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Posts published in “Day: May 26, 2014

In support of judges: G-B lawyers to meet on June 2 to devise future strategy

GILGIT: The region’s lawyers will meet next week to devise a strategy to respond to the situation which emerged after a court issued non-bailable warrants against officials of the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) administration for not adhering to its orders. On May 21, the G-B Chief Court had issued non-bailable warrants against the secretaries of home, finance and law after they failed to show up in court over a contempt notice issued earlier regarding the case of…

Deceitful firm: Skardu residents swindled by fraudulent Hajj company

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2014. GILGIT: Over 50 people in Skardu were swindled by a fake company which lured them into paying money to perform Hajj this year. “At least 71 people wishing to perform Hajj deposited Rs288,000 each on the advice of the company’s head,” said Muhammad Hassan, one of the affectees. The company was reportedly named Karawaan and run by Sheikh Ayub. According to locals, it claimed to…

23 terror, religious extremism groups busted in Xinjiang: AGENCIES, May 26, 2014

URUMQI: Police in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions have busted 23 terror and religious extremism groups and caught over 200 suspects in May, according to the regional public security department on Sunday. The groups were busted by police in south Xinjiang’s Hotan, Kashgar and Aksu prefectures, where the majority of the population are Muslim Uygurs, according to the department. More than 200 explosive devices were also seized in the police raids. Many of the…