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2 murdered; 6 die in accidents
Robber killed in encounter
Rockets fired at FC post, MMA protests US military presence at Shahbaz airbase
Clashes continue in South Waziristan
Salman Hamdani: a story of heroism
2 murdered; 6 die in accidents
KARACHI: Three persons were murdered, while six lost their
lives in separate mishaps on Saturday, police said.
Faisal, 19, a resident of Korangi No 2 1/2 was shot dead
when he resisted in a mobile phone snatching bid in Zaman Town.
Rasheed, 44, resident of Pathan Colony was axed to death
by his real brother Khuwaja Saeed over some family dispute in SITE police
jurisdiction.
Haseeb, 25, resident of Nusrat Bhutto Colony was shot dead
in Samanabad police precinct.
ACCIDENTS: Noor, 27, resident of Korangi No 6 was crushed
to death by a recklessly driven coach that his motorcycle near 89-Chawal
Godam Landhi within Quaidabad police jurisdiction.
Ramzan, 40, resident of Bhains Colony was crushed by a
truck Afzal was crushed to death when a carelessly driven vehicle knocked him
in Korangi while he was crossing the road.
Smashed body of a 40-year-old man was found from Dumba
Goth, Super Highway.
Police shifted the body to the Abbasi Shaheed and later
placed it in Edhi morgue.
Najam Mumtaz, 20, was killed and Waheed Abbas, 22, injured
seriously when a trailer hit the motorcycle they were riding near Bin Qasim
Moor.
PRISONER EXPIRES: Dost Muhammad, 55, a prisoner, who was
brought to the Civil Hospital from Central Jail for treatment breathed his
last.
INJURED: Talha Iqbal, 11, resident of Shah Faisal Colony
sustained bullet injuries at a wedding ceremony in Sakhi Hassan.
A 12-year-old unidentified boy sustained serious injuries
after being hit by a locomotive near Drigh Road station. He was rushed to the
JPMC in critical condition.
ARRESTS: The Anti-Car Lifting Cell has arrested five
carjackers and recovered four cars and two motorcycles from their possession.
Meanwhile, police arrested 20 accused and recovered nine
pistols, narcotics and other stolen goods from them.
ROBBERIES: Bandits barged into the house of Uzma in Sachal
area and looted cash, jewellery and other valuables.
Asghar was deprived of Rs0.18 million, prize bonds and a
licensed pistol by four dacoits in Sukhan area.
Adnan Riaz and Amjad Ali were deprived of their cash,
mobile phones and other valuables when highwaymen intercepted them in Preedy
and Gulbahar police precincts respectively.
>Robber killed in encounter
KARACHI: A robber was killed and two other robbers
including an injured one were arrested in two separate encounters on Saturday
evening.
Two persons riding on a motorcycle came to a shoe shop in
New Karachi police precinct and when they were looting cashier Abdul Lateef,
area people informed the Madadgar-15.
The robbers started firing on seeing the police. Police
retaliated injuring one of the fleeing robbers, while police overpowered his
accomplice.
The injured robber was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed
Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. The arrested robber was
identified as Zahid and his deceased accomplice as Kamran Ansari, 22. Police
claimed to have recovered two TT pistols and a motorcycle from their
possession.
The Shershah police arrested an injured dacoit after an
exchange of fire, who was fleeing after snatching cash from a cashier of a
petrol pump in Gulbai.
Athar Rasheed Butt, the Town Police Officer (TPO) Keamari
said that two policemen who were patrolling in their jurisdiction chased the
robbers and after an exchange of fire nabbed an injured robber while his
accomplice managed to escape. The arrested and injured robber were brought to
the hospital, where he was identified as Iqbal Rasheed, who yielded looted
cash and a TT pistol.
Rockets fired at FC post, MMA protests US military presence at Shahbaz airbase
>JACOBABAD: Activists of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal took out a
big rally to protest the presence of the US military at the Shahbaz airbase
of Jacobabad on Saturday. The rally started from Madressah Qasimul Uloom and
after passing various roads of the city reached at main DCO Chowk, where the
participants staged a sit-in for about one hour, causing suspension of the
traffic. The participants of the rally were carrying placards and banners
inscribed with anti-America slogans. Heavy contingents of police and rangers
were deployed around the Shahbaz airbase to avert any untoward incident.
Addressing the rally, MMA leaders Hafiz Mir Mohd Bhanglani, Dr AG Ansari,
Mumtaz Hussain Saheto and others said after the Sept 11 incident, the US and
its allies had made the lives of Muslims miserable. They demanded immediate
end to raids on Madressahs and arrest of clerics in the country.
Several rockets were fired at the FC checkpoint
in district Jaffarabad of Balochistan on Saturday morning. Reports said that
unknown assailants attacked the Charli checkpoint of FC with rockets and
destroyed the wall. Later, the FC men returned the fire, forcing the
assailants to flee.
Clashes continue in South Waziristan
PESHAWAR: Tribal militants have blocked the main supply
route linking South Waziristan with North Waziristan Agency amid negotiations
and reports of killing of six more militants, burning of a check post and
protest demonstrations against the ongoing operations in the tribal region.
About 1,500 tribal militants, eyewitnesses said, have
taken control of the main supply road in Makin area of the agency to cut off
road link between Ladah and Razmak, wherein heavy contingents of the Armed
Forces stationed at Razmak were reportedly preparing to open the road.
Meanwhile, Col Hameed Iqbal Khattak and an assistant
political agency Wana, held several rounds of talks with the tribal jirgas to
inform them that the government would move to open the road if the militants
do not do it themselves.
Keeping in view the tense situation hundreds of
shopkeepers have either shifted their belongings to safer places or have
locked their shops at Makin Serai. A delegation of political authorities,
officials of South Waziristan Scouts Force and local tribal elders are in
Makin to hold dialogue with the militants to persuade them to open the road.
However, the talks between the two parties had not made any headway till last
reports and the militants were reluctant to open the road.
As a result of clashes between the night of Friday and
Saturday, in which both sides used heavy arms, six militants were reportedly
killed and one injured in Karvan Manza and Sarvakai areas of the agency.
Three of the killed and injured persons have been identified as Minhajuddin,
Shah Sawar Khan and Qaimat Khan while names of the four dead could not be
ascertained. The two sides are fighting for control of the mountain peaks to
have a strategic gain. The armed forces are in control of a portion of the
top peak while the militants, eyewitnesses said, were in control of the
southern and northern parts called Taghikai-Narai and Malik Milasar.
Some miscreants, official sources confirmed, burnt down a
check post of the Political administration in Spinkai Raghzai and said that
no official of the administration or personnel of the Khasadar Force were
present at the time it was damaged. Tribal sources said the local population
has started moving out of the area for fear of fresh clashes and several
villages, including Karama, Lalizai, Abdal Wadaney, Shankai, Deley Khunkhela,
Bromikhel, Moshai, Shmerai, Faridai, Ghaley Pangey, Kandirai, have become
deserted.
NNI adds: Two children were killed in heavy artillery
clash between security forces and militants at Karwan Manja, South Waziristan
on Saturday.
According to details minor victims Minhagudin and Mausa
came in the firing range when the two sides were firing rockets on each
other.
Salman Hamdani: a story of heroism
KARACHI: The third anniversary of Muhammad Salman Hamdani,
declared a hero in the US, who scarified his life, while he was serving
humanity when people were running for their lives from the site of World
Trade Centre New York, was observed in New York, Karachi, and Dubai, on
Saturday.
Fateha and Qul were held at the residences of Anees
Hamdani, uncle of Salman Hamdani, and his brothers and sisters in Karachi.
Anees Hamdani, a Karachi-based senior photo-journalist and
uncle of Salman Hamdani, while talking to the News at the Karachi Press club
said, "My brother Saleem Hamdani had proceeded to America at about 25
years ago when Salman was just eight or nine months old."
When the WTC was attacked, Salman was on his way home, but
the moment he got news of the WTC bombing, he rushed to the site of the
disaster to help in the relief efforts.
After September 11, Salman disappeared, but it was not
clear as to whether he had been martyred or nabbed by the US authorities,
since hundreds of Muslims had been captured and Salman’s family feared that
he might had been one of those arrested, he said.
However, things assumed a totally different turn when
Salman’s identity card was found from the rubble of WTC after six months
and he was declared a hero.
After confirmation of Salman’s heroic deeds, his funeral
prayers were offered at the Islamic Research Centre’s mosque, where a
contingent of 1,000 police officers presented the departed hero a salute of
honour, he said.
Salman Hamdani, had been a police cadet working with the
Housing Bureau, was declared missing till the heart-breaking discovery of his
identity card next to his remains six months later.
A New York paper, "Newsday" had published a
story on October 13, 2001, in which it had mentioned that his friends and
colleagues were of the view that, "Mohammad Salman was a helpful man,
and most likely headed for the Twin Towers to try to help, they can’t
understand why police believe he may not have died in the collapse and
instead may be in hiding."
"We don’t know how many people he helped, how many
lives he saved," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly had told several
hundred mourners at the Islamic Cultural Centre of New York, where he spoke
shortly after Salman’s funeral. "But if you look at his life, you know
he was determined to make a difference, and he did. He indeed was a
hero."