ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee was informed here on Monday that the government was planning to strictly implement laws to discourage ‘dummy newspapers’ and the circulation declared by newspapers would be linked to their tax filing certificates. A meeting of the sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting, presided over by Senator Mushahidullah Khan, was informed that newspapers were not fulfilling their responsibilities towards their employees. Officials of the information ministry told the…
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QUETTA: Two suspected drug smugglers died while three others were injured in an ‘encounter’ with security personnel in the Mashkel area near the Iranian border on Monday. According to a spokesman for the Frontier Corps, Balochistan, FC personnel conducted an operation on receiving information about the presence of drug dealers and smugglers in the area. There was a heavy exchange of fire. Two suspects burnt to death when their vehicle caught fire due to the…
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to tighten the noose around members of the banned organisations, under-observation suspects and human traffickers by cancelling their passports and blocking their national identity cards. The decision was taken at a meeting on Monday. It was chaired by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. Those falling under the net would be denied facilities such as permission to open and operate bank accounts and obtain mobile phone SIMs and driving licences.…
ISLAMABAD: The authorities have cleared the introduction of drastic restrictions against suspected terrorists, members of proscribed organisations and human traffickers. On Monday, the interior ministry said it was ready to cancel the travel documents, computerised national identity cards and driving licences of suspects placed under the fourth schedule. They will not even be allowed to open a bank account or buy a mobile SIM either. The fourth schedule is a section of the Anti-Terrorism Act…
HYDERABAD: A terrorist plan to execute a jailbreak, besides carrying out a killing spree, in Central Prison Hyderabad might have been thwarted but the vulnerabilities of the prison still exist. The prison is home to around 2,500 inmates, among them are 57 high value targets (HVTs) including target killers and militants. The prison escaped the blitz thanks to an intelligence operation, which busted the group when the design was in the final stage of execution.…
The writer is a freelance contributor. General Raheel Sharif visited the Shawal Valley on February 24, to give the military commanders the go-ahead for launching the final phase of Operation Zarb-e-Azb and clear the area of the remnants of the Pakistani Taliban, who have reportedly relocated after their return from Afghanistan. As per reports, a fierce battle is raging between the security forces and the terrorists, who are deeply entrenched and well-equipped. However, the security…
KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that it has smashed four terrorist networks in southern Kandahar province. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives succeeded to arrest 26 Taliban fighters and destroy four terrorist networks in the city of Kandahar. The arrested rebels planned to conduct multiple suicide attacks by using vehicles and three-wheel motorbikes full of explosives in Kandahar city. The vehicles and motorbikes were…
The former senior deputy interior minister for security Gen. Ayub Salangi slammed Pakistan’s military intelligence – Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) for supporting the anti-government armed militant groups in Afghanistan. Gen. Salangi was speaking during his farewell ceremony in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) compound, a day after President Ghani nominated General Abdul Rahman Rahman to replace him as Senior Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs. He reiterated his stance towards ISI’s interference in Afghanistan by…
Amid efforts to expand the capabilities of the Afghan Air Force (AAF), the Afghan officials have urged China to step in to support the equipment process of the Afghan air power. During a meeting with Fang Fenghui, chief of China’s People’s Liberation Army, the National Security Adviser, Hanif Atmar, requested Beijing’s support to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). The Office of the National Security Adviser said Mr. Atmar requested Mr. Fenghui to provide the Afghan…
PESHAWAR: The authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have approached Islamabad to take up with the Afghan government the issue of extortion calls that have created a serious law and order problem in the province, particularly the provincial capital. An official requesting anonymity told The News that the KP authorities had sent a letter to the then secretary interior Shahid Ahmad Khan on January 14 and again to the incumbent secretary on February 23. The letter, the…
Former Governor of Herat province, Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi, terms his kidnapping in one of the secure areas of Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, as questionable. Wahidi, at a joint press conference with the speaker and members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament), called on government to investigate his kidnapping. Wahidi, who was held hostage for two weeks in Pakistan, was released four days ago. “It is clear that some powerful people were…