out of their shell to carry out attacks. It's obvious who is trying to stop cricket from returning to Pakistan, but this tactic could be used to lure the terrorists out. We could make agreements with other countries where we would publicly say we are hosting a series without any intention of hosting a series just to lure these guys out as that's always the best time to catch them.
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88 suspects rounded up in countrywide combing operations
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Posted on February 26, 2017
ISLAMABAD: Security forces across the country apprehended at least 99 suspects in different raids as part of an ongoing combing operation, ARY News reported.
According to sources, law enforcement agencies conducted raids in different cities and took 88 suspects into custody. Of the total arrest, 65 were nabbed from Karachi and 12 from Lahore.
What is combing operation?
The combing operations are aimed at tracking the terrorists, their facilitators, accomplices and sleeper cells in different parts of the country and neutralising them. These operations also encompass granting more powers to civilian law enforcement agencies for meaningful action against terror suspects.
The security forces launched combing operations nation-wide after deadly bombing at a shrine in Sehwan Sharif, killing more than 80 people. The army announced to intensify crackdown on terrorists across the country and began combing operation with a pledge to root out menace of terrorism.
Pakistani security forces killed dozens of suspected militants, a day after Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing that killed more than 80 worshippers at a shrine.
The security response was swift.
“Over 100 terrorists have been killed since last night and sizeable apprehensions also made,” the military said last week
“Terrorists will be targeted ruthlessly, indiscriminately, anywhere and everywhere. No let up,” DG ISPR said in a statement.
Most of the other recent attacks have been claimed by factions of the Pakistani Taliban, which is waging its own fight against the government but whose ranks have also cooperated with and sometimes defected to Islamic State.
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unless and until we take this war to indian cities no matter what we do this scourge will continue unabated periodically keeping our economy crippled.
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This OP is so broad, I really wish our boys and girls so much success. These chootias have managed to engage our forces internally and the people dying daily are for Sindh and Punjab and KP. What we need now more than ever is unit and less of these luffy type lafanga types who preach pushtoon this and Punjabi that.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1317104/ispr-asks-public-to-report-suspicious-activity-on-1135-helpline
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Sukkur police arrest two men collecting charity for banned outfits
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Published: February 26, 2017
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The suspects arrested in Sukkur on Saturday. PHOTO: EXPRESS
SUKKUR: Sukkur police arrested on Saturday two men collecting charity for a banned outfit in the name of a madrassa based in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), said Sukkur SSP Amjad Ahmed Shaikh.
According to the SSP, the special branch of Sukkur arrested the two suspects, identified as Habibullah Pathan, resident of Mosuna Nagar, Abbotabad, and Amanullah Pathan, resident of Takht Nasari, Kurk, K-P near Mir Masoom Shah Minaret.
The two were collecting donations from the public and mosques in the name of Madrassa Shamsul Uloom Taleemul Quran, said police officials.
Receipts of donations and cash were also recovered from the suspects’ possession. According to SSP Shaikh, they had printed receipts in the name of the madrassa but were collecting charity for a banned outfit.
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Army mounts new nationwide offensive
A case was registered against them at A section police station, Sukkur, under the Anti-Terrorism Act, and sections of the Pakistan Penal Code. They will be produced in the court on Monday for sought of remand.
Explaining how the suspects were caught, an official of the special branch said the SP of Sukkur’s special branch, Mansoor Mughal, had received information that two suspects are living in a musafirkhana [inn] situated on Barrage Road. On this, the SP tasked his men to keep vigil on these people and report to him. Resultantly, the two suspects were arrested while collecting donations for the banned outfit.
Special branch officials said the suspects were living in Room No 1 of Zamindar Inn on Barrage Road, for the last few days.
Meanwhile, investigations are underway with the suspects as well the owner of the inn as to whether he had informed the police about the guests after they checked in or not.
According to the National Action Plan, which was formulated after the 2014 Peshawar attack, all owners of hotels, guesthouses and musafirkhanas have been instructed by police to provide information about all the guests, within five hours of the check-in time.
People have also been directed to get clearance of their respective areas before giving their houses or flats on rent.
Meanwhile, at least 23 Afghan officials were held from different areas of the city.
Pakistan Army launched Operation ‘Radd-ul-Fasad’ after a string of terrorist attacks left over 100 people dead across the country.
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The suspects arrested in Sukkur on Saturday. PHOTO: EXPRESS
SUKKUR: Sukkur police arrested on Saturday two men collecting charity for a banned outfit in the name of a madrassa based in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), said Sukkur SSP Amjad Ahmed Shaikh.
According to the SSP, the special branch of Sukkur arrested the two suspects, identified as Habibullah Pathan, resident of Mosuna Nagar, Abbotabad, and Amanullah Pathan, resident of Takht Nasari, Kurk, K-P near Mir Masoom Shah Minaret.
The two were collecting donations from the public and mosques in the name of Madrassa Shamsul Uloom Taleemul Quran, said police officials.
Receipts of donations and cash were also recovered from the suspects’ possession. According to SSP Shaikh, they had printed receipts in the name of the madrassa but were collecting charity for a banned outfit.
PHOTO: EXPRESS
Army mounts new nationwide offensive
A case was registered against them at A section police station, Sukkur, under the Anti-Terrorism Act, and sections of the Pakistan Penal Code. They will be produced in the court on Monday for sought of remand.
Explaining how the suspects were caught, an official of the special branch said the SP of Sukkur’s special branch, Mansoor Mughal, had received information that two suspects are living in a musafirkhana [inn] situated on Barrage Road. On this, the SP tasked his men to keep vigil on these people and report to him. Resultantly, the two suspects were arrested while collecting donations for the banned outfit.
Special branch officials said the suspects were living in Room No 1 of Zamindar Inn on Barrage Road, for the last few days.
Meanwhile, investigations are underway with the suspects as well the owner of the inn as to whether he had informed the police about the guests after they checked in or not.
According to the National Action Plan, which was formulated after the 2014 Peshawar attack, all owners of hotels, guesthouses and musafirkhanas have been instructed by police to provide information about all the guests, within five hours of the check-in time.
People have also been directed to get clearance of their respective areas before giving their houses or flats on rent.
Meanwhile, at least 23 Afghan officials were held from different areas of the city.
Pakistan Army launched Operation ‘Radd-ul-Fasad’ after a string of terrorist attacks left over 100 people dead across the country.
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he is also the mai baap of noora tubbar that lannat we have on us today! one cannot forget that as well.
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