by Naeem Khanzada in The Express Tribune, Nov 13, 2023KARACHI: A broad-based political alliance is likely to emerge soon in Sindh, as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and some other parties have completed their consultation to give a tough time to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the upcoming general elections, it emerged on Sunday. In this regard, senior leaders of the PML-N and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) finalised their consultations regarding pre- and…
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report in Dawn,November 12th, 2023BAJAUR: A man was injured when a bomb went off in Mamond tehsil of the Bajaur tribal district on Saturday, the police and residents of the area said. They said that the blast occurred in the hilly Ghakhi area. They added that the bomb planted along a way was detonated with the help of a remote control. One person identified as Abdur Rehman, a resident of Ghakhi locality, was wounded in…
Report in Dawn, Nov 12th, 2023PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department of the police has claimed to have arrested four militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (aka Daesh) group, who were involved in militancy and financing the globally-proscribed militant organisation. A statement issued by the Counter-Terrorism Department said that local and foreign currency was also recovered from the arrested men, who were held during raids conducted by a special team in the provincial capital on Friday. It…
Report in Dawn, Nov 12th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday claimed to have arrested five suspected terrorists belonging to banned organisations during operations in different areas of the province. According to the departmental spokesman, the CTD conducted 179 intelligence- based operations in different districts and arrested 179 suspected persons whose interrogation led to capture of five alleged terrorists with weapons, explosives and other prohibited material. The arrested were identified as Muhammad Khalid,…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Nov 12th, 2023QUETTA: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has killed three suspected militants during an intelligence-based operation in Mastung area of Balochistan. A CTD spokesman stated on Saturday that based on intelligence information, CTD personnel conducted a search operation in the Kanak area of Mastung district, during which the armed men opened fire on CTD officials and attempted to escape. However, CTD personnel cordoned off the area, returned fire, and…
by Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, Nov 12th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three police personnel, including a station house officer (SHO), were martyred and five others including a deputy superintendent of police, sustained injuries in a militant attack on police in Kari Shah Noor area of district Tank on Saturday. Police spokesperson informed that DSP Chan Shah was leading a police party to arrest kidnappers of a woman in Shah Noor village when unidentified assailants opened…
by Kazim Alam in Dawn, November 12th, 2023KARACHI: The perception that few among the 35,000-odd computer science graduates the country produces every year are actually skilled was reinforced on Saturday at +92Disrupt, a two-day startup and technology conference held by Katalyst Labs. The CEO of one of the country’s largest software houses made a 30-minute presentation to drive home a single point: computer science programmes run by Pakistani universities of all stripes are doing a…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, November 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: While Iqbal Day was observed throughout the country during the current week, a survey conducted by a research company showed that nearly half of Pakistanis could not recognise the importance of November 9. Among those who were able to tell the significance of the day, women were in majority. The study was conducted in the first week of November by a research company named Ipsos in which…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 12th, 2023.LAHORE: In response to a joint condemnation by Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding President Dr Arif Alvi’s initiative to convey Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) concerns about an alleged ‘lack of a level-playing field’ ahead of the polls to the interim government, the former ruling party on Saturday strongly criticised the characterisation of the president’s statement as contrary to the Constitution. In…
by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, November 12th, 2023LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, apparently perturbed at being tagged by his opponents as ladla (blue-eyed) and his party a ‘favourite’ of the military establishment, asked party’s new manifesto committee to address this matter while finalising it later this month. On the other hand, PML-N has defended its current equation with the powers that be, wondering why such a question is being raised now when the party had…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 10, 2023Senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Rana Sanaullah, on Thursday expressed willingness to engage in dialogue with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). However, he added that no talks can take place with those involved in the May 9 riots. Talking to the media in Lahore, Sanaullah highlighted the corruption case against Farah Gogi, a close acquaintance of former first lady Bushra Bibi, saying that there is a legal…