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Ansarul Sharia to be banned soon, says Ahsan Iqbal
 [DAWN] Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday revealed that the government has decided to place a ban on bully boy group Ansarul Sharia Pakistain (ASP).Iqbal, addressing the Senate Standing Committee on Interior, said that a leader of the group and four of its main members have been incarcerated You have the right to remain silent... and expressed hope that soon, ASP's entire network would be taken down. The minister said that efforts were underway to track down other members of the group, adding that arrests would soon be made. Iqbal added that Director General (DG) Rangers Muhammad Saeed had provided a briefing in relation to the group. "No group or party will be permitted to engage in provocative actions." ASP has been linked to the attack on MQM-P leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan which took place on the first day of Eidul Azha 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... . Hassan, who is the leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, escaped unhurt. The ASP has been active since at least February when its members bumped off a guard of Police Foundation in an attack in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. In April, they claimed the responsibility for killing a retired colonel in the Baloch Colony area. At least 7 coppers have been killed up till now in attacks carried out by the group in Karachi's SITE, Bahadurabad, Azizabad, Northern Bypass and Gulistan-e-Jauhar areas. Earlier this month, Dawn reported that the the Al Qaeda-inspired bully boy group ─ comprising hardly 10 fighters ─ has been busted with almost all its members taken into custody and being interrogated. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-14 |
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