Outrage as police shoot student dead for not stopping car in Islamabad Filed on January 3, 2021
Usama Nadeem Satti was returning to his home in Islamabad when he was intercepted by a police team.
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All five police officials, who sprayed the car with at least 22 bullets, have been arrested
Pakistan s capital Islamabad and its twin city Rawalpindi are in a state of shock, after a 22-year-old student was shot dead by trigger-happy policemen, who opened heavy fire on his car for allegedly not stopping on their call.
Usama Nadeem Satti, who was going home after dropping his cousin at National University of Science & Technology (NUST) in Sector H-11 Islamabad, was intercepted by at least five personnel of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). He did not allegedly stop the car, leading to the ATS personnel riddling the car with bullets.
Five members of Islamabad s anti-terror squad arrested after young man allegedly shot dead
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Saturday Jan 02, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Five members of Islamabad Police s anti-terror squad were arrested on Saturday after a young man was allegedly shot dead by them while travelling in his vehicle.
According to police, 22-year-old Usama Nadeem was shot on Islamabad’s Srinagar Highway on Friday night reportedly after he ignored police warnings to stop.
An Islamabad Police spokesperson said the police were acting on a tip-off about a robbery attempt in Shams Colony. When the anti-terror squad reached the locality, they spotted a suspicious vehicle with tinted windows and asked it to pull over. When the driver failed to comply, the police chased the vehicle and shot at its tires.
5 policemen arrested for gunning down Islamabad youth
Islamabad IG has taken notice of the incident and formed an investigation committee to probe further. Photo courtesy author
Five officials of the capital s Counter Terrorism Force were arrested after being booked on Saturday for the murder of a 22-year-old man in Islamabad earlier in the day.
According to the first information report of the incident, registered on the complaint of the deceased s father, Nadeem Younis Satti, at the capital s Ramna police station, Osama received multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot after police opened fire at his car on Kashmir Highway.
PIMS protesters to march towards Parliament today
Islamabad
December 31, 2020
Islamabad : The ongoing protest of the Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) turned dramatic on Wednesday when an employee of the Accounts Department of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) incised his wrist veins to protest against the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance. Meanwhile, the PIMS protesters, who are on a strike for over a month now, will march up to the Parliament House today (Thursday) to pressurize the government to withdraw or revisit the said legislation.
The Chairman of FGHA. Dr. Asfandyar Khan announced intensification of the protest in view of the government’s “insensitivity” to their demand. “We will not surrender; the strike will continue till our demands are met. For now, we are utterly disappointed by the government’s lukewarm response,” he said.
‘Law Department to be consulted for revision of MTI Ordinance’
Islamabad
December 29, 2020
Islamabad:The government has principally agreed to the demands of the Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) and has assured that the Law Department would soon be consulted for necessary amendments to the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance so that their reservations are duly addressed.
The PM’s Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr. Faisal Sultan extended the assurance during an interaction with the FGHA leadership at his office here on Monday.
“Dr. Faisal conceded that our demands are 100 percent genuine. He said, the government has given a serious thought to all issues raised by the protesting employees of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), and it will consult the Law Department to determine how our demands can be incorporated into the Ordinance to our satisfaction,” the Chairman of FGHA Dr. Asfandyar shared after the meeting. Dr. Asfandyar