23 Pakistani held
F.P. Report
QUETTA: Iran security forces have arrested 23 Pakistanis for entering into Iran illegally here on Monday. According to details, Iranian forces held these people who were trying to cross the borders without visa and other documents and handed them over to Levies at Pak-Afghan border.
These people were aspirant to go to Europe through Turkey via Iran.The arrestees belong to different areas of Punjab and were travelling in hope of getting better jobs opportunities in Europe and Turkey.
Iranian border forces and Pakistan Levies are arresting illegal immigrants on daily basis. FIA registered cases against the illegal immigrants under foreign act and shifted them to Quetta to present them in the court for further trials.
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Turbat rocked again
F.P. Report
TURBAT: A bomb planted by the unknown miscreants went off here Monday but caused no serious damage. As per details miscreants planted a bomb near the Muhammad Ali colony, which went off at 0800am and scattered the glasses of the windowpanes of the near by buildings. In the mean time police reached the area and cordoned off it but failed to arrest any miscreant. Police started investigation after registering cases against the unknown bomb planters.
It is pertinent to inform that on last Sunday three bombs went off in the same city but no one was arrested.
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/quetta.asp#
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Gustasp blames Fazl for establishing Jehadi camps
F.P Report
PESHAWAR: Shehzada Gustasip Khan, leader of the opposition in the NWFP Assembly has held Maulana Fazal-Ur-Rehman, leader of the opposition in National Assembly, responsible for establishing “Jehadi” camps and imparting training to the people in these camps.
Talking to newsmen in the Provincial Assembly building here, Monday, Gustasip strongly criticised the statement of Fazalur Rehamn, accusing some of the government institutions of being harboring the “Jehadi” camps.
He termed the statement as a “U” turn by Maulana, saying that it was Maulana Fazal-Ur-Rehman and his companions who over and again supported “Jehad” and “Jehadi Camps” and grabbed votes by chanting the slogans of Afghanistan, Iraq, Tora-Bora etc. Those slogans took Maulana to his present status, he added.
The leader of the opposition said that the people of the country expect responsible attitude from their leaders and they hope that the leaders would not try to damage the reputation of significant National institutions by giving such statements as Maulana did.“Jehadies”, trained and sent to Afghanistan by Maulana and his party men were seen clearly in the rows of the Religio-political parties, Gustasip said.
Reacting over the comments of Fazal-Ur-Rehman about the Judges of the Supreme Court in connection with the decision regarding the controversial Hasba Bill, Gustip was of the opinion that M M A had acknowledged all the steps, taken by President Pervez Mushraf including the Oath of the Judges under LFO.
All the MMA leaders were showing their full confidence in the Apex Court before the announcement of its opinion on the bill and even after the decision, the MMA hailed the verdict about the Hasba Bill, saying it was in its favor but when they realized that the court’s point of view is contrary to their wills, they started criticising the verdict, Gustasip Khan further added.
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Islam is a religion of peace’
PESHAWAR (PPI): The NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has said that Muslims were not extremist and terrorists but it were those non-Muslim forces who never hesitated to exploit weaker nations and even killed people in cold blood, the proof of that was given by the US led imperial powers by invading sovereign countries and perishing its masses so much so that an American Senator then had advised Bush to invade Saudi Arabia and bombard Kaabah and Masjid Nabvi to eliminate spiritual centres of Muslims and disintegrate their unity but Siraj ul Haq said that Muslims would exist till doomsday and would continue struggle for the truth and right causes.
Addressing mammoth public rallies at Kheshgi, Behram Kalay Ganderi and Rashakai in Nowshera district on Monday, Sirajul Haq said that Islam is religion of peace and nobility that guaranteed rights of every segment of society including aged, children, women, minorities and even animals to constitute welfare society based on human values. Hence he said followers of such peaceful religion could not be extremists and terrorists but he said the imperial forces always liked evils and hence they hated Muslims for their nobility and even tried to eliminate the very existence of Muslims. However he said that Muslims could not be oppressed or subjugated but evil forces would be brought on the right path as such.
He while regretting the negative role of certain pro-imperial Muslims said that such people in fact tarnished their own future by pursuing American policies in their homeland and killing Muslim brethren while he cautioned they would repent on their misdeeds after tasting wreath of their evil masters.
He said that those waging campaign for supporters of enlightenment ideology in the current local government elections in fact wanted to spread obscenity and vulgarity at muhallah and street level and hold mixed marathon races of gents and ladies but MMA would not allow such anti Islam and anti social values and would thus foil policies of secular and anti Islam elements with active support of the Islam loving masses.
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