report in Dawn, December 29th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A militant wanted by the Counter-Terrorism Department was killed during a joint operation conducted by the Tank police and the security forces on the outskirts of the city, police said on Thursday. A police spokesman said the Tank police and security forces were engaged in a joint operation in the surrounding villages of Tank city, including Karri Haider, Alikhel and Karri Puk, when militants affiliated to the…
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report in The Island, Nov 13, 2023The National Peace Council (NPC) has expressed concerns about certain aspects of the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR) Bill. The NPC has in a media statement said that it is concerned about the role given to ONUR to be prescriptive vis a vis civil society by virtue of the power “to guide and facilitate peace and reconciliation programmes conducted by local organisations including community based organisations.” Text…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Oct 30, 2023National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) yesterday (29) confirmed that the Sri Lankan Government will have access to, and ownership of, data collected by the research conducted with the controversial Chinese geophysical and seismic scientific research vessel Shi Yan–6. Following the Chinese vessel being authorised by the Government to jointly survey the island’s “western waters”, NARA is to launch a two-day survey on the…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 16, 2023Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, yesterday (15) asked whether a comprehensive international investigation into accountability issues here could be conducted unless India, too, was subjected to the same. The former Public Security Minister was responding to the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) declaration that India and Sri Lanka Core Group at the ongoing 54 session of the UN…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, August 29th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Assuring the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) that the process to redraw the constituencies of national and provincial assemblies will be completed ‘as soon as possible’, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday promised their delegations in separate meetings that general polls would be conducted immediately after the constitutional exercise. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, who separately consulted Dr Farooq…
Report in Dawn, August 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Donald Blome on Thursday met Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja to reaffirm the United States’ support for free and fair elections “conducted in accordance with Pakistan’s laws and Constitution”. According to a press release issued by the US Embassy, the US ambassador reaffirmed that Pakistan’s leaders are the people’s choice, underscoring commitment to enhancing US-Pakistan ties regardless of the chosen leadership. Though not explicitly stated, concerns…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, August 10th, 2023QUETTA: Three terrorists allegedly involved in a suicide attack on a convoy of Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq were killed in a targeted operation conducted by the Counter Terrorism Department in the Murgha Kibzai area near Pak-Afghan border, in Zhob district, on Wednesday. A spokesman for the Balochistan CTD said the operation was conducted on credible information about the presence of the terrorists in a compound in the area.…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 10:14 PMThe Islamic Emirate has conducted 70 military operations in the past year with the aim of suppressing the Khorasan branch of Daesh group in Afghanistan, officials reported. According to government-provided numbers, more than a hundred Daesh fighters have been killed in these operations. The operations of the Islamic Emirate forces intensified against Daesh hideouts in Kabul, Herat, Balkh and other provinces. Ijaz Amin Ahangar, the…
report in Dawn, March 1st, 2023SWABI: The police arrested 14 suspected militants during an operation conducted on the Karamar Mountain here on Tuesday. District police officer Najamul Husnain told mediapersons that drone technology was used to locate the movement of suspected persons on the mountain. He said since surge in militant activities in the district the police had kept the Karamar Mountain under tight watch. He said personnel of Elite Force, Rapid Response Force, bomb…