PESHAWAR- The special anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday reserved its verdict in a case, pertaining to an attack on Kabal police station in Swat, against Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad and his accomplices.
ATC Judge Abdur Rauf was hearing the case inside the Central jail Peshawar, where Sufi Muhammad is imprisoned. After completing arguments from the both sides the court reserved the decision. The court will announce its decision on Wednesday (tomorrow).
On June 18, 1995, Sufi Muhammad and his accomplices held a demonstration outside the Kabal police station and then allegedly attacked it. Fortunately, no human loss occurred. The Kabal police had registered a case against the cleric and 800 unidentified people, under several sections of the Pakistan Penal Code for attempted murder, waging or attempting to wage war against Pakistan, collecting arms with the intention to wage war against Pakistan and Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
A total of 12 cases have been registered against Maulana Sufi Muhammad for murder, treason, arson and sedition. However, to date, he has been acquitted in 10 cases and only two are being heard at the moment.
Maulana Sufi Muhammad is the father-in-law of the chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Maulana Fazlullah. He is known for trying to impose Sharia by force in Swat and Malakand and sending volunteers to fight against the US forces in Afghanistan in 2001.
