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Karachi Central Jail officials booked for 'helping' LeJ militants escape
[DAWN] Several 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... Central Jail officials, including a jail superintendent, have been booked on charges of aiding the escape of two high-profile Lahskar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) bad boys, Additional Inspector General (AIG) Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Dr Sanaullah Abbasi said on Monday. According to the first information report (FIR), a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the case has been lodged on the basis of a search operation carried out in June by Rangers and Frontier Corps ...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations.... (FC) personnel in the jail following the escape of Sheikh Muhammad Mumtaz ─ aka Firoon aka Sher Khan aka Shahzad aka Rahi ─ and Muhammad Ahmed Khan aka Munna. Mobile phones, air coolers, knife-cutters, freezers, stoves, DVD players, LED TVs, other contraband items and Rs3.5 million in cash were recovered from the jail during the operation, while 12 staff members, including Central Prison Superintendent Ghulam Murtaza Sheikh, were suspended after the jailbreak. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-19 |
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