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**** Students at Pakistan's prestigious Karachi University implicated in terrorism
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University of Karachi, Pakistan
Karachi police investigators and intelligence officials last week
conducted a raid on Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan (the supporters of
Islamic law in Pakistan, or ASP), capturing or killing almost all of
the members of the terror group.
Acting on a tip, police did a house-to-house search for members of the
group, and in the ensuing gunfight, four ASP members were killed and
several others injured. One cop was also killed, and another injured,
with the rest taken into custody. However, the ASP group's mastermind
Abdul Kareem Sarosh Siddiqui was injured in the gunfight, but escaped.
Siddiqui had studied Applied Physics at the University of Karachi,
where his father is a professor. A Siddiqui associate, Abu Saleh, was
captured by police yesterday. A search of his home resulted in one
laptop, two mobile phones, and a hard disk.
The group was made up of 10 to 12 highly educated people who had
studied at at well-known universities, including University of
Karachi, the Nadirshaw Eduljee Dinshaw University of Engineering and
Technology (NEDUET), and the Dawood University of Engineering and
Technology (DUET), all in Karachi, and three of the most prestigious
universities in the country.
ASP may have been formed as early as 2015, and obtained training from
al-Qaeda groups in Afghanistan and Syria. The group only became
active earlier this year, when they gunned down a policeman in
February, and then claimed responsibility for killing a retired
colonel in April. As ASP conducted additional targeted killings, they
became more confident, and they began killing once per month, and
later almost on a weekly basis.
As in the case of a TV crime drama where the FBI agents profile the
perps, police knew that the ASP militants were getting careless, and
that soon they would make a mistake that would allow them to be
captured. On September 2, they attempted an assassination of a
politician Khwaja Izharul Hassan, because he is a "pro-American MQM
leader," referring to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement–Pakistan (MQM-P)
political party. Hassan was unhurt by the assassination attempt, but
it led to the tip that allowed the ASP militants to be captured.
South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP - India) and Dawn (Karachi) and The News (Pakistan)
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**** Pakistan says that there is 'no terrorist wing at Karachi University'
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Arrests of highly educated terrorists are proving an embarrassment to
Karachi universities and is raising alarm bells, raising the question
whether students are receiving terrorist training at these
universities.
At meetings of university officials last week, there were suggestions
that students should be vetted and cleared by police with "character
certificates" before being permitted to attend university, and that
student's personal registration data should be turned over to
intelligence agencies for investigation. Reportedly, some teachers
said that police verification wouldn’t be fruitful given the low
credibility of police department.
Karachi University (KU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Ajmal Khan
expressed pride in the students and faculty of the university, adding
that the issues being faced by the varsity were blown out of
proportion. He denied that there was any connection between the
University and terrorists:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"We do not want to irritate students and their
> parents. ... Provision of security is the job of law enforcers.
> There is no terrorist wing in [Karachi University]. We are
> standing by the side of law enforcement agencies but no decisions
> have been taken regarding handing over students’ data to
> intelligence agencies and demanding character
> certificates."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Another professor said that it was obvious that the university
education of ASP terrorists was irrelevant:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The primary reason is that the network in question –
> triggering scrutiny of university students – was being run via
> religious institutions and activities in Gulzar-e-Hijri area.
> Although Sarosh [Sidiqqi] and other members were university
> students, which most of the urban youth are, they hardly attended
> the universities. So, it is more than evident that university
> culture or formal education is not responsible for their
> deeds. The only institutions that need scrutiny are the religious
> ones."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Dawn (6-Sep) and
Saama TV (Pakistan) and The Nation (Pakistan) and Xinhua
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pakistan, Karachi,
Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan. ASP, Abdul Kareem Sarosh Siddiqui,
University of Karachi, Muhammad Ajmal Khan,
Nadirshaw Eduljee Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology, NEDUET,
Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, DUET,
Khwaja Izharul Hassan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement–Pakistan, MQM-P
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Students at Pakistan's prestigious Karachi University implicated in terrorism
- Pakistan says that there is 'no terrorist wing at Karachi University'
****
**** Students at Pakistan's prestigious Karachi University implicated in terrorism
****
University of Karachi, Pakistan
Karachi police investigators and intelligence officials last week
conducted a raid on Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan (the supporters of
Islamic law in Pakistan, or ASP), capturing or killing almost all of
the members of the terror group.
Acting on a tip, police did a house-to-house search for members of the
group, and in the ensuing gunfight, four ASP members were killed and
several others injured. One cop was also killed, and another injured,
with the rest taken into custody. However, the ASP group's mastermind
Abdul Kareem Sarosh Siddiqui was injured in the gunfight, but escaped.
Siddiqui had studied Applied Physics at the University of Karachi,
where his father is a professor. A Siddiqui associate, Abu Saleh, was
captured by police yesterday. A search of his home resulted in one
laptop, two mobile phones, and a hard disk.
The group was made up of 10 to 12 highly educated people who had
studied at at well-known universities, including University of
Karachi, the Nadirshaw Eduljee Dinshaw University of Engineering and
Technology (NEDUET), and the Dawood University of Engineering and
Technology (DUET), all in Karachi, and three of the most prestigious
universities in the country.
ASP may have been formed as early as 2015, and obtained training from
al-Qaeda groups in Afghanistan and Syria. The group only became
active earlier this year, when they gunned down a policeman in
February, and then claimed responsibility for killing a retired
colonel in April. As ASP conducted additional targeted killings, they
became more confident, and they began killing once per month, and
later almost on a weekly basis.
As in the case of a TV crime drama where the FBI agents profile the
perps, police knew that the ASP militants were getting careless, and
that soon they would make a mistake that would allow them to be
captured. On September 2, they attempted an assassination of a
politician Khwaja Izharul Hassan, because he is a "pro-American MQM
leader," referring to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement–Pakistan (MQM-P)
political party. Hassan was unhurt by the assassination attempt, but
it led to the tip that allowed the ASP militants to be captured.
South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP - India) and Dawn (Karachi) and The News (Pakistan)
****
**** Pakistan says that there is 'no terrorist wing at Karachi University'
****
Arrests of highly educated terrorists are proving an embarrassment to
Karachi universities and is raising alarm bells, raising the question
whether students are receiving terrorist training at these
universities.
At meetings of university officials last week, there were suggestions
that students should be vetted and cleared by police with "character
certificates" before being permitted to attend university, and that
student's personal registration data should be turned over to
intelligence agencies for investigation. Reportedly, some teachers
said that police verification wouldn’t be fruitful given the low
credibility of police department.
Karachi University (KU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Ajmal Khan
expressed pride in the students and faculty of the university, adding
that the issues being faced by the varsity were blown out of
proportion. He denied that there was any connection between the
University and terrorists:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"We do not want to irritate students and their
> parents. ... Provision of security is the job of law enforcers.
> There is no terrorist wing in [Karachi University]. We are
> standing by the side of law enforcement agencies but no decisions
> have been taken regarding handing over students’ data to
> intelligence agencies and demanding character
> certificates."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Another professor said that it was obvious that the university
education of ASP terrorists was irrelevant:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The primary reason is that the network in question –
> triggering scrutiny of university students – was being run via
> religious institutions and activities in Gulzar-e-Hijri area.
> Although Sarosh [Sidiqqi] and other members were university
> students, which most of the urban youth are, they hardly attended
> the universities. So, it is more than evident that university
> culture or formal education is not responsible for their
> deeds. The only institutions that need scrutiny are the religious
> ones."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Dawn (6-Sep) and
Saama TV (Pakistan) and The Nation (Pakistan) and Xinhua
Related Articles
- Dual terrorist bombings in Karachi, Pakistan (06-Feb-2010)
- Karachi Pakistan crawls back to life (10-Jul-2011)
- Sectarian violence in Karachi, Pakistan, leads to rise of Islamist terrorists (22-Apr-2012)
- Police crackdown tries to control exploding violence in Karachi, Pakistan (22-Oct-2013)
- Pakistan's army continues 'Karachi operation' to eliminate terrorists and criminal mafia (27-Aug-2015)
- Terrorists attack school, part of growing violence in Karachi Pakistan (05-Feb-2015)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pakistan, Karachi,
Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan. ASP, Abdul Kareem Sarosh Siddiqui,
University of Karachi, Muhammad Ajmal Khan,
Nadirshaw Eduljee Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology, NEDUET,
Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, DUET,
Khwaja Izharul Hassan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement–Pakistan, MQM-P
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