Army questions 4 majors over extremist ties
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ISLAMABAD: Four army majors are being questioned in Pakistan in connection with a brigadier who was detained over links to the banned Hizbut Tehrir group, an army spokesman said on Wednesday.
Military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Reuters the men had been questioned but had not been detained. They are being questioned in relation to the brigadier case, he said.
He did not provide names.
The development comes a day after the army said it detained Brig. Ali Khan for suspected ties to Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which has called for officers in the Pakistan army to oust the country's government and help establish an Islamic caliphate.
Khan's family has denied he has links with any extremist group. His wife insisted her husband was "totally innocent."
"These allegations are totally rubbish," she told the AP. She declined to give her first name because of cultural traditions among her Pashtun clan.
She said her husband went missing May 5, and she has been searching for information about his whereabouts since then. Authorities had assured her that he would soon return, she said.
She said her father-in-law served in the army as a junior commissioned officer, while her son and son-in-law were currently serving in the army.
"Our three generations have served the army, and none of our family members have any links with the militants," she said.
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Military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Reuters the men had been questioned but had not been detained. They are being questioned in relation to the brigadier case, he said.
He did not provide names.
The development comes a day after the army said it detained Brig. Ali Khan for suspected ties to Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which has called for officers in the Pakistan army to oust the country's government and help establish an Islamic caliphate.
Khan's family has denied he has links with any extremist group. His wife insisted her husband was "totally innocent."
"These allegations are totally rubbish," she told the AP. She declined to give her first name because of cultural traditions among her Pashtun clan.
She said her husband went missing May 5, and she has been searching for information about his whereabouts since then. Authorities had assured her that he would soon return, she said.
She said her father-in-law served in the army as a junior commissioned officer, while her son and son-in-law were currently serving in the army.
"Our three generations have served the army, and none of our family members have any links with the militants," she said.
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