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'Khawaja Izhar's attackers also involved in targeting police'
[DAWN] The group that attacked Muttahida Qaumi Movement...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... -Pakistain (MQM-P) leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan on Eid was also involved in recent attacks on police in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , according to a blurb issued by the Rangers on Tuesday. The group which claimed the attack, the Ansar-ul-Shariah Pakistain (ASP), also carried out attacks on police personnel in Karachi's SITE, Bahadurabad, Azizabad, Northern Bypass and Gulistan-e-Jauhar areas, in which at least 7 coppers had been killed, read the handout issued after a high-level meeting at Rangers Headquarters. All these incidents and the attack on the Sindh Assembly opposition leader on Eidul Azha were carried out by the same group, the handout said, adding that forensic testing of the weapons used in the attack had revealed a match with arms used in the previous attacks. The meeting to review progress in the Izhar attack case was chaired by Director General (DG) Rangers Muhammad Saeed, and included Inspector General Sindh A.D. Khawaja and others. Participants of the meeting were informed that Abdul Karim Sarosh Siddiqui, a former Karachi University student, was the central leader of the ASP and had allegedly been involved in attacks on police and Izhar. One of Izhar's suspected attackers was identified as Hassan bin Nazeer, a former student at NED and Sir Syed University, who had been working as a data lab technician at Daud University. Nazeer died on the way to the hospital after being caught and beaten by bystanders immediately after the attack on Izhar. Others had expeditiously departed at a goodly pace, the meeting was informed, and efforts to capture all assailants were being made. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-06 |
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