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10 terror suspects held

report in The News, January 27, 2023LAHORE:The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab arrested 10 suspected terrorists from different parts of the province. According to the CTD spokesperson, the CTD Punjab conducted 44 Combing & Search Operations, in which 44 localities were checked in different districts of Punjab. He said that during these combing operations, 2,568 suspects were interrogated, 429 persons were biometrically checked and 10 suspects were arrested. He said that five FIRs were registered…

Old PTI needed to build Naya Pakistan

By Dr Farid A Malik in Pakistan Today, Jan 26, 2023The writer is ex-Chairman, Pakistan Science FoundationWith its Shadow Cabinet and functional Think Tanks, the Old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was well prepared to build Naya Pakistan through good governance. The mammoth public support at the Lahore Jalsa on 30 October 2011 sent shock waves to the forces of status quo. At this takeoff stage, the party came under attack from the evergreen electables. On the…

HRCP worried about flour crisis

REPORT IN The News, Jan 12, 2023LAHORE: The recent stampedes that have left one labourer dead in Mirpurkhas and several women injured in Nawabshah, both caught in crowds desperate to buy flour, should serve as a grim wake-up call to federal and provincial governments. The HRCP, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said: “The HRCP believes that spiralling inflation, food shortages and poor distribution mechanisms, and mass layoffs are leading steadily to a human rights…

26 terror suspects arrested

REPORT IN The News, Jan 12, 2023LAHORE:The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab arrested 26 terror suspects from different part of the province. According to a spokesperson for the CTD, on the directions of the Punjab IG, the CTD Punjab conducted extensive and coordinated combing operations across the Punjab to avert any untoward incident. The CTD conducted 40 combing and search operations in which 40 localities were checked in different districts of Punjab, he said, and…

Punjab PTI MPAs oppose assembly’s immediate dissolution

By Zeeshan Bakhsh in The News, Dec 02, 2022LAHORE: Several Punjab lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI have advised the party’s Chairman Imran Khan against dissolving the provincial assembly immediately, Geo News reported on Thursday quoting sources. The development came after the party’s high-level committee submitted a report in relation to the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly to Khan, sources said. The lawmakers advised the PTI chief not to immediately dissolve the assembly, citing…