Saturday
19 Jan 2008
Nine Pakistani Police Fired in Rauf Escape
By Annie Jacobsen in category The Al-Qaeda Threat
The BBC reports that nine Pakistani policemen have been fired for their involvement in Rashid Rauf's esacpe from jail last month.
The official Associated Press of Pakistan quotes police sources as saying that the inquiry showed that Mr Rauf managed to escape because of gross negligence and flouting of security procedures by police officials.
He escaped after his guards allowed him to visit an Islamabad mosque on his way back to jail from a court hearing.
The Pak Tribune has further details.