{"id":52582,"date":"2024-01-26T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/atc-acquits-four-suspects-of-banned-outfit-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:30:09","slug":"atc-acquits-four-suspects-of-banned-outfit-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/atc-acquits-four-suspects-of-banned-outfit-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"ATC acquits four suspects of banned outfit | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An\u00a0anti-terrorism court (ATC)\u00a0has acquitted \u00a0high profile suspects associated with a banned sectarian extremist outfit \u00a0in cases \u00a0involving\u00a0the\u00a0recovery of significant amounts of explosives, a police encounter,\u00a0and possession of illegal weapons.<\/p>\n

The verdict was delivered by\u00a0the ATC while\u00a0hearing\u00a0the\u00a0cases at\u00a0the\u00a0Anti- Terrorism Complex in\u00a0Karachi Central Jail. The\u00a0prosecution and Counter Terrorism Department\u00a0(CTD) authorities faced challenges in establishing\u00a0the charges related to the recovery of over 2,000kg of\u00a0explosives. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Consequently,\u00a0the ATC acquitted four accused\u00a0from the banned organisaTion, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. The acquitted suspects\u00a0include \u00a0Zafar, alias Sain, Qari \u00a0Javed, \u00a0Muhammad \u00a0Wazir, and \u00a0Syed Hasan \u00a0 Ali. In \u00a02017, the CTD \u00a0claimed to have dismantled a sleeper cell \u00a0associated with\u00a0the\u00a0banned outfit during an operation\u00a0in\u00a0Mehran Town, Korangi.<\/p>\n

According to the prosecution, the operation led to the recovery of \u00a0more than 2,000kg of \u00a0explosives, RPG rockets, Mortar shells, and \u00a0suicide jackets. Dildar, alias \u00a0Chacha, the \u00a0in-charge \u00a0of \u00a0the sleeper cell, was killed\u00a0during the operation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An\u00a0anti-terrorism court (ATC)\u00a0has acquitted \u00a0high profile suspects associated with a banned sectarian extremist outfit \u00a0in cases \u00a0involving\u00a0the\u00a0recovery of significant amounts of explosives, a police encounter,\u00a0and possession of illegal weapons. The verdict was delivered by\u00a0the ATC while\u00a0hearing\u00a0the\u00a0cases at\u00a0the\u00a0Anti- Terrorism Complex in\u00a0Karachi Central Jail. The\u00a0prosecution and Counter Terrorism Department\u00a0(CTD) authorities faced challenges in establishing\u00a0the charges related to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/Punjab-CTD1703332517-0\/Punjab-CTD1703332517-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t