Crime Watch – Newsletter for January 31, 2011

Four killed in Peshawar suicide blast

PESHAWAR – At least four people, including a senior police official, were killed while 15 people were injured Monday in a suicide blast in this capital city of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

“The suicide bomber targeted a police van, which was severely damaged. The DSP (deputy superintendent of police) on board and his three guards … Read more »».

Pakistani official dies in suicide attack

PESHAWAR – A senior police official was killed in a suicide attack in this Pakistani city, a media report said Monday.

Geo TV reported that Deputy Superintendent of Police Rashid Khan was killed in the suicide attack that took place in Garhi Qamardin area of Peshawar.
Police said Khan’s vehicle was targeted by the suicide … Original source on Gaea Times at : Pakistani official dies in suicide attack.

Two Maoists arrested, weapons recovered

RANCHI – Two Maoist rebels were arrested Sunday from two places in Jharkhand and seven weapons were seized from them, police said.

Suimanji, an area commander of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), was arrested from Daltanganj railway station of Palamau district and three carbines, two pistols and live cartridges were seized from him.
…. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Two Maoists arrested, weapons recovered.

Hafiz Saeed publicly slams Pope, defends blasphemy law

ISLAMABAD – In a rare public appearance, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed Sunday addressed a rally in Lahore, capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province, and vowed to resist any change in the blasphemy law.

“What business the Pope has when he says that we should repeal blasphemy law?” he asked, adding that “the foreign countries …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Hafiz Saeed publicly slams Pope, defends blasphemy law.

Calyx Powers Schenecker And Beau Powers Schenecker Remembered

TAMPA (GaeaTimes.com)- Friends and neighbors of Calyx Powers Schenecker and Beau Powers Schenecker held a memorial service on Friday night remembering the two children who were shot dead by their own mother Julia Powers Schenecker. Julia Powers Schenecker was arrested on Friday morning after police reached the Scheneckers home in the Hillsborough County to find …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Karmapa Questioned By Authorites

DHARAMSALA, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- After currency worth crores were recovered from the Gyatso monastery of the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje earlier this week, the Tibetan leader was questioned by the Himachal Pradesh police authorities to get vital clue relating to the case. As the raids in a number of other monasteries across the Indo-China … Original article on : Karmapa Questioned By Authorites.

Peshwar prisoners observe fast against teenager’s re-arrest

PESHAWAR – Suspected militants in a Pakistani jail here have gone on hunger strike to protest the arrest of a teenager by intelligence agency just after being released from jail, said a media report.

The jailed teenager had completed his prison term after being convicted by an anti-terrorism court for his attempt to carry …. Original source  : Peshwar prisoners observe fast against teenager’s re-arrest.

Multiple crises have gripped Pakistan: Author Ahmed Rashid

NEW DELHI – Top Pakistani writer Ahmed Rashid, who has authored “Taliban” and the “Descent Into Chaos”, says multiple crises have come together his country and civil society is very much on the retreat.

Ahmed said his country was shocked by the reaction of millions of people supporting the killer of Punjab governor Salman …. Source  : Multiple crises have gripped Pakistan: Author Ahmed Rashid.