Three ‘facilitators’ of terrorists remanded for 90 days

Karachi

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday remanded three men in the Rangers custody for 90-day preventive detention over charges of facilitating terrorist activities.

Two men, Noor Wali and Noor Khan, were described as activists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, and the third suspect, Syed A’ale Naqvi, was said to be an activist of a political party. 

A law officer of the Rangers told the court that Naqvi was a government employee of Grade 18 and had been backing militants and terrorists. 

In the case of Wali and Khan, he said the two had their involvement in the commission of a robbery at the Karachi airport in 2008. 

The two were also involved in carrying out terrorist activities in Waziristan and had connections with terrorist groups called the Baitullah Mehsood Group and Sajna Group. 

The court, endorsing the apprehension order issued against three men under Section 11-EEEE of the Pakistan Protection Act, remanded the three men to the Rangers for three months.