...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan...
, then front man for the TTP Shahidullah Shahid and six others in the 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...
airport attack case.
Sarmad Siddiqui, Asif Zaheer and Nadeem, alias Burger alias Mullah, were jugged
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in October for allegedly providing logistical support, funds and weapons to around 10 attackers who stormed Karachi airport in June last year and were killed in a swift operation by government security forces.
Judge Bashir Ahmed Khoso of the ATC-I asked the investigating officer to initiate proceedings against the absconders under Sections 87 (proclamation for persons absconding) and 88 (attachment of property of person absconding) of the criminal procedure code when the IO submitted that the warrants issued by the court against them were not executed as their whereabouts were unknown. The court told the IO to complete the process and submit a report by Jan 26.
The investigation officer had charge-sheeted the three detained suspects and shown Fazlullah and Shahidullah Shahid, who were named in the FIR as the outlawed TTP grabbed credit for the attack, Malik Mumtaz Awan, Asim Sharif, Abdul Rasheed Siddiqui, Akhtar, alias Plumber, Iqbal, alias Thekedar, and Abdullah Baloch as absconding accused in the case.
According to the prosecution, around 10 heavily armed gunnies stormed Karachi airport on the night of June 8 and were killed by army commandos and personnel of other security forces during an operation lasting about five hours. Around 25 people, including personnel of the Airport Security Force, police and Rangers were also killed, it added. The police claimed that the detained suspects belonged to Al Qaeda and the TTP.