TRIPOLI: About two thousand square yards of land which was provided by the Second Caliph Hazrat Omar for a beautiful mosque in occupied Jerusalem, has now been taken over by Israeli occupation authorities.

According to reports reaching here [July 16] the plot will now be used for new Jewish settlements under the “Greater Israel” plan. Jews may build a synagogue on this piece of land.

Meanwhile, Israeli guards have been posted at the plot to keep a watch so that the Arabs do not occupy or build a mosque for which it was actually meant. — Agency

[Meanwhile, as reported by an agency in Quetta,] Sher Hasan Khan Kansi, alleged assassin of Mir Ghulam Nabi Marri, member of the Special Tribunal trying 12 persons in Quetta on sedition charge, was remanded to Police custody for 15 days. He was produced before the City Magistrate, Quetta, Mr Jamshed Kaikobad.

Mir Ghulam Nabi Marri was killed in the court of the Special Tribunal on Saturday last [July 13] while the proceedings of the case were in progress. Marri was alleged to have been shot dead from point blank range with about half a dozen revolver bullets.

Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2018