By Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, Nov 7th, 2023KHYBER: As banned outfits continue to target security forces in relentless attacks, four security personnel were martyred in a shoot-out in Tirah during an intelligence-based operation launched on Monday after a tip-off regarding the presence of “terrorists” in the area. Since the start of this month, the security forces and the police have been in the crosshairs of militants who have launched several assaults, martyring more than a…
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report in The Express Tribune, Sept 29, 2023QUETTA: A heavy exchange of firing resumed on Thursday between two rival groups of Mengal tribe in Wadh town of Khuzdar district in Balochistan, suspending vehicular traffic on Quetta-Karachi National Highway and badly disrupting normal life in the area. According to reports, the exchange of firing continued between the men, who were waiting in trenches for over one and half months following a ceasefire negotiated by Nawab Aslam…
report in Dawn, Sept 17th, 2023SWAT: A large number of people in Fatehpur village of Charbagh tehsil on Friday took to the streets against lawlessness and rampant illicit drug trade in the area. Elders from the village organised the rally that commenced from Fatehpur Bazaar and ended in a public gathering in front of the Fatehpur police station. Led by elders, including Iqbal Khan, Iqbal Hussain, Mufti Shakir Hussain, Nisar Khan, Said Ali, Aftab Khan,…
report in Dawn, August 30th, 2023MANSEHRA: The chief of Torghar Levies escaped unhurt from a bomb blast in Judbah Mera area of the district on Tuesday morning. An improvised explosive device went off outside the house of Gulfaraz when his vehicle drove past it, according to district police officer Bilal Ahmad. He told reporters that the explosion left a crater on the road but didn’t hurt anyone. The DPO said the terror attack targeted the…
Report in Dawn, August 21st, 2023TOBA TEK SINGH: Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad Vicar General Fr Abid Tanveer says that hundreds of Catholic Christians of Jaranwala waited in Christian Colony for caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi but he visited an area of a small community and ignored the Christian Colony. He said the biggest church of Jaranwala, Catholic Church, located in Christian Colony, was burnt and demolished in the riots and 200 houses were damaged in…
report in Prothom Alo, Jun 7, 2023The police detained 10 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir on Tuesday night from Banani area in the capital, reports UNB. Tajul Islam, ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Banani thana committee and secretary Maulana Rafi were among the arrestees. Confirming the matter, Banani police station’s officer-in-charge Mostafizur Rahman said they were detained at around 9:30pm on Tuesday while they were holding a ‘secret meeting’ at a local restaurant…
report in The News, March 11, 2023The District City police, in collaboration with an intelligence agency, arrested two suspected terrorists in a raid in the Kalakot area of Lyari on Friday. According to SSP Arif Aziz, the suspects, Waleed alias Walar and Shoaib alias Bablu, are alleged members of the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), a banned separatist organisation of Balochistan. During the raid, the police claimed seizing two hand grenades from the possession of the…