report in Dawn, December 27th, 2023KHYBER: Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat Khan inaugurated on Tuesday the first command and control centre at Police Training Center Shahkas in Khyber tribal district. He was accompanied by CCPO Sayed Ashfaq Anwar, who also performed the opening of a new police station in Bara alongside inaugurating women-specific separate complaint desk in the same new building with female staff. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of police command and control centre,…
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Post Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 27, 2023It was a valiant effort at damage control. After failing on several fronts in the past one year, from combating corruption to service delivery to good governance, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced a slew of promises in his televised address to the nation on Tuesday. Dahal, who marked his year in office on the day, addressed the nation, while admitting he is not satisfied with the…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 8, 2023Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, yesterday (07) said that the government could not do anything about the activities of ex-military officers overseas.Minister Sabry said so in response to The Island query whether the Sri Lankan law prohibited Sri Lankans from joining the armed forces of Ukraine. Three ex-military personnel including a former Special Forces officer serving with what is widely referred to as Ukrainian Foreign Legion aka…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 5, 2023The rebel SLPP group yesterday (04) accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of trying to bring the legislature under his control ahead of presidential and parliamentary polls scheduled for 2024 and 2025. Addressing the weekly media briefing at Nawala, top Opposition spokesperson and former External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris alleged that Wickremesinghe’s recent threat to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to ascertain the status of the Constitutional…
report in The Daily Star, July 25, 2023With the arrest of the ameer of militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya yesterday and arrest of its many top leaders and operatives earlier, the group has lost much of its strength, said officials of Rab and CTTC. The law enforcers had previously identified the group as a serious security threat due to its combat training, operational tactics, and activities. Members of the elite force arrested ameer…
The tense situation in Bannu after militants took control of a police compound has naturally sent alarm bells ringing, shortly after the brazen attack on a police outpost in Lakki Marwat. In this instance, reports allege that apprehended suspects from inside the compound somehow took control, but the TTP has already taken responsibility for the incident. There is no denying that the increasing frequency and scale of terror attacks in the country is cause for…