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India-Pakistan
ATC acquits two suspected militants
2015-03-10
[DAWN] PESHAWAR: A local anti-terrorism court on Monday acquitted two suspected turbans incarcerated
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
by local police for possessing explosives and intending to carry out terrorist activities.

Judge Saleem Jan Khan pronounced the order observing that the prosecution didn't prove charges against Naeemullah Khan and Niaz Mohammad, residents of Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth...
and Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), 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.
, respectively.

The prosecution alleged that the accused were arrested by the police on Nov 6, 2014 in Achini area in the jurisdiction of Sarband cop shoppe, Peshawar.

It added that the police recovered six hand grenades during the body search of the two.

An FIR was registered against them by the counter terrorism department under Section 5 of Explosive Substance Act and Section 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act.

Shabir Hussain Gigyani, lawyer for the defence, said his clients were falsely implicated in the case and that the two were taken into custody by an intelligence agency few weeks before the registration of the case against them.

He said petitions were also filed before the Peshawar High Court against illegal detention of his clients and the court had issued noticed to the respondents, including the defence and interior ministries in the petitions.

The lawyer said after the issuance of notices by the court, his clients were handed over to the police and that the present case was registered against them.

He produced copies of the petitions and high court orders in this respect.
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