Arrest On The Charges of Terrorism
In August 2001, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf banned seven alleged terrorist organizations, including Sipah-e-Sahaba, and Azam Tariq was arrested and jailed on charges of terrorism. A spate of killings of several prominent Shi'a leaders immediately followed, targeting those who were allegedly complicit in Tariq's arrest and the crackdown on his organization.
Read more about this topic: Azam Tariq (Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan)
Famous quotes containing the words arrest and/or charges:
“One does not arrest Voltaire.”
—Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970)
“I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem; my
verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have
shunned wit steeped in venom—not a letter of mine is dipped
in poisonous jest.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)