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APS Shuhada Forum seeks trial, punishment of former Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan
 [DAWN] The APS Shuhada Forum on Tuesday filed a writ petition in the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. High Court (PHC) seeking trial and sentencing of Ehsanullah Ehsan ...formerly the front man for the Pak Taliban, now the lips and tongue of the Jamaatul Ahrar splinter group in Mohmand Agency... , former spokesperson of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP), for his involvement in the 2014 terrorist attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School (APS) which left 144 students and staff dead. Shuhada Forum comprises family members of those killed in the bloodshed at the school. Its president, Fazal Khan, who is a lawyer and the main petitioner, accused Ehsan for carrying out the deadly attack, demanding the court to stop the government from granting clemency to the terrorist. Khan named various parties as respondents in the writ, such as Government of Pakistain, Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... , Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Human Rights, Ministry of Law and Justice. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, director general of Inter-Services Intelligence ...the Pak military intelligenceagency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir... and General Headquarters of Pakistain Army. "The very next day of the APS attack, Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed the responsibility of the brutal attack and warned to carry more attacks in future," the petition read, adding, "The surrender or arrest of the main accused and criminal mastermind of the APS attack gives some hope that the men involved in the attack would be brought in to justice." "But unfortunately, to the disappointment, the said Ehsanullah Ehsan is far from the aisles of justice," Khan said in the petition, saying the former TTP spokesperson is "being portrayed as an unaware, innocent and a brainwashed man" who had unknowingly planned the "slaughter in the APS attack and many other terror activities". The forum's president in the writ petition also asked the PHC to direct the government to try Ehsan in a military court for "speedy justice". The petitioner further added that under the Qisas (retribution) and Diyat (blood money) law, only the victim's heirs have the right to forgive the accused. Therefore, the state has no legal authority to "forgive" Ehsan, the petition claimed. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-10 |
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