by Imran Gabol in Dawn, Dec 20th, 2023LAHORE: Thousands of people joined the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) marchers on Tuesday as they reached Taunsa Sharif on Tuesday, protesting against alleged extrajudicial killings. The marchers plan to spend the night in Taunsa Sharif and will decide whether to continue their long march to Islamabad on Wednesday. Previously, the protesters held a sit-in in DG Khan and blocked Globe Square, demanding transport for their onward journey. Their…
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by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Dec 12, 2023QUETTA: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) has ordered immediate suspension of four Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in connection with the alleged extra-judicial killing of Balach Baloch – a 24-year-old Baloch man – in Makran belt. The division bench comprising BHC Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Nazeer Ahmed Langove passed the order on a constitutional petition filed by the…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, Nov 26th, 2023GWADAR: A sessions judge in Turbat has ordered the police to register an FIR against Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials involved in the alleged encounter of four men. On Thursday, CTD claimed to have killed four ‘terrorists’ in an intelligence-based operation near the Pasni Road bus terminal in Turbat. The family of one of the victims, Balaach Mola Bakhsh, has disputed CTD’s version and claimed he was in custody…
Report in Dawn, Sept 18th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Sunday recovered a bag containing three grenades, a pistol and an alleged threatening letter on Trail 5. The threatening letter from an unknown outfit, Tehreek Tahaffuz Namoos-i-Pakistan, was addressed to judges and generals. A map, having information about important buildings in the federal capital, was also found in the bag. According to sources, BDS received a call that there was a bag lying…
by Waqas Ali in Dawn, August 18th, 2023KARACHI: Members of Minority Rights March and Aurat March, the Archbishop of Karachi and the Bishop of the Holy Trinity Cathedral on Thursday condemned the attacks on churches and residences the Christian community members in Jaranwala by an angry mob, following an alleged incident of blasphemy in this town of Faisalabad district. Members of the Christian community also staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC). Addressing…
by Tariq Saeed | Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, August 18th, 202TOBA TEK SINGH/LAHORE: Punjab police on Thursday arrested at least 140 alleged miscreants, including two prime suspects, and registered five cases a day after violence targeting the Christian community in Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad left over 20 churches and over a dozen homes in ruins. The FIRs registered with the Jaranwala City police included Section 295 (desecration of a worship place) and Section 295-A (hurting…
report in The News, August 13, 2023LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday claimed to have arrested 21 alleged terrorists of banned militant outfits in intelligence-based operations (IBOs). In a statement, the CTD said it had conducted 135 operations in the province, during which it interrogated 135 suspects and arrested 21 alleged militants. According to the CTD, the arrested men were from Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Sapiah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, Daesh and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, among other banned militant…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Aug 11, 2023Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday that his ministry had received no information about CIA Chief William J. Burns’ alleged visit to Sri Lanka on Feb 14. Making a ministerial statement in response to a series of questions raised by SLPP dissident MP Ven. Aturaliye Ratana Thera on June 22, the minister said that his ministry only provided necessary diplomatic clearances for the aircraft to fly…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press, July 12, 2023Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that four people including a woman were publicly flogged for allegedly accused of committing “immorality” in the Paghman district of Kabul city. According to a news release, these people were arrested from the Kargha area of Kabul, adding the Taliban officials sentenced the convicts to three months imprisonment. Taliban’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 12, in a press release stated that…
Report in Dawn, May 23rd, 2023DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two alleged members of a banned organisation during an operation here on Monday. According to a spokesman for the CTD, a team conducted a raid on a tip-off and arrested two suspects, Mezan Ghazi and Mir Ahmad, who were planning an attack on the law enforcement agencies’ offices and buildings. The suspects belonged to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and…
Bureau report in The News, April 18, 2023PESHAWAR: Police in two separate actions in Mardan shot dead an alleged robber while a wanted terrorist was arrested in wounded condition. An official said police chased and intercepted two alleged robbers after they snatched Rs 1.3 million from a local on the Bank Road in the limits of City police station. He said the robbers fired at police but the cops remained safe. The fire was returned…