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Four killed, six injured in Kurram attack:

Report in Dawn, October 27th, 2023KURRAM: Four persons died and six others sustained injuries when two vehicles being escorted by police came under attack in Charkhel area of Lower Kurram on Thursday. Police sources said the vehicles were on way from Thal area of district Hangu to Parachinar, headquarters of Kurram district, when it came under attack, adding the injured persons were shifted to Combined Military Hospital Thal. An eyewitness, Tahir Hussain, who escaped the…

N. Waziristan elder killed in targeted attack

report in Dawn, October 21st, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A tribal elder was killed in what the police said a targeted attack carried out by unknown masked men in Mirali area of the North Waziristan tribal district on Friday morning. The police said that Malik Daud Khan was targeted by masked men at a private clinic. They added that the assailants managed to escape after the attack. The police also said that tortured body of an unidentified…

Policeman martyred in Peshawar attack

Report in Dawn, October 19th, 2023PESHAWAR: A policeman was martyred and a civilian sustained injuries when unknown assailants opened fire at them on a road in the jurisdiction of Mathra police station on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Wednesday. A statement issued by the city police said constable Naeem, along with a friend, Asif was on way from Pir Bala Chowk on a motorcycle when unknown persons fired at them on Gham Khadi…

Three die in targeted attack on Daska mosque:

By Abid Mahmood in Dawn, October 12th, 2023NAROWAL: In what believed to be a targeted attack on a Daska mosque during Fajr prayers on Wednesday, a prayer leader, a religious activist belonging to an outlawed outfit and his security guard were killed. Quoting Zulfikar Ali, another security guard of Maulana Shahid Latif, police said six unknown people reached the Noori-e-Madina Masjid in Mandike Guraya Chowk on motorbikes and three of them joined the prayers. He…

Catholic Bishops appeal to President for foreign secret service reports on Easter attack

report in Daily FT, Oct 10, 2023The Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka (CBCS) has written to President Ranil Wickremesinghe requesting copies of reports compiled by international law enforcement and secret service agencies including those from the US, UK, India, China, Australia and Pakistan on the Easter Sunday attack. In a letter dated 6 October, the CBCS observed that President Wickremesinghe had discussed these reports in a recent interview with the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.…

22 Years On, Remembering US-Led Coalition Attack on Afghanistan:

By Naweed Samadi in TOLOnews Online, Oct 09, 2023 at 2:13 PM22 years ago, an international coalition led by Washington on October 7, 2001, attacked Afghanistan. America stated that the aim of the attack was to fight and overthrow the organizers of the 9/11 attacks on their country. On September 11, 2001, nearly a month before the United States invasion of Afghanistan, the Al Qaeda network crashed hijacked passenger planes into the World Trade Center…

Fresh bid by PTI leaders to ‘rescue’ Imran

report in The News, Oct 8, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leaders have recorded video statements on oath, testifying that former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan never gave them any instructions before or after May 9 to attack and vandalize any state institution and military installation. The PTI leadership preemptively recorded their video statements on Saturday as a proof to foil a ‘nefarious plan’ in case they get arrested, tortured and blackmailed to…

BCL attack on P Alo journo: CPJ demands impartial probe

Report in The Daily Star, Oct 7, 2023Bangladesh authorities must immediately and impartially investigate the attack on journalist Mosharraf Shah and hold the perpetrators accountable, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Friday. CPJ said this in an article published on its website. Referring to a statement by “Bangladeshi Journalists in International Media” and the journalist, CPJ said Mosharraf, a reporter of the daily Prothom Alo, was severely beaten by 15 to 20 men…

Police seek to arrest Asad Umar, Imran’s sisters Uzma and Aleema

Report in Dawn, October 5th, 2023LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Cou­­rt (ATC) on Wednesday exten­ded pre-arrest bail of PTI former secretary general Asad Umar, former prime minister Imran Khan’s sisters Uzma Khan and Aleema Khan in multiple cases of May 9 riots as police sought their arrest in the Jinnah House attack case. Mr Umar and both sisters of the PTI chairman appeared before the court on expiry of their previous bail in four cases, including attacks…

Attack on Kulachi police station foiled in Dera Ismail Khan

report in Dawn, October 5th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police foiled an attack on the Kulachi police station here on Wednesday, forcing the terrorists to flee. An official said that eight to 10 armed assailants attacked the police station around 11am. He said that the terrorists fired two rockets and also fired from automatic weapons on the building. However, he said that as the policemen were already on high alert they retaliated to the attack…

Unknown assailants attack policemen deployed outside PTI’s Insaf House in Karachi

report in The News online, Oct4, 2023At least 20 to 25 unknown assailants attacked the police personnel stationed outside the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Karachi headquarters, Insaf House, police said on Wednesday. The attackers tore the uniforms of the policemen and also attempted to seize weapons from them, the police told Geo News. They, according to the police, pelted stones at the officers and vandalised their patrol vehicles. When more personnel arrived at the scene, the…