Punjab

"I was paid Rs 100,000 for suicide attacks"

Express May 17, 2010

SARGODHA: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan commander Hanif Gabol surrendered himself to the police in Sargodha on Monday. Gabol is the head of the Seraiki Karwan chapter of TTP.

RPO Sargodha said Gabol confessed to planning suicide attacks in the past, and was planning to target important installations in different cities of Punjab.

Gabol was presented before the media where he admitted his role in several suicide attacks. This included an attack on an FC camp in DG Khan, a religious processions in Rawalpindi,and on a DPO office in Mianwali.

The TTP commander claimed he confessed to his crimes out of a guilty conscience and called on other militants to do the same.

He revealed that his group was paid Rs 100,000 for carrying out each attack, paid in half before and after the attack. Gabol said he received his training from Afghanistan.

Gambol said that he would accept any sentence. The arrested terrorist informed that he is a married man but does not have any children.

COMMENTS (12)

hamid | 14 years ago | Reply A boy from charsadda gone missing ,before his missing he argued with his father that it is time for Jihad, not for Tabligh,when asked the father said i has admitted him in a madrasa in where he was brain washed,asking to report to Police he said the Madrassa peoples are influential if caught for interrogation will definitely kill me. that is the scenario.

Faryal Tahir | 14 years ago | Reply Look at the dull face of police man in the back, he is tired after enough chitrol to make this man say what he wants. God, why do our forces lack that look of sharpness and fitness?

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Hunain Ali | 14 years ago | Reply I would second TL !

TL | 14 years ago | Reply Everthing this guy is saying is fabricated.

I.M | 14 years ago | Reply Pakistan should include the programs of Dr.Zakir Nayak to teach Islam to the Muslims in your country. Your Mullahs seem to have gotten it wrong from the word go. Passing Fatwa’s and converting these brain washed innocent children in to killing machines is not so simple, it is a continuous indoctrination. Zakir Nayak will enlighten them with the correct form of Islam.

UrbanSoul | 14 years ago | Reply Another Universal Soldier, I am sure there must be some other facts behind the revelations he made, perhaps saving others. The man met his supposed fate is highly unlikely as our courts usually set these terrorists free. We discuss Ajmal Kassab and Faisal Shehzad but the truth is there are people who are more ruthless,cruel, bloodthirsty and dangerous than them, people who don't hesitate to cut the throats of innocent people and enjoy blowing hundreds of men, women and children into pieces. There are hundreds of Gobols, Lahoris(Akram) and Zaqavis, and their supporters in media, governments and society always wash the blood of innocents from their hands.

anwaarahmad | 14 years ago | Reply Seraikis have not lost their conscience and love for Pakistan.

Dr. Ghulam Murtaza Khuhro | 14 years ago | Reply Fanatic religious indoctrination is very contagious. Human being is such a vulnerable species. And in a certain environment created by certain factors and actors, this species is rendered fatal. Religion in whatever form is awfully sacred sentiment and most of the times no argument touches its depth instead provokes it. Let us (all) think what to do about it? It is not simple challenge and it cannot be treated with use of force only and blatant use of force is always counterproductive. Culture of tolerance, prosperity and Justice (economic, political, and social) can prove very effective tools. Probably, a balance act might be prudent course.

Syed A. Mateen | 14 years ago | Reply Our Security Agencies should nab all such people who are engaged in subversive activities in Pakistan. We cannot afford to let such people roam free in our beloved country. May Al-Mighty Allah save Pakistan from such evil forces. Ameen.

Sultan Ahmed | 14 years ago | Reply Unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable, no one on the earth can sell his life against rs.one lack. In fact, tender age raw brain are briefed and inclined to do for paradise.According to them, here is nothing, do Jihad and find great in alternative. To face this problem Islamic clerics should stand and tell the new generation the real teaching of Islam. Islam mean peace and brotherhood and help other who are helpless.

rehan | 14 years ago | Reply WHO PAID HIM?CAN WE PLEASE GET DOWN TO SPECIFICS PLEASE.If AjmalKassab can be traced back,so can any Tom Dick and Harry.And Mr.Gabol aint no T,D,H.by the way.AjmalKassab was.

Tαnzeel | 14 years ago | Reply Law and enforcement agencies should not have leaked this info, maintaining secrecy might have helped Police apprehending his other high profile accomplices who must have escaped by now.

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