report in The News, Nov 13, 2023An official of a federal intelligence agency was martyred in an armed attack on Sunday afternoon in the Nazimabad area. The man was shot dead near AO Clinic within the jurisdiction of the Nazimabad police station. Police said that as they received the information about the firing incident, they rushed to the spot where they found a man lying critically wounded. He was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH)…
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report in Khaama Press online, Sept 5, 2023The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has reduced rations for an additional two million Afghans this month. The agency’s country director has raised concerns about an impending “catastrophic” winter if funding is depleted, leaving remote communities with insufficient food supplies. Amidst increasing concern over declining aid for Afghanistan, the reduction in rations occurs. The UN humanitarian response plan for the country is currently only a quarter funded despite…
by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, September 2nd, 2023LAHORE: The Islamabad police on Friday re-arrested former chief minister and PTI President Parvez Elahi near his residence soon after the Lahore High Court (LHC) set him free with a restraining order against his possible arrest by any agency or preventive detention. A team of federal capital police, assisted by the Lahore police, intercepted the white SUV near the FCC underpass in which Mr Elahi was riding…
By Afzal Nadeem Dogar in The News, Aug 7, 2023KARACHI: A terrorist wanted for terror attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was Monday arrested at the Karachi Airport after the Immigration Cell of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) foiled his plan to flee abroad, the agency told Geo News. According to the FIA Immigration Cell spokesperson, the accused, named Ehsan-ul-Haq, is a terrorist associated with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and was trying to escape abroad. KP home department,…
report in The Daily Star, July 10, 2023 Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP has secret ties with Israel and its intelligence agency. “The meeting between a representative of the Israeli intelligence agency and a senior BNP leader was exposed to the media. BNP is always involved in such anti-state activities,” he said in a statement. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir…
report in Prothom Alo, Jul 06, 2023The United States has condemned the murder of labour union organiser Shahidul Islam and called on Bangladesh authorities to investigate the crime thoroughly and hold the perpetrators accountable, reports news agency UNB. US ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas made the call on Wednesday. Ambassador Haas visited the headquarters of the Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federation to express condolences over labour leader Shahidul Islam’s death. The United States said…
Report in The News. June 13, 2023The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday claimed to have arrested three terrorists belonging to a banned outfit’s sleeper Cell. A CTD official said the police arrested the suspects with the assistance of an intelligence agency. He said they recovered a huge cache of foreign-made weapons and hand grenades, adding that the arrested men had conducted recce of consulates and sensitive installations in Karachi on the instructions of their…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press,June 2, 2023Afghan security forces claim to have killed a senior ISIS commander along with his accomplice in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, state-run Bakhtar news agency reported. The killed ISIS commander’s name is said to be ‘Turab’ who was killed during a special operation conducted by the Taliban security forces. The operation was conducted on Wednesday evening in Wuch Tangi village of Shiwa district in eastern Nangarhar province, according…
By Qazi Fazlullah in The News, Jan 20, 2023In a terrorist attack on a police check-post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber Agency Thursday at least three policemen were martyred. Terrorists opened fire on the check-post in Tekhta Beg and used explosive material in the attack, after which the police station caught fire, according to the local police. The exchange of fire between the police force and terrorists still continues. Immediately after the attack, the traffic on…