by Munawer Azeem in Dawn, December 30th, 2022ISLAMABAD: Though the interior minister claimed two days ago that suspects had been arrested in connection with last week’s terror attack in the capital, no one has so far been produced in court. Despite failure to produce the suspects in the court to make their arrest or detention legal, the capital police also remained silent over the details of the development including identification of the suspects. On Tuesday,…
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Report in Pakistan Today, Dec 29, 2022KARACHI: The security personnel arrested two most-wanted terrorists of Lyari gang war besides recovering arms and ammunition from their possession here on Wednesday. The police and Rangers on a tip-off regarding presence of wanted terrorists conducted joint raid in Lyari, Karachi. During raid, two most-wanted terrorists of Lyari Gang War aka Shakeel commando and Nadeem commando were arrested. Nadeem commando, one of the two arrested terrorists had a head…
report in Dawn, December 28th, 2022Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Tuesday that the suspects involved in the suicide attack in Islamabad last week — that left a policeman martyred and several injured — have been arrested. The incident, in which four police officers and two civilians were injured, took place in Islamabad’s I-10/4 sector on December 23. The police had said that a suicide attacker, riding a cab, blew himself up after the vehicle…
report in The News, Dec 27, 2022PESHAWAR: The Hayatabad police foiled a bid to smuggle arms and ammunition and arrested two persons, officials said on Monday. “A party under supervision of Assistant Superintendent Muhammad Umar and Inspector Taimur Saleem stopped a car during checking in Hayatabad and recovered 11 AK 47 rifles, 22 pistols and over 3000 rounds,” SP Cantt Muhammad Azhar told a press conference. He added two alleged smugglers Zaheen and Muhammad Ahmad…
AFP report, Dec 23, 2022KABUL: A small group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul on Thursday against a Taliban order banning them from universities, an activist said, adding that some were arrested. In the latest move to restrict human rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s minister for higher education on Tuesday ordered all public and private universities to bar women from attending. “They expelled women from universities. Oh, the respected people, support, support.…
report in The Daily Star, Dec 20, 2022A total of 23,968 people, including 72 militants and listed criminals, were arrested during the nationwide special drive from December 1 to 15. Among them, 15,968 had arrest warrants against them while 8,000 were held in 5,132 cases filed during the drive, according to Police Headquarters (PHQ) sources. Seeking anonymity, a PHQ official said 33,429 operations were carried out during the 15-day drive, and the law enforcers recovered…
Report in Dawn, December 18th, 2022LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested 12 terror suspects during operations across Punjab. The CTD spokesperson said the law-enforcement agency conducted operations in several districts, including Lahore, and arrested 12 suspects belonging to proscribed organisations. The suspects were identified as Muhammad Arif, Zakirullah, Khurram Ali, Awais Khan, Akmal Shahbaz, Jannat Khan, Jalaat Khan, Irfan Khan, Javaid Khan, Baseer Khan, Adam Khan and Zahid Khan.…
Report in Dawn, Dec 11th, 2022LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested four suspects belonging to proscribed organisations from different areas of the province. The CTD conducted 30 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different districts of Punjab in which 30 suspects were interrogated. During these IBOs, four suspects identified as Danish of Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, Raziq Afridi alias Abu Bakar of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Muzaffar Mehmood of militant Islamic State group…
by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, Nov 16th, 2022KARACHI: The Counter Terrorism Department on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a suspect linked with a banned separatist outfit. The CTD along with an intelligence agency carried out a raid in Mehran Town of Korangi and arrested the suspect, namely Rustam Ali Shar, affiliated with the outlawed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army, said the spokesperson. One pistol along with five rounds were recovered from his custody. The CTD spokesperson said…