FAISALABAD, Feb 27: As many as 20 activists of the Sipah Sahaba Pakistan were rounded up on Wednesday by Faisalabad range police following Rawalpindi killings.

The police sources said the federal government had expressed concern over the Rawalpindi incident and asked the police to take all possible steps to prevent such incident in future.

They said so far 20 people belonging to the banned SSP were arrested in Faisalabad, Toba Tek Sing and Jhang districts while raids were being carried out for more arrests.

The names of the arrested people were;

FAISALABAD DISTRICT: Engineer Tahir Mehmood, son of Maulana Muhammad Ali Janbaz, a resident of Bukhari Chowk, Qasim Bazaar, Samundri tehsil, Qari Abdul Rehman, son of Allah Ditta, a resident of 473-GB, Samundri tehsil, Muhammad Ahmad Khan, son of Khan Din, a resident of 226-GB, Samundri tehsil, Hafiz Muhammad Qasim, son of Nazir Ahmad, a resident of Chak No.69/GB Jaranwala tehsil, Muhammad Zubari, son of Muhammad Ramzan, a resident of 186-RB Dhaloon, Chak Jhumra, Muhammad Akhtar, son of Muhammad Ilyas, a resident of Chak 121/JB, and Khaliqueur Rehman, son of Chirag, a resident of 83-JB, Dijkot,

JHANG DISTRICT:Ghulam Shabbir, son of Muhammad Shafi, a resident of Mohallah Thathi Garbi, Chiniot, Mujahid, son of Khuda Bukhsh, a resident of Mohallah Thathi Garbi, Chiniot, Shabbir Ahmed, son of Mansoor Ahmed, a resident of Mohallah Garian, Chiniot, Asif, son of Abdul Kareem, a resident of Mohallah Kutcha Kot, Shorkot, Hafeezullah, son of Habibullah, a resident of Basti Arain, Shorkot, Muhammad Arshad, son of Faqir Muhammad, a resident of Garh Mahraja, Shorkot, and Abdul Waheed, son of Sheikh Abdul Hameed, a resident of Garh Mahraja, Shorkot.

TOBA TEK SINGH DISTRICT: Nazir Ahmed, son of Muhammad Yousaf, a resident of Islampura. Akramul Haq, son of Bashir Ahmed, a resident of Chamra Mandi, Muhammad Aslam, son of Muhammad Ali, a resident of Islampura, Muhammad Ajmal, son of Abdul Ghafoor, a resident of Mustafabad, Lutafullah, son of Anwarullah, a resident of Chak 295/GB, and Qari Abdul Rehman, son of Bahadar Ali, a resident of Adda Aroti, Kamalia tehsil.

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