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Woman held for blasphemy case threat against neighbours

Report in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023TOBA TEK SINGH: A woman was arrested on Thursday for allegedly fabricating charges of Quran desecration against some people of her locality. According to an FIR registered by the Tandlianwala City police under Section 211 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 16 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance 1960, 21 complainants claimed that the suspect was a drug peddler. When local residents confronted her about this, she…

Elahi arrested even after IHC suspends detention

by Malik Asad | Munawer Azeem in Dawn, Sept 6th, 2023ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a repeat of the exercise carried out by the capital police on Sept 1, which infuriated Lahore High Court, PTI President and former chief minister of Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was again arrested on Tuesday, this time in a terrorism, theft and dacoity case. He was taken into custody shortly after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the order…

Militant wanted in attacks on Hazara community arrested

By Umar Cheema in The News, Sept 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: A militant having blood on his hands of more than 40 members of the Hazara community, including the Mach attack he masterminded killing a dozen coal miners of the same ethnicity, has finally been apprehended by a civilian agency, the Intelligence Bureau, when he entered Pakistan from Afghanistan. Son of a baildar, a low-rank government employee, Abdul Bari, had been on the watchlist of all security…

Seven suspects of banned outfits arrested

Report in Dawn, Sept 5th, 2023LAHORE: Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday claimed to have arrested seven suspected terrorists linked with banned out-fits during operations in different areas of the province. According to the spokesman, the CTD Punjab conducted 49 intelligence-based operations in different districts of the province, in which 49 suspects were interrogated and seven alleged terrorists arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials. The arrested suspects are; Muhammad Fiaz, Mulazim Hussain,…

Hizb-ut-Tahrir leader arrested

report in The Daily Star, Sept 5, 2023Rab arrested a top leader of the banned militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from the capital’s Mohammadpur yesterday. Abdul Baten, 60, was a fugitive accused in four cases, Rab-2 Assistant Director (Media) ASP Shihab Karim confirmed to The Daily Star in the morning. Three cases were filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act and one under the Special Powers Act. Two of the cases were filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, and…

Afghan govt has arrested some perpetrators of terrorism in Pakistan: FM Jilani

by Abdullah Momand in Dawn, August 31, 2023Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani said on Wednesday that the Afghan government had arrested some perpetrators of terror attacks in Pakistan and informed the authorities in Islamabad. Jilani shared this in response to a question about cross-border terrorism while speaking to reporters at the Foreign Office. The minister’s statement comes as Pakistan continues to face terror incidents — which have been on the rise since the banned…

Imaan arrested again after release

by Munawer Azeem in Dawn, August 29th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Shortly after her release on bail, Islamabad police re-arre­sted lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir from outside Adiala Jail on Monday in connection with a case registered a day earlier on terrorism charges. Ms Mazari-Hazir was granted bail by an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Monday alongside former South Waziristan MNA Ali Wazir against surety bonds of Rs30,000 each. Earlier, a judicial magistrate had granted…

Militant, facilitators arrested for attack on former PTI lawmaker: CTD

Report in Dawn, August 28th, 2023PESHAWAR: The law enforcement agencies claimed to have arrested a member of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and his two facilitators allegedly involved in attack on former lawmaker of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Liaquat Ali Khan. The provincial head of Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Additional Inspector General Shaukat Abbas, said that Asadullah, the suspected TTP member, was arrested in an intelligence-based operation carried out by the department in collaboration with other security agencies.…

CTD arrests eight ‘militants’

report in Dawn, August 27th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested eight suspected militants linked with banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to the spokesman, the CTD conducted 74 intelligence-based operations in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 74 suspected people were interrogated and eight alleged militants were arrested with weapons, explosives and other…

Imaan Mazari arrested for ‘sit-in, resistance, interference in state affairs’

By Ahmed Subhan in The News, August 20, 2023Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari was arrested from her residence in Islamabad during the wee hours of Sunday morning, the police confirmed. Imaan was taken into custody for staging a sit-in, resistance, and interference in state affairs, police from the Tarnol Police Station personnel said. Her mother and former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari also confirmed her arrest on X, formerly Twitter, stating that policemen in…

Cipher scandal: Former FM Qureshi arrested

report in The Frontier Post, Aug 20, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was arrested again, the party claimed on Saturday. According to PTI’s official Twitter account, Shah Mahmood Qureshi was arrested by a heavy contingent of police from his residence in Islamabad. According to the party, the former foreign minister was being transferred to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Headquarters. According to details, Qureshi was arrested by FIA…