[Emirates 24/7] A Pakistain army brigadier assigned to military headquarters in the garrison town of Rawalpindi has been incarcerated for suspected ties to a banned group, a military front man said on Tuesday. Spokesman Major General Athar Abbas
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said Brigadier Ali Khan, who was in charge of drafting army regulations, was linked to Hizb-ul-Tahrir, a banned group in Pakistain.
"We follow zero tolerance policy of such activities within the military therefore prompt action was taken on detection," Abbas said.
Hizb-ul-Tahrir, or "Party of Liberation", is a radical political group dedicated to reestablishing an Islamic Caliphate across the Mohammedan world. Active in Britannia, it is banned in many Mohammedan countries for its calls to overthrow the sitting governments.
The group says it does not advocate violence, but many critics say it has ties to bad turban organizations and encourages young men to radicalism.
Abbas said efforts were also being made to arrest members of the group who were in contact with Khan.
Khan would be the highest-ranking serving army officer incarcerated in a decade.
A senior military official, who declined to be identified, told Rooters that the detention was made 20 days ago.