KARACHI: Reward money announced

Published June 20, 2002

KARACHI, June 19: The Sindh government on Wednesday announced reward money for the arrest of the terrorists involved in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street journalist, Daniel Pearl.

According to an official announcement, the reward money for providing information leading to the arrest of the following is: Amjad Hussain Farooqi Rs2 million; Hussain Rs1 million; Ahmed alias Bhai, Rs1 million; Hasim Rs1 million; Asim Ghafoor alias Qasim Rs0.5 million; Imtiaz Siddiqui, Rs0.5 million and the cameramen (suspect) Rs0.5 million. The name of the informer will be kept secret.

Any person, in this context, can contact Sindh Home Secretary on 9211259 and 9211355, I.G. Police on phone 9212629-7, DIG Police (Operation) Karachi on 9205670-71, and DIG Police (CID) Karachi on 9203439.—APP/PPI

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