...mindless ferocity in a turban...Pakistain (TTP) and Jamaat Ulema-e-Ahrar (JUA),
... JUA is a splinter group of TTP that retreats to its base in Lalpura, Nangarhar Province...
besides ordering confiscation of their properties.ATC Judge Nasir Hussain handed down the sentence to the four men for possessing explosives which they wanted to use in attacks on sensitive installations in Bahawalpur city and Sammsatta during 2021.
The convicts — Naik Amal, Nazir Khan, Hayatullah and Lalzada — belonged to
Mohmand Agency... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
and Kunar...
in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and lived in Lahore, Muzzafargarh and other places.
According to prosecution, the four men were hiding in Hootwala village near Sammasatta with explosives and were planning to attack on April 3, 2021, sensitive installations in Bahawalpur and area around Sammsatta.
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel conducted a raid on their hideout and foiled their attempt to attack the installations, recovering explosives and illegal arms from them.
The CTD registered FIR No 9/21 under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) against the Death Eaters that said they had also links with the TTP forces of Evil based in Afghanistan.