Report in Dawn, May 23rd, 2023DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two alleged members of a banned organisation during an operation here on Monday. According to a spokesman for the CTD, a team conducted a raid on a tip-off and arrested two suspects, Mezan Ghazi and Mir Ahmad, who were planning an attack on the law enforcement agencies’ offices and buildings. The suspects belonged to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and…
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By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, May 17, 2023A group of migrants and an Afghan national on the FBI’s terror watchlist were caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally last week. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities, Fox News reported that the suspect—who has not been publicly identified—was apprehended Wednesday while attempting to cross the southern border at Otay Mesa in San Diego, California. The FBI launched an investigation after a fingerprint scan…
Bureau Report in Dawn, May 2nd, 2023PESHAWAR: Seven militants, including a key commander, were arrested in an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan, the military’s media wing has claimed. According to a statement by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces, on Monday, launched the operation in Miramshah following intelligence information about the presence of alleged militants. The arrested militants, including a commander Mehtab alias Lala, were affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group,…
Report in Dawn, April 30th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have killed two suspected militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an encounter and arrested three others. The CTD checked more than 20,000 people out of which 82 suspects were arrested across Punjab during April and cases were registered against them. A CTD spokesman said the Punjab CTD had enhanced its intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across the province in…
Report in Dawn, April 30th, 2023KARACHI: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Saturday claimed to have arrested two men, said to be linked with outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, for their involvement in demanding extortion from traders in the city. The SIU conducted a raid in the Metroville area near SITE and arrested Jehanzeb and Mohsin on a lead provided by two already held suspects —Mohammed Kamal Khan and Abdul Qadir. “Suspect Jehanzeb is a nephew of…
Report in Dawn, April 27th, 2023KARACHI: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Wednesday claimed to have arrested two suspected militants associated with the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). A spokesman for the SIU said that the held suspects were involved in targeted killings and extortion. They were identified as Muhammad Kamal Khan and Abdul Qadir. He said that the suspects confessed to their involvement in several crimes which they committed on the orders of TTP leadership…
Report in The News, April 27, 2023Personnel of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) claimed arresting two militants of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on murder and extortion charges in a raid in Baloch Colony on Wednesday. Police officials said the suspects, identified as Muhammad Kamal Khan and Abdul Qadir, murdered a person in Karachi on suspicion of providing information of the TTP in Afghanistan to a US agency. The two were alleged to be the…
Bureau report in The News, April 18, 2023PESHAWAR: Police in two separate actions in Mardan shot dead an alleged robber while a wanted terrorist was arrested in wounded condition. An official said police chased and intercepted two alleged robbers after they snatched Rs 1.3 million from a local on the Bank Road in the limits of City police station. He said the robbers fired at police but the cops remained safe. The fire was returned…
Report in Dawn, April 16th, 2023 0LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested four suspected militants belonging to Al-Qaeda and banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in different areas of the province. As per a handout, CTD Punjab conducted 26 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across the province to avert any terror incidents. Its teams interrogated 26 suspects picked during these operations, arresting four suspects — Ayaz and Yaseen of TTP, and Asad…
Report in Dawn, April 14th, 2023KOHAT: Customs officials recovered a large cache of illegal ammunition from a truck and arrested the driver near an old toll plaza on the Indus Highway here on Wednesday night. Spokesperson for the department told Dawn on Thursday that the magazines with bullets of rifles worth Rs23.34 million were seized while being smuggled from Malakand to Punjab. He added that the cache included 33,160 rounds of M-16, Kalashnikov, M4, and…