by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Dec 12, 2023QUETTA: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) has ordered immediate suspension of four Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in connection with the alleged extra-judicial killing of Balach Baloch – a 24-year-old Baloch man – in Makran belt. The division bench comprising BHC Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Nazeer Ahmed Langove passed the order on a constitutional petition filed by the…
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by Amjad Mahmood in Dawn, Nov 2nd, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has expressed its willingness to form an electoral alliance with its arch-rival, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), to counter its former ally, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). “We may enter into an (electoral) alliance with other parties, including the PTI, against the PML-N,” said Punjab PPP acting president Rana Farooq Saeed at a press conference here on Wednesday. This statement appears to be…
By Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee & Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, Oct 26, 2023The Awami League is fully prepared to prevent the BNP from resorting to violence centring the October 28 rally, ruling party leaders said. The leaders and activists of the AL’s Dhaka city, district and thana units have been instructed to take position on the streets and entrances to the capital from early Saturday, said AL insiders. Meanwhile, police are considering granting…
by Mushtaq Ghumman in Business Recoder, Oct 13,, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Military Intelligence of Armies of Pakistan and China are to establish hotline on counter terrorism through inking a formal pact, well informed sources told Business Recorder. Sharing the details, sources said, Defence Division on October 2, 2023 informed the Federal Cabinet presided caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar that General Headquarters (GHQ) proposed signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a counter terrorism Intelligence…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 14th, 2023QUETTA: A key commander of banned outfit Daesh was killed in a gun battle with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in Mastung area on Wednesday. Officials said that the CTD, on intelligence reports about the presence of the suspected Daesh commander Ghulam Din Shahwani alias Shoaib in Mastung town, cordoned off the area for his arrest. The Daesh commander, instead of surrender, started firing on the CTD personnel.…
by Saleem Shahid Report in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023QUETTA: Five suspected terrorists of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in an operation conducted by the Balochistan police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Thursday, according to officials. The operation was planned on the intelligence provided by TTP militant Naseebullah, who was arrested some time back, during the investigation. He revealed the presence of militants in the Aghberg area, a locality on the outskirts of the…
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 Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, August 28th, 2023KHUZDAR: A senior officer of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Khuzdar, and his team members survived an armed attack on Sunday late night after. According to police, Khuzdar Station House Officer Muhammad Murad Jamot, along with other CTD personnel, was going to his office when they were attacked by unknown armed men in Jaffarabad, a locality on the outskirts of Khuzdar town. The CTD personnel immediately took…
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.…
Report in Dawn, Aug 2nd, 2023ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan grapples with an increase in militant attacks seemingly emanating from across the border, a top White House National Security official has called the threat “more ideologically diverse and geographically diffuse”, underscoring the need for keeping pace with the threat level. “More broadly, today’s terrorist threat is more ideologically diverse and geographically diffuse than that of two decades ago. Al-Qaeda, ISIS and associated forces have expanded from Afghanistan…
by Dimuthu Attanayake in SCMP, Aug 2, 2023Sri Lanka and India have cemented their long-standing ties with a rush of energy and maritime deals amid a push by New Delhi for more strategic influence in the region to counter China’s rising clout – even as analysts warn Colombo against becoming overreliant on its larger neighbour. Both South Asian nations agreed to boost maritime, air, energy and power cooperation, among other areas, during Sri Lankan President…