Suleman Lashari murder case enters final stages
ATC records last witness statement, counsels to present final arguments
KARACHI:
The trial of the suspects accused of killing 18-year-old Suleman Lashari at his home in 2014 entered the final stages on Thursday, when the last witness presented by the prosecution recorded his statement.
An anti-terrorism court heard the case at the Karachi Central Jail. The counsels are to present their final arguments at the next hearing.
Accused Salman Abro was produced before the court, where witness Yaseen Jamali recorded his statement.
Jamali was the last on the list of witnesses submitted by the prosecution. Witnesses, Maqbool Ahmed and Imran Ali, had recorded statements at the last hearing.
Cops make headway in Rangers’ attack case
Martyred Rangers official laid to rest with military honours
KARACHI:
The picture of one of the suspected terrorists involved in the attack on a Pakistan Rangers mobile van in Orangi Town has been acquired by investigation agencies, said the police on Tuesday.
The face of the other suspect is also discernible in the CCTV footage, stated officials, adding that he appeared to be aged between 30 to 40 years, sported a beard and had donned a blue shalwar kameez on the day.
A Pakistan Rangers official was killed while 16 others, including two Rangers personnel and an official of the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell, were injured on Monday when an improvised explosive device fitted in a motorcycle blasted in Orangi Town.
Request to share JIT report of terrorist with embassy
Request to share JIT report of terrorist with embassy
KARACHI:
The Counter Terrorism Department Police has requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to provide the joint-investigation team s report on an alleged Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London terrorist to the Belgium embassy in Pakistan, it emerged on Thursday.
In a letter to MoFA, CTD DIG Omar Shahid Hamid wrote that the alleged terrorist, Wahid Hussain alias Guddu alias Sodagar, was arrested in a raid by his department last month. A JIT was subsequently formed.
The suspect holds dual nationality of Belgium and Pakistan, the DIG apprised.
CTD Police kills one, arrests five terrorists
A large cache of weapons recovered, suspects were planning terror attacks in Sindh, say, officials
The Counter-Terrorism Department Police killed a terrorist and arrested five others in an intelligence-based operation in Shah Latif Town on Monday, according to the police.
The authorities claim that the apprehended suspects are affiliated with India’s Research and Analysis Wing and had planned targeted terror activity in Sindh.
Early on Monday morning, the CTD officials, headed by CTD Deputy Inspector General Omar Shahid, encircled a double-story house in Shah Latif Town, Sector A/21, and a shootout ensued between the suspects and the law enforcement agencies.
Former cop booked for weapons tampering
Inquiry reveals errant cop replaced imported pistols with local ones, says CTD
KARACHI:
The Counter Terrorism Department Police lodged a case on Thursday against their former cop on charges of weapons tampering. Head Muharrar Nazir has allegedly been replacing and tampering with statement weapons for the past 20 years and an FIR was lodged in this regard on the complaint of ASI Rizwan after an internal inquiry.
According to CTD, forensic test of police weapons revealed that six pistols imported from abroad were replaced. Similarly, parts of various other pistols were removed and replaced with locally manufactured parts.