KARACHI: Five alleged terrorists were killed during an action by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Karachi. SP Raja Umer Khattab said CTD team launched action against terrorists in Khairabad area of Orangi Town, where it engaged in exchange of fire with the militants. He said at least five accused were killed during the action. Huge cache of arms and explosives were seized from the possession of the terrorists. www.thenews.com.pk/article-181282-Five-alleged-terrorists-killed-in-Orangi-Town
Posts published in April 2015
KARACHI – The Rangers manhandled a staff member of The Nation during snap-checking in Allah Wali Chowrangi area at Tariq Road intersection on Sunday. According to details, Abdullah Zafar, a staff reporter of The Nation was on his way to home from office located at MA Jinnah Road when traffic police personnel intercepted him at Nursery Road and asked him to show the documents of his motorbike. Abdullah gave documents to the police officer and…
There was a time, not too long ago, when a local TV channel hosted a competition in which a number of schools participated. Usually two took part at a time. It was an exciting event… full of tension and anxiety. The audience was made up of students from the two educational institutions that had come to cheer their envoys. I don’t think the organisers were looking for potential rocket scientists… just the pick of the…
Ever since the early 1970s, the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), has been frequently organising ‘Yaum Babul Islam’ — an event in which the party celebrates the conquest of Sindh by Arab commander Mohammad Bin Qasim (in the 8th century CE), explaining it as the ‘advent of Islam in South Asia’. Speakers at this event also describe Qasim as the ‘first Pakistani’ and then trace and place the creation of Pakistan to the arrival of the Arab commander…
IT is good to know that at least someone from the Bhutto Zardari household wants to and is allowed to pursue business and agriculture rather than politics as a career. But even as we learn, on the authority of a person no less than her father, that young Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari has chosen to stay away from politics, the focus remains on the future plans of her brother Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Former president Asif Zardari…
The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) recent strategy is openly disclosing the names of the parliamentarians and their exact tax returns seems to be effective, the public attention has forced them to be more forthcoming, and as a result the amount of revenue collected has increased by 88%, compared to the last fiscal year. While the immediate strategy and its result are commendable, it does pose questions for the FBR when it comes to their…
GILGIT: Residents of Gojal Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Hunza-Nagar district have threatened to boycott elections in the region if they are not allocated an additional seat in the legislative assembly. Moreover, they have urged the government to declare Hunza as a separate district. These demands were put forward through Gojal-Hunza Awakening Movement, a citizen-based organisation, during a news conference at Gilgit Press Club on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Alwaiz Aslam, a social activist and resident…
GILGIT – Opposition political parties in Gilgit Baltistan have decided to stage protest demonstrations during Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Gilgit. Member of Gilgit Baltistan Council and PPP provisional leader Amjad Husain told The Nation that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit prior to elections is tantamount to pre-polls rigging. He said that Nawaz’s visit will influence public opening as he would announce mega projects aimed at luring people to cast votes for his…
The writer is a freelance contributor. The movement launched by Imran and Qadri, ostensibly to topple the PML-N government had all the trappings of a conspiracy if revelations made by General Aslam Mirza, Javed Hashmi and Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s brother are to be believed. The architects of the movement chose to challenge the entire outcome of the 2013 general elections and assigned this role to Imran Khan, while Qadri was encouraged to rub in the…
LUMS under pressure: EDITORIAL in Dawn, April 11th, 2015 AN event scheduled at LUMS had to be cancelled at the last minute “on order from the government”, according to the university’s official statement. The event was a panel discussion on Balochistan and one of the speakers was Mama Qadeer, who came to prominence when he led a march from Quetta to Islamabad to protest the brutal disappearances of Baloch youth that is the hallmark of…
Militant killed in clash with FC personnel
QUETTA: A suspected Baloch militant was killed and another was injured in an exchange of fire with security forces in Uch area of Sui in Dera Bugti district on Sunday, official sources said. Armed militants from a banned Baloch organisation attacked a Frontier Corps convoy when it was passing through Uch on its way to Sui. The FC troops returned fire and the shootout continued for some time. “One militant of the banned Baloch outfit…