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| Jirga seeks release of tribesmen |
| 2014-04-02 |
| [DAWN] GHALANAI: A jirga comprising leaders of political parties, office-bearers of welfare organizations and Learned Elders of Islam on Monday reviewed the situation arising out of the raids on houses of rustics and their arrest by the security forces. The participants said that most of the detainees were over 60 years of age and asked the government to set them free. They said instead of sniffer dogs, identification of wanted persons should be conducted through the local jirga. They said the Haleemzai rustics had already handed over hundreds of desperados to the administration and security forces from time to time. The jirga also complained of misbehaviour of forces' personnel with the detainees at the lockup. "We do not know who is the real authority in the area -- the political administration or the security forces (Mohmand Rifles) -- because the forces' personnel raided our houses without consulting the local administration," said a participant of the jirga. Later, the jirga formed a 20-member committee for holding negotiations with the local administration and Mohmand Rifles regarding the release of the incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud! rustics. The participants included among others Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... , Mohmand naib amir Saeed Khan, Maulana Samiullah of JUI-F, Haji Bahram Khan of PML-N, Sajid Khan of PTI, Qari Fazli Khaliq of Mohmand welfare organization and relatives of arrested rustics. |
| Posted by:Fred |