Report in Dawn, December 9th, 2023KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday claimed to have arrested a suspected militant belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). A CTD spokesperson identified the suspect as Izaman Asfandyar Khan and claimed that he was the chief of the TTP in Matta, Swat. He was also involved in an attack on the residence of former federal minister Afzal Lala in Matta. The CTD said he was involved in multiple…
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Editorial in The News, August 17, 2023As multiple churches in Jaranwala were vandalized and scores of houses belonging to the Christian community were set on fire over alleged blasphemy allegations on Wednesday, the only question we were left with was: how did we become a country where the weakest and least powerful among us are the most likely to be targeted? In fact, if any of us professes shock that such an attack could take…
report in The News, July 21, 2023LAHORE: The Counterterrorism Department (CTD) has arrested four alleged terrorists belonging to defunct organizations during operations in different areas of Punjab. The CTD Punjab conducted 71 intelligence-based operations to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 71 suspects were interrogated and four alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons, explosives and prohibited materials. Those arrested were Ajmal, Feroz, Hamid Bashir and Syed Awais. They belonged to Tehreek-e-Taliban…
Report in Dawn, March 11th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department claims to have arrested 12 suspects belonging to the defunct organisations from across Punjab. A spokesperson for the department said the CTD conducted 59 intelligence-based operations across the province to avert any untoward incident. During raids, 61 suspects were interrogated. He said CTD teams managed to arrest 12 suspects belonging to various banned militant organisations, including the TTP. They included Irshadullah, Muhammad Luqman Shahid, Anas…
by Sirajuddin in Dawn, Feb 23, 2023The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Counter-Terrorism Department and Lakki Marwat police killed six terrorists, belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in a joint intelligence-based operation in the jurisdiction of the Dadiwala police station on Thursday. In a statement issued today, Lakki Marwat police spokesperson Shahid Hameed said that the operation was conducted after security personnel got a tip-off that terrorists were planning an attack on the Abbas police checkpost. “When…