Distancing efforts: TTP denies hand in killing
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan denies any role in the murder of Orangi Pilot Project director Parveen Rehman.
File photo of Parveen Rehman. PHOTO: NPR
ISLAMABAD:
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on Sunday denied any role in the murder of renowned educationist and Orangi Pilot Project director, Parveen Rehman.
Rehman was shot dead by armed motorcyclists in Karachi on Wednesday (March 13) while she was on her way back home. A day after her killing, police pinned the blame for the attack on an alleged TTP commander who was killed in a shootout with law enforcement officials the same day.
“We want to disassociate ourselves from Rehman’s killing,” TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said via telephone. “We have no role in the incident.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2013.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on Sunday denied any role in the murder of renowned educationist and Orangi Pilot Project director, Parveen Rehman.
Rehman was shot dead by armed motorcyclists in Karachi on Wednesday (March 13) while she was on her way back home. A day after her killing, police pinned the blame for the attack on an alleged TTP commander who was killed in a shootout with law enforcement officials the same day.
“We want to disassociate ourselves from Rehman’s killing,” TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said via telephone. “We have no role in the incident.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2013.