Crackdown on ASWJ: Malik Ishaq’s son detained

Malik Muhammad Usman was taken to jail under heavy police security.


Our Correspondent March 07, 2013
A file photo of Malik Ishaq and companions addressing a press conference on February 22, 2013. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE

BAHAWALPUR: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nabeel Javed detained the district deputy president of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) for one month on the directions of the Punjab Home Department.

Malik Muhammad Usman was taken to jail under heavy police security.

According to details, Usman has been detained under Section 3 of the Punjab Public Order, 1960.

It is pertinent to mention that Usman is the son of ASWJ leader Malik Muhammad Ishaq, who was recently detained for one month on the home department’s directions.

Ishaq was detained a week after the outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) sectarian militant group claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing in the Hazara Town neighbourhood of Quetta.

The Punjab government has also sought the details of 11 weapons licences, which were issued from both Sindh and Balochistan in the name of Ishaq and his two sons Malik Muhammad Usman and Malik Muhammad Haqnawaz.

COMMENTS (13)

abdul | 11 years ago | Reply

ASWJ should be banned it was called ssp, now aswj and doesn't belong to Ahle Sunnat. The deobandis belong to wahabism not Ahle Sunnat.

Syed | 11 years ago | Reply

I pray that my son turns out to be a good boy. Successful in deen and duniya both. Malik Ishaq is making sure his sons join him in the hereafter. Iss duniya main shayad insaaf na ho but they must know that Allah is just.

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