PESHAWAR: Peshawar police have arrested three persons for allegedly possessing and printing pamphlets supporting the self-styled Islamic State.

Police officials said on Thursday that the arrests were made from the Shamshatu Bazaar area in the limits of Urmur police station on the outskirts of the city. They said that two of those arrested were Afghan nationals and one belonged to Mohmand Agency.

According to the FIR, following a tip-off about printing of the pamphlets in Shamshtu Bazaar the police raided the shop and arrested three persons identified as Asmatullah, an Afghan currently residing in Shamshatu refugee camp; Abdur Rehman, another Afghan currently a resident of Naway Kallay, Bara Road; and Gul Khan of Mohmand Agency currently living near Budhni Pul, Charsadda Road, Peshawar.

The officials claimed to have recovered two laptops and two CPUs from the facility that contained pro-militant and anti-Pakistan material from the raided premises. Police have registered a case under Section 124-A of Pakistan Panel Code and 11 ATA.

A senior police official requesting anonymity told Dawn that the arrests were made a day before by an intelligence agency. The Shamshatu refugee camp is located about 25 kilometres southeast of the provincial capital.

Published in Dawn, July 3rd, 2015

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