report in Dawn, February 23rd, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Security forces have killed one militant, an affiliate of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and arrested a would-be suicide bomber along with five others on Wednesday. According to a statement issued by the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an exchange of fire took place between security forces and militants in general area Spinwam, adding that one militants was killed during an intense exchange of fire. “The…
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report in Dawn, Feb 19, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested eight suspected terrorists of banned organisation from different areas of the province. The CTD spokesperson said the teams had conducted intelligence-based operations in Lahore, Sargodha and Multan and arrested eight members of banned outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The teams also recovered a huge quantity of arms, ammunition and suicide jackets from their possession. The CTD also registered seven…
report in The News, Feb 14, 2024Karachi: The Malir district police on Monday arrested another alleged notorious terrorist of the banned Sindh Republican Army (SRA) over involvement in a number of terrorism activities in the city and other parts of the province. Malir police chief SSP Irfan Ali Bahadur said a raid was conducted after an informant tipped the police off about the presence of terrorists in an area. After facing resistance, the cops arrested…
Report in Dawn, February 10th, 2023 RAWALPINDI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled an attempt of sabotage in the twin cities and arrested two ‘most wanted terrorists’ of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday. The arrested suspects belonged to the Haji Faqir group of TTP and wanted to carry out suicide attacks in the twin cities. A spokesman for the CTD said with the help of other security agencies the CTD conducted an operation in…
report in Dawn, February 9th, 2023KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a man linked with militant Islamic State group. “Acting on a tip-off, the CTD conducted a raid in Korangi Industrial Area and arrested Abdul Malik,” a police spokesperson said, adding that he was an Afghan national who had been living in Karachi since long. He used to collect ‘donations for IS’ in Ramazan and sent the money to Afghanistan. “Vital…
Report in Dawn, Feb 8th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday arrested a suspected terrorist from Multan and recovered a suicide jacket from him. According to details, the CTD Multan arrested a suspected member of proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Muhammad Hammad alias Commando Musa and recovered a suicide vest, arms and ammunition. The CTD claimed that the suspect was present in the area to execute a terrorist activity. The Multan CTD registered a…
report in Dawn, February 5th, 2023SWABI: The police claim to have arrested four militants, including a prayer leader, belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during a raid on a house in Hund village here on Friday night, regional police officer (RPO) Mohammad Ali Gandapur said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, RPO Gandapur accompanied by district police officer Najamul Hussain said the police had also recovered five kilogramme explosives, 26 hand grenades, 46 detonators,…
Report in Dawn, Feb 5th, 2023LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested 10 members of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al-Qaeda from different areas of the province. The CTD conducted extensive 20 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different districts across the province to avert any untoward incident. The CTD arrested 10 suspects belonging to TTP and Al-Qaeda/LeJ during the IBOs. The suspects were identified as Abdul Rehman, Roid Khan, Hanifullah…
Report in Dawn, Feb 5, 2023KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a suspected militant of the outlawed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) for his alleged involvement in attacks on Rangers and Chinese citizens. They also claimed that he got militancy training in Afghanistan. “We have arrested Hanif alias Billu, who is affiliated with outlawed SRA,” said Malir SSP Irfan Bahadur. He said that the name of the held suspect was included in the ‘Red…
report in Dawn, February 1st, 2023HYDERABAD: The counterterrorism department (CTD) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a suspected terrorist and seized from him explosive material in an action on Tando Mohammad Khan road last night. It described the suspect, Kamran Ali aka Kami Rind, a member of the proscribed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA). A case has been registered against him on the complaint of CTD Inspector Roshan Ali Shaikh under sections 4/5 of the Explosive…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, Jan 24, 2023Taliban authorities have arrested five men including two Chinese nationals over the alleged smuggling of lithium-bearing stones out of the country, according to local sources. In collaboration with their Afghan allies, two Chinese nationals were trying to smuggle precious stones from Afghanistan to China through Pakistan. According to sources, the rocks contained 30 percent lithium, extracted from Nuristan and Kunar, the two provinces sharing a border with…