LHC bars Amir Yar Waran from by-poll

Staff Report

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled PPP candidate Amir Yar Waran ineligible for contesting by-election in NA-184, Bahawalpur.

The electoral eligibility of Waran was challenged by Muhammad Jamil, who argued that Waran had submitted a fake graduation degree to take part in the last general election.

He said that Waran had to give up his National Assembly membership because of the fake degree.

In its verdict, the LHC disqualified Amir Yar Waran, saying he lied to the Election Comission and won the February 2008 general election on the basis of a forged degree.

In NA-184, the by-election will take place on Tuesday, August 24, 2010.

PPP MNA Amir Yar Waran had resigned from National Assembly on July 1, 2010. He was elected from NA-184 Bahawalpur. SAMAA

4 Terrorists Nabbed in Mianwali

Pakistan News: Police have arrested four terrorists and seized as many jackets and heavy amount of explosives from their possession in Mianwali.
Police nabbed a suspect from Gulberg Chowk namely Muhammad Jamil and recovered important documents, videos of suicide bombing from him and held his accomplice Egal Khan on his pointation.
On their pointation, the police apprehended two other accused identified as Aman Ullah Hattar and Imran Pathan from Kacha Gujrat area of Mianwali.
Explosive material, suicide vests, CDs, cell phones, sensitive documents, maps and ball barring were also recovered from their possession.
Police said that the accused were planning to carry out a terrorist attack during Muharram-ul-Harram.

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4 Terrorists Nabbed in Mianwali was first posted on December 24, 2009 at 10:33 am.

Anti-terrorism Court Indicts 7 Over Mumbai Attacks

Pakistan: Anti-terrorism court on Wednesday charged seven suspects in connection with the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people a year ago.
The men were indicted at an anti-terrorism court in a high security prison in the city of Rawalpindi on the eve of the first anniversary of India’s worst militant attacks, which dramatically soured relations with rival Pakistan. All seven pleaded not guilty to the charges. Among the seven, who were arrested by Pakistan over the November 26-29 siege on India’s financial capital, are alleged mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Hammad Amin, Mazhar Iqbal, Abdul Wajid, Shahid Jamil, Muhammad Jamil and Younus Anjum. ‘All seven of them have been indicted, including Lakhvi. The accused pleaded not guilty as the evidence does not support the charges,’ lawyer Shahbaz Rajput told a foreign news agency by telephone. ‘They have been indicted under the anti-terrorism act and the Pakistani penal code,’ said Rajput, without elaborating.
Court proceedings have taken place behind closed doors with journalists barred from the hearings and defence lawyers leaking only small details. The next hearing is December 5.
On the other hand, the United States has welcomed the indictment.