Inmates protest against DG Khan jail admin
October 2, 2010 by Trend PK
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DERA GHAZI KHAN: The inmates of Central Jail Dera Ghazi Khan held a protest against the administration for torturing prisoners Saturday.
Police held a baton charge and aerial firing while protesting prisoners threw stones at them.
Sources said that the jail administration tortured four inmates brutally on the issue of bribery. More than 700 prisoners of the central jail raised their voice against this attitude of the administration.
Instead of initiating talks with the prisoners, police held baton charge and used tear gas. Several prisoners have been injured.
DCO Mushtaq Kanju reached central jail. SAMAA
Mohajir Qaumi Movement leaders get life sentence
KARACHI: The court has awarded life imprisonment to leaders of Mohajir Qaumi Movement Afaq Ahmed and Aamir Khan in a case of murder. The court established in central jail has announced the punishment on Wednesday.
KARACHI: The court has awarded life imprisonment to leaders of Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) Afaq Ahmed and Aamir Khan in a case of murder. The court established in central jail has announced the punishment on Wednesday.
Farooq Siddiqui, the brother of Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM) leader Haroon Siddiqui had been killed after being severely tortured in Landhi on June 19,1992. Police had presented challan against Aamir, Dildar and Masroor but they had been acquitted in 1995.
Aamir Khan and Afaq Ahmed were accused of giving shooting orders.
United States to expand drone attacks
NEW YORK – At the heels of Obama administration’s revamped Afghan war strategy, the White House has authorised an expansion of the successful drone attacks of the CIA in the tribal areas of Pakistan, a leading American newspaper reported Friday.
“The White House has authorised an expansion of the CIA’s drone programme in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas, officials said this week, to parallel the (US) President’s decision, announced Tuesday, to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan,” The New York Times said in a report. The move is certain to anger the Pakistani people and escalate tensions between Pakistan and the United States.
According to the newspaper, American officials are talking with Pakistan about the possibility of striking in Balochistan for the first time – a highly sensitive move since it is outside the tribal areas – because that is where Afghan Taliban leaders are believed to hide.
The Times said that CIA officials consider it as a highly successful programme as drone attacks have been able to successfully eliminate a large number of terrorist leaders.
“One of Washington’s worst-kept secrets, the drone programme is quietly hailed by counter-terrorism officials as a resounding success, eliminating key terrorists and throwing their operations into disarray,” it said.
“But despite close cooperation from Pakistani intelligence, the programme has generated public anger in Pakistan, and some counterinsurgency experts wonder whether it does more harm than good,” the dispatch said.
Hundreds of militants, including Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, have been killed so far in the dozens of drone attacks inside Pakistan.
US officials told the Times they hope to eliminate any haven for militants in the region by increasing pressure on militants in Pakistan, while using ground forces in the Afghan region.
United States to expand drone attacks was first posted on December 5, 2009 at 7:58 am.
Pakistanis in Indian Jails await help
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News – Almost 30 Pakistani imprisoned in Central Jail Kot Bhulwal, Indian Occupied Kashmir, are waiting for government assistance for their release, it has been learnt reliably.
All of these Pakistanis have already completed their sentence, however escalating tension between the two neighbours remains to be a major hurdle in the way of their release.
Some of the Pakistani nationals have been languishing in Central Jail Kot Bhulwal for the past 15 years despite completing their sentence and blame the two rival governments of Pakistan and India for not doing anything to seek their repatriation.
18-year-old Abdul Ghafoor is one of the 30 Pakistanis who have completed their sentences in August 2008 but could not secure release due to unknown reasons.
According to details in a letter that Ghafoor wrote to his parents on 16 June 2007 from Central jail Kot Bhulwal, he unconsciously crossed the Line of Control near Muzaffarabad in July 2007 and was nabbed by Indian security personals deputed there.
Indian authorities put Ghafoor in jail for one year following his arrest. He completed his sentence on August 2008, however the Indians have not released him yet. According to Ghafoor, there still are 30 Pakistanis suffering in the same jail despite having completed their sentence.
Since the arrest of his teenager son , Ghafoor’s aged father Muhammad Manzoor has been visiting Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking concerned authorities for early release of his son. “No progress has been made yet”, Manzoor told this correspondent.
According to sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as many as 700 Pakistanis are languishing in Indian jails, including 400 fishermen, at present. Concerned authorities are said to be engaged in serious efforts to secure their release. However, escalating tension between the neighbours is said to be the major hurdle in this regard.
When contacted, Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdul Basit said concerned authorities are in contact with the Indians for the release of Pakistani prisoners. However he admitted the fact that the process was slow.
Pakistanis in Indian Jails await help was first posted on December 5, 2009 at 8:12 am.
Blast rips police bus in Srinagar, IHK
SRINAGAR: A powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted in a car went off outside the Central Jail in Srinagar on Saturday evening, ripping apart a police bus carrying detenues back from the court leading to the death of five cops and a woman.
In the first major explosion carried out by the terrorists this year, the IED bomb was planted in a car parked near the Central Jail, Srinagar. The blast took place as soon as the bus of the Pulwama District Police left the jail and reached near the car, making it clear that the militants had purposefully targeted the bus.
As soon as the blast took place, the police bus, which was leaving for Pulwama went into flames and powerful sharpnels instantly killed assistant sub-inspector Sagar Singh and head constable Abdul Hamid.
The identity of another police officer, who lost his life at the hospital could not be ascertained, whereas the women, who was killed as she was passing from near the bus was identified as Kathija of Khawaja Yar Bal.
Fifteen other policemen were also wounded in the blast the responsibility for which was later claimed by Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen.
The blast took place around 6 pm in the evening and sound of the blast shook the entire area. Windowpanes of nearby houses were shattered and people ran helter skelter after hearing the defeaning sound.
Blast rips police bus in Srinagar, IHK was first posted on September 13, 2009 at 6:22 am.
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78th Kashmir Martyrs Day on Today
MIRPUR: Jammu and Kashmir people living on both sides of the Line of Control and in rest of the world are observing the 78th Kashmir Martyrs Day on Monday with the renewed pledge to continue their struggle for the achievement of their birthright to self-determination and for the freedom of occupied Jammu and Kashmir from the India.
The Kashmir Martyrs day is observed every year ob the both sides of the LoC to commemorate the supreme sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs they gave this day in 1931 when the Dogra troops shot dead 22 Kashmiris in front of the Central Jail Srinagar.
A large number of people had gathered outside the jail protesting against the trial of a young man Abdul Qadeer for treason inside the prison.
There will be complete strike in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir state marking the observance of the Kashmir Martyrs Day, according to a report reaching here Sunday.
The strike will be followed by anti-India and pro-freedom rallies by the valiant sons of the soil across the occupied state. In occupied Srinagar, a large number of people will visit Mazar-e-shuhada in processions to offer Fateha, according to the schedule of the day to commemorate the supreme sacrifices of the Kashmiri martyrs. In AJK, the day will be marked with special meetings including seminars and symposiums scheduled to pay rich tributes to Kashmiri martyrs to be followed by protest rallies and demonstrations against India.
78th Kashmir Martyrs Day on Today was first posted on July 13, 2009 at 12:32 pm.
Helicopter Crash in Srinagar, 1 killed
SRINAGAR: A Hindu pilgrim was killed and five others hurt when a helicopter carrying worshippers to a Himalayan shrine in Indian occupied Kashmir crashed on Thursday, officials said.
The helicopter came down three kilometers (two miles) short of the Amarnath cave, situated 3,800 metres (12,800 feet) above sea level. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
“A woman devotee was killed and five others, including the pilot, were injured in the crash,” Madan Mantoo, an official associated with the two-month long pilgrimage told AFP.
Two of the seriously injured were hospitalised, he said.
The majority of Amarnath pilgrims trek up to the shrine but rich devotees often use a privately-operated helicopter service.
Helicopter Crash in Srinagar, 1 killed was first posted on July 9, 2009 at 1:19 pm.
