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Altaf calls for crackdown on terrorists
Mustafa Kamal files papers for nazim’s slot
Kanwar Naveed of Muttahida is nazim’s candidate
Driver murdered, body found
Sohrab Goth incident: two cases registered
Gas pipeline attacked
3 ‘US spies’ killed, 15 terrorists arrested from Madrassa
Patience running out, US warns Syria
Altaf calls for crackdown on terrorists
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief, Altaf Hussain,
has called for immediate arrest of terrorists belonging to Jihadi
organisations and those patronising them. In a statement issued from London
on Monday, Altaf said that he is surprised that Karachi police and
administration held dialogue with the alleged ‘terrorists’ instead of
taking action against them for attacking a religious leader, setting ablaze
police checkpost, houses and opening fire on police and Rangers in which a
Rangers man was killed in Sohrab Goth area. He said the dialogues with
terrorists were held like the UN. "This shows that certain police
functionaries have alleged links with extremist organisations," he
contended. "When the govt has launched an operation against the Jihadi
terrorists in North Waziristan, why such action is not being taken in
Karachi," Altaf questioned and demanded of the president, PM, governor,
CM, corps commander, DG Rangers, and IGP to order for their immediate arrest.
Mustafa Kamal files papers for nazim’s slot
KARACHI, Sept 12: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has nominated Syed Mustafa Kamal as its candidate for the post of Karachi nazim, it is learnt. The Sindh Minister for Information Technology filed his nomination papers on Monday on behalf of the Haq parast group, sources said.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan People’s Party on Monday announced names of Awam Dost candidates for nazims’ slots in Keamari, Bin Qasim and Gadap towns. The names were announced by PPP’s Sindh chapter president Syed Qaim Ali Shah.
According to a statement issued here on Monday, the names have been approved by PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto.
Zulfikar Yunus has been nominated as a candidate for the post of nazim of Keamari Town, while Arif Jadoon would be his deputy and Arif Baloch as a covering candidate.
Ghulam Murtaza Baloch has been named as candidate for nazim’s slot in Gadap Town, with Saleem Memon for naib nazim. For Bin Qasim Town, Umar Jatt and Ishtiaq Shah have been nominated as candidates for nazim and naib nazim slots and there is no adjustment with any group.
Qasim Baloch and Malik Mohammad Khan will file papers for nazim’s slot in Lyari Town and Nasir Karim Baloch and Abdullah Rahim Baloch for naib nazim’s slot. A final decision about the candidates would be taken later.
Kanwar Naveed of Muttahida is nazim’s candidate
HYDERABAD, Sept 12: Parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Sindh Assembly Kanwar Naveed Jameel is being tipped as candidate for the district nazim post.
He submitted his nomination papers on Monday to the returning officer concerned.
In addition, 44 candidates, including 29 women, also filed nomination papers to different returning officers for reserved seats of taluka and district councils.
Kanwar Naveed Jameel, a former MNA and the first zonal organizer of MQM Hyderabad had gone to London a few days back and had returned on Sunday. He was elected to the Sindh Assembly from Karachi in 2002 general elections.
Driver murdered, body found
KARACHI: A driver was murdered and two persons lost their
lives in separate mishaps on Monday, police said.
According to details, Fazal-e-Azeem, 45, a driver residing
in Phase II of Gulshan-e-Hadeed, killed when another driver attacked him with
some sharp-edged weapon following a petty dispute.
Police have registered a case against driver Shahzad.
FOUND MURDERED: A strangled body with hands and legs tied
was found along the main road in Gaddani (Balochistan), which was brought to
the Civil Hospital and later placed in the Edhi morgue.
A decomposed body of a young man was found lying in an
isolated vicinity of Surjani Town. Passers-by informed the police, who
shifted it to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and later placed it in the Edhi
morgue.
DROWNS: Body of a young man was found lying along the
Lyari River near Teen Hatti. Residents informed the police, who shifted it to
the Civil Hospital, where the deceased was identified as Yaseen, 20, resident
of Bukhash Colony.
ELECTROCUTED: Muhammad Ali, 8, a resident of Orangi Town
No 10, was electrocuted when he touched an electric pole.
Sohrab Goth incident: two cases registered
KARACHI: The Sachchal and Sohrab Goth police have
registered two cases on Monday following the riots which resulted after
Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (JUI) leader Qari Abdul Razzak was shot at on Sunday
near Al-Asif Square.
The Sachchal police lodged a case against several unnamed
miscreants for burning a traffic police kiosk on complaint of Section Officer
(SO) traffic police while the Sohrab Goth police filed a case against armed
men who allegedly shot dead Rangers personnel Gulnawab.
According to details, armed men seated in a taxi fired at
Abdul Razzak as he was leaving a mosque situated in Jannat Town. After area
residents shifted the injured leader to Liaquat National Hospital, an angry
mob gathered on the streets and ransacked a traffic police kiosk. During the
violence, Gulnawab received fatal gunshot wounds and another injured, Tariq,
was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) where he died early on Monday
morning.
Area people told The News that during Law Enforcement
Agency (LEA) officials’ attempts to rein in the enraged mob, they fired at
the protesters and a stray bullet had injured Gulnawab. In response, some
miscreants might have fired at the LEA officials also, they said.
Sources told The News that traffic came to a standstill
for over eight hours causing hardships to the commuters travelling via
Superhighway.
However, no arrest was reported till filing of this
report.
Gas pipeline attacked
SUKKUR, Sept 12: A Frontier Constabulary picket and the main Sui gas pipeline came under rocket and mortar attack in the Bhittai colony police area near Kandhkot on Monday morning.
A group of armed men from Balochistan launched the attack on the Basket check-post of the Frontier Constabulary and police set up in the area to protect the main pipeline supplying Sui gas to Karachi and Punjab.
Three rockets and mortars fired by the outlaws landed in a nearby area while one mortar did not explode. There was no loss of life or property.
FC and police officials fired back, forcing the assailants to escape.
A bomb disposal squad defused the 75-pound mortar shell which was of Russian make.
3 ‘US spies’ killed, 15 terrorists arrested from Madrassa
PESHAWAR: Security forces apprehended 15 wanted
terrorists, including nine foreign nationals, on Monday during search
operation at Haqqani Madrassa located at Dande Darpakhel and two other places
of North Waziristan Agency.
More arrests were expected as the operation was going on
till filing of this report.
According to an ISPR press release, Corps Commander Lt-Gen
Safdar Hussain was present in the agency to supervise the operation.
The security forces along with officials of political
administration and local elders cordoned off Haqqani Madrassa and surrounding
compounds on reports regarding presence of terrorists at Dande Darpakhel area
located four kilometres south of Miranshah.
Officials of the political administration and tribal
elders accompanying the troops persuaded the inmates to hand over the
suspected persons. After hours of efforts, 12 terrorists including seven
Afghan nationals were apprehended.
Heavy weapons, including grenades, artillery rounds,
explosives, and improvised explosive devices, were recovered during search of
the compound.
Two more search operations were conducted at Miranshah and
Machikhel village near Mir Ali. Two Afghan nationals were held at Miranshah
and one suspect in Machikhel besides recovering huge cache of weapons and
ammunition.
AFP adds: Militants killed three people accused of being
spies for the United States by slitting their throats, local officials said
Monday.
The attackers left a note in the Pashto language saying
"anyone working as an American spy will meet the same fate," the
official speaking on condition of anonymity said.
Their bodies were found on Monday in a drain in the town
of Tappi, 16 kilometres east of Miranshah.
Insurgents in the rugged tribal areas have issued a hit
list of 28 local elders whom they called "government spies".
Patience running out, US warns Syria
WASHINGTON: The US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has
blamed that Syria has become a hub for terrorists who want to stop democratic
progress in Iraq and said that US patience is running out. Khalilzad’s
tough talk on Syria is part of a US pressure campaign in many foreign
capitals and at the United Nations gathering this week in New York. "Our
patience is running out, the patience of Iraqis is running out. The time for
decision has arrived for Damascus," he said. He said: "All options
are on the table including military. I would not like to elaborate more; they
should understand what I mean."The United States believed that Iraqi
Sunnis were refusing to agree a proposed constitution because of threats from
Sunni extremists who had infiltrated Iraq from Syria, where they had training
camps, he said. "It simply must close the training camps," he said.
"It should not allow youngsters misguided by al-Qaeda, from Saudi
Arabia, from Yemen, from North Africa, to fly into Damascus international
airport," he said.