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Summary International media has given prominent coverage to the martyred cop Ch Aslam and his bravery.
International press has graced its space with the coverage of martyred SSP CID Chaudhry Aslam who died in a terrorist attack earlier today in Karachi. The news items and opinion/editorials posted on various foreign media project the martyred cop as a brave force against terrorism.
Comparing Ch Aslam with fictional ‘Dirty Harry’, The Telegraph’s seasoned author Rob Crilly wrote:
“As chief of the city’s Anti-Extremism Cell — a unit of 100 men tasked with tackling the bewildering array of terrorist outfits operating in Karachi — that made Mr Aslam, 48, one of the most important players in the latest phase of the West’s fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. And his opponents knew it.
His was one of five names on their hit list of senior police officers. He had survived nine assassination attempts and been shot five times in the line of duty. ”
Crilly further said in another lead story on Telegraph terming Ch Aslam as ‘Taliban Hunter’:
“Chaudhry Aslam had a reputation for using unorthodox methods – making him Pakistan’s answer to Dirty Harry - and had survived at least nine previous assassination attempts.”
Guardian’s story lauded Ch Aslam’s courage in following words:
“A senior Pakistani police officer known for arresting dozens of Taliban members has been killed by a car bomb in Karachi.” and went on to say “Aslam, renowned for his bravery, had escaped several attempts on his life in recent years.”
Declaring him a ‘super cop’, Times of Oman said in its story:
“Aslam had been receiving threats from the Pakistani Taliban, which tried to kill him in September 2011 in a huge explosion that tore off the front of his house in a smart area of the city.
After that attack he made a defiant appearance before the media, saying: "I will give my life but I won't bow to terrorists."”
After that attack he made a defiant appearance before the media, saying: "I will give my life but I won't bow to terrorists."”
Referring to Ch Aslam as “Top Pakistan Police chief”, The Independent wrote:
“He was the cop who could not be got - Pakistan’s toughest policeman, taking on the bad guys in the country’s toughest city.
But Chaudhry Aslam Khan’s enemies eventually did for him. On Thursday, as his convoy was travelling through Karachi in the late afternoon traffic, a bomber targeted his vehicle. He was killed along with at least two other officers. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying they had finally killed a man they had targeted many times.”
BBC presented a story on the incident in the following words:
“A senior police officer known in Pakistan for campaigning against the Taliban has been killed in a bomb blast in Karachi.
Chaudhry Aslam, the head of the city's anti-terror operations, and at least two others died in an attack on a police convoy in the Essa Nagri area of the city, reports say.”
In its lead story, The Hindu termed the martyred cop as “anti-terror cop” saying:
“…man who once vowed to wipe out the Taliban was shot at several times but escaped each time. “As long as I am alive every drop of my blood will be used to fight terrorists,” he said in a TV interview.”
