 Law enforcing agencies have pressed the leadership of the Herkatul Mujahideen cover-named Jamiatul Ansar to disclose the whereabouts of its former commander Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, Daily Times has learnt. Sources said the law enforcers were in touch with Farooq Kashmiri, a prominent figure at the Jamiatul Ansar, seeking the information about Khalil who went underground three months back. They said the agencies might re-arrest Khalil to investigate about his alleged links with the Taliban leadership.
Farooq Kashmiri, who had been working with Khalil since the organisation set forth, had told the law enforcers that he was not aware of where Khalil was.
| "Nope. Nope. Ain't seen him." |
The sources said Khalil had also contacted Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the opposition leader in the National Assembly, seeking his help to make a deal with the agencies. âKhalil approached the opposition leader following his name was echoed during the investigation of Humid Heat and Umber Heat who were arrested in the US. Both of them were allegedly trained as militants at a camp run by Khalil in Rawalpindi,â the sources said.
| "Humid Heat," I guess would be Hamid Hayat, and "Umber Heat" would be Umer Hayat. At first I thought they were code names or something... |
The US was pressurising Pakistan to enhance the scope of investigation into the terror acts, they said, and Khalil wanted the opposition leader to broker a deal with the government. They said Khalil had sent a message to Maulana Fazlur Rehman that he was in crises and needed his help, urging him to mediate with the government. They said that Maulana had also talked with the agencies on the matter and defended Khalil, saying that he was not involved in any terrorist activities in or outside the country.
| Oh, has he retired from al-Qaeda? Can we see his gold watch as proof? |
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