Editorial in Dawn, Sept 11th, 2023THE Chitral region of KP has been in the headlines of late due to the Sept 6 deadly cross-border incursion in which a large band of TTP militants reportedly crossed over and attacked Pakistani positions before being pushed back into Afghanistan. Though the authorities have not given any numbers, the raiders were reported to be in the ‘hundreds’. The interim foreign minister insists this was an “isolated incident” and that…
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by Malik Muhammad Ashraf in The Nation, August 18, 2023Reportedly, a mob inflamed by a diatribe against an alleged blasphemer by a cleric attacked several churches and homes of the Christian community in Jaranwala on Wednesday. Fortunately, no casualties have been reported. An editorial in a national daily revealed that not only were the churches vandalized, but many copies of the Bible were also desecrated by the attacking mob. Unfortunately, this incident of mob justice…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, August 15th, 2023QUETTA: The offices of two deputy commissioners were targeted with hand grenades in Panjgur and Surab districts on Monday. According to officials, unknown motorcyclists hurled a hand grenade at the deputy commissioner’s office in Panjgur during the late hours, resulting in an explosion within the office’s courtyard. The windowpanes of the office were smashed due to the impact of the explosion. However, no human loss was reported in…
report in The Daily Star, Aug 15, 2023Four journalists, covering the news of war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee’s death, were injured in an attack by a mob in front of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday. Jamuna TV’s senior reporter Shawkat Manjur Shanto, cameraperson Bishwanath Sarker, RTV’s reporter Sheikh Farid and cameraperson Md Manik were wounded. People started gathering at the premises of the D-block of BSMMU since 9:00pm, minutes after Sayedee’s death. Leaders…
by Dipankar Roy in The Daily Star, Jul 31, 2023When she is supposed to be at football practice, she is tossing and turning in a hospital bed with a bandaged head. Mangali Bagchi, an under-17 footballer of the Khulna divisional team, and some of her teammates were attacked by a group of people on Saturday afternoon..The reason: They wear shorts and play football. As Mangali lay in her bed on the third floor of Batiaghata…
report on The Daily Star online, July 29, 2023 at 05.59pmIt was almost like a “joint operation” in Uttara in the capital today when police and ruling party leaders and activists attacked BNP supporters, leaving several injured. Witnesses said the BNP men were mostly unarmed at that time. According to witnesses, the AL men first took position in sector-8 area near Abdullahpur around 10:30am where a large number of law enforcers were already in place.…
report in Dawn, June 15th, 2023QUETTA: A private school was damaged in a grenade attack on Wednesday in Mastung town. Police said some motorcyclists hurled the grenade at the Taleem Foundation Grammar School in the Sarawan area. However, the grenade exploded outside the school. The explosion damaged the school’s boundary wall and smashed some windowpanes. The attackers fled the scene after the incident. No person or group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.https://www.dawn.com/news/1759809/school-attacked-in-mastung
report in The News, June 02, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred in an exchange of fire with terrorists in Singwan area (Dist Kech) of Balochistan along the Pakistan-Iran border. When a group of terrorists attacked the security post, the troops retaliated and pushed them back, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement on Thursday. During the exchange of fire, Sepoy Hasnain Ishtiaq, 34, and Sepoy Inayat Ullah, 27, embraced Shahadat. The security forces…
Report in Dawn, April 11th, 2023SWABI: A constable was among five people injured when unidentified militants attacked the Tordher police station in Chota Lahor tehsil with a grenade on Sunday night, the police and rescue officials said. District police officer Najamul Hussain said on Monday that the attack occurred three days after an assistant sub-inspector was martyred and two police personnel were injured when militants lobbed grenades onto their car in Yar Hussain area. He…
report in The News, April 03, 2023PESHAWAR: A police post in the Sheikhan village of the Badaber area was attacked with a hand grenade early Sunday. No casualty was reported when unidentified motorcyclists lobbed a hand grenade into the police post, close to the boundary with the Khyber tribal district, said officials. In one such attack on Sarband Police Station a few weeks back, the attackers targeted a deputy superintendent of police, Sardar Hussain, and…