巴基斯坦前开伯尔-普什图省首席部长被列入恐怖主义案件 比拉瓦尔称反对派配合反恐可结束该省紧急状态
伊斯兰堡——据美国全国公共广播电台（NPR）10月18日报道，巴基斯坦开伯尔-普什图省前首席部长索海尔·阿夫里迪已被正式列入一宗重大恐怖主义案件，成为又一位被依反恐立法追诉的政治人物。该省与阿富汗接壤，目前处于紧急状态之下。
NPR报道说，这宗案件与2023年前总理伊姆兰·汗被捕后其支持者冲击并焚烧一座国营电台大楼的事件有关。伊姆兰·汗本人目前也面临恐怖主义指控；近年来，克什米尔、普什图和俾路支活动人士也曾被控恐怖主义。警务研究者佐哈·瓦西姆表示，这与《反恐怖主义法》的措辞有关——该法对恐怖主义的定义「非常宽泛，几十年来一直如此」，如今可涵盖从绑架勒索、街头犯罪、洗钱到支持被禁组织等多种行为。该法于1997年生效，最初为快速审理教派与族群暴力案件设立平行司法系统，后在美国领导的反恐战争期间多次修订扩权。
据《黎明报》报道，巴基斯坦人民党主席比拉瓦尔·布托-扎尔达里周日在卡拉奇表示，若反对派愿意与联邦政府及政界协商制定统一的反恐政策，开伯尔-普什图省的紧急状态与「总督统治」可以结束。他是在纪念2007年卡尔萨兹爆炸案19周年时发表上述讲话，并为联邦政府接管该省辩护，同时批评前首席部长阿夫里迪。此前，在伊姆兰·汗领导的巴基斯坦正义运动党发动大规模动员、要求释放被囚的伊姆兰·汗之后，联邦政府以该省政府在反恐问题上「蓄意脱离接触」为由接管了该省。
（GSM 据 NPR、《黎明报》报道）
Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Named in Terrorism Case; Bilawal Says Provincial Emergency Could End if Opposition Engages on Counterterrorism
Islamabad — Sohail Afridi, the former chief minister of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has officially been added to a major terrorism case, joining a long list of political figures implicated under anti-terrorism legislation, NPR reported on October 18. The province, which borders Afghanistan, is now under emergency rule.
The terrorism case that names Afridi relates to an attack on a state-run radio station: supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan stormed the building and set it on fire after he was arrested in 2023. Khan himself is now facing terrorism charges, and in recent years Kashmiri, Pashtun and Baloch activists have also been accused of terrorism. Zoha Waseem, a researcher focused on policing in Pakistan, says it ties back to the law's wording: terrorism is "very broadly defined, and that's been the case for a few decades now under this law," which these days can cover anything from kidnapping for ransom and street crime to money laundering or supporting a banned organization. Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act came into effect in 1997, providing a parallel legal system for speedier trials amid sectarian and ethnic violence, and was amended several times after 9/11 to expand its definition and the powers granted to law enforcement.
Separately, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari signalled on Sunday that the federal government could lift emergency rule and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa if the opposition engages with Islamabad on an anti-terrorism plan, according to Dawn. Speaking to media in Karachi while visiting the Karsaz Monument on the 19th anniversary of the 2007 Karsaz bombing, Bilawal defended the federal takeover while placing the onus on the opposition: "If they really want to fight terrorists, and if they want that emergency and governor's rule in KP to end, they should engage with the federal government and politicians and discuss a united policy regarding the fight against terrorism." The takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, executed by the federal government citing the provincial administration's alleged "deliberate disengagement" from anti-terror efforts, followed a mobilisation drive and long march led by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to demand the release of the jailed former prime minister.
(GSM, via NPR and Dawn)
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