By Sher Ali Khalti in The News,Dec 01, 2023LAHORE: Nineteen children were arrested on charges of blasphemy from across Punjab between January 1, 2023 and October 16, 2023. According to data available with The News, 6 out of these 19 children are in prison charged with blasphemy while the others were acquitted. These figures have been made public by the Inspectorate General of Punjab Prisons in an appeal submitted to the Punjab Information Commission by…
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report in The News, Nov 24, 2023The Sindh Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Thursday to have arrested four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants in Karachi. According to the CTD spokesperson, the suspects, Amin, Shahnawaz, Maaz and Yasin, belonging to the banned sectarian terrorist outfit, were arrested during a raid conducted in the jurisdiction of the Site A police station. The spokesperson said that four pistols were found on the suspects, who were involved in the killings of…
By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Nov 24, 2023The mastermind behind the procurement of a stock of substandard intravenous human immunoglobulin (IVIG) and misappropriating a huge amount of public funds had to be revealed, the secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA), Dr. Haritha Aluthge told The Island. “There is a broad public discussion on how this transpired, what the government has done, and the status of the investigation, especially following the recent arrests.…
report in Dawn, November 23rd, 2023SAHIWAL: In an intelligence-based operation, the regional office of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), in collaboration with the police, arrested a banned-outfit militant in the Chichawatni vicinity. The CTD recovered explosive material, detonators, dry batteries, electric circuits, and switches used for improvised blasts. The militant, identified as Waheedullah in the mid-30s, belonged to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mohmand area. He was shifted to an undisclosed location for further investigation. The CTD claimed…
by Shahid Rao in The Nation, Nov 21, 2023ISLAMABAD – The Ministry of Defence has asked the Supreme Court of Pakistan to set aside its order dated October 23 declaring the trial of civilians, arrested aftermath of 9th May incident, as null and void, and they be tried in criminal courts established under the ordinary and/or special law. A five-member larger bench, headed by Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya…
report in Dawn, November 15th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Former MNA and Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement leader Ali Wazir was arrested in Dera Ismail Khan, sources said here on Tuesday. He was picked when he was coming to Dera from Quetta in a private car. According to the sources, PTM leader Ali Wazir was arrested near the Darazinda tribal subdivision. He was arrested by the Daraban police. When contacted, Daraban SHO denied having arrested Mr Wazir. However,…
Report in Dawn, Nov 12th, 2023PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department of the police has claimed to have arrested four militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (aka Daesh) group, who were involved in militancy and financing the globally-proscribed militant organisation. A statement issued by the Counter-Terrorism Department said that local and foreign currency was also recovered from the arrested men, who were held during raids conducted by a special team in the provincial capital on Friday. It…
by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, Nov 7, 2023 Dhaka: Twelve top leaders of BNP including the party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have been arrested over the past six days. Such a large number of leaders have not been arraigned centering a single incident in the recent past. Having observed the situation, party leaders and activists said the attacking and foiling of the 28 October rally was pre-planned, and the on-going arrests of…
Bureau Report in Dawn, October 21st, 2023PESHAWAR: Two former provincial ministers were reportedly arrested and several others managed to escape as police launched a fresh crackdown on the leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday. PTI workers and family members claimed that police arrested former minister for higher education Kamran Bangash while raids were conducted on the houses of former ministers and lawmakers in Peshawar. In Bajaur tribal district, police arrested former provincial…
Report in Dawn, October 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The capital police have arrested two suspects allegedly affiliated with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and recovered explosives, hand grenades and weapons from them. According to the police, the suspects were planning to target sensitive installations and personalities. The police made the arrest and recovered weapons on a tip-off by an informer. The police said a team of the Counter-Terrorism Department was present in Satra Meel area for surveillance when…