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Two 'highly educated' militants among three arrested by CTD in Karachi
[DAWN] The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh police on Monday claimed to have tossed in the clink
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
 three suspects with links to banned outfits, two of whom were said to be "highly educated".

One of the detained men had remained a faculty member at a public university in Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
 while another had graduated from a 'prestigious' institute 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...
. The third suspect is a religious scholar who provides online courses of the Holy Koran, revealed CTD SSP Junaid Ahmed Sheikh.

The varsity teacher had been allegedly involved in deadly attacks on NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants...
 forces in Afghanistan, security forces in Pakistain and sectarian violence in the past, the senior officer added.

The three suspects, named Shahsawar, Mujeeb Rehman and Khalid Pervez, were arrested during raids conducted by the CTD in Karachi's Sultanabad and Jubilee areas. The police also seized donation chits from them, said SSP Sheikh.

The men used to collect donations from different parts of the city for their respective outfits during Ramazan, the senior officer claimed.

Detained suspect Mujeeb Rehman, who is allegedly affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
 (LJ), was arrested by the CTD in the recent past as well but started working for the sectarian outfit again after being released from jail. Besides collecting donations, he was also responsible for recruiting youngsters.

The second suspect, Khalid Pervez, is an IT expert who worked in a private firm in Karachi and had obtained an MBA degree from a renowned institute. He was affiliated with the hard boy Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 group.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, the spittle had reached unprecedented levels...
 Shahsawar was a faculty member at a government varsity in Dera Ismail Khan, the officer claimed. He was allegedly an "important" member of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
...Arabic for students...
 Pakistain (TTP).

The suspect along with his accomplices had targeted NATO forces, causing "significant losses" to their troops in Afghanistan, Sheikh claimed. Several of Shahsawar's accomplices were killed in Afghanistan.

He had also remained a member of the ’shura’ (consultation body) of TTP, the CTD officer disclosed.
Posted by: Fred 2018-06-12
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