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| UNSC body bothered by Al-Rashid re-opening |
| 2007-05-07 |
| The UNSC Sanction Committee on Taliban and Al Qaeda has shown concern over a Sindh High Court (SHC) verdict which had reportedly allowed banned outfit Al-Rashid Trust to reopen its offices as well as publication of its Urdu daily Islam, sources in the Foreign Office, asking not to be named, told Daily Times. The sources said that a visiting delegation of the committee led by Mr Barrot met FO officials on Saturday and made queries on the SHC verdict issued on April 26. FO spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam confirmed to Daily Times that the committee had a meeting with FO officials, but denied that the delegation had expressed concern on the SHC verdict. “They only made some queries on the issue,” she said, adding that it was a routine visit and the committee delegation had appreciated Pakistan’s role in the fight against terrorism. “We think that the SHC’s decision has been misreported in the media because the court only allowed the trust to distribute eatable items which were decaying,” she said. Aslam refused to comment on the delegation’s reported objection to the publication of Daily Islam from Islamabad and other cities. The sources said that the UN delegation also held meetings with officials of two intelligences agencies regarding the activities of the Taliban and Al Qaeda activists along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. |
| Posted by:Fred |