Police on December 5
arrested
61 accused,
including
15 proclaimed
offenders,
during
raids
in the
provincial
metropolis
of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa,
Peshawar,
reports
Dawn.
A Police
spokesman
said that
Police
had arrested
the accused
during
night
raids
and also
recovered
23 pistols,
two rifles
and contraband
from their
possession.
Separately, Police arrested
two militants
in Matta
area in
Swat District,
reports
The
News.
Police
said that
two militants
identified
as Naimat
Ali and
Gul Nazim
had been
arrested
on a checkpoint
in Matta.
The arrested
militants
were wanted
to the
Police
in terrorism-related
incidents
in Swat
District.
Meanwhile, an anti-terrorism
court
convicted
the mastermind
of two
suicide
attacks
in Dera
Ismail
Khan on
different
counts
and sentenced
him to
339 years
rigorous
imprisonment
with a
fine of
PKR 150,000.
The court
presided
over by
Mr Khwaja
Wajihuddin
pronounced
that the
prosecution
proved
the cases
against
28-year-old
Ahmad
Nawaz
alias
Dhallu,
a resident
of Dera
Ismail
Khan.
The court
also declared
five of
the absconding
accused,
Qari Abdul
Zahir
alias
Qari Zafar,
Fazalur
Rehman,
Mohammad
Iqbal,
Qari Asif
and Imran
alias
Khitab,
proclaimed
offenders
and issued
their
perpetual
arrest
warrants. |
