GILGIT: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday sentenced five officials, including a deputy superintendent of police, to 17 years in prison for letting loose Naveed Hussain, a prisoner on death-row, from a jail in Skardu. Five others accused in the case were acquitted by Justice Raja Shahbaz Khan of ATC-1 during the hearing. Hussain, a resident of Gilgit, escaped from Skardu jail in January. He was sentenced to death for killing ATC judge Jamshed Khan…
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GILGIT: In a bid to quash any terror plots in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), the police has put ‘outsiders’ – especially those from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) – under strict watch. “We have collected a record of the people from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) residing in G-B,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ali Sher told The Express Tribune on Monday. He added all non-locals were called in the police station to ‘sensitise’ them of the situation. “We told them as a responsibility…