{"id":44365,"date":"2024-08-08T21:46:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=44365"},"modified":"2024-08-08T22:15:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:15:53","slug":"militant-leader-arrested-for-killing-chinese-workers-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/militant-leader-arrested-for-killing-chinese-workers-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Militant leader arrested for killing Chinese workers in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/karachi-police-office-attack-mastermind-killed-in-ctd-ibo\/\">Counter-Terrorism Department<\/a> (CTD) in Sindh announced the arrest of a local militant leader, here on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The militant, identified as Muhammad Hanif, was involved in violent activities targeting paramilitary personnel, Chinese workers and a prominent religious-political party in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Hanif, a member of the outlawed separatist group Sindh Revolutionary Army (SRA), was arrested from Shaheed Benazirabad (formerly Nawab Shah) district.<\/p>\n<p>According to an official statement, the arrest also led to the seizure of large quantities of explosives and detonators.<\/p>\n<p>The SRA is notorious for its violent campaign to promote Sindhi independence, including attacks on law enforcement agencies and government institutions. The group has also attacked Chinese nationals working on<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/china-commends-pakistans-efforts-for-regional-peace-and-cpec-security\/\"> China-Pakistan Economic Corridor<\/a> (CPEC) projects, reflecting its opposition to foreign investment in the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CTD statement, &#8220;460 grams of explosives, one hand grenade, and seven detonators as well as one battery and adapter were recovered from the possession of the accused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement further revealed that Hanif was planning to detonate a train from Sindh to Punjab to fuel terrorism. Thanks to timely information from sensitive agencies, he was arrested during an intelligence-based operation before he could execute his plan.<\/p>\n<p>The CTD also revealed a list of militant activities that Hanif allegedly confessed to during his interrogation. This includes two attacks on Rangers in Sindh in 2019 that killed six paramilitary personnel.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Hanif allegedly attempted to detonate a vehicle carrying Chinese workers using a magnetic explosive device, although the plan failed. In the same year, he opened fire on Chinese citizens in Karachi, injuring one.<\/p>\n<p>The CTD statement also indicated that Hanif targeted a Jamaat-e-Islami rally in 2020, killing 6 people and injuring 20.<\/p>\n<p>Hanif admitted receiving militant training in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he traveled twice to learn how to use various weapons and make improvised explosive devices.<\/p>\n<p>They have been charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Sindh announced the arrest of a local militant leader, here on Thursday. The militant, identified as Muhammad Hanif, was involved in violent activities targeting paramilitary personnel, Chinese workers and a prominent religious-political party in the country. Hanif, a member of the outlawed separatist group Sindh Revolutionary Army (SRA), was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[530,7839,527,7840,20256],"class_list":["post-44365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-china-pakistan-economic-corridor","tag-counter-terrorism-department","tag-cpec","tag-ctd","tag-sindh-revolutionary-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44369,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44365\/revisions\/44369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}