THE prime minister and army chief have just wrapped up a visit to Saudi Arabia which saw them witness the ‘North Thunder’ military exercises. Held under the kingdom’s aegis, the exercises saw troops from 20 Muslim states, including Pakistan, come together for war games in Hafar al-Batin, a town located close to the Iraqi border. The drill reportedly involved thousands of troops and equipment taking part in exercises ostensibly meant to sharpen counterterrorism skills. However,…
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The writer is resident editor of The News in Peshawar. There was no “intelligence-based” operation to recover Shahbaz Taseer as it was initially portrayed by some officials of the law-enforcement agencies. No raid was conducted on any compound as claimed to set him free. He wasn’t found in a hotel room as some government functionaries maintained and sections of the media dutifully reported. Rather he was recovered from outside the Al-Saleem Hotel and Restaurant where…
QUETTA: Balochistan government spokesperson Anwarul Haq Kakar on Saturday claimed that law enforcers who rescued Shahbaz Taseer knew about his whereabouts after an intelligence agency asked the provincial law-enforcement authorities to conduct a ‘raid’. Talking to DawnNews, Kakar claimed that the Taseer family had informed an intelligence agency after receiving a call from Shahbaz, after he was set free by his kidnappers. The intelligence agency in turn informed Frontier Corps (FC) and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD)…