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| 34 held as Gilgit operation continues |
| 2004-06-05 |
| GILGIT: The Northern Areas (NA) administration would continue its operation until miscreants were flushed out of their dens, Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the NA Sakhiullah Tareen told journalists on Friday. âWe began an operation on Friday morning in Domiyal and arrested at least 34 miscreants involved in torching the Northern Areas Legislative Council Hall, damaging Gilgit Circuit House and burnig two Northern Areas Transport Corporation vehicles besides blocking River View Road,â the IGP said. Mr Tareen said some Army and police vehicles were also damaged when miscreants fired indiscriminately during the curfew hours. He said talks on the syllabi issue were progressing in a positive direction. He said that according to a formula, the Shia syllabi would be taught in Shia areas and students in Sunni areas would be taught their syllabi. Mr Tareen said curfew might be relaxed today (Saturday). This is the rioting over the religious content of schoolbooks, not the rioting over dead mullahs and bombed-out mosques... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "This is the rioting over the religious content of schoolbooks, not the rioting over dead mullahs and bombed-out mosques..." How can you tell, Fred? Cuz it's Saturday? ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-05 2:37:49 PM |
| #1 Thanks for the clarification. Heh heh. This rioting has subtleties that I never knew about. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-06-05 2:34:15 PM |