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| Court arraigns Waheed brothers |
| 2004-09-10 |
| An Anti-Terrorism Court Thursday arraigned Cardiologist Dr Akmal Waheed and his brother Dr Arshad Waheed for harbouring Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group Jundullah (God's Brigade) activists. Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Feroz Mehmood read out the pre-framed charges to the brothers in the court, set up inside the Central Prison Karachi. The two doctors had initially been booked on charges of planning the attack in June on the motorcade of the 5 (Karachi) corps commander, Lt Gen Ahsan Saleem Hyat. The police later dropped the charges, but said they harboured operatives of the Jundullah organisation linked to Al Qaeda. The prosecution claims the Jundullah activists who were arrested in connection with the June 10 attack disclosed during investigation that the Waheed brothers extended financial help to them for their visits to South Waziristan for training by Al Qaeda. The prosecution claims the Waheed brothers also provided medical treatment to Jundullah activist Shahzad Bajwa at Shan Hospital in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. The police says Bajwa had been injured in an attack on a Rangers patrol van on March 19. One Ranger was killed in the attack. They are also said to have provided medical aide to absconding Jundullah activist Qasim at the Model Colony house of fellow activist Ataur Rehman. Qasim was injured in the attack on the corps commander. After the arraignment, the judge set September 14 for further proceedings of the trial, directing the state counsel to produce a list of witnesses it wanted to examine. |
| Posted by:Fred |