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Bomber identified

Photograph and ID card copy of Badshah Khan, one of the alleged suicide bombers of the Karachi attack released.

Fawad Shah October 14, 2010

Bomber identified

KARACHI:

Investigators have revealed the identity of one of the suicide bombers who attacked the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine, killing nine people last week.

The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the city police has issued a copy of the National Identity Card of the bomber.

The attacker has been identified as Badshah Khan, son of Muhammad Shafi, a resident of the Ladha area of South Waziristan. Khan belongs to the Mehsud tribe.

Earlier, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had claimed responsibility for the blast. Interior Minister Rehman Malik had also claimed that one of the suicide bombers belonged to South Waziristan and was a Mehsud.

However, law enforcement agencies say the identity of the second suicide bomber has yet to be ascertained.

A day after the blast, police had claimed to have identified a suicide bomber as Naseebullah and had taken his family into custody. However, the family was later released when Naseebullah returned home alive.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 14th, 2010.

COMMENTS (22)

Tariq | 14 years ago | Reply You need more studies Sohail.

A Suhail | 14 years ago | Reply Mr Tariq, journalists just not sit in Isloo but they are all over pakistan. They all do not take money from political parties because if they did they will not be riding in motor bikes or still living with their parents or extended families. They do their job in a very hostile environment as either its the cops who beat them up or someone puts a bullet behind their head. Thats why Pakistan is second after Iraq in journalist killed while doing their duties. Do not accuse all the journalists for the folly of few. Regarding that gullible Chechen who is easily swayed by Indians. Don't you think that Chechan should have thought, "Hey Indians are against Taliban and they might be lying about Pakistan?" But no he believed the Indians and showed up to our land killing our soldiers. How convenient it is. Secondly if India/US/Israel are working together to harm Pakistan then it doesn't make sense for India to accuse US of being an enemy who is helping Pakistan because that just doesn't make sense. Secondly if indian agents are in jihadi's garb(what are jihadi doing in pakistan since we are free) then they are just too many of them. These Indian agents blow themselves all the time killing so many innocent Pakistani's and destroying our infrastructure in the process. From your point of view the whole of KP and Baluchistan is full of Indian agents and how did so many indian agents got in Pakistan? And why are so many of our own people are against us. Is it because indians are using a brain washing machine or is it we failed as a nation? Stop blaming outsiders for our troubles thats the first part in fixing the problem.

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Tanzeel | 14 years ago | Reply @ Sheeraz et al, You seem to be too young to comment on current affairs. Have you ever seen Male Identity card ? Just go and check your dad's id card and see even in male ID card Father/ Husband's name (whichever is applicable) is mentioned.

Tariq | 14 years ago | Reply @A Suhail So let those journalist sit in Islamabad and let them making money by different political parties, don't you remember one chechan terrorist was arrested, during investigation he told that he was hired for the jihad against USA in afghanistan, but there in afghanistan indian trained him then told him that Pakistani govt is helping USA so we should also attack those people who are against the taliban and with USA. By your kind information, indian or cia agent may not be there in their original getup, they may be molvi or in jehadi forms. Isn't it possible. You believe that they are using our people against us or not?

Ahmed Hashmi | 14 years ago | Reply @All This is not photo-shopped. This is a print screen from a NADRA system called VeriSys, of which NADRA has given access to Banks & Financial institutions, LE and Intel agencies, U.S. and U.K missions. VeriSys is just a verification system and it displays result in form of an NIC image.

A Suhail | 14 years ago | Reply @Tariq. You mention in your post that there are CIA,RAW and Mossad agents working in those areas. If no news agency can go there or choose not to go there how are you getting these facts? Are people in FATA so stupid and gullible that they will talk to these agents and give them all the information these agents require? These agents should be Pakistani's because any non pakistani will have his head chopped off in a second. Since 2001, after Iraq, Pakistan has the most journalists killed while performing their duties. Around 99% are killed by Taliban's and their supporters. So if Tribune does not send their reporters to those areas thats for a reason I just mentioned above.

Nasir | 14 years ago | Reply I am baffled completely,why LONDON shook the world on 7/7 and 21/7 on grounds of it's bomb attacks..It really indicate that People there are more valuable than ours..! We haven't shaken the world that's why world has shaken us... Wake up Pakistan and hang bombers before they blast. Nasir

sheraz | 14 years ago | Reply Agree with Raheel Khokhar

Raheel Khokher | 14 years ago | Reply Stop making fake stories. wake up young generation and stop these type of wrong working. I requested to Govt of Pakistan. Please be serious and sincere with Pakistan. Don't forget that what is the meaning of Pakistan. Stop using Photoshop to edit pictures.

Tariq | 14 years ago | Reply Congrat Express Tribune to following govt statement. Tell me one thing, if a 19 years old boy can travel from Waziristan to Karachi, why can not any News agency (mohib-e-watan) can approach people of waziristan to collect the exact facts and figures of the so called terrorist of Wasiristan. But unfortunately they are poor people and you can not earn from them by blackmailing, as the hot market of politicians in Islamabad. Have you ever visited to such areas and shown us the exact picture of the terrorist factory of Pakistan. As my point of view. There are many agents of RAW, CIA and Mossad are working in ground who gathered after drone attack at the effected place. And they are all in the form of mujahedeen or islamist. They rrach to effecties people and after some work they get their cornets from them to take revenge. Because there are no govt agencies and muhibbe watan media(like you) is there.

Ammar | 14 years ago | Reply If our agencies want make us fool then they should hire masters in the art of document engineering. It is an ugly attempt and government must take action against people who produced this fake CNIC.

Sheraz | 14 years ago | Reply oh bhaio look walid k nam ki jagga shohar ka name likha hua ha" Naql k lye bhi Aql chahye".. stop making fake stories ....govt tell us how and how the misplace persons have been treated.

Kamal | 14 years ago | Reply Its PHOTOSHOP Magic nothing else look closly, the photograph is pasted on the edge of Pakistani flag. in the bottom right hand corner.

A Suhail | 14 years ago | Reply How should a suicide bomber look like? Should he be clean shaven or bearded, wearing a jeans or ankle high shalwar kameez ? The government can not stop these guys since there are some areas our government will never touch i.e madras's and lashkar's.

Natasha | 14 years ago | Reply Arrest him? He was a 'suicide' bomber.He's dead isn't he?

Amanullah | 14 years ago | Reply LOL its photoshoped, to whome u making fool ?? HUH i can make much better version of this.

S. Zaid | 14 years ago | Reply Looks photoshopped like anything. Do they let you wear caps while taking your NIC photograph?

Pakistan One | 14 years ago | Reply Stop using Photoshop to edit pictures. We all know the numbers dont appear the same way on ID cards.

ADE | 14 years ago | Reply Another wasted brainwashed kid

Shani Syed | 14 years ago | Reply Doesn't look like a suicide bomber...the last man they said was a suicide bomber had been found in Karachi in his house and alive and apparently had no connection with the attack... Had not it been better they used their intellegence in the first place and stopped it from happening at all.. any ways

S. Ali Raza | 14 years ago | Reply hmmm.. arrest him!

DeepThroat | 14 years ago | Reply Is it me or is that ID card photo-shopped?

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