[DAWN] FAISALABAD: Kotwali police started the paperwork but haven't done much else against more than 30 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...
activists for allegedly subjecting coppers to torture during a public meeting held outside Chiniot Bazaar without the government’s permission.
The case has been registered on the complaint of Kotwali Station House Officer Shahid Iqbal under sections 148, 149, 186, 283, 290, 291 and 353 of the Pakistain Penal Code (PPC), Section 3 of the Amplifier Act and 13/20/65 of the Arms Ordinance.
Four JI activists, including its youth wing president Adnan, besides Ijaz, Waseem and Rafiqu, security in charge of the event, have been nominated in the case, along with 25/30 unidentified people. Police said the JI men had put up resistance and tortured an assistant sub-inspector (ASI). He said the police also seized a pistol and bullets from a meeting participant.
According to sources, the FIR did not mention the names of some top JI leaders who too had delivered speeches on the occasion.
They said Gulberg Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Abid Zafar was also manhandled when he along with some other coppers went on the stage to ask the organisers to stop the "illegal" event held outside Chiniot Bazaar.
They said JI Emir Sirajul Haq
...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that...
and other office-bearers were also on the stage when the coppers were manhandled.
Some JI workers also rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud against Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
police, the sources added.