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| Engineer belonging to Hizbut Tahrir arrested for distributing pamphlets |
| 2015-10-08 |
[DAWN] KARACHI: Police on Tuesday claimed to have juggedDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! an engineering and business graduate, who has allegedly been working for a banned ...the word bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all... organization in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's south district, in the Boat Basin area of Clifton. The suspect, Owais Raheel, targeted educated youngsters in the Defence and Clifton areas in order to use them "for illegal activities" with a view to implementing "Khilafa" in the country, the police said. He graduated from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) and the NED University of Engineering and Technology and joined the banned Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... (HT) in 2007, said a bigwig. Within eight years, he added, Owais became a key member of the group that defied Pakistain's democratic system and aimed to implement "Khilafa" in the country. "The suspect was arrested in the Boat Basin area on Tuesday under Section 11EEEE (1) of the Anti-Terrorism Act," said Mazhar Mashwani of the Counter-Terrorism Department of police. "We have also recovered from his possession several pamphlets of the organization which he used to distribute outside mosques," the officer added. |
| Posted by:Fred |