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Rallies flay bombing of Khattak's mausoleum
[Dawn] The bombing of the mausoleum of nationalist leader and renowned poet Ajmal Khattak was widely condemned across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... on Thursday. In Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, the activists of Awami National Party held a demonstration at Sher Shah Suri Road to protest bombing of the mausoleum of their late leader. Led by Provincial Minister for Information and Culture Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the protesters termed it a cowardly act. ANP provincial general secretary Arbab Tahir, district president Arbab Najeebullah, Tajuddin Khan and Haroon Bilour also participated in the protest demonstration. Wearing red caps and black armbands, the protesters rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud against terrorists. They said that hard boyz involved in the heinous crime would be placed in long-term storage Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! soon. They said that bully boyz were attacking shrines of Pakhtun heroes that could not be tolerated. The under-construction mausoleum of Ajmal Khattak, Pashto poet and two-time central president of ANP, was bombed on Wednesday night and 12 persons were maimed in the incident. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Hussain said that Ajmal Khattak was a revolutionary poet, who raised voice for humanity and against violence though his poetry. He not only served Pashto language but also rendered sacrifices for the party and peace, he added. "The hard boyz can't frighten us," the minister said. He added that hard boyz were enemies of the entire Pakhtun nation. He also condemned killing of Maulana Naseeb Khan, a religious scholar of Darul Uloom Haqqania, who was assassinated few days ago. However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... he alleged that the slain holy man was mediating among terrorist groups for their reconciliation. The minister said that differences were created among religious political parties over the murder of Maulana Naseeb. They were holding each responsible for his killing, he added. He said that the liquidation of the holy man would be thoroughly probed and people involved in his killing would be awarded punishment. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-12 |
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