report in The News, November 04, 2023RAWALPINDI: A terror attack on the Mianwali Training Air Base of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has been thwarted and all the personnel and assets are safe, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Saturday. “On 04 November, 2023, in the early hours of the day, Mianwali Training Air Base of Pakistan Air Force came under a failed terrorist attack which, Alhumdolliah, due to the swift and…
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report in Dawn, October 5th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police foiled an attack on the Kulachi police station here on Wednesday, forcing the terrorists to flee. An official said that eight to 10 armed assailants attacked the police station around 11am. He said that the terrorists fired two rockets and also fired from automatic weapons on the building. However, he said that as the policemen were already on high alert they retaliated to the attack…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Oct 2, 2023WASHINGTON: A move in the US Congress to prohibit assistance to Pakistan has been defeated by a clear majority as American lawmakers underlined the importance of their bilateral ties with Islamabad. Last month, Tennessee Republican Andy Ogles proposed an amendment to the US Appropriations bill, seeking to bar US defence assistance to Pakistan to discourage the ongoing crackdown on political dissent. The move was put to vote recently…
report in Dawn, September 28th, 2023QUETTA: The law-enforcement agencies on Wednesday foiled an attempt to carry out a car-bomb attack in the city and seized an explosives-laden car from a parking lot near a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. According to police, law-enforcement agencies had received information about the presence of a suspected car in the parking lot close to a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. Members of law-enforcement immediately acted…
Report in Dawn,Sept 10, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has foiled a major terror plot by arresting two suspected militants linked with banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to the spokesman, the Punjab CTD conducted 50 intelligence-based operations in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 50 suspected persons were interrogated. Two alleged militants were arrested with weapons, explosives and…
Report in Dawn, August 15th, 2023BAJAUR: The police on Monday claimed to have foiled a sabotage attempt by recovering 22 rockets in Bajaur tribal district. The cache was recovered from hilly Kas Krewand area of Mamond tehsil, according to a statement issued from the office of the district police officer. It said that after receiving information about the presence of rockets in the area, a team of bomb disposal squad led by its in-charge Ihsanullah…
Report in Dawn, April 12th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Dera police foiled terror bids by recovering three rockets, as many rocket launchers, five repeaters and 10 magazines in two different actions here on Tuesday. A police spokesman said the Parova police thwarted an attempt to smuggle arms from Dera Ismail Khan to Karachi. He said a police team led by Parova circle DSP Malik Abid Iqbal and SHO Gulsher Khan took action on a tip-off.…
Report in Dawn, February 10th, 2023 RAWALPINDI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled an attempt of sabotage in the twin cities and arrested two ‘most wanted terrorists’ of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday. The arrested suspects belonged to the Haji Faqir group of TTP and wanted to carry out suicide attacks in the twin cities. A spokesman for the CTD said with the help of other security agencies the CTD conducted an operation in…