Malaysia deports Saudi journalist accused of blasphemy

 

 

Malaysia has deported a young Saudi journalist who is wanted in his home country over Twitter posts about the Prophet Mohammad that sparked calls for his execution, an official told the AFP news agency.

 

Hamza Kashgari, who was detained in Malaysia on Thursday after fleeing Saudi Arabia, left the country in the custody of Saudi officials on Sunday, according to a Malaysian government official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.

 

Kashgari, a 23-year-old newspaper columnist, fled to Muslim-majority Malaysia after making comments on the microblogging site deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, which fuelled a surge of outrage in the kingdom.

 

Insulting the prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam and is a crime punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.

 

Malaysia s government would not immediately confirm Hamza s deportation, but a Home Ministry statement on Sunday said Kashgari would be sent back to Saudi Arabia.

 

“Malaysia has a long-standing arrangement by which individuals wanted by one country are extradited when detained by the other, and Kashgari will be repatriated under this arrangement,” the statement said.

 

“The nature of the charges against the individual in this case are a matter for the Saudi Arabian authorities.”

 

Clerics and locals in the kingdom have called for Kashgari s death for three comments he made on Twitter on the occasion of the Prophet Muhammad s birthday.

 

“On your birthday, I find you wherever I turn. I will say that I have loved aspects of you, hated others, and could not understand many more,” read one tweet posted on Saturday.

 

All three tweets were later deleted by Kashgari, who received over 30,000 responses within a day of the postings.

 

Kashgari, who had originally apologised for his comments, said in an interview he was being made a “scapegoat for a larger conflict” over his comments.

 

 

Karachi unrest stretches wings killing 8, injuring 5

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KARACHI: At least two activists of a political party were killed and another five sustained injuries amid a bomb attack that ripped through an office of political party in Lyari locality, meanwhile, the wave of unrest stood spreading its wings over metropolis even on Tuesday. Six other Karachiites succumbed to gun attacks in different parts of bleeding metropolis, reports TrendPK. 

As usual unknown/unidentified or better be termed as ghosts assailants threw hand grenades at the office of a political party located in Nawalain area which lie under the jurisdiction of Klakot police station and fled away like always. Up to two ill-fated, identified as Dad Rehman and Haji Somar, were killed and five injured including two women.

Injured were shifted to Civil Hospital followed by that the area residents took to street for a futile demo against the act of well-established barbarianism.  Police arrived on the crime scene and surrounded it amid stringent security and then called in bomb disposal squad to examine the place where the bombs had hit.

Deceased Haji Somar was the sole bread and butter winner of his family.

Moreover, six Karachiites were gunned down amid incidents of unprovoked firing in separate areas. Nauman was killed in New Karachi. Gul Zaman was the second target of the day who was shot to kill in Jamshed Quarters. Afsar Khan was next to go in Pirabad of Orangi Twon. Bullets did not spare people in Sarjani Town either as Asghar was shot dead there. Unknown youth was butchered in Site Area while a security guard fell prey to indiscriminate firing in New Town. TrendPK

Wife killed upon preventing hubby from making son ‘suicide bomber’

KARACHI: A man has killed his wife as she prevented him from making their eight-year son a ‘suicide bomber’, TrendPK reported Saturday.

Meanwhile, the accused managed to flee the home following the murder.

The murder took place in a house located in Saeedabad area here in metropolis.

According to police version, Baitullah Mehsud, the alleged killer of wife, was hailing from Waziristan and is currently based in Karachi.

Police said the man was in process of making elder son a ‘suicide bomber’ but his wife came to know his plan. Upon knowing this, she got upset, parted ways with her husband and started living with her father’s house.

On the day of assassination, Baitullah brought round his wife and after getting her back his home, the accused killed her and managed to flee the crime scene, police informed.

Police described the suspect as being the aide of a defunct outfit and he would often visit his home.

Meanwhile, the deceased woman was identified as Aasia Bibi who belonged to Gujranwala.

She is the mother to another two children who are staying with Aasia’s parents and are frightened over what they witnessed.

Aasia’s parents have left for native village for funeral rituals of their deceased daughter, police said further. TrendPK

KRC protests against killing, extortion in Lyrai

KARACHI: Hundreds of people under the banner of Kacchi Rabita Committee (KRC) blocked Mauripur road protesting against the killing of a man and extortion in the area Saturday.

The protests and sit-in has created traffic jam in various areas of the city. Women, children and aged people blocked the road since morning.

Imran was killed while seven others wounded last night in Moosa Line area of Lyari and area people and KRC blame Lyari’s gangsters are behind the crime.

Qadri Confesses killing Taseer on his own

Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri has confessed before the judicial magistrate that he acted alone in the shooting of Governor Salman Taseer, trendpk.com.Com reported on Monday.

Police commando Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, who was led away smiling on Tuesday after gunning down Taseer outside an Islamabad coffee shop, appeared in court for a remand hearing following his official confession. He has said he killed in the name of religion because the governor of Punjab province wanted to reform the blasphemy laws. He has recorded his confessional statement for the murderin which he said that he killed Salman Taseer on his own and there was no involvement of any religious or militant organisation, senior police official Haroon Joya said. Members of the main ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), to which Punjab provincial governor Taseer belonged, had suggested that his killing was part of a wider plot, and slammed security failures that led to his death.Questions have been asked about why no policeman or guard apparently made an attempt to overpower the 26-year-old gunman.Qadri was not due in court until Tuesday, but officials said he was brought to a closed hearing in Rawalpindi a day early after officially confessing to the crime, infuriating defence lawyers who said they were not invited.The next hearing has been scheduled for January 24.

”Alien Girl” a lethargic Russian mob thriller

NEW YORK: When your crime lord is a crack addict named Rasp, and his flunkies have such self-explanatory names as Whiz, Kid, Beef, Jew and Chinaman, you”d be a fool to go looking for nuance. But is it too much to ask for a little character development and a touch of humor between the infrequent set pieces?

The title character in Russian director Anton Bormatov”s debut feature, “Alien Girl,” is Angela (Natalia Romanycheva). Initially, it appears she got her nickname because she and her brother felt like aliens in the orphanage where they grew up. But later, after her reputation as a hardboiled killer has spread, it”s revealed as a nod to the Ridley Scott franchise when someone pegs her as a dragon with acid for blood who lays eggs in people.

Adapted by Sergey Sokolyuk from a graphic novel by Vladimir “Adolfych” Nesterenko (a former organized crime gang member in the ”90s, now a popular blogger), the plot hinges on Angela”s retrieval from Prague, where she has been sold as a sex slave to unsavory gypsies. Ukrainian thugs working for Rasp (Eugene Mundum) are dispatched to fetch her in order to exert influence over her brother, who threatens to name names in a mob trial. But Angela sows distrust among the posse, wiping out half of them while hooking up with the youngest and most volatile, Whiz (Eugene Tkachuk).

Those ingredients suggest entertainingly hyperviolent, Eurotrashy exploitation, and with its grimy visuals and preference for types over characters, the film does occasionally recall action thrillers from La Femme Nikitato The Transporter. But the borscht is a little flavorless. There”s insufficient suspense in the life-or-death stakes, sketchy plot detail in the gang clash that triggers the action and too little ambiguity in the intercharacter dynamics.

Romanycheva looks the part with her hacked-off hair and contemptuous pout, and her seduction scene on a moving train with Whiz packs heat. But she remains only a semi-intriguing central figure, not even introduced until a half-hour into the too-leisurely movie. There also are structural problems, like when Angela and Whiz go rogue with a bunch of allies who materialize out of nowhere.

Bormatov saves his playful impulses for the end titles, giving his lead actors photo credits on a mortuary slab as a cheesy Italian ”80s pop hit chirps about happiness. A hint of that spirit earlier might have made this drab genre piece more fun.

Wikileaks’ Assange in UK, police know where: report

LONDON: Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange is in Britain and police know his whereabouts but have refrained so far from acting on an international warrant for his arrest, a British newspaper said on Thursday.

The 39-year-old Australian, who founded the whistle-blowing website that has disclosed a trove of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, supplied British police with contact details upon his arrival in October, The Independent said.

The newspaper cited police sources who said they knew where Assange was staying and had his telephone number. It added that it was believed he was in southeast England.

The international police agency Interpol this week issued a “red notice” to assist in the arrest of Assange, who is wanted in Sweden on suspicion of sexual crimes, but Britain’s Serious Organized Crime Agency (Soca) so far has refused to authorize this, the paper

Terror plot foiled in Karachi; five terrorists arrested

Staff Report

KARACHI: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) and Special Investigation Police on Tuesday rounded up five suspected terrorists, including Taliban’s Karachi chief.

Acting on a tip off, police conducted raids in different parts of the metropolis, arresting five key Taliban activists. Explosive material, suicide vests and automated weapons were recovered from their custody.

According to police, the terrorists were plotting a major attack in Karachi.

SSP Umar Shahid told newsmen that four terrorists, Muhammad Omar, Barkatullah, Amanuddin and Ahsanullah, had come from Waziristan.

He said that Amanullah was the head of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – Karachi chapter. He was ordered by Hakimullah Mehsud and Mufti Wali-ur-Rehman to carry out a major terrorist attack in Karachi.

Besides, a serial killer involved in the

Sketches of two CID bombers released

Staff Report

KARACHI: Police on Friday released sketches of two suspected terrorists who attacked the Crime Investigation Department (CID) building on Thursday, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.

According to the SP Saddar Town, sketches of two bombers aged between 22 and 35 have been drawn with the help of eyewitnesses.

Police also released the drawing of the truck used in the deadly explosion. Trend Pk

Lawmakers recite poetry in Sindh Assembly

By Arbab Chandio

KARACHI: Terrorists attacked the Crime Investigation Department (CID) building last day, killing 21 people injuring more than 100 others but the lawmakers in Sindh Assembly recited poetry. Trend Pk

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