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| Local ANP leaders hired Taliban militants to assassinate Parveen Rehman, suspect tells JIT |
| 2017-11-13 |
[DAWN] A suspect, who was placed in durance vileKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! last month, reportedly confessed to his involvement in the liquidation of prominent social activist Parveen Rehman and informed the Joint Interrogation Team (JIT) that local leaders of Awami National Party founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986. Part of the PPP-led cabinet 2008-13. The ANP is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism.... had hired Talibs to assassinate Rehman, it emerged on Sunday. The police had arrested Amjad Hussain from Manghopir area on October 24 in connection with the murder of Rehman and started the paperwork but haven't done much else against him under charges of 7-ATA (Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.) Renowned social worker Rehman was the director of Orangi Pilot Project, her office was located at Qasba Mor in Sector-5A, Orangi Town. She was bumped off in March 2013. A JIT was constituted following the arrest of Hussain, which recently completed its findings and has submitted a report to the Sindh home department. The accused told the JIT members that he and Raheem Swati ‐ the prime suspect in the case ‐ lived in front of the OPP office. "Awami National Party (ANP) leaders Ayaz Swati and Raheem Swati had tried to obtain a designated area to construct a Karate centre, but despite repeated requests, Rehman refused to provide the land to them inside the OPP compound," sources quoted the accused as saying before the JIT. The suspect told the JIT that Rehman termed the local leaders as "ANP’s Qabza Mafia", which they considered as an "insult" to them and their party. Know more: Perween Rahman's murder: the great cover-up The arrested suspect told the JIT members that in January 2013 a meeting was convened at Raheem Swati’s residence in which he [Amjad Hussain], Ayaz Swati and Ahmed alias Pappu were present. Hussain said they planned the liquidation of Parveen Rehman "out of rage and as an act of Dire Revenge." "Raheem Swati, using Ayaz’s phone, called a local commander of Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP) Moosa and Mehfoozullah alias Bhaloo, who both agreed to assassinate Rehman for money. They were assured of payment after completion of the task," the confessional statement read. |
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