| DAWN/The News International, KARACHI | 7 October 2001, Sunday, 19 Rajab 1422 |
KARACHI: The Muttahida chief Altaf Hussain has warned that the international and national situation is very serious and asked the people to prepare themselves mentally and physically to face the crucial time. He said this in his telephonic address at the inauguration of Khurshid Memorial Medical Centre and Library at Pak Colony on Saturday.
Four gunned down in KarachiKARACHI: Masked armed men gunned down four people and wounded five others at a Madressah in Buffer Zone, here on Saturday. While fleeing, they also shot and wounded two passers by outside another mosque in the same area, witnesses said.
According to witnesses, two masked motorcyclists came to Madressah-e-Darul-Uloom-e-Rehmaniya, situated in Sector 15-A5 of Buffer Zone, soon after Maghrib prayers. "One of them barged into the Madressah and opened fire, killing three people on the spot and wounding five," said a witness at the Casualty Department of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. "And on their way, while escaping, they sprayed bullets at people outside Masjid-e-Aziziya in the same vicinity, wounding two of them," he added.
Those killed were identified as Umer Shah, 41, Abdul Karim, 25, Muhammad Riaz, 25 and Abdul Rasheed, 12. The wounded included Moinuddin, 18, Hammadullah, 23, Shah Muhammad, 21, Subhan Mehmood, 16, Mehboobullah, 21, Abdul Jalil, 20 and Inam-ur-Raheem, 30. The Madressah administration, said the victims were sitting in the lounge after offering Maghrib prayers when attacked.
DIG Karachi Tariq Jamil said that the two acts of terrorism were carried out by the same killers. "It could be a reaction to the Imambargah-e-Ali Murtaza incident of Thursday," the DIG said.
Advocate,son killed in indiscriminate police firingKARACHI: A middle-aged advocate, his minor son, and an alleged bandit were killed when police opened fire to foil a bid to snatch their jeep within the Gulshan-e-Iqbal police limits. Besides, a middle-aged doctor was found dead in his car in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar police area on Saturday.
Mumtaz Memon advocate, 43-year-old son of well-known lawyer Nizamuddin Memon, his ten-year-old son Danial, and an alleged carjacker were killed when police opened indiscriminate fire to foil the bid to snatch the victims' jeep at Gulshan-e-Iqbal roundabout.
Family sources and witnesses told The News that when Mumtaz and Danial, residents of Tauheed Commercial Area, stopped at the market, two carjackers took both of them hostage at gunpoint. The carjackers, without knowing about the residence of the victims, reached near their home where some neighbours sensed the bid to commandeer the vehicle. They informed Saqib, younger brother of Mumtaz, on his cell-phone about the carjacking. Saqib immediately informed the police, Rapid-15 Force and Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) and started chasing the vehicle after getting more information from the neighbours.
On reaching the Gulshan roundabout, Saqib informed another Squad of Rapid-15 Force, who had also received a message on the police wireless. The squad, on spotting the jeep, opened fire indiscriminately. Due to the extensive firing, both Mumtaz and Danial sustained bullet wounds. Danial and the carjacker died instantly while the other remained unhurt.
During initial questioning, the carjacker identified himself as Liaquat and his dead accomplice as Noorullah, both from Nawabshah. Witnesses claimed that the police resorted to extensive firing which caused the deaths.
Sources close to the victims' family told The News that holding SI Saeed Badshah and Head Constable Munawwar and Constables Jamil and Subhan responsible for the death of the father and son, the family was considering filing a suit against the cops.
The IGP, Sindh, Syed Kamal Shah, when contacted by The News, said: "If the cops are found guilty of killing the father and son, action will be taken against them." Meanwhile, Dr Ubaidullah was found dead with a bullet in his head in a cab parked in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar police limits.
Sources said that the police were informed that a corpse was lying in a cab (PH-3922) parked near Pehalwan Goth. Reaching the scene the police shifted the corpse to the JPMC.
MURDERED: Muneer, 12, son of Babu, was found injured near his house at Ittehad Town in Mochko police limits. He died while people were taking him to Civil Hospital. The MLO said the boy's head was smashed. Police held that Muneer was murdered due to some enmity while the area people said he had died in a traffic accident.
ACCIDENTS: Muhammad Faizan, 18, was run over by a passenger train near Landhi Railway Station.
ASI Muhammad Ashfaq, 35, was injured after a speeding vehicle ran over his motorcycle at Sharea Faisal in Airport police area on Wednesday. He was taken to a private hospital where he died after two days. Airport police took his body to the JPMC on Saturday.
Kaleem and his wife were injured when their speedy car collided with a minibus at Gulshan Chowrangi in Gulshan-e-Iqbal police limits.
DROWNS: Aun Ali, 2, son of Zameer-ul-Hasan, fell in underground water tank in his house No 663 at Mustafa Colony in Orangi Extension police jurisdiction, while he was playing. His relatives shifted the body to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
Fishermen saw the decomposed body of an unidentified man near Native Jetty Bridge and informed Jackson police who shifted it to Civil Hospital. The MLO said it was two days old. Police held that the deceased was a drug addict and had accidentally fallen from the bridge.
ROBBERIES: Armed men looted Rs 120,000, from a businessman in Gizri, Rs 16,000, jewellery and other valuables from the residence of Sabahat Ali in Gulzar-e-Hijri, cash, gold ornaments and electrical appliances from a house in Landhi, cash, jewellery and other valuables from a house in Orangi Town, cash, gold ornaments and electrical appliances from the house of Shafqat in Mehmoodabad, cash and jewellery from Afaq in Liaquatabad, and cash, jewellery and other valuables from a house in North Nazimabad. Carjackers took away six cars and 11 motorcycles from different parts of the metropolis.
Humanities merit list (female) announcedKARACHI: The Centralised Admission Committee announced on Saturday the merit list for humanities faculty (female candidates) for admissions to first year classes.
With this merit list the phase for the issuance of placement lists has been completed.
The name of women, co-education colleges and higher secondary schools with their respective minimum and maximum cut-off marks are as under:
Abdullah Govt College for Women 641, 415; APWA Govt College for Women 680, 440; Govt College for Women Nazimabad 673, 441; Govt Girls College Baldia Town 727, 298; Govt Girls College North Nazimabad Block M 680, 397; Govt College for Women New Karachi 680, 316; Riaz Govt Girls College 581, 300; Sir Syed Govt College for Women 785, 494; Govt Girls College Orangi Town 658, 327; Govt College for Women North Karachi 602, 325; Govt C W Shahrah-e-Liaquat 704, 435; Govt Girls College Lyari 607, 343; Govt Karachi College for Women 649, 312; Govt SMB Fatima Jinnah Girls College 688, 407; St Joseph's Govt College for Women 752, 608; Govt Girls College Gizri 634, 347; Govt College for Women Korangi-6 590, 294; Govt College for Women Korangi-4 659, 425; Govt College for Women Saudabad 598, 322; Khurshid Govt College for Women 695, 403; Allama Iqbal Govt College 552, 325; Liaquat Govt College Malir 559, 352; Govt Girls College PIB Colony 585, 316; Khatoon-e-Pakistan Govt C W 709, 508; Govt PECHS College for Women 750, 557; St Lawrence Govt Girls College 692, 548; Govt College Stadium Road 694, 588; Govt Boys HSS Kamal Khan Jokhio 623, 329; Govt Boys HSS Haji Natho Malir 596, 353; Govt Girls HSS Landhi No 1 536, 324; Govt Comprehensive HSS North Nazimabad Block M 485, 321; Govt Girls HSS Murad Memon Goth 577, 356; Govt Girls HSS Bhiroi Village 521, 330; APWA Govt Girls HSS 650, 343; PAF Govt Girls HSS 571, 320; Govt Girls HSS Green Belt 623, 329; NJV Govt Girls HSS Sindhi Medium 411, 301; HI Usmania Govt College 584, 312; Govt Girls HSS Chanesar Village Sindhi Medium 441, 397; Govt HSS Gulshan-e-Iqbal 588, 309; Govt Girls HSS Chanesar Village Urdu Medium 570, 342; Islamia Women Govt College 661, 307; HRH Aga Khan Govt College 632, 337; Nishtar Govt Girls College 545, 292; Nishtar Govt Girls College 545, 292; Raunaq-e-Islam Govt Girls College 686, 331; Govt Girls HSS Orangi 572, 402; and Govt Pilot Naz College 570, 342.
HARIPUR: Killer of two blind brothers arrestedPESHAWAR: The leader of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) on Saturday urged 5,000 supporters at a protest rally to attack any US military plane found on Pakistani soil. "If you see an American military plane on Pakistani soil, destroy it," JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman told the demonstrators at the anti-US rally in Peshawar.
The protestors carried banners reading "Death to America, "Osama, We Are With You" and "We Are Ready For Jihad". They also burned effigies of President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair. The protesters also attacked US President George Bush, and there were signs that declared, "George Bush is greatest terrorist".
"We declare war on America and Britain," said one speaker from the JUI-F, which has said it has started recruiting fighters to go to Afghanistan if the US attacks the country to punish the Taliban for not giving up Osama.
The JUI chief also denounced Blair's announcement that Britain and Pakistan had agreed on the need for a "broad-based government" to replace the Taliban. "Broad-based government in Afghanistan is a cliche. It has never worked in the past," Fazl said, adding that the plan to bring back exiled Afghan king Mohammad Zahir Shah at the head of a transitional administration was doomed to failure.
Musharraf's term as Chief of the Army Staff extendedQUETTA: Strict security measures are being taken in and around the Quetta international airport as the residents of Killi Khazai and Kharotabad -- located near the airport -- have been asked on Saturday to evacuate these areas by Sunday (today).
The sources confided to The News the authorities directed the residents to evacuate their houses as early as possible in view of possible landing of allied forces' aircraft at the airport. Most of the residents of Killi Khazai and Kharotabad have left their homes, however, it is learnt that the residents of Killi Khaizi and Kharotabad areas are demanding of the government to provide them alternate shelter.
The personnel of military and paramilitary forces had already been deployed at the Quetta international airport. However, the SSP Quetta told the News that only the Afghan refugees had been asked to evacuate these places on "security point of view". "We have completed all work to get vacated these areas from Afghan refugees," he added.
Meanwhile, the sources said a high-level meeting, chaired by Balochistan Governor Justice (retd) Amirul Mulk Mengal, reviewed the current situation and the security measures. The sources said the authorities are looking as to how they can shift the Afghan refugees -- mixed with the local population -- from cities to the bordering areas of Balochistan.
Reports reaching here from Pak-Afghan border said tension is mounting in the bordering areas of Balochistan as the Taliban have increased their troops near the Pak-Afghan border inside Afghanistan.
Taliban are busy for another war as ditches are being dug out, besides, supplying weapons to the forces near border with Balochistan. It has been learnt that Taliban forces would use Afghanistan's Kandhar and Dost Muhammad Khan Nawar airports to counter the allied forces' possible attack. "We will shoot down allied forces' aircraft if they violate our airspace," said a representative of the Taliban government.
Blast kills four in Saudi ArabiaRIYADH: A US citizen and a Briton were among four people killed on Saturday by a bomb explosion in the eastern Saudi town of Khobar, where US troops are stationed, police sources said. Witnesses said the bomb killed four people whose nationality and identity had yet to be established. A witness said the explosion occurred in an electronics store on King Khalid Street, a main shopping district, in Khobar. He said four wounded included possibly two Britons and two Filipinos. The exact nature of the explosion was not immediately known. Meanwhile, official SPA agency said, quoting the provincial police chief said two unidentified foreigners were killed and four injured in the blast.
List of Taliban leaders whose bank accounts are frozen