Report in Dawn, November 15th, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan entered into agreements worth $364 million to sell arms with two private US military companies last year. These weapons were allegedly sent to Ukraine for its war with Russia, BBC Urdu has claimed. According to the report published on Monday, the contracts were signed with “Global Military” and “Northrop Grumman” for the sale of 155mm shells. According to the Pakistan Ordnance Factory, the shells could be fired from…
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Report in Dawn, Sept 19th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Monday sternly rejected a report that claimed Pakistan sold arms and ammunition to Ukraine in order to secure a crucial bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Russia-Ukraine crisis began last year when President Vladimir Putin ordered the latter’s invasion on February 24. Separately, the IMF executive board approved a $3 billion bailout programme for Pakistan in July of this year, with the…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 29, 2023Armed Police Battalion (APBN) members detained four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) with a huge cache of arms and ammos in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Friday morning. The detainees, identified as Md Jobayer, 20, Nur Mohammad, 25, Jamila Begum, 48 and Bibi, 16, are all residents of different blocks of the Rohingya camps in the upazila, reports UNB. According to an APBN media release…
report in Prothom Alo, 07 Apr 2023Members of rapid action battalion (RAB) detained three alleged arms suppliers to members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) from Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday, UNB reports. The detainees are Moktar Ahmed, 52, Abdur Rahim, 40 and Md Enamul Haque, 38. They are residents of Maheshkhali and Chakaria upazilas. “Tipped off, a team of RAB conducted a drive in the Boro Bheula Lal Bridge area this…
Report in Dawn, March 30th, 2023CHARSADDA: The police here on Wednesday arrested a suspected militant and recovered explosives and arms from his possession, officials said. They said the police had received a tip-off that a suspected person present near a police post in Chowkiabad area was plotting to destroy a government installation in the area through a terror bid. They said a team was formed to avert the attempt. They added that the team led…
by Probir Kumar Sarker/S Bashu Das in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 17, 2023 The Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), or the Bom Party, surfaced on the scene last year after the Indian border forces arrested a dozen members with arms and ammunition in Mizoram. In October, law enforcers discovered that KNF was training members of a new militant group named Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya in exchange for money. Formed in 2017, the KNF aims at establishing…
report in The News, December 08, 2022LANDIKOTAL: The Customs authorities at Torkham border on Wednesday foiled a bid to smuggle foreign-made arms and ammunition.Chief collector Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Salim while showing the seized arms to media said that taking action on a tip-off, they stopped a loaded truck (E-3657) at Torkham border as it entered Pakistan. He said the truck was loaded with pomegranates from Afghanistan. The customs chief said the Customs officials searched the…