report in The Daily Star, June 19, 2023Criminals shot dead another Rohingya community leader (Majhi) in a refugee camp of Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya on Saturday night. Noor Hossain Bhutto, 42, a sub-Majhi of 9D block at camp-2 in Kutupalong, was killed around 9:00pm, said Saiful Islam, inspector (investigation) of Ukhiya Police Station. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel.“Some 10-12 criminals attacked Noor when he was talking to other Rohingyas in…
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by Behram Baloch in Dawn, June 11th, 2023GWADAR: Armed men gunned down the brother-in-law of a former provincial minister as well as a senior police officer on Saturday. Abdul Qayyum Buledi was shot dead by men riding a motorcycle while he was sitting outside his home. “Qayyum Buledi died on the spot after receiving multiple bullet injuries,” a Levies official said. He was brother-in-law of Zahoor Buledi, an ex-finance minister of Balochistan…. In another incident,…
report in Dawn, May 28th, 2023 & Khaama Press, May 27, 2023KABUL: Three people were killed and many others suffered injuries after shooting broke out between Taliban fighters and Iranian border guards near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said on Saturday. Both sides blamed the other for shooting first. It was not immediately clear what had provoked the incident but it comes amid tensions between the two countries over water…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, May 25, 2023A report by the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations, which has almost lost its relevance after having been shelved for about five years, is being discussed again with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal all set to embark on a four-day India visit. Nepal and India had formed an eight-member panel of eminent persons in 2016 to review bilateral relations in their entirety and suggest the…
Bureau report in The News, April 18, 2023PESHAWAR: Police in two separate actions in Mardan shot dead an alleged robber while a wanted terrorist was arrested in wounded condition. An official said police chased and intercepted two alleged robbers after they snatched Rs 1.3 million from a local on the Bank Road in the limits of City police station. He said the robbers fired at police but the cops remained safe. The fire was returned…
Report in Dawn, April 15th, 2023HYDERABAD: Unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants gunned down son of a former superintendent of police in Qasimabad phase-I late on Thursday night. Arsalan alias Naveed Jamali, son of Ahmed Khan Jamali, was sitting outside a friend’s house along with two other friends when four assailants on two motorcycles shot at him six to seven times after confirming his identity, leaving him dead. He was taken to Liaquat University Hospital’s city branch where…
By Umer Farooq in Dawn, April 13th, 2023PESHAWAR: Three militants were shot dead and six others arrested during operations by security forces and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police on Wednesday, officials said. An intense exchange of fire took place between security forces and militants during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Loesum area of Bajaur, where, according to local officials, three militants were gunned down. A statement later issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),…
AFP in Dawn, March 12th, 2023MAZAR SHARIF: A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists as well as several children, police and a witness said. The blast came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of northern Balkh province in an attack claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group. Saturday’s blast took place during an event honouring…
Report in Dawn, March 9th, 2023KARACHI: A Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) worker was shot dead in Orangi Town late on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday. They termed the killing an outcome of a scuffle over ‘Kabotar-bazi’ (pigeon keeping), but the political party alleged that it was a ‘targeted attack’ allegedly carried out by workers of a religio-political party. Pakistan Bazaar SHO Sohail Khaskheli said that 40-year-old Pervez Shaikh was gunned down in Gulshan-i-Zia near…
report in Dawn, March 7th, 2023KOHAT: A sub-divisional officer of the Military Engineering Services (MES) was gunned down outside a mosque in the posh KDA Township here on Monday, the police said. They said the deceased, Inamullah Khattak, had come to his home in Kohat on leave from Quetta. They said his body was shifted to the KDA Teaching Hospital for postmortem, and then handed over to relatives for burial. Shaista Begum, wife of the…
report in Prothom Alo, 24 Feb 2023 at 11: 17AMThe deceased was identified as Mohammad Selim, 28, a sub-majhi (deputy head) at Kutupalong camp. Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhia police station, said Selim was out overseeing the field-level work of volunteers on Wednesday night. Suddenly, a group of miscreants opened fire on him, leaving him seriously injured. He was first taken to the MSF Hospital serving the Rohingya camp and later shifted to Chattogram…