Police arrested five people for collecting donations for banned organisations in Kassowal and Sahiwal on Saturday. A police spokesman said Abu-Omar, Abu Saifullah, Abu Osama and Ikramul Haq and two others of Tehrik-i-Islami Pakistan (TIP) were collecting donations from the public by speaking on a van loudspeaker. Police confiscated their vehicle, receipt book and loudspeaker. Meanwhile, Muhammad Amin was arrested at a mosque in Sahiwal District. “There was not a single office of banned Jamiatul Ansar, Hizb ut-Tahrir and Jamiatul Furqan in southern Punjab. However, police who removed their donation boxes from the shops told shopkeepers not to collect donations for banned organisation or action would be taken against them, said District Police Officer Hamid Mukhtar Gondal. An Election Commission spokesman said Hizb ut-Tahrir, Jamiatul Furqan, Jamiat Al-Ansar, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan were not registered with the Election Commission as political parties able to contest in the general elections. He said Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan was the only one registered with the Election Commission.
| I'd guess they'll keep this up for awhile, until Ambassador Nancy's distracted by something else, then quietly let it start up again. That's been the pattern so far... |
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