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VIDEO: Blackphone 2 aims to protect privacy September 28, 2015
The maker of a second-generation Android smartphone that promises to protect its users' privacy explain how it works.
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VIDEO: 'Supermoon' around the world September 28, 2015
People around the world have been watching a rare lunar eclipse that coincided with a so-called "supermoon".
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VIDEO: Catalonia nationalists win elections September 28, 2015
Pro-independence parties in Spain's Catalonia region have won an absolute majority in regional elections, near complete results show.
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VIDEO: Hungary 'may close border with Croatia' September 28, 2015
The BBC's Nick Thorpe reports from Hungary's border with Croatia, as people prepare to enter Hungary in search of asylum despite reports the border may close soon.
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VIDEO: Xi's UN 'gender equality' pledge criticised September 28, 2015
Lu Jun, an NGO director in New York, describes the arrest and jailing of his some of his colleagues who were working in the field of women's rights in China.
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VIDEO: The magical science behind the 'supermoon' eclipse September 28, 2015
Keith Cowing, editor of nasawatch.com in Washington, explains the reasons for the unusual phenomenon of a ''supermoon'' eclipse.
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VIDEO: Modi tears up at Facebook Q&A session September 28, 2015
On a visit to Facebook headquarters in California, Indian PM Narendra Modi appeared to cry as he talked about the sacrifices made by his mother during his childhood.
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VIDEO: Hong Kong's protest art goes on display September 28, 2015
Democracy activists in Hong Kong are preparing to mark the first anniversary of the ''umbrella movement''- when tens of thousands of people paralysed key parts of the city, calling for greater democracy.
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VIDEO: Arctic trip to probe warming waves September 27, 2015
Oceanographers have been gathering evidence of a 'vicious circle' of wind-driven turbulence in the Arctic Ocean, stirring up heat from the depths.
ADNAN RASHID
ADNAN RASHID
Adnan Rashid, born probably in 1960, was a resident of Chota Lahor area of Swabi district. is a former junior technician of Pakistan Air Force. He is fluent in English, Pashto and Urdu. He had joined PAF in 1997.
Adnan Rashid was arrested by the Pakistani authorities in early 2004, suspected to be a member of Farooqi’s Cell, a terror outfit that attempted twice, in 12/2003, to kill General Pervez Musharraf, the ruler of Pakistan at the time (see -Rawalpindi attempt) .
Adnan Rashid was found guilty and sentenced to deatn but the execution was suspended. Although sentenced to death and considered a dangerous terrorists Adnan Rashid was in contact with the world outside the different jails where he was lodged after being sentenced to death through his cellular phone, according to sources. He was also in touch with several journalists and used to send them messages through short message service (SMS).
Adnan Rashid was the most prominent prisoner released by the local Pakistani Tehrik-e-Taleban in their raid on Bannu jail on 04/15/2012 (see -Bannu 04.15.12).
Few days later, on Thursday 04/19/2012, the Tehrik-e-Taleban telecast an exclusive footage of Adnan Rashid shown as being welcomed by the Taliban in an area which appears to be somewhere in Pakistan’s North-West FATA tribal belt.
* On 07/17/2013 Adnan Rashid published in British Channel 4 an open four-page letter, addressing the 16-year-old education advocate Malala Yousafzai (pic) and blamed her for provoking the attack by “smearing” the Islamists.
Malala Yousafzai was shot in her head on her way home from school in Mingora (see – Mingora Schools), the region’s main city in Swat District on 10/09/2012, because she was an outspoken advocate of education for girls, according to Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taleban in Swat Valley (see – Swat School Girls). Malala Yousafzai was flown to UK for extensive treatment and her life were’ eventually, saved.
At the start of the letter Adnan Rashid wrote “when you were attacked it was shocking for me, I wished it would never happened,” but quickly shifted the blame for the shooting to the shoulders of the victim.
* Related topics ;
- 06/2011 -BRIG. ALI KHAN ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN OVER RADICAL TIES
- 01/2010 -2 PAKISTANI OFFICERS CHARGED FOR TERROR
- 2009 -RETIRED PAKISTANI MAJOR, SAJID MIR, TIED TO TERROR
- PROFILE -AMJAD HUSSAIN FAROOQI
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