[DAWN] The opposition parties in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday demanded inquiry into the killing of a terrorist, who was allegedly disarmed and locked up in a room by a student during the Friday’s attack on the Agriculture Training Institute, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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.
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The Jamaat-e-Islami
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The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, a coalition partner of the ruling Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
in the province, also endorsed the demand.
Speaking on a point of order in the house, Pakistain People’s Party member Nighat Orakzai said a student had disarmed one of the attackers and locked him up in a room.
"The police instead of arresting the attacker shot up the attacker and killed him in the dormitory," she said while quoting the student as saying.
The politician said the student, who was under treatment, explained the incident when a group of holy warriors stormed the institute.
She said the police had spoiled evidence by killing the attacker and that the arrest of the terrorist would have provided intelligence agencies with clues to reach handlers, planners and criminal masterminds of the attack on the institute.
The attack had left nine people, including eight students, dead and 28 injured.
The police said three attackers were killed in the security forces’ operation.
Law and parliamentary affairs minister Imtiaz Shahid said the information of the MPA was based on hearsay as he had gone through the police’s report about the attack.