A day after his arrest during a clash between Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) workers and army troops in North Waziristan tribal district, MNA Ali Wazir was produced before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Bannu on Monday, a private TV channel reported. The court remanded Wazir in the custody of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) for eight days. Later the PTM leader was shifted to Peshawar for interrogation as a first information report (FIR) has already been lodged against him. MNA Mohsin Dawar and seven other individuals are also nominated in the FIR. The PTM leaders and workers were charged under 7 ATA (Section 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act, 1997), Pakistan Penal Code 302 (murder), 324 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 120b (criminal conspiracy), and 109 (abetment to an offence). Earlier on Monday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Governor Shah Farman visited North Waziristan to hold a meeting with tribal elders as well as civil and military officials. Three people were killed and 15 ? including five soldiers ? were injured in an exchange of fire in North Waziristan’s Boyya area, when the Kharqamar checkpoint was attacked by a mob.
ATC remands PTM’s Ali Wazir in CTD custody for eight days
A day after his arrest during a clash between Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) workers and army troops in North Waziristan tribal district, MNA Ali Wazir was produced before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Bannu on Monday, a private TV channel reported. The court remanded Wazir in the custody of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) for eight […]
