In court: Seven ‘militants’ sent on remand

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday sent seven alleged Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants to police custody on physical remand. Syed Iftikhar Hussain, Nafees Ahmed, Waseem Ahmed, Waris Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Salar Iftikhar Shah and Zahid were arrested by the Counter Terrorism Department during a search operation in Shah Latif Town on Tuesday night. The prosecution claimed that rifles, pistols and hand grenades were seized from their possession. They added that the suspects had come to Karachi after fleeing the military operation in Waziristan and were managing finances for the banned outfit from the city. ATC-I judge Bashir Ahmed Khoso remanded the suspects till April 2.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 26^th, 2015.