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Kabul Only Banned ‘Specific Secular Liberal Education’: UK Cleric

By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Sept 17, 2023 at 8:07 PMShaykh Hamid Mahmood, a member of the delegation of British religious scholars who recently came to Kabul, said that all girls go to schools up to age 10 or 11 in Afghanistan and girls can continue education in specific subjects and he added that education has not completely stopped. Shaykh Hamid said: “It’s a temporary suspension not on education, temporary suspension on specific secular liberal…

US diplomat terms TTP ‘greatest threat’ to regional stability

by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 15th, 2023WASHINGTON: A senior US diplomat has identified the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as the greatest threat to regional stability. Addressing a seminar at the Stimson Center on Tuesday, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West, however, admitted that the Taliban rulers had “significantly degraded” the capabilities of the militant Islamic State (IS) group. Mr West said the Doha agreement that enabled the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan…

Seven suspects of banned outfits arrested

Report in Dawn, Sept 5th, 2023LAHORE: Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday claimed to have arrested seven suspected terrorists linked with banned out-fits during operations in different areas of the province. According to the spokesman, the CTD Punjab conducted 49 intelligence-based operations in different districts of the province, in which 49 suspects were interrogated and seven alleged terrorists arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials. The arrested suspects are; Muhammad Fiaz, Mulazim Hussain,…

Five militants held

Report in Dawn, July 16th, 2023LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department claimed on Saturday to have arrested five suspected terrorists linked with different banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. As per its spokesman, the CTD conducted 47 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different districts of the province to avert any incident of terrorism. During these IBOs, 47 suspects were interrogated and five alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited…

TD arrests nine militants of banned outfits

report in Dawn, June 28th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab has reported the arrest of nine suspects associated with defunct organisations across various parts of the province. According to a spokesperson for the CTD, the arrests were made as a result of intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted by different teams of the department. A total of 35 IBOs were carried out in different districts of Punjab, leading to the questioning of 36 suspects. Of…

CTD arrests nine members of banned outfits

report in Daily Times, June 25, 2023The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab has arrested nine members of banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to a spokesman here on Saturday, the CTD Punjab conducted 33 intelligence-based operations in different districts of the province, in which 35 suspected persons were detained and interrogated. Nine of alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons,explosives and other prohibited materials. The arrested terrorists include five members of…

CTD arrests banned outfit’s terrorist involved in blowing up railway track:

By Aftab Ahmed in The News, June 22, 2023Hyderabad: The Counter-Terrorism Department of the Hyderabad police has claimed the arrest of a terrorist, Halar, son of Monyo, belonging to the banned Sindh Republican Army. The arrest was made during a raid carried out in Ghazi Khan Chang village on the basis of intelligence reports, the Hyderabad police said, adding that an accomplice of the arrested suspect managed to flee by taking the advantage of darkness.…

CTD arrests alleged terrorist

report in Daily Times, June 19, 2023The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab , during an operation Dera Ghazi Khan arrested an alleged terrorist of a banned outfit. According to the spokesman, the CTD Dera Ghazi Khan received information from a reliable source that a terrorist of the banned organization Baloch Liberation Army, Mohammad Rashid Bashmani, shared controversial content against government and law enforcement agencies through social media. The team of CTD police station Sader reached the…

CTD arrests six ‘militants’ of banned outfits in Punjab

report in Dawn, June 18th, 2023LAHORE: Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have arrested six alleged militants of banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to a spokesman, the Punjab CTD conducted 55 intelligence based operations (IBOs) in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any incident of terrorism, interrogating 50 suspects and arresting six alleged militants with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials. He says those arrested…

Female Journalists Claim They Are Barred From Some Press Conferences:

Report in TOLOnews, June 16, 2023 at 10:36 PMSome female journalists said that they are occasionally banned from attending press conferences held by government institutions. These journalists criticized what they consider gender discrimination against female journalists. “Sadly, we were kicked out of the press conferences in which we participated. I ask the government to join hands and give women a share so that they can work alongside their brothers,” said Nilab Noori, a journalist. “There…

PM Hasina tells BBC: Maybe US does not want me in power

report in Dhaka Tribune, May 17, 2023Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the United States may not want her in power because it has banned Bangladesh’s special security forces. In an exclusive interview with Yalda Hakim of the BBC during her recent visit to the UK, the premier said due to the continued democracy in Bangladesh for the last 14 years, there has been extraordinary development in the country. She highlighted various issues including…