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Two ‘TTP’ men held in Islamabad:

Report in Dawn, October 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The capital police have arrested two suspects allegedly affiliated with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and recovered explosives, hand grenades and weapons from them. According to the police, the suspects were planning to target sensitive installations and personalities. The police made the arrest and recovered weapons on a tip-off by an informer. The police said a team of the Counter-Terrorism Department was present in Satra Meel area for surveillance when…

12th national elections: ‘Fictitious’ cases being filed again

by Asaduzzaman in Prothom Alo, July 22, 2023 Banianagar Mor (intersection) in Sutrapur is one of the busiest areas in Old Dhaka. At 6:15pm on 30 December 20-25 leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated bodies gathered there and started chanting anti-government slogans. When they were asked to stop saying anti-government slogans, they attacked the Awami League leaders and activists and then exploded cocktails with an intention to kill them. This is the statement…

Student wings of major parties retain their dominance in university elections:

Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 26,2023As more results of the Free Students Union election come from Tribhuvan University constituent and affiliated campuses across the country, the wings of Nepali Congress and CPN-UML have emerged as the two largest student organisations. The rival groups have differing claims of the March 9 vote’s outcome as the university administration is yet to compile all the results and make them public. Polls have yet to be held on…

Police claim killing two ‘masterminds’ of KPO raid

by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, March 14th, 2023KARACHI: Police on Mon­day claimed to have killed two ‘masterminds’ of last month’s deadly att­ack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO), while two other suspects affiliated with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested after an ‘encounter’ on the outskirts of the metropolis. Sindh Information Min­i­s­ter Sharjeel Inam Memon, flanked by senior officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), said that in order to eliminate the network behind the…

Traders sound alarm on insecurity in KP, seek meeting with Imran

by Umer Farooq | Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, December 16th, 2022PESHAWAR / LAKKI MARWAT: Traders affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have requested party chairman Imran Khan for a meeting over an “alarming” law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “I would like to bring to your kind attention that extortion and kidnapping have started again in KP, especially in Peshawar,” the Insaf Traders’ Wing (ITW) said in a letter dated Dec 12. The letter,…