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Hizbut Tahrir made three attempts to penetrate army
[Dawn] The conviction of Brigadier Ali Khan and four other army officers for their links with Hizbut Tahrir...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... (HuT) was the third attempt of the banned ...the word bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all... organization to penetrate into the military in the past 10 years. On August 3, a military court convicted Brigadier Ali Khan, Major Sohail Akbar, Major Jawad Baseer, Major Inayat Aziz and Major Iftikhar for having links with HuT and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for terms ranging from 5 years to 18 months. Back in 2003, HuT established links with about 13 commandos of the armys Special Services Group (SSG), in 2009 officers up to the ranks of lieutenant colonel faced court martial for links with HuT and in 2011 a brigadier faced the same charges.Interestingly, in two of these incidents the same HuT members approached the army officers in 2009 and 2011. Although the army authorities have started court martial proceedings against the officers, it appears no action has been taken against them. According to the documents available with Dawn, HuT activists Abdul Qadir and Ahmed, a doctor, were found to have links with Lt-Col Shahid Bashir in 2009 and Brig Ali Khan in 2011. Both reports referred to the same activists to establish the case against the officers. Posted by: Fred 2012-10-31 |
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