Report in Dawn, November 9th, 2023KOHAT: The police repulsed a rocket and gun attack on Khurram Muhammadzai police station in Karak district’s Banda Daud Shah tehsil on Tuesday night, forcing militants to flee, officials said on Wednesday. However, they said a constable was injured when a splinter from a wall struck him. Karak district police officer Sajjad Ahmed Khan and DSP Nazir Hussain said that the militants attacked the police station from its backside. Following…
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report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Militants equipped with modern weapons attacked Hathala police station in Kulachi tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan district on Sunday night. However, police repulsed the attack. Around 50 militants equipped with sophisticated weapons, hand grenades and rocket launchers attacked the police station, said officials. They said that police repulsed the attack and militants managed to escape after heavy exchange of heavy fire with the law-enforcers. “No casualties are…
report in Dawn, October 21st, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A tribal elder was killed in what the police said a targeted attack carried out by unknown masked men in Mirali area of the North Waziristan tribal district on Friday morning. The police said that Malik Daud Khan was targeted by masked men at a private clinic. They added that the assailants managed to escape after the attack. The police also said that tortured body of an unidentified…
By Shahabul Shahin in Prothom Alo, Oct 21, 2023The ruling Awami League has started preparations in Gaibandha ahead of the general elections. Although there is no overt rift over the district committee of the Awami League, there is conflict between the incumbent MP and local leaders over nomination. The committees of the associate bodies of the ruling party of the district have expired. On the other hand, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is being run…
Bureau Report in Dawn, October 9th, 2023PESHAWAR: A militant was killed in an exchange of fire between the security forces and terrorists in North Waziristan tribal district on Sunday. A statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relation (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said the exchange of fire took place in Razmak area. Azeemullah, also known as Ghazi, was killed in an intense exchange of fire, the statement said, adding weapons and ammunition were also recovered from…
by Ghulam Mursalin Marwat | Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, October 4th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT / DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Ten alleged terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Pezu area of Tank district on Tuesday, said the military’s media wing. Security forces received intelligence reports about the movements of terrorists in the border area between Lakki Marwat and Tank districts and conducted a raid on a suspected hideout in the highlands of Azamabad,…
By ABM Ripon in Prothom ALo, Oct 3, 2023Lakshmipur: Before the 2014 election, all four of Lakshmipur’s parliamentary seats were in BNP’s control. The party leaders and activists would consider this BNP’s stronghold. Then in 2014, all four of these seats slipped away from BNP. Since then, Awami League dominates the district politics there. In 2015, Miah Golam Faruk was made the district Awami League president and Nuruddin Chowdhury the general secretary. A section of…
report in Prothom Alo, Sept 29, 2023The internal conflict within both the Awami League and BNP has escalated significantly in Faridpur, in the lead-up to the upcoming national parliament elections. Within the district Awami League, there are two active factions. The first faction is under the leadership of the district president, general secretary, and joint secretary. The second faction operates under the central committee member Bipul Ghosh. Notably, the former president of the district Awami…
by Imran Gabol in Dawn, Sept 26th, 2023LAHORE: Three Ahmadiyya places of worship were allegedly desecrated by police in Sheikhupura district. The first incident occurred in the Kirto area of Narang Mandi, followed by the desecration of a place of worship in Nano Dogar in Sharqpur, late on Sept 23 and Bedaadpur Virkan near Muridke, all in the district of Sheikhupura. In each case, the minarets of the places of worship were demolished. Ahmadiyya people…
Arifur Rahman in Prothom ALo, Sept 25, 2023Rangpur: Rangpur is called the citadel of Jatiya Party (JaPa). It is home to the party’s founder HM Ershad, who had been in power for 9 years at a stretch. The JaPa candidate Mostafizar Rahman came victorious by a huge margin in the last mayoral election in Rangpur city corporation. Yet, many local leaders think JaPa’s heyday is over in the district. JaPa once had all MPs in…
by Mohan Shahi in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 12, 2023Sarita Dayali, has been buying milk from a restaurant nearby ever since the milkman refused to sell her milk a couple of years ago. Dayali is from the Dalit community and is the district chief of the Feminist Dalit Organisation in Silgadhi, the district headquarters of Doti. Dayali, a mother of two children, has been living in the district headquarters for almost a decade. Although she…