In the wake of the Bannu jailbreak, Niaz Mohammad, sentenced to death in an unsuccessful attempt on the life of former president Pervez Musharraf, was shifted from Mansehra jail to Haripur jail on Monday.
Through some highly placed sources, Pakistan Today came to know that on security grounds, Mohammad was shifted to Mansehra in September.
During the same period, Adnan Rashid was shifted from Peshawar to Bannu Jail.
Both Rashid and Mohammad were shifted to Peshawar jail in August 2011 from Adyala Rawalpindi Jail. Both of them remained accomplices and partners in an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the former president a couple of years ago.
However, the seniors in Peshawar jail have shown reluctance in showing hospitality to both Rashid and Mohammad. During the same days, notorious Taliban commander from Attock Nadeem Abbass along with Zakeem Afridi, succeeded in escaping after killing three policemen. Both of them were assisted by accomplices in escape when they were on medical trip from jail to a dental hospital in the university campus area.
Soon after their escape, a large number of convicts and dangerous terrorists were taken to various jails of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Peshawar Central Jail. Almost all of the prisoners were reluctant to go from Peshawar but the jail superintendent said the old barracks were being demolished.
The experts including high ranking authorities have earlier declared Bannu and Mansehra jails most insecure prison houses. Even the high ups in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal affairs expressed reservations over shifting of dangerous prisoners to Bannu.
KP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain has earlier said they had proposed shifting of all dangerous prisoners to Kohat, Lakki Marwat and Dera Ismail Khan jails.
