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Militant killed as attack on Dera check post repulsed

report in Dawn, November 21st, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A militant was killed as police and Frontier Corps personnel repulsed an attack on a checkpost here on Sunday night. A police spokesman said that militants stormed the Kot Azam checkpost in the limits of Gomal police station with heavy weapons on Sunday night, but the attack was foiled as police and FC jawans promptly responded, forcing the militants to flee. He said that after the attack,…

Korala check point opens for all Mustang folks

report in The Himalayan Times, Nov 14, 2023 at 10:25 amMYAGDI, NOV 14: Residents of all local levels in Mustang district can now travel across the Chinese border. Earlier, only locals of Lomanthang and Loghekar rural municipalities of Mustang had permit to go to China via Korala check point. The check point, which was closed due to coronavirus pandemic, was brought into operation from Monday after four years. An understanding was reached between the officials…

Police check post in Bara attacked with grenades

Report in Dawn, March 20th, 2023KHYBER: Armed men attacked a police checkpost in Bara tehsil of the Khyber tribal district on Saturday night, damaging a vehicle parked there. Sources in Bara said that a group of militants hurled grenades at a checkpost, which was established inside a mosque in Merikhel locality. They said that the attack caused fire to a vehicle parked inside the checkpost, while the attackers managed to escape when the policemen retaliated…

IMF calls for audit of Nepali banks to check quality of loans

by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, March 17, 2023The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Nepal Rastra Bank to have some of the country’s largest commercial banks audited by international auditing firms as it is suspicious about the quality of loans provided by them, a senior central bank official said. Representatives of the IMF’s Article IV mission called for the audit to bring clarity about the state of the asset quality during a…

Dahli post attack claims sepoy’s life

by Ali Raza Rind in Dawn, March 9th, 2023WASHUK: A Levies Force sepoy was martyred and another was injured after Dahli check post was attacked by banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants late Tuesday night, triggering an exchange of fire. Basima Assistant Commissioner Shahzad Zehri told Dawn that a miscreant was also killed in the exchange of fire with Levies Force members during the clash. He said sepoy Naimatullah was critically injured and later died while…