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| Banned outfits to be stopped from collecting hides. Really. |
| 2013-10-15 |
| [Dawn] Police on Sunday said they have chalked out a strategy to ensure strict enforcement of the Punjab government's ban on collection of hides by proscribed outfits during Eidul Azha. A senior police officer requesting anonymity told Dawn that the government of Punjab had already issued a notification regarding the ban on collection of sacrificial animal hides and fund raising by banned ...the word bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all... organizations. "All the coppers concerned have been directed to proceed against such outlawed outfits who violate the ban," he said. When asked whether the outlawed outfits found involved in violating the ban would be booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act, he replied in the negative and said there were sections of the Pakistain Penal Code that dealt with such violations. It may be recalled that the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) had warned the police of ineffective enforcement of the ban on proscribed organizations who have set up camps to collect animal hides. But so far no action has been taken against them by the police. The authorities believe that the money collected by banned organizations was being used for terrorism activities. It was also suggested by the CTD that such organizations or their members found involved in collecting hides for raising funds should be booked under the ATA. According to police sources, more than 70 cases had been registered against those found involved in collecting animal hides on Eidul Azha last year. The booked people were associated with different banned outfits such as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ... , Al-Rehmat Trust, Harkat Jihad-e-Islami, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain ...a Sunni Deobandi organization, a formerly registered Pak political party, established in the early 1980s in Jhang by Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi. Its stated goal is to oppose Shia influence in Pakistain. They're not too big on Brelvis, either. Or Christians. Or anybody else who's not them. The organization was bannedin 2002 as a terrorist organization, but somehow it keeps ticking along, piling up the corpse counts... and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain. When contacted, Bilal Saddique Kamyana, the city police officer, said they would enforce the ban on collection of animal hides by outlawed outfits and anybody found violating the ban would be booked. "No banned organization will be allowed to set up camps to collect hides for raising funds." On the other hand, more than 4,000 coppers and elite force commandoes will be deployed in the city to ensure peace on Eidul Azha. Leaves of the police and traffic wardens have been cancelled and a central control room has been established at the traffic office. As part of the security, police officials will be deployed around 652 mosques, 73 open spaces and 67 imambargahs where Eid congregations will be held. Parking of vehicles will not be allowed near mosques, imambargahs and open places where the Eid congregations will be held. |
| Posted by:Fred |