Karachi News


DAWN/The News International, KARACHI	15 February 2005, Tuesday, 5 Muharram 1426

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'Musharraf ka jo yar hai ghaddar hai ghaddar hai', Qazi Husain Ahmad
Many injured in IJT-APMSO student groups’ clash
Man kills ex-wife; minibus crushes minor girl
Baloch leaders meet US envoy
Rockets fired on Kohlu, Nushki
Body with warning note found in North Waziristan
US, Afghan troops raid border village of Dewgar
'Musharraf ka jo yar hai ghaddar hai ghaddar hai', Qazi Husain Ahmad
LAHORE, Feb 13: The MMA on Sunday disowned the 17th Amendment, citing a breach of agreement by the government in this respect.
Speaking at the launch of a book by jailed PML-N leader Javed Hashmi here on Sunday, MMA President Qazi Husain Ahmad said as the government had backed out of its promise made with the alliance before passing the amendment, the MMA disowned it, implying that it would be ready to help strike down the same.
The Qazi got emotional and chanted the slogan "Musharraf ka jo yar hai ghaddar hai ghaddar hai (he who is friend of Musharraf is indeed a traitor) again and again.
The MMA chief allayed fears earlier expressed by some speakers that construction of the Kalabagh dam might disintegrate the country. "We shall amicably find out some formula for water distribution."
Alliance's secretary-general and leader of opposition Maulana Fazlur Rahman said those who had bifurcated the country and had been pinpointed in the Hamoodur Rahman Commission report were actual traitors.
Criticizing Gen Musharraf for lecturing on terms and condition required for waging Jihad, he said the army ruler had been trained for some other job and not this discussion on religion.
He alleged that various measures taken by the dictators had given birth to causes for disintegration of the country. He blamed the establishment for conspiring to pitch provinces against each other. He said the Kalabagh dam was a controversial project and the government must avoid to undertake it.
Many injured in IJT-APMSO student groups’ clash
KARACHI: The Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) and All Pakistan Mohajir Students’ Organisation (APMSO) have levelled allegations of attacking each other’s activists at the two government colleges in the metropolis on Monday.

An IJT spokesman said that their activists came under attack by unruly elements of the APMSO at its Al-Badar Study Centre and Govt SM Arts & Commerce College resulting in injuring to eight IJT workers.

He said the IJT activists Zahid, Waqas, Arshad and Fayyaz had been injured when they were attacked at the Govt SM College by APMSO workers using sticks, rods and stones.

Later, the same unruly elements, under the patronage of police, attacked the IJT’s Al-Badar Study Centre located near the college and ransacked furniture, and desecrated textbooks, he claimed.

He said that an IJT activist Muhammad Farooq received bullet injuries in his leg at the Al-Badar Study Centre while some other fellow activists were also tortured. Farooq was later rushed to the JPMC, he said.

Meanwhile, an APMSO press release said the IJT workers had beaten up a professor at the Govt SM College and later locked him up in the staffroom.

It said that later the armed rowdy elements of the IJT entered the Govt DJ Science College and attacked APMSO students. It said that one APMSO worker Shoaib also received injuries.

In the meantime, APMSO Chairman, Faisal Sabazwari and members of its central committee have condemned the incidents of torturing a professor and students at SM and DJ Science Govt colleges.

They said the students’ organisation whose activists were involved in torturing both the teachers and students served no purpose and interests of education.

They called upon the Sindh chief minister, education minister and home minister to take strong notice of the incidents and apprehended the responsible persons.

Meanwhile, IJT Karachi Nazim, Syed Tahir Akbar, also condemned the incidents of attacking the Govt SM College and Al-Badar Study Centre and called upon the Sindh chief minister, IG Police, Corps Commander to take action against rowdy elements.

Man kills ex-wife; minibus crushes minor girl

KARACHI: At least two persons were murdered and a minor girl lost her life in a road accident on Monday, police said.

According to details, Tahir Iqbal, 35, resident of Korangi 5 1/2, was shot at and injured seriously when unknown assassins opened fire upon him, while he was present at the shop of his uncle at Jamshed Road in Fatima Jinnah Colony.

The injured was rushed to the Civil Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

Sajda, 45, resident of Khokhrapar No 1, was stabbed to death and her mother received serious wound injuries when Rafique, her ex-husband attacked her with a sharp edged weapon in Mansehra Colony, Sharafi Goth police jurisdiction.

Police said Sajda after getting divorce was residing in a rented house in Khokhrapar along with her six children.

When Sajda had come to her mother’s house in Mansehra Colony, for some money her ex-husband forcibly entered the house and attacked her, police added.

Irshad Bibi, the 60-year-old mother of Sajda, tried to save her daughter, Rafiq also attacked her and escaped, she added. Injured women were taken to the JPMC, where Sajda died.

Rafique, 35, resident of New Kalri, was shot dead when he confronted his relatives over a petty dispute in Kalri.

ACCIDENT: Salma, 7, resident of Nawab Colony, was crushed by a recklessly driven minibus while she was playing in front of her house in Mouchko police jurisdiction.

BODY FOUND: Tariq Alvi, 32, resident of Babar Market, was found dead in Street No 18 Sector 37-C Landhi police limits, police said.

ROBBERIES: Housebreakers entered the house of Zameer Khan in Mouchko police jurisdiction and looted Rs0.3 million, gold ornaments and other valuables.

Dacoits barged into the house of Abdul Hadi in Orangi Town and looted Rs60,000, jewellery and other valuables.

Robbers entered the house of Muhammad Bukhash in Boating Basin police jurisdiction and looted Rs17,000, jewellery and other valuables.

Bandits entered the house of Abdul Haq in Clifton police limits and looted Rs76,000, jewellery and other valuables. Masood was deprived of Rs15,000, mobile phone and laptop when armed muggers intercepted him in the same police jurisdiction.

Highwaymen came to a petrol pump in Korangi police jurisdiction and snatched Rs23,093 from Niaz Muhammad.

Armed bandits entered the house of Muzaffar in Khuwaja Ajmair Nagri police limits and looted Rs0.11 million, jewellery and other valuables.

Robbers entered the factory of Muhammad Tayyab in New Karachi Industrial Area and snatched Rs0.15 million, mobile phone and other valuables.

Dacoits barged separately into the houses of Imran Ahmed and Muhammad Yousuf in Baloch Colony police jurisdiction and looted Rs15,000, gold ornaments and Rs0.12 million, jewellery and other valuables .

Housebreakers entered the house of Afsar in Airport police limits and looted Rs65,000, jewellery and other valuables and bandits barged into the house of Warisullah in Gizri and looted cash, jewellery and other valuables.

Aamir was deprived of Rs0.11 million and Sanaullah was robbed of Rs50,000 when muggers intercepted them separately in Jamshed Quarters and Aziz Bhatti police jurisdictions.

vehicles: At least 12 vehicles including nine motorcycles were hijacked from various city localities, police confirmed.

A car and a motorcycle were snatched from SITE and Al-Falah police limits, while two cars and eight motorcycles were stolen from different parts of the city. Police claimed to have recovered nine vehicles including three motorcycles and a rickshaw.

Baloch leaders meet US envoy

KARACHI, Feb 14: US Ambassador Ryan Crocker had talks here on Monday with prominent Baloch leaders, including chief of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement Sardar Attaullah Mengal, Sardar Sherbaz Mazari , leader of opposition in the Balochistan Assembly Kachkool Ali Baloch, Jamhoori Watan Party leader Shahid Bugti and Pakistan Muslim League leader Jaffar Mandokhel on the situation in the province, recent attacks on the Sui gas installations and the incident of criminal assault on a woman doctor.

The talks, held at the residence of US Consul General Douglas Rohn, lasted for three hours. -PPI

Rockets fired on Kohlu, Nushki

QUETTA, Feb 14: Nushki and Kohlu were rocked on Monday when unknown men fired rockets targeting Frontier Corps checkpoints. In Kohlu, five rockets exploded at different places near residential area.

Frontier Corps personnel fired back in the direction from which the attack had been launched.

In Nushki, unknown men fired four rockets towards an FC checkpoint. One of the rockets exploded near the checkpoint and slightly damaged an official vehicle.

Body with warning note found in North Waziristan

MIRAN SHAH: Security forces found a slain man’s body dumped in a town square in a town in North Waziristan on Monday with an attached note warning people against spying for the United States, officials said. Authorities were trying to establish the identity of the victim, found in Mir Ali town. A security official and an intelligence official, who both requested anonymity, said the body was stashed in a bag with a note, written in Pashtu, saying those who spy for America would be killed in the same way.

US, Afghan troops raid border village of Dewgar

PESHAWAR: US and Afghan troops on Sunday raided a border town of Dewgar near Saidgai in North Waziristan tribal agency, and detained two Pakistani tribesmen for their alleged links with al-Qaeda and Taliban.

The village is situated on Pak-Afghan border. The two suspects were later taken to neighbouring Khost province of Afghanistan for interrogation.