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Posts published in “Day: March 26, 2015

Lal Masjid cleric submitted surety after 12 years

MUNAWER AZEEM in Dawn, March 26th, 2015 ISLAMABAD: Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Aziz may not have submitted a written apology to Islamabad police, as suggested by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, but he has submitted a ‘surety letter’ that he was bound to submit nearly 12 years ago, when his name was first included in a watch list under the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). Sources in the police department and the…

46 militants killed in Khyber, Kurram: By Munir Khan Afridi in The News, Mar 26, 2015

BARA: Forty-six militants were killed in operations by security forces in the Khyber and Kurram tribal agencies on Wednesday. Thirty militants were killed and several others sustained injuries when Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter aircraft and helicopters pounded their hideouts in Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the fighter aircraft and helicopters targeted the bunkers of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in Kukikhel, Sepah, Kamarkhel and…

LI spokesman among 55 killed in Fata operations : report in The Nation, Mar 26, 2015

KHYBER AGENCY/Peshawar – At least 55 militants including the spokesperson of Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) were killed and dozens other injured in military operations in different agencies of Fata on Wednesday. At least 31 militants including the spokesman of outlawed Bara-based Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) were killed and several others wounded in fighter jets’ strikes and artillery shelling carried out by Pakistan Army here in different parts of Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, security officials said. Security officials said…

Intense Khyber operation enters last phase: by ISMAIL KHAN in Dawn, March 26th, 2015

PESHAWAR: Fighting for the control of what appears to be the last stronghold of Pakistani militants in Tirah Valley has been intense as the military claims to have cleared two-thirds of what could be the last leg of the large-scale operation across the seven tribal regions. The valley with dense forests and dominating mountain features, stretching over roughly 1500 square kilometres, has been serving as the last redoubt to many of the Pakistani militant groups…

AJK to be made ‘Naya Azad Kashmir’: Imran : by Altaf Hamid Rao in The Nation, Mar 26, 2015

MIRPUR – Without uttering a single word about the freedom of Held Kashmir on the soil of AJK, PTI Chairman Imran Khan Wednesday announced to make ‘Naya Azad Kashmir’ simultaneously with his party’s proposed broad-based programme of turning the country into a ‘Naya Pakistan’. He was addressing an election rally here for his party’s candidate Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry who is contesting by-election in Mirpur city, LA-III, constituency, being held on March 29. The rally…

Perception is everything: by Ayaz Fakir in Daily Times,Mar 26, 2015

The writer is a freelance columnist The present situation in Karachi is the culmination of many, many years of misgovernance under persons elected to govern but who turned to criminal activities. Among their main pursuits were extortion, kidnapping and even murder, all backed with political muscle. So, when the Saulat Mirza televised confession appeared one was shocked, but the facts were already well known on the street. The details were not. Saulat Mirza has provided…

A positive step forward: Editorial in The Express Tribune, March 26th, 2015.

Shooting down the views of his own party members and other political leaders, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has opted to move ahead with the setting up of a judicial commission to probe allegations of rigging in the 2013 general election. These allegations have lingered now for a period approaching two years. An agreement between the PML-N and the PTI to set up a commission was reached on March 20. The prime minister has now announced…

Difficulty in reading the new GHQ: Editorial in The Frontier Post, Mar 26, 2015

In his write-up in a national English daily titled \”Zardari is having difficulty reading new GHQ\”, a renowned analyst pointed out that Asif Ali Zardari wanted to have some bargaining, but failed. He wrote: \”Some other ex-generals had baggage, but General Raheel is a free agent (free agent is a person who does not have any constraints that restrict his actions). Some other ex-generals were on extension; General Raheel Sharif has to honor the two…