by Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, October 2nd, 2023LAHORE: In a gun battle that lasted all night, police thwarted an ambush by more than a dozen militants on a police post in Mianwali killing two of the attackers, officials said. The ambush comes on the heels of back-to-back terrorist attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that claimed scores of lives since Friday. A police constable embraced martyrdom during the latest attack initiated by the militants belonging…
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By Ahmed Faraz in The News,October 01, 2023At least two terrorists were killed and a policeman was martyred after a group of militants attacked a patrolling post in the Kundal area of Punjab’s Mianwali district, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar said Sunday. The Punjab police chief said the gun battle between the law enforcers and the militants erupted after 10 to 12 terrorists attacked a police check post in the wee hours…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 29, 2023The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday said it was seriously concerned about attacks and abuse on doctors and health workers involved in treating patients and vandalism in health institutions. In a statement, the constitutional body requested those involved in such incidents to refrain from attacking doctors and create an environment for seamless delivery of health services. Issuing a statement, Tikaram Pokharel, the spokesperson of the commission, said…
report in Dawn, September 28th, 2023QUETTA: The law-enforcement agencies on Wednesday foiled an attempt to carry out a car-bomb attack in the city and seized an explosives-laden car from a parking lot near a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. According to police, law-enforcement agencies had received information about the presence of a suspected car in the parking lot close to a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. Members of law-enforcement immediately acted…
Report in Dawn, Sept 18th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A policeman embraced martyrdom when unknown assailants opened fire at him in Miramshah here on Sunday, officials said. They said constable Famran Jan was targeted when he was coming home after performing duty. They added the unknown assailants managed to flee. They also stated that he police reached the site and started investigating the incident. Meanwhile, funeral of the martyred cop was offered at the police lines. Senior…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 15th, 2023• ‘Planted bomb’ apparently targeted Hafiz Hamdullah• Initial investigation suggests device was remote-controlledQUETTA: At least 11 people, including JUI-F leader Hafiz Hamdullah, were injured in a blast targeting the party’s convoy near Mastung, some 50 kilometres from Quetta, on Thursday. Officials said the blast occured near Mr Hamdullah’s car when he reached the Killi Chotu area, a locality on the outskirts of Mastung, while on his way there…
AFP report, September 11, 2023COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s president announced an investigation on Sunday into allegations made by a British television documentary that his current spy chief was complicit in the country´s worst attack against civilians. Ranil Wickremesinghe said he was naming a retired Supreme Court judge to probe accusations that Suresh Sallay, the head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), orchestrated the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. The documentary aired this week featured a political insider…
By Norman Palihawadane in The Island, Sept 10, 2023Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says that even though many including the Church authorities were unaware of imminent terror attacks on Easter Sunday 2019, almost 15,000 other persons had prior knowledge of it according to the reports of the Special Presidential Commission. Addressing Holy Mass celebrating the blessing of marble structures of the 12 apostles gifted by people of Brechia, Italy to St Sebastian Church at Katuwapitiya,…
Editorial in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023TWO cross-border infiltration attempts by militants, as well as tensions at the Torkham frontier, point to the disturbing reality that both on the security front and where bilateral ties are concerned, Pak-Afghan relations are going through a highly dysfunctional phase. Though bilateral ties with Kabul have never been tension-free, some within our ruling structure had great expectations that an Afghan Taliban dispensation across the western border would benefit Pakistan. That…
Report in Dawn, Sept 6th, 2023LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday denied Sarwar Road police further physical remand of PTI women including fashion designer Khadija Shah, Sanam Javed, Tayyaba Ambreen, former MNA Alia Hamza and 77 other suspects in the corps commander house attack case. The investigating officer produced the suspects before the court and requested it to extend their physical remand to complete the investigation. However, the defence lawyers opposed further remand, saying nothing…
report in The News, September 04, 2023FAISALABAD: Some unknown persons shot and injured a priest in Jaranwala on Sunday. The injured pastor has been shifted to hospital after suffering a shoulder injury. Heavy contingent of police reached the spot and cordoned off the area. According to Pastor Vicky, he was attacked after being accused of blasphemy when he was going homhttps://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1106641-priest-injured-in-jaranwala-attack