The mob during Rawalpindi clashes. PHOTO: AFP
Violence had erupted in the city when a group of miscreants opened fire near an Ashura procession and burned cloth shops in Raja Bazaar. Army was called in to control the situation, while a curfew was put in place.
The recent arrests were made with the help of media and CCTV footage.
Three of the suspects have confessed to the crime, while other seven were taken into custody on suspicion.
Those who have confessed were identified as Munawar and his sons Nayyar and Tayyab.
Security shuffle
SSP Operation Sikander Hayat was posted as Officer on Special Duty OSD and told to report to Punjab Police headquarters.
The move comes a day after the provincial government ordered a major shake-up of law enforcement personnel in the wake of Rawalpindi unrest.
Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khan Baig had changed nearly the entire top-level police bureaucracy in Rawalpindi city.
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@ Adnan Siddiqi...FBI did not took help of Pakistani police...in one day our police would have solved the case @ Umar....in saudi arabia ...for recharging one has to put the Iqama no.for forigners and I.D. no. for local...we should adobe the same system instead switching off the mobiles...
For God sake please don't turn off the mobile phone services on any ocassion because in case of emergecy no one can contact anyone for help even the police don't have enough wireless communication they are also seen most of the time depending upon mobile phones. This habit will lead to more Disasters in the future. Socities are turning more and more to modernization and we are going to old times and we think that we are doing a great job.
its funny but i'll say it " thanks God nobody blamed MQM for this :P"
The pictures in the media reveal few thousands i think. dozens of whom are clearly recognizable and can be traced easily. Just shows that the administration is totally non serious in taking up with this issue, not punishing the culprits will no doubt have consequences that will be faced by this nation in years to come.
good job;but need to close terror and hate-factories for long term peace.Mullahs need to be put on leash.
@Jax:
It took FBI 17 years and millions of dollars to catch up to Ted Kaczynski a.k.a. "Unabomber." Just relax! The rest of these thugs would be caught soon and brought to justice.
Supreme court, now its your turn to release them for more crime against pakistanis.