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Terrorists killed in Chiniot identified as TTP members:

Report in The News, December 27, 2023LAHORE: The terrorists, who were killed in an encounter in Chiniot district couple of day ago, has been identified as members of terror outfit Tehreek-e-Talban Pakistan (TTP), the police said on Tuesday. According to the spokesman, CTD carried out an operation in Chiniot area, as a result of which Ghazanfar Nadeem, involved in the killing of fifty people, including the attack on the Faisalabad office of ISI, was killed…

JUIF, PPP leaders meet for 3rd time to discuss seat adjustment

report in The News, December 25, 2023PESHAWAR: Desperate for some electoral adjustment, a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) delegation paid another visit to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) and the two parties decided to work out recommendations for seat-to-seat adjustment at the district level. Headed by former provincial president of PPP and ex-minister Syed Zahir Ali Shah, the visiting delegation consisted of Shazi Khan and Misbahuddin. Provincial secretary of the JUIF Ataul Haq Darvesh, Secretary Information Abdul…

At least three security personnel martyred, 12 injured in DI Khan attack

report in The Express Tribune, Dec 12, 2023At least three security personnel were martyred and 12 were injured in a suicide attack in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). According to police officials, terrorists attacked security forces billeted at the Daraban School in DI Khan. A vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) was rammed in to the building at around 3am, causing it to collapse. Following the car bombing, terrorists entered the school premises.…

Soldier martyred in Waziristan clash with militants

report in Dawn, December 6th, 2023PESHAWAR: An army soldier was martyred in an exchange of fire with militants in Sararogha area of the South Waziristan tribal district on Tuesday, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations said. It said a fire exchange took place between troops and terrorists in general area Sararogha. “The troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location. However, during exchange of intense fire, Sepoy Ahmed Ali, 26, a resident of Charsadda district,…

CTD kills four in Kech operation

by Behram Baloch in Dawn, November 24th, 2023GWADAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) said on Thursday it had killed four suspected terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in the Turbat town of Baloch­istan’s Kech district. According to a CTD spokesperson, the operation was launched based on intelligence indicating the presence of the individuals near a bus terminal on Pasni Road. As the CTD’s team approached the site, the armed people launched an attack using automatic weapons and…

Cop martyred in Peshawar attack on check-post

report in The News, November 23, 2023PESHAWAR: A policeman was martyred in an attack on a checkpost in Jamrud, Khyber district on Wednesday night. Reports said unidentified attackers opened fire on a police checkpost in Jamrud sub division of Khyber district. The cops on duty were said to have retaliated. One policeman Mujibur Rehman was wounded in the attack while the attackers managed their escape. The wounded cop was shifted to Hayatabad Medical Complex in…

Peace deal into 17th year, yet no justice for victims

by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 21, 2023On December 16, 2001, Sita Ram Tharu was sitting in a tea stall near his house in Manpur village in Bardiya district when a group of security personnel arrested him accusing him of being a Maoist. Dozens of security personnel in combat fatigues with faces covered by bandanas took him away assuring his family that he would be brought back home after a brief inquiry. Twenty-two…

Cop martyred, two injured in Bannu, Kohat attacks

report in Dawn, November 20th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT/KOHAT: A policeman was martyred and his colleague received injuries when unknown motorcyclists attacked them on Mandan Road in Bannu district on Sunday, an official said. He said two cops of the Ababeel Squad came under fire when they were on patrol duty in the area. He said the attackers escaped. The attack left Iqrarullah dead, and his colleague, Shafiur Rehman seriously wounded. The official said the deceased and…

Man injured in Bajaur bomb explosion

report in Dawn,November 12th, 2023BAJAUR: A man was injured when a bomb went off in Mamond tehsil of the Bajaur tribal district on Saturday, the police and residents of the area said. They said that the blast occurred in the hilly Ghakhi area. They added that the bomb planted along a way was detonated with the help of a remote control. One person identified as Abdur Rehman, a resident of Ghakhi locality, was wounded in…

SHO among three cops martyred in Tank attack

by Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, Nov 12th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three police personnel, including a station house officer (SHO), were martyred and five others including a deputy superintendent of police, sustained injuries in a militant attack on police in Kari Shah Noor area of district Tank on Saturday. Police spokesperson informed that DSP Chan Shah was leading a police party to arrest kidnappers of a woman in Shah Noor village when unidentified assailants opened…

Two ‘militants’ killed near Afghan border:

Bureau Report in Dawn, November 9th, 2023PESHAWAR: Two milit­a­n­­ts were gunned down by members of security forces in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried out in Urso­on area, a locality situated near Pak-Afghan border in Chitral district, on Wednesday. A statement issued by Inter -Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said the security forces conducted an IBO in Ursoon area where an intense exchan­­ge of fire took place between security forces and militants. Two…