by Behram Baloch in Dawn, Nov 26th, 2023GWADAR: A sessions judge in Turbat has ordered the police to register an FIR against Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials involved in the alleged encounter of four men. On Thursday, CTD claimed to have killed four ‘terrorists’ in an intelligence-based operation near the Pasni Road bus terminal in Turbat. The family of one of the victims, Balaach Mola Bakhsh, has disputed CTD’s version and claimed he was in custody…
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Report in Dawn, October 26th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two militants of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed in an encounter with the police in Prova tehsil here on Wednesday, an official claimed. He said on a tip-off about presence of TTP militants in Prova tehsil, the police launched a search and strike operation in the area. He said during the operation, militants opened fire on the policemen, who responded promptly. During exchange of fire, two…
Report in Dawn, October 17th, 2023MIANWALI: The Mianwali police had another encounter with militants on Monday. No police personnel was injured in the operation. According to police sources, the police received information about the presence of one dozen militants in the hilly area of Makarwal, adjacent to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. District Police Officer Motiullah Khan formed teams consisting of police stations of Makarwal, Isakhel, Qamar Mushani and Kalabagh. As police parties approached the Naz Pakistan…
report in Dawn, Sept 16, 2023PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department claimed to have killed three suspected Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) militants in an exchange of fire in Khazana area, on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Friday. CTD officials said they had received information that suspected IS-K militants were planning to carry out sabotage attacks. “As soon as a special team reached Goye area, the militants fired at them,” a statement said, adding the CTD men…
Report in Dawn, April 30th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have killed two suspected militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an encounter and arrested three others. The CTD checked more than 20,000 people out of which 82 suspects were arrested across Punjab during April and cases were registered against them. A CTD spokesman said the Punjab CTD had enhanced its intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across the province in…
by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, March 15th, 2023KARACHI: Relatives of two persons, said to be involved in the Karachi Police Office (KPO) attack, staged a protest demonstration outside the Chhipa morgue in Abyssinia Lines on Tuesday against their killing in what they alleged a ‘fake’ encounter. On Monday, the Counter-Terrorism Department claimed to have killed two suspected militants of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in an alleged encounter on the outskirts of the metropolis. It claimed…
By Qamar Ali in The News, March 13, 2023The mastermind behind the February 17 terror attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO) and an accomplice of his were killed in an encounter with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Geo News reported Monday. The CTD acted on a tip-off near the Northern Bypass in Manghopir. in which the mastermind of the Karachi Police Office attack, Iriadullah, was killed. CTD officials said that in an exchange of fire,…
Report in Dawn, Feb 12th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have killed a suspected terrorist allegedly belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an encounter and arrested 11 other members of banned outfits from different cities during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Punjab. According to a spokesperson, the Punjab CTD conducted 26 IBOs in different districts of the province to counter the menace of terrorism and interrogated 26 suspects. During…
report in Dawn, February 9th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Wednesday to have killed a member of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an encounter in Khanewal. A spokesperson claimed that the Multan CTD got a tip-off that members of a group involved in heinous terrorist activities, including attack on law-enforcement agencies (LEAs), were present in the vicinity of Chak 40/10-R in Khanewal. He said the suspected terrorists were planning to carry…
REPORT IN The News, Jan 12, 2023PESHAWAR: A police post was attacked with a grenade in Tarnab and a commando of the Counter-Terrorism Department was wounded during an encounter with alleged terrorists in Abshar Colony in the provincial capital on Wednesday. “The CTD commandoes arrested four terrorists after an encounter in Abshar Colony on Warsak Road. One policeman was slightly injured when the terrorists opened fire on the CTD raiding team,” an official said. The…
Report in The Nation, Dec 30, 2022LAKKI MARWAT – At least 123 terrorists, including nine having head money, were arrested and 93 were killed in encounters by police in Bannu region during 2022, said Bannu Regional Police Officer Syed Ashfaq Anwar in a statement on Thursday. The RPO said a number of terror acts and crime incidents were prevented in Bannu, Lakki Marwat and North Waziristan districts through proactive policing. “The approach also helped to…