Thursday, June 4, 2009

Sufi Muhammad, aides arrested

PESHAWAR: Security forces arrested Sufi Muhammad, chief of the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM), along with three of his aides from Amandara in Lower Dir district on Thursday, sources said. Sources told Daily Times that two other key leaders including his TNSM spokesman Izzat Khan and Mohammad Alam were among those arrested.
The arrest of the TNSM leaders has sent a wave of scare among the workers of the organisation and common people of the area.
The ISPR said that security forces were tipped off about the presence of terrorists at Amandara Madrassa. During the raid on the Madrassa and a Hujrah next to it, three Afghan militants, who were in possession of eight

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