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| Four 'Hizbut Tahrir activists' arrested from Peshawar |
| 2015-10-18 |
| [DAWN] Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... (KP) police's special unit on Saturday jugged Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! four people in 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. with alleged links to banned outfit Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... (HuT). Police sources told DawnNews that the four were activists of the proscribed HuT and were campaigning to bring more people into the organization's fold. The law enforcement personnel also claimed to have confiscated pamphlets, leaflets, news magazines and Compact Discs (CDs) aimed at promoting HuT agenda. A personal computer, cellphones and few pistols were also recovered from the suspects who were moved to Banned in Pakistain in November 2003, HT is believed to be a global organization that has organizational structure in several countries with main concentration in Muslim states. |
| Posted by:Fred |