Al Bhatti
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Nov 16, 2009
- Messages
- 5,686
- Reaction score
- 6
- Country
- Location
Aug 11
Dr Akmal sent to lock-up for violating anti-terror law
An anti-terrorism court on Saturday remanded a cardiologist in police custody for two days for allegedly violating the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.
The cardiologist, Dr Akmal Waheed, was arrested on Aug 8 upon his arrival at Karachi airport after he was deported from the United Arab Emirates.
The police produced him in court on Saturday and stated that his name was listed in the fourth schedule for his alleged links with terrorist organisations, but he violated it by leaving the country.
However, the doctors counsel argued that the authorities had no evidence against his client for enlisting him in the fourth schedule.
He had no affiliation with any banned organisation, the counsel said, adding that the home department might issue his detention order if it had any material against him.
He said that no FIR with regard to the alleged violation of the fourth schedule was lodged against his client. He prayed to the court to release him.
However, when the prosecutor informed the court that a direct complaint had been lodged against Dr Akmal for violating the fourth schedule, the suspects counsel requested the court to release his client on a surety.
Judge Bashir Ahmed Khoso of the ATC-I remanded him in police custody till Aug 14 and directed the police to produce him on
the next date along with the relevant record.
In April 2004, Dr Akmal and his brother, Dr Arshad, were arrested by the Karachi police for their alleged involvement in an attack on the convoy of the then Karachi corps commander as well as for harbouring Jundullah activists. They were, however, exonerated from all charges by the court in 2006.
Dr Arshad was later killed in a US drone attack in Waziristan in March 2008. Dr Akmal along with his family had gone to Ras al-Khaimah in the UAE for the purpose of employment.
The prosecution said that following his acquittal Dr Akmal was enlisted in the fourth schedule under Section 11-EE (security for good behavior) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 but he violated the schedule by leaving the country.
In 2010, a relative moved the high court seeking safety and release of Dr Akmal and his brother Asad Waheed from the UAE since they along with others were arrested in Ras al-Khaimah in April 2010 for their alleged links with terrorist organisations.
The petitioner also alleged that US intelligence agencies were bent upon taking the custody of Dr Akmal, who was said to have provided medical treatment to Afghan war victims after US-led Nato forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001. However, Dr Akmal was deported from the UAE after his trial.
According to Section 11-EE of the ATA 1997, whenever the federal or provincial government on information received from any source that a person is an activist, office-bearer or an associate of an organisation kept under observation under Section 11-D or proscribed under Section 11-E or in any way concerned or suspected to be concerned with such organisation or affiliated with any group or organisation suspected to be involved in terrorism or sectarianism, such government may notify the name of such person or persons in a list entered in the fourth schedule.
Dr Akmal sent to lock-up for violating anti-terror law | DAWN.COM
--------
August 10, 2012
Acquitted terror suspect returns home, is arrested again
Dr Akmal Wahid, who was arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2010 on charges of maintaining contacts with terrorist organisations and providing medical assistance to their members, has been deported back to Pakistan.
Dr Akmal was immediately taken into custody by law enforcement agencies upon arrival at Karachi airport. Sources revealed to The Express Tribune that Dr Akmals wife and other family members were present to receive him, however, they were not allowed to meet them.
Dr Akmals elder brother, Dr Ajmal Wahid, had moved a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) last year against the arrest of his younger brother, Dr Akmal, who had been arrested in Rasul Khaima, UAE. The petitioner said Dr Akmal had been serving as a physician in a hospital in Rasul Khaima for two years.
The government during a hearing told the court that the UAE administration had confirmed the arrest of Dr Akmal, and that he would be deported once his case was completed.
Dr Akmal and his brother Dr Arshad Wahid were arrested in 2004 on charges of attacking a convoy of the Corps Commander Karachi, and having contacts with terrorist organisations including Jandullah and al Qaeda.
However, later on they were acquitted of all charges by the SHC. Dr Arshad Wahid moved to South Waziristan where he passed away in a drone strike during 2008.
Ajmal Wahid and his younger brother Osama Wahid had also gone missing, with their family holding security agencies responsible for their disappearance in a petition filed in the SHC requesting their release.
Acquitted terror suspect returns home, is arrested again The Express Tribune
Dr Akmal sent to lock-up for violating anti-terror law
An anti-terrorism court on Saturday remanded a cardiologist in police custody for two days for allegedly violating the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.
The cardiologist, Dr Akmal Waheed, was arrested on Aug 8 upon his arrival at Karachi airport after he was deported from the United Arab Emirates.
The police produced him in court on Saturday and stated that his name was listed in the fourth schedule for his alleged links with terrorist organisations, but he violated it by leaving the country.
However, the doctors counsel argued that the authorities had no evidence against his client for enlisting him in the fourth schedule.
He had no affiliation with any banned organisation, the counsel said, adding that the home department might issue his detention order if it had any material against him.
He said that no FIR with regard to the alleged violation of the fourth schedule was lodged against his client. He prayed to the court to release him.
However, when the prosecutor informed the court that a direct complaint had been lodged against Dr Akmal for violating the fourth schedule, the suspects counsel requested the court to release his client on a surety.
Judge Bashir Ahmed Khoso of the ATC-I remanded him in police custody till Aug 14 and directed the police to produce him on
the next date along with the relevant record.
In April 2004, Dr Akmal and his brother, Dr Arshad, were arrested by the Karachi police for their alleged involvement in an attack on the convoy of the then Karachi corps commander as well as for harbouring Jundullah activists. They were, however, exonerated from all charges by the court in 2006.
Dr Arshad was later killed in a US drone attack in Waziristan in March 2008. Dr Akmal along with his family had gone to Ras al-Khaimah in the UAE for the purpose of employment.
The prosecution said that following his acquittal Dr Akmal was enlisted in the fourth schedule under Section 11-EE (security for good behavior) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 but he violated the schedule by leaving the country.
In 2010, a relative moved the high court seeking safety and release of Dr Akmal and his brother Asad Waheed from the UAE since they along with others were arrested in Ras al-Khaimah in April 2010 for their alleged links with terrorist organisations.
The petitioner also alleged that US intelligence agencies were bent upon taking the custody of Dr Akmal, who was said to have provided medical treatment to Afghan war victims after US-led Nato forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001. However, Dr Akmal was deported from the UAE after his trial.
According to Section 11-EE of the ATA 1997, whenever the federal or provincial government on information received from any source that a person is an activist, office-bearer or an associate of an organisation kept under observation under Section 11-D or proscribed under Section 11-E or in any way concerned or suspected to be concerned with such organisation or affiliated with any group or organisation suspected to be involved in terrorism or sectarianism, such government may notify the name of such person or persons in a list entered in the fourth schedule.
Dr Akmal sent to lock-up for violating anti-terror law | DAWN.COM
--------
August 10, 2012
Acquitted terror suspect returns home, is arrested again
Dr Akmal Wahid, who was arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2010 on charges of maintaining contacts with terrorist organisations and providing medical assistance to their members, has been deported back to Pakistan.
Dr Akmal was immediately taken into custody by law enforcement agencies upon arrival at Karachi airport. Sources revealed to The Express Tribune that Dr Akmals wife and other family members were present to receive him, however, they were not allowed to meet them.
Dr Akmals elder brother, Dr Ajmal Wahid, had moved a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) last year against the arrest of his younger brother, Dr Akmal, who had been arrested in Rasul Khaima, UAE. The petitioner said Dr Akmal had been serving as a physician in a hospital in Rasul Khaima for two years.
The government during a hearing told the court that the UAE administration had confirmed the arrest of Dr Akmal, and that he would be deported once his case was completed.
Dr Akmal and his brother Dr Arshad Wahid were arrested in 2004 on charges of attacking a convoy of the Corps Commander Karachi, and having contacts with terrorist organisations including Jandullah and al Qaeda.
However, later on they were acquitted of all charges by the SHC. Dr Arshad Wahid moved to South Waziristan where he passed away in a drone strike during 2008.
Ajmal Wahid and his younger brother Osama Wahid had also gone missing, with their family holding security agencies responsible for their disappearance in a petition filed in the SHC requesting their release.
Acquitted terror suspect returns home, is arrested again The Express Tribune
