Posts published in “Day: December 7, 2016”

Karachi: A judicial magistrate recorded the confessional statements of two suspected Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists, Asim alias Kapri and Ishaq alias Bobby, who told him that they had killed paramilitary soldiers and Military Police personnel in Ittehad Town and Saddar. The men, while recording their confessional statements under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code told the judicial magistrate (West) that they had killed four Rangers soldiers Ittehad Town. They also admitted they had gunned down two…

WANA: In what could be described as a deadly mix-up, four people were killed when security personnel opened fire on their vehicle in Barmalzai tehsil of South Waziristan Agency on Monday. The security forces opened fire on a suspected vehicle on an unfrequented route near the Barmalzai Fort, leaving four persons dead. Eight people were traveling in the pick-up vehicle which was on its way from Angor Adda to Wana, said sources. The security personnel…

QUETTA – Security forces in a shootout on Monday killed mastermind of the Civil Hospital Quetta attack along with his four associates in Haramzai area of district Pishin. Addressing a press conference here at CM’s Secretariat, Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti said police personnel, operating on a tip-off, raided a compound in Haramzai area of district Pishin and killed Jahangir Badini, the mastermind of Quetta terror attack along with four accomplices. Flanked by Home…

LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said there was an ‘NRO’ between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government and terrorists. Addressing the 49th Foundation Day celebrations of the PPP at the Bilawal House, the party chairman once again slamming Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said when rather than implementing the National Action Plan, his focus was to arrest Ayyan Ali and Dr Asim Hussain. On the other hand, he…

The writer is a foreign policy expert based in Washington, DC. INCOMING army chief Gen Bajwa takes over at a time when Pakistan is already on the road to recovery. Since 2010, the country has experienced a significant reduction in terrorist violence. The economy has also begun to rebound. Gen Bajwa and the civilian government could keep doing more of the same to achieve further incremental progress. But this would reflect a ‘good enough’ approach.…

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday confirmed death sentences awarded to another four hardcore terrorists who were involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, including killing of innocent civilians, officials of law enforcement agencies and Airport Security Force (ASF). The terrorists planned and executed attacks on Jinnah International Airport Karachi, CID building Karachi, ISI office, Sukkur, and convoy of law enforcement agencies. On the whole, they were involved…

ISLAMABAD – Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa yesterday separately called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain and discussed with the situation at Line of Control (Loc) and other issues of national security. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, during the meeting with the newly-appointed army chief at the PM House, said his government would extend the required resources to meet the demands of the armed forces. During his meeting with President…

‘Afghanistan is more than the “graveyard of empires.”’ Maureen Dowd once said, ‘It’s the mother of vicious circles.’ While Ms Dowd fails to point out her country’s complicity in said circles, her words ring true: ever since the other Dowd — the Russians’ sacrificial lamb Daud Khan — Afghanistan has only seen war. Yet even by Afghan standards, Ashraf Ghani just can’t catch a break. The presidency has long been the most thankless job in…

AFGHAN President Ashraf Ghani has become a harsh critic of Pakistan — harsh to the point of outdoing Indian hawks and, seemingly, undermining his own country’s interests. At the Heart of Asia conference in Amritsar, where the theme was cooperation against security threats, Mr Ghani’s rhetoric was aggressive, almost as if Kabul desired a rupture in Pak-Afghan ties. This is not the right attitude and it is hoped that better sense will prevail. Certainly, there…

At least 2 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in a US drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial police commandment in a statement said the two militants were killed in the restive Achin district. The local officials further added that the ordinary civilians did not suffer any casualties in the raid. The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist…