by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed the highest number of suicide attacks since 2014 during this year, with nearly half of them targeting the security forces. According to statistics released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) regarding suicide attacks in 2023, the country experienced a disturbing surge in such attacks, reaching the highest level since 2014. As many as 48 per cent of deaths and 58pc of…
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Report in The Daily Star, Dec 12, 2023The Election Commission is planning to deploy the armed forces for 13 days from December 29 to January 10, said sources. The 12th national election is scheduled to be held on January 7. The armed forces will work as striking forces and act as per instruction of the Election Commission. However, the sources said all decisions regarding the deployment will be finalised if President Mohammed Shahabuddin approves the…
By Mariana Baabar in The News, November 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday summoned a representative of the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad where Pakistan strongly condemned the suicide attack perpetrated on a security forces convoy in the Bannu district on November 26 by an Afghan national. The foreign office demanded the Afghan interim government to take swift “verifiable actions” against all terrorist groups and their sanctuaries. The envoy was also asked to…
report in The News,November 23, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on the route of a security forces convoy in North Waziristan on Wednesday. The IED exploded in Razmak, North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Two soldiers Lance Naik Ehsan Badshah, 33, a resident of District Karak, and Lance Naik Sajid Hussain, 30, a resident of District Kurram, embraced Shahadat. “A sanitization operation is being carried out…
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…
report in The Express Tribune, Oct 27, 2023The two bitter political arch-rivals, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), on Thursday finally sat together to discuss the ongoing political situation in the country and initiate dialogue among the political forces. In what is being seen as a huge political U-turn, the PTI leaders, including Asad Qaiser, Ali Muhammad Khan, and Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, approached JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at his residence…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Oct 2nd, 2023QUETTA: Two days after the deadly suicide blast in Mastung, the caretaker Balochistan government declared an “all-out war” against terrorists with the support of armed forces. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, caretaker Information Minister Jan Achakzai said terrorist incidents were occurring in the country, and there was “a set pattern” of these attacks. “Enough is enough. Now there will be no appeasement or concession … we declare…
report in Intercept, Sep 18, 2023A recent report by US-based non-profit organisation The Intercept claims that Pakistan had secretly supplied arms that were eventually used to aid Ukrainian forces combat Russia amid the ongoing war. This indicates Islamabad’s indirect involvement in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. According to the Intercept, Pakistan is known as a production hub for the types of basic munitions needed for grinding warfare. Notably, some open source reports about…
edit in Daily Times, Sept 8th, 2023By choosing to attack two Pakistani military posts in Kalash, that too on the historic occasion of Defence Day, heavily armed militants from Afghanistan had tried their hand at nefarious game: spread uncertainty about the resolve of the armed forces to protect their homeland. The valiant soldiers reacted, just as expected and gallantly pushed back the unprecedented attack. With 12 terrorists killed, around 40 injured and an undeniable message…
edit in Daily Times, Sept 8th, 2023By choosing to attack two Pakistani military posts in Kalash, that too on the historic occasion of Defence Day, heavily armed militants from Afghanistan had tried their hand at nefarious game: spread uncertainty about the resolve of the armed forces to protect their homeland. The valiant soldiers reacted, just as expected and gallantly pushed back the unprecedented attack. With 12 terrorists killed, around 40 injured and an undeniable message…
FrontReport in The Himalayan Times, June 25, 2023Although the top leaders of the Socialist Front comprising the CPN-MC, CPN- US, Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal said this front would be different from past alliances as they had built ideological congruence on many issues, political analysts believe the front is for bargaining on the basis of political power in the Parliament. The three parties of the front – CPN-MC, CPN (US) and JSP-N…