by Jamil Nagri in Dawn, December 3rd, 2023GILGIT: At least nine people lost their lives and 21 passengers received injuries after an Islamabad-bound bus came under fire near Chilas in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan on Saturday evening. Officials said unknown gunmen targeted the bus, operated by a local private company, from nearby hills which caused the vehicle to swerve into a goods truck, causing a head-on collision which also killed the truck driver. Police said…
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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 Umer Farooq in Dawn, Sept 11th, 2023PESHAWAR: Seven terrorists were killed and six others critically injured in an exchange of fire with security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chitral district, the military said on Sunday. The clash occurred in the Ursoon area on Saturday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. “Own troops effectively engaged terrorists’ location and after an intense exchange of fire, seven terrorists were killed, while another six were critically…
edit in Daily Times, August 17th, 2023People cheering on as vigilantes attacked a holy symbol perched upon a place of worship; hundreds of smug men vandalising cemetries and setting scores of houses on fire as helpless members of the law enforcement agencies tried to explain the supremacy of the law. This is not a raging war zone but a thriving medium-sized town in one of the fastest developing industrial centres in Pakistan. Tragic footages of…
By Bharat Jarghamagar in The Kathmandu post, April 21, 2023Police fired 27 rounds and lobbed 11 teargas shells to disperse a crowd that had gathered outside Mirchaiya mayor Nabin Kumar Yadav’s office on Thursday to protest the demolition drive carried out by the municipality. The protesters were demanding compensation for the losses caused to their houses. Sangita Kumari Sah, a Mirchaiya local, was injured after allegedly being assaulted by police, said Anjay Sah, the victim’s…
by Ali Raza Rind in Dawn, March 9th, 2023WASHUK: A Levies Force sepoy was martyred and another was injured after Dahli check post was attacked by banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants late Tuesday night, triggering an exchange of fire. Basima Assistant Commissioner Shahzad Zehri told Dawn that a miscreant was also killed in the exchange of fire with Levies Force members during the clash. He said sepoy Naimatullah was critically injured and later died while…
Relations between Islamabad’s policy makers and the TTP are in dire straits because of the groups increasing transborder attacks from the Afghan territory. A lone shooter opened fire on the consulate general bunker on Friday, December 2nd. Although no one has yet claimed responsibility, the timeframe of the offence on Pakistan’s consulate general in Kabul clearly indicates a connection with the TTP breaking its peace accord with the Islamabad. On December 11, at least eight…