Fazalullah, 10 others proclaimed offenders

PESHAWAR - Fazal Hayat, known as Maulana Fazalullah, chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Swat Chapter, was declared as Proclaimed Offender (PO) along with 10 others through press advertisements by an anti-terrorist court on Wednesday. A number of local Urdu newspapers carried out the advertisements, asking Maulana Fazalullah and his 10 accomplices for surrender either before police or a court of law within seven days, otherwise stern action would be taken against them. The advertisements further said that if they did not surrender, the court would trial them in absentia. Khalil Khan Khalil, Judge Anti-Terrorist Court Malakand Division at Gul Kada Swat had issued the advertisements under Section 10 of 19 Anti-Terrorist Act 1997. Besides Maulana Fazalullah, other accused were Mohammad Rasool son of Maulvi, Mohammad Hussain son of Hazrat Ahmad, Tahir son of Qazi Del Aram, Qadir son of Fazal Rahim, Aziz son of Fazal Majeed, Sher Ali son of Feroz, Yousaf Khan son of Khalid Khan, Hadi Khan son of Habib Khan, Anwar Ali son of Jamshed and Ziaur Rehman son of Naseeb Zada. All the 11 persons belong to different villages of Kabal Tehsil. The cases against all of them had been registered on March 31, 2008 in Kabal Police Station under different anti-terrorist acts. The Kabal Police Station had remained in the occupation of Taliban militants for a couple of months before the commencement of military action in the area. It may be mentioned here that the anti-terrorist court would initiate their trial in accordance with Nizam-e-Adl Regulation.

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