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TTP commander wanted in terrorism cases arrested from Peshawar airport
[DAWN] A commander of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP) was tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! while attempting to fly out of the country at Beautiful Downtown Peshawar  ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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.'s Bacha Khan International Airport, an immigration official said. Maulvi Bahadur Jan, who was wanted by the police in several cases of terrorism, was taken into custody before he was able to board a private airline's flight to Dubai on Sunday evening, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) airport director Tariq Pervaiz told DawnNewsTV. According to the official, although the suspected Death Eater had tried to change his appearance, he was arrested after immigration officials scrutinised his travel documents. The interior ministry had added Maulvi Bahadur's name to the Exit Control List on a request of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), he added. The suspected TTP commander hails from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district and is suspected of involvement in several incidents of terrorism. Posted by: Fred 2018-06-19 |
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