KARACHI: More than a dozen families have escaped their hometown in a remote Balochistan district and moved to Karachi because of clashes between security forces and insurgents, it emerged on Monday. About 15 families left their homes in Dasht, Kech district, over the last few days and a majority of them have settled in Orangi Town, Sabzi Mandi and Federal B Area. Four of the 15 families have moved to Hyderabad and Kotri. Among them,…
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Quetta: Five suspected terrorists were killed Tuesday (today) in an encounter with police in Quetta’s Chashma Achozai area. Police on a tip-off conducted a raid on a compound of terrorists near Airport Road in Quetta upon which the terrorists opened fire at a patrolling police van. Police personnel retaliated and five suspected militants were killed during the exchange of fire. Personnel of other security agencies also reached the site to assist policemen battling against the…
Armed men on a motorbike attacked Inspector Shabbir Ahmed, police sources said, adding that the officer was injured and died while being shifted to hospital. Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack. Sariab police registered a case and were investigating the case. http://www.dawn.com/news/1264680/inspector-shot-dead-in-quetta
QUETTA: Six ‘facilitators’ of a militant organisation surrendered themselves to the Frontier Corps at a ceremony in Nushki on Monday. They used to help militants carry out subversive and anti-peace activities in different parts of the province, a spokesman for the FC said.The ceremony was attended by senior officials of the FC, tribal elders, prominent people of the area and officials of the district administration, he said. The FC would continue to play a vital…
GHALANAI: The slaughtered body of a missing army recruit was found in the Darwazgai area of Mohmand tribal region on Monday, officials said. Hayat Khan, a soldier of the Punjab regiment at Mardan centre who had been on leave, was kidnapped from the Shanow Ghundi area of Ekkaghund tehsil on Sunday night. The body was taken to the Shabqadar hospital before being handed over to relatives. Soon after the incident security forces conducted a search…
Karachi : District West police have seized a huge cache of weapons and explosive material during a raid on a hideout of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Manghopir area, a senior police officer said on Monday. Senior Superintendent of Police Pir Mohammed Shah said the raid followed a tip-off that members of the terrorist outfit were present in their hideouts on the outskirts of District West. A police team led by SP Syed…
The writer is an analyst and journalism professor. Recent border clash between Pakistani paramilitary forces and the Afghan government forces could be a new phase in the conflict that is going on for the last four decades. Securing its border with Afghanistan is Pakistan’s right. Afghanistan can’t stop Pakistan from building gates or blocking illegal crossings into Pakistan. As a sovereign country Pakistan has to control its borders. It can refuse entry into Pakistan to…
The writer is a freelance columnist After the election in which Ashraf Ghani became the president, Pak-Afghan relations seemed to be on a positive trajectory, as Pakistan’s civilian and military leaders had thrown all support behind Ghani’s efforts to bring peace to his war-ravaged country. He had indeed reciprocated and taken steps to soothe Pakistani concerns about Indian influence in Afghanistan. Relegating India to the periphery of his foreign policy, at least for a while,…
The writer is an Islamabad-based researcher and political analyst. Will the transition of the Taliban and the Afghan government’s peace agreement made with Hizb-e-Islami in Afghanistan may help reduce the unity government’s frustration? The two-year term of the political agreement brokered by the US Secretary of State John Kerry between Dr Ashraf Ghani and Dr Abdullah Abdullah on September 21, 2014 to settle the dispute of presidential elections, and secondly, their administrative and constitutional matters…
The situation at the Torkham border crossing was again tense on Sunday as Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged fire over the contentious fencing issue. Earlier in May, the border had remained closed for a few days due to the contention of Afghan forces on the fencing issue. Pakistan had closed the border crossing after Afghan authorities who do not recognise the Durand Line as an international border reacted to an attempt to fence the passage…
Pak-Afghan relations have further deteriorated after Kabul signed the Chabahar Port agreement with India and Iran. They hit rock bottom on Sunday. Firing between the two sides injured two security personnel and nine civilians on the Pakistani side whereas the Afghan government claimed it lost a border guard while six of them were injured. According to Afghan officials the clash took place after Pakistan border police wanted to build installations at Torkham without prior consultation…