Following is the Profile of Federal Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti who was assassinated here on Wednesday morning.
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Speaker Sindh Assembly provincial ministers and PPP leaders strongly condemned the assassination of Federal Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti. In a joint statement issued here Wednesday, Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Senior Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq, Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza, Provincial Ministers Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman and Zahid Bhurgari, Media Coordinator of Sindh Government and PPP General Secretary Taj Hyder and Chief Minister’s Media Consultant Aftab Ahmed Khanzada have termed Bhatti’s assassination as part of conspiracy against Pakistan.
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Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab chapter held a meeting to condole the assassination of Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti, at the party headquarters in Faisal Town on Thursday. Under the chairmanship of provincial secretary Samiullah Khan Durrani, the party paid rich tribute to the minister for his efforts to boost the living standard of the minorities in the country.
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Pakistani security officials detain Mumtaz Hussain Qadri (C), one of their colleagues who allegedly killed Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab, in Islamabad, Pakistan, 04 January 2011. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on 04 January that one of the police guards of Salman Taseer killed him. The motive behind the murder reportedly was Taseer’s stance on amendments of country’s blasphemy’s laws.
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Governor Punjab Salman Taseer was dead after one of his guards, named Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, opened fire on him when he was going towards his car in Kohsar Market here today.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik confirmed to the media that the guard has been arrested. He has confessed that he opened fire on the governor because of his support to Asia Bibi, he added. Asia Bibi was convicted on blasphemy.
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik confirmed to the media that the guard has been arrested. He has confessed that he opened fire on the governor because of his support to Asia Bibi, he added. Asia Bibi was convicted on blasphemy.
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Killing of Salman Taseer in the capital was the most high-profile assassination of a political figure in Pakistan since the slaying of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the assassination of his ally and ordered an immediate inquiry into the killing.
Interior Minister Reham Malik said Mr Taseer, 56, had been shot because of his high-profile opposition to the blasphemy laws.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the assassination of his ally and ordered an immediate inquiry into the killing.
Interior Minister Reham Malik said Mr Taseer, 56, had been shot because of his high-profile opposition to the blasphemy laws.
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Karachi port is the main gateway for Western military supplies bound for Afghanistan and serious insecurity could disrupt shipments and pile pressure on the government.
While the violence has been confined to targeted tit-for-tat shootings, there are fears street clashes could erupt in the country's commercial hub, which is home to its main port and financial markets.
The country's main stock exchange has ignored the violence but analysts say any escalation is likely to hurt the fragile market.
The violence in the city of 16 million people is between Karachi's dominant political force, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and a breakaway faction known as the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, or Haqiqi group, as they vie for influence.
Karachi police chief Waseem Ahmed told Reuters that 26 people had been killed in targeted attacks this month up to Sunday, with most of the dead members of the breakaway faction. Other police officials said five people were killed on Monday.
"Karachi is totally anarchic at the moment as there is a serious command and control problem in the political factions," said Mutahir Ahmed, a professor of international relations at the University of Karachi.
Stock analysts say investors are getting used to daily violence in the northwest, although fighting in the Swat valley northwest of Islamabad has unnerved the market over recent weeks.
But violence in Karachi has a more direct impact.
"If the trouble escalates, that could potentially be the last nail in the coffin for our market," said Sajid Bhanji, a dealer at brokers Arif Habib Ltd.
The index, which has gained about 18 percent this year after losing 58.3 percent in 2008, was slightly up on Monday morning.
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While the violence has been confined to targeted tit-for-tat shootings, there are fears street clashes could erupt in the country's commercial hub, which is home to its main port and financial markets.
The country's main stock exchange has ignored the violence but analysts say any escalation is likely to hurt the fragile market.
The violence in the city of 16 million people is between Karachi's dominant political force, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and a breakaway faction known as the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, or Haqiqi group, as they vie for influence.
Karachi police chief Waseem Ahmed told Reuters that 26 people had been killed in targeted attacks this month up to Sunday, with most of the dead members of the breakaway faction. Other police officials said five people were killed on Monday.
"Karachi is totally anarchic at the moment as there is a serious command and control problem in the political factions," said Mutahir Ahmed, a professor of international relations at the University of Karachi.
Stock analysts say investors are getting used to daily violence in the northwest, although fighting in the Swat valley northwest of Islamabad has unnerved the market over recent weeks.
But violence in Karachi has a more direct impact.
"If the trouble escalates, that could potentially be the last nail in the coffin for our market," said Sajid Bhanji, a dealer at brokers Arif Habib Ltd.
The index, which has gained about 18 percent this year after losing 58.3 percent in 2008, was slightly up on Monday morning.
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KARACHI: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sindh, with the collaboration of intelligence agencies, has foiled a terrorist plot and arrested seven terrorists, including six suicide bombers belonging to the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), here on Sunday.
The police have recovered three suicide jackets, explosive material, Kalashnikovs, TT pistols, gas masks, heroin, remote control devices, batteries, ball-bearings, electric wires and hundreds of rounds. SSP Muhammad Fayyaz Khan said the CID had received information about the presence of some terrorists in Karachi who were hiding in a house situated in Defence View.The CID, along with personnel of intelligence agencies, conducted a raid late on Saturday night at the house and arrested Mohammed Aziz alias Salman Amir, Mohammed Shahzad alias Pehlwan alias Muna alias Ustad, Ghulam Mohammed alias Umar, Shahbaz alias Mian, Khalid Ahmed Toori (brother of Qasim Toori), Alam Zaib alias Huzefa and Shakeel Ahmed alias Hunzeela.
During a search operation, three suicide jackets, 15 kilogramme of explosives material, four Kalashnikovs, four TT pistols, two gasmasks, two kilogramme of heroin, four electronic remote controls use in bomb blasts, four batteries used in suicide jackets, more than five kilogramme of ball-bearings, electric water of different types and over 200 rounds were recovered. The accused were taken to the investigation unit of the CID.
During the investigation, the accused disclosed that their accomplices were present in Waziristan and Chaman. They were sent to Karachi for fund generation and terrorist acts on government and military installations and officers.
Recently, a huge consignment of arms and explosives, transported by their groups to Karachi for terrorist acts, was recovered by the police in a raid. The suspects disclosed that they had been trying to export heroin to South Africa.
It was further disclosed that they had agents in Malaysia, Singapore, China, United Arab Emirates, Europe and the US, and they use to export heroin to these countries in the form of capsules and through other methods.
The terrorists informed the investigators that a part of the money they collect through the sale of heroin in Karachi was being sent to Taliban Commander Maulvi Abdul Samad in Quetta, Gul Badin in Chaman while the remaining amount was given to the families of their arrested activists.
It was disclosed that they were trained at a camp in South Waziristan and Afghanistan. Khalil Ahmed Toori is the brother of Qasim Toori (Amir of Jundullah) while accused Shahzad alias Muna alias Pehlwan is an expert in making suicide jackets and bombs. He was also involved in attempts on former president Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Shaukat Aziz.
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The police have recovered three suicide jackets, explosive material, Kalashnikovs, TT pistols, gas masks, heroin, remote control devices, batteries, ball-bearings, electric wires and hundreds of rounds. SSP Muhammad Fayyaz Khan said the CID had received information about the presence of some terrorists in Karachi who were hiding in a house situated in Defence View.The CID, along with personnel of intelligence agencies, conducted a raid late on Saturday night at the house and arrested Mohammed Aziz alias Salman Amir, Mohammed Shahzad alias Pehlwan alias Muna alias Ustad, Ghulam Mohammed alias Umar, Shahbaz alias Mian, Khalid Ahmed Toori (brother of Qasim Toori), Alam Zaib alias Huzefa and Shakeel Ahmed alias Hunzeela.
During a search operation, three suicide jackets, 15 kilogramme of explosives material, four Kalashnikovs, four TT pistols, two gasmasks, two kilogramme of heroin, four electronic remote controls use in bomb blasts, four batteries used in suicide jackets, more than five kilogramme of ball-bearings, electric water of different types and over 200 rounds were recovered. The accused were taken to the investigation unit of the CID.
During the investigation, the accused disclosed that their accomplices were present in Waziristan and Chaman. They were sent to Karachi for fund generation and terrorist acts on government and military installations and officers.
Recently, a huge consignment of arms and explosives, transported by their groups to Karachi for terrorist acts, was recovered by the police in a raid. The suspects disclosed that they had been trying to export heroin to South Africa.
It was further disclosed that they had agents in Malaysia, Singapore, China, United Arab Emirates, Europe and the US, and they use to export heroin to these countries in the form of capsules and through other methods.
The terrorists informed the investigators that a part of the money they collect through the sale of heroin in Karachi was being sent to Taliban Commander Maulvi Abdul Samad in Quetta, Gul Badin in Chaman while the remaining amount was given to the families of their arrested activists.
It was disclosed that they were trained at a camp in South Waziristan and Afghanistan. Khalil Ahmed Toori is the brother of Qasim Toori (Amir of Jundullah) while accused Shahzad alias Muna alias Pehlwan is an expert in making suicide jackets and bombs. He was also involved in attempts on former president Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Shaukat Aziz.
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Hyderabad: In a clash between two student groups at the Sindh University campus in Jamshoro, at least seven students received injuries and were hospitalised in Jamshoro branch of the LUMHS on Tuesday.
According to reports, war of words was going on between the two student groups belonging to two different parties for the last few days which triggered violence on Tuesday and both the groups restored to heavy aerial firing in the arts faculty.
Sticks and iron rods were freely used in the ensuing clash as a result of which Abdur Rehman Rajar, Shoaib Pathan, Abdul Khaliq Chandio, Mohammad Ali Shah, Ayaz Ahmed, Shahzad Ali and another student were injured.
Jamshoro police registered a case on the complaint of Abdur Rehman Rajar against ten students. The nominated accused included Majeed Khoso, Ali Shaikh, Habib Soomro and Noor Burdi. The situation at the campus is tense.
Meanwhile, an outsider identified as Irshad Arain was caught by the students at Lal Shahbaz boys hostel and recovered a pistol from his possession. He was handed over to the law enforcement agencies. No case was registered against him so far.
MUET: The activists of Jeay Sindeh Students Federation (A) boycotted classes in the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in protest against the removal of a photograph of their slain colleague, Asadullah Abbasi, from the electronic department of the university.
Reports said that after the recent murder of Asad Abbasi, his photographs were displayed in all the departments. However, on Tuesday morning someone removed his photograph from the electronic department and destroyed it which led to boycott of classes by the students of some departments.
The JSSF-A activists staged a sit-in outside the administration block. They raised slogans demanding the arrest of the miscreants and the killers of Asadullah Abbasi.
The students welfare officer, Ghazi Pariyar met with the protesting students and assured that efforts would be made to identify those miscreants who had removed the photograph of late Asad Abbasi.
Our Khairpur correspondent adds: Two students of Shah Abdul Latif University were injured in a clash between two groups of students in a point bus of the university here on Tuesday.
Reports said that when a point bus from Pano Aqil reached near Therhi stop in the jurisdiction of Babarloi police station, some students tried to embark the point-bus.
A clash took place between two groups of students as a result of which two students namely Asadullah Kalwar and Sikandar Soomro were injured.
The university administration was informed about the incident and the point-bus was taken to the university.
The injured students were provided first-aid at university dispensary and were sent back to homes. No case was registered till filing of this report. Dawn
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According to reports, war of words was going on between the two student groups belonging to two different parties for the last few days which triggered violence on Tuesday and both the groups restored to heavy aerial firing in the arts faculty.
Sticks and iron rods were freely used in the ensuing clash as a result of which Abdur Rehman Rajar, Shoaib Pathan, Abdul Khaliq Chandio, Mohammad Ali Shah, Ayaz Ahmed, Shahzad Ali and another student were injured.
Jamshoro police registered a case on the complaint of Abdur Rehman Rajar against ten students. The nominated accused included Majeed Khoso, Ali Shaikh, Habib Soomro and Noor Burdi. The situation at the campus is tense.
Meanwhile, an outsider identified as Irshad Arain was caught by the students at Lal Shahbaz boys hostel and recovered a pistol from his possession. He was handed over to the law enforcement agencies. No case was registered against him so far.
MUET: The activists of Jeay Sindeh Students Federation (A) boycotted classes in the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in protest against the removal of a photograph of their slain colleague, Asadullah Abbasi, from the electronic department of the university.
Reports said that after the recent murder of Asad Abbasi, his photographs were displayed in all the departments. However, on Tuesday morning someone removed his photograph from the electronic department and destroyed it which led to boycott of classes by the students of some departments.
The JSSF-A activists staged a sit-in outside the administration block. They raised slogans demanding the arrest of the miscreants and the killers of Asadullah Abbasi.
The students welfare officer, Ghazi Pariyar met with the protesting students and assured that efforts would be made to identify those miscreants who had removed the photograph of late Asad Abbasi.
Our Khairpur correspondent adds: Two students of Shah Abdul Latif University were injured in a clash between two groups of students in a point bus of the university here on Tuesday.
Reports said that when a point bus from Pano Aqil reached near Therhi stop in the jurisdiction of Babarloi police station, some students tried to embark the point-bus.
A clash took place between two groups of students as a result of which two students namely Asadullah Kalwar and Sikandar Soomro were injured.
The university administration was informed about the incident and the point-bus was taken to the university.
The injured students were provided first-aid at university dispensary and were sent back to homes. No case was registered till filing of this report. Dawn
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