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| 12 students of Jamia Faridia arrested |
| 2007-10-27 |
| The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police on Thursday night arrested 12 students of the Jamia Faridia and also took into custody Pasban-e-Millat Islamabad (PMI) chief Maulana Attaur Rahman, sources told Daily Times on Friday. According to the sources, the students were arrested for selling hate material and they were shifted to an unknown place for investigation. The sources said that Rahman and Umme Hassan, wife of Maulana Abdul Aziz, former imam of Lal Masjid, had gone to the office of Chief Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan to discuss the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa issues, and the police arrested Rahman after the meeting. A senior official of the ICT police, who asked not to be named, said the police arrested only two persons on Thursday night. |
| Posted by:Fred |