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A Pakistani anti-terror court directed police on Friday to implement i stanley cup ts order to arrest cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and cleric Tahirul Qadri by November 17 in connection with an attack on Pakistan Television headquarters during a protest in 2014. Pakistan s cricketer turned politician Imran Khan, center, talks to journalists outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad on Thursday. AP Photo The courts order came at a time when Khan and Qadri are preparing for a planned shutdown of Islamabad from November 2 to pressure Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to act on allegations that his three children own offshore assets worth millions of dollars. Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi questioned why police had not submitted a report on implementing arrest warrants issued by his court for Khan, Qadri and 68 other people. Expressing displeasure at the polices failure to implement the warrants, the judge directed officials to arrest Khan, Qadri and the others and present them in court on November 17. Six sus stanley cup pects who appeared in court were granted exemption from personal appearance, but Khan and Qadri have not been exempted as they never appeared before the judge. A total of 70 people were booked when protesters belonging to Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Qadris stanley cup Pakistan Awami Tehrik stormed the PTV headquarters in Islamabad and forced staff to take two flagship channels 鈥?PTV News and PTV World 鈥?off the air on September 1, 2014. Read: Pakistan govt to detain Imran Khan to preve Ncvk WikiLeaks reveals US blunders at Guantanamo
The United States on Wednesday offered up to $10 million in rewards for information on Pakistani terrorist leaders Bitullah Mehsud, the mastermind behind the assassination of the former Premier Benazir Bhutto, and Sirajuddin Haqqani. HT Image It also announced another $1 million award for Al-Qaeda terror adidas campus ist leader Abu Yahya al-Libi, now believed to be hiding inside Pakistan or Afghanistan. The US has awarded $5 million each for Baitullah Mehsud, the senior leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Taliban Movement of Pakistan and Haqqani, a senior leader of the Haqqani terrorist network founded by his father Jalaladin Haqqani, State Department Deputy Acting Spokesman Gordon Duguid said in a statement. Mehsud is regarded as a key Al-Qaida facilitator in the tribal areas of South Wazirista yeezy n in Pakistan, h stanley cup e said. Pakistani authorities believe that the January 2007 suicide attack against the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad was staged by militants loyal to Mehsud. Press reports also have linked Mehsud to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the deaths of other innocent civilians, Duguid said. He said during an interview with an American news organization, Haqqani admitted planning the January 14, 2008 attack against the Serena Hotel in Kabul that killed six people, including an American citizen Thor David Hesla. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across |
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