Report in Dhaka Tribune, Apr 30, 2017 at 11.09pm The number of converted Muslim youths being radicalised is increasing day by day. Some of them have joined banned militant outfits JMB and Ansarullah, who are responsible for the recent targeted killings across the country, detectives say. During the recent raids, law enforcers busted several militant dens set up by such converted youths to teach how to operate arms and make explosives. Regarding the link between…
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Report in The daily Star, May 2, 2017 Police today claimed to have arrested a top IT expert of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in Bhatara of Dhaka. Md Ashfaq-Ur-Rahman Ayon alias Arif alias Anik, the chief of information technology section of ABT, was arrested by members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime ( CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) last night, according to an SMS floated to the media this morning.…
Report in Dhaka Tribune, May 2, 2017 ‘Natun Somoy’ Executive Editor Ahmed Razu has been accused of running fabricated news reports The executive editor of the online newspaper “Natun Somoy” has been arrested after the Walton Group accused him of tarnishing the company’s image by deliberately running fabricated reports. Ahmed Razu was arrested from his Segunbagicha office on Sunday night, police’s Ramna zone Deputy Commissioner Maruf Hasan Sardar told the Dhaka Tribune on Monday. Razu…
PTI report in The Times of India online, May 2,2017 WASHINGTON: Afghanistan’s relationship with India is “unacceptable” to Pakistan, which is using proxies like the Haqqani network and Taliban against its neighbours, eminent experts have told US lawmakers. During a Congressional hearing, Seth Jones, Director of International Security and Defence Policy Centre at the Rand Corporation said that Pakistan has resorted to proxy organisations to further its foreign policy goals. “Pakistan has resorted to proxy…
by KHALID HASNAIN in Dawn, May 2nd, 2017 LAHORE: The compensation paid or being offered by the government to the hoteliers in return for acquiring their land, cost of built-up/covered areas and other business losses for 4,500MW Diamer-Bhasha hydro-power project has created unrest among them and those engaged in related businesses in Chilas as they consider the amount inadequate. The situation may further delay the land acquisition for the project as the hotel owners are…
Report in The Nation, May 2nd, 2017 Gwadar – The chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Senator Sirajul Haq said on Monday that JI backed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project with the condition that no indigenous population of Balochistan in Gwadar would be deprived of their land under the pretext of development. At a ceremony held at Gwadar Fish Harbour on International Labour’s Day, Sirajul Haq said Baloch people were anticipating that flawed policies of rulers could…