Security threat: Explosives planted on Musharraf’s route

The Bani Gala police registered a case against ‘unidentified persons’.

This is the third time that explosive material has been found from places close to either the former army chief’s accommodation or his travel route. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

ISLAMABAD:


Explosives with electronic circuits and remote controls were once again found on the route scheduled to be taken to court by former president Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday.


The police said one kilogramme of explosives was planted near the Chak Shehzad traffic signal on Park Road. A remote control was also found along with three electronic circuits.

However, the police have failed to trace the perpetrators behind this and previous acts of terrorism.

The Bani Gala police registered a case against ‘unidentified persons’.


Timeline

This is the third time that explosive material has been found from places close to either the former army chief’s accommodation or his travel route.

•  On December 30, 2013 five packets each containing 0.5kg explosives were found near Musharraf’s farmhouse in the jurisdiction of the Bani Gala police station.

•  On December 24, the day Musharraf was to appear before a specially-constituted court that is hearing a treason trial against him, a five-kilo Improvised Explosive Device was found in a briefcase along the route the former dictator would have taken to reach the court. Musharraf failed to show up for that hearing citing security concerns. A detonator was also found in one of the packets, police said, citing the Bomb Disposal Squad which was called to the spot after police were alerted.

•  On April 23, 2013, an explosive-laden car was found outside the farmhouse. The police had claimed the car was meant to target the former president’s convoy on his return from an anti-terrorism court from Rawalpindi.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 2nd, 2014.
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