Report in The Daily Star, Oct 28, 2023Police yesterday raided houses of BNP activists to arrest them as the party was preparing to hold a rally in the capital today. Mirpur police detained more than 100 BNP men from a building in Shenpara last night, said local sources. Imran, a sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station, said the raid was going on as of 11:00pm. Over 200 people arrested in the capital on Thursday were sent…
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Report in The Daily Star, Oct 26, 2023Two American physicians arrived in Dhaka tonight to assist in treating BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Dr James Peter Adam Hamilton and Dr Hamid Ahmad Abdur Rabb landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital around 7:15pm, said a press release sent by BNP leader Shamsuddin Didar. The other physician, Dr Christos Georgiades, is likely to arrive in Dhaka by 2:00am, added the release. The three-doctor team…
Report in Dawn, October 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The capital police have arrested two suspects allegedly affiliated with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and recovered explosives, hand grenades and weapons from them. According to the police, the suspects were planning to target sensitive installations and personalities. The police made the arrest and recovered weapons on a tip-off by an informer. The police said a team of the Counter-Terrorism Department was present in Satra Meel area for surveillance when…
report in Dawn, Sept 16, 2023PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department claimed to have killed three suspected Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) militants in an exchange of fire in Khazana area, on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Friday. CTD officials said they had received information that suspected IS-K militants were planning to carry out sabotage attacks. “As soon as a special team reached Goye area, the militants fired at them,” a statement said, adding the CTD men…
Report in Dawn, September 1st, 2023PESHAWAR: Two militants of the banned Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) were killed on Thursday in an intelligence based operation carried out by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in Regi Model Town, an area on the outskirts of the provincial capital, CTD officials said. They said the CTD planned an operation in Jumma Khan Khwar area of the township after receiving information about the presence of militants in the area. “CTD…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, August 21st, 2023ISLAMABAD: As a local magistrate on Sunday remanded PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the FIA custody for a day in the ongoing cipher case, former finance minister and erstwhile PTI leader Asad Umar went ‘missing’ from the federal capital. There were speculations that Mr Umar had also been taken into custody in connection with the same case, with media reports and party leaders insisting that he…
report in The Island, Aug 21, 2023Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena who was in Kunming China to attend the 7th China-South Asia Expo visited the Science and Technology Campus in DaliCity, the ancient capital of the province. Researchers at the University have developed a new strain of rice paddy that gives four times more yield than normal varieties of rice paddy. Vice Chancellor of the research campus, Prof Zhoo Jin explained that the new strain of…
Report in Dawn, August 19th, 2023PESHAWAR: A police officer sustained injuries when unknown motorcyclists opened fire at him in Khankhel area on the outskirts of the provincial capital here on Friday morning. The police officials said Sub-Inspector Gul Jalal, a Police Assistance Lines (PAL) officer, was on his way to a mosque for offering morning prayers when he came under attack. They said SHO Mathra police station Abdullah Jalal along with a team reached the…
Report in Dawn, August 15th, 2023PESHAWAR: The police and security forces repulsed three midnight militant attacks at as many locations in the jurisdiction of Mattani police station – an area bordering the Kohat district – some 50 kilometres south of the provincial capital. Police officials said that militants attacked Hameed Khan police post with latest weaponry from a nearby forest. However, they said that the militants could not hit the police post since they were…
by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Jul 31, 2023As long as it faced no street confrontation, BNP saw a huge success in its recent anti-government demonstrations. But because of the way Saturday’s sit-ins played out, the party high-ups are considering taking a step back from capital-centric anti-government programmes for now. According to some senior BNP leaders, programmes like sit-ins right after a mammoth rally were called too early. They said their Saturday’s demonstrations…