Report in Dawn, December 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A day after Pakistan issued a demarche to Kabul following a deadly gun and bomb attack targeting a military compound in Dera Ismail Khan, the interim Afghanistan government promised to probe the terror attack, but also asked Islamabad to refrain from blaming Kabul for every problem. Taliban chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Kabul would investigate the attack. “We are shocked at the attack in Pakistan. We will look into…
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by Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Dec 9th, 2023LAHORE: According to Dr Firdos Ashiq, the meeting indeed took place between the IPP Jahangir Khan Tareen, Aun Chaudhry and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif. She clarified that the purpose of the meeting wasn’t to forge an alliance but to focus on ensuring free and fair elections. Although the discussion did involve a proposal for seat adjustment, she stressed that it was just an initial proposal needing…
By Imran Ayub in Dawn, November 9th, 2023KARACHI: A gulf between the PML-N and PPP appeared to widen on Wednesday, with the Pakistan People’s Party accusing its past ally of abandoning the vote ko izzat do narrative and being in cahoots with “selectors” — a term the party used to refer to the establishment for allegedly supporting ex-premier Imran Khan. With such overt criticism, the PPP probably for the first time since the dissolution of…
by Behram Baloch | Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, Nov 4th, 2023• Two army men martyred in Lakki operation, one in D.I. Khan blast• Five civilians also fall victim to IED blast• ISPR reaffirms pledge to eliminate terrorists GWADAR / DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least 17 soldiers were martyred in different incidents in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including a militant attack in Gwadar, a remote-controlled bomb explosion in Dera Ismail Khan and a security operation…
By Arfa Feroz Zake & Awaid Yousafzai in The News, October 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday found no apparent malice behind conducting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s jail trial in the cipher case, the court’s verdict read, directing him to approach the trial court if reservations persist. The court’s decision, announced by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, came in the wake of hearing Khan’s plea challenging his jail trial in the…
by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani Thursday told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi about challenges confronting regional peace. The development comes after Pakistan government announce November 1 deadline for all illegal immigrants including Afghan refugees to leave the country or face forceful expulsion. The government took the decision after rise in suicide terror attacks in Pakistan involving Afghan nationals. According to a statement released…
By Numan Wahab & Shakeel Anjum in The News, August 27, 2023ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Former prime minister and Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan once again confessed on Saturday that he had lost the cipher and he was unable to recall where he kept it. He was responding to questions by a three-member team of Cybercrime Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), headed by Deputy Director Ayyaz Khan, in the Attock Jail. The FIA team grilled…
report in Dawn, Aug 1st, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Police killed a wanted terrorist during a search and strike operation in Kulachi tehsil here on Monday, an official said. He said on a tip-off that armed suspects were present in the forest near the Yadgar police checkpost, a heavy contingent of police led by DSP Kulachi Sagheer Abbas Gilani and SHO Faheem Mumtaz Khan reached the spot and surrounded the area. The official said the police…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 14, 2023Chattagram: Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said recommendations are being made to release leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam. In accordance with their list, leaders and activists are being released. The home minister made the disclosure at Hathazari Madrasa in Chattogram on Thursday evening. Earlier on Tuesday, Hefazat in a statement warned that they would launch a movement after Eid if the leaders and activists are not released. Asaduzzaman said,…
by Muhammad Irfan Mughal | Pazir Gul in Dawn, March 9th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN/NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A police officer guarding a census team was martyred and four other cops were injured when militants targeted their vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday. Separately, six militants were killed in an intelligence-based operation in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, the military’s media wing said. In the Dera Ismail Khan attack, unidentified shooters targeted the police vehicle…