report in Daily Times, Dec 31, 2023At least five terrorists were killed by security forces in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the general area of Mir Ali, North Waziristan district, said a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday. “After an intense exchange of fire, five terrorists, including terrorist commander Rahzaib, who is also known as, ‘Khuray’, were sent to hell,” said the statement issued by the military’s media wing, The militants had…
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by Kishaki Pinto Jayawardene in The Sunday Times, July 30, 2023The ‘arrest’ of a young journalist, Tharindu Uduwaragedera recorded by onlookers this Friday being forcibly dragged out of a three wheeler, grabbed by his hair and roughly manhandled by a posse of police officers before being whisked away in a police vehicle, is a chilling warning to Sri Lanka’s dissenters. Savages in uniform violating the law The question here is not whether one agrees with…
Bureau Report in Dawn, May 2nd, 2023PESHAWAR: Seven militants, including a key commander, were arrested in an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan, the military’s media wing has claimed. According to a statement by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces, on Monday, launched the operation in Miramshah following intelligence information about the presence of alleged militants. The arrested militants, including a commander Mehtab alias Lala, were affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group,…
report in Daily FT, Apr 25, 2023A hartal protest campaign organised by seven Tamil political parties led by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will be launched in the North and Eastern provinces today. According to TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, the hartal will demand solutions to several issues faced by the people of the two districts and also protest against the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act. The political parties have announced that the Government sector will also join…
By Javed Aziz Khan in The News, March 6th, 2023PESHAWAR: Terror has severely struck North Waziristan district in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the last many months with incidents happening almost daily in different parts of the district. An official said that 119 terrorist incidents have been reported in the district in the last 14 months, including 17 in the first two months of the current year while 102 were witnessed in 2022. A total of…
report in The News, Feb 23, 2023RAWALPINDI: A terrorist on Wednesday was killed during a fire exchange that took place between the security forces and terrorists in general area Spinwam of North Waziristan District. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) news release, the killed terrorist remained actively involved in terrorist activities against the security forces and civilians. The locals of the area appreciated the response and expressed their full support to eliminate the…
by Kongkon Karmaker in The Daily Star, Feb 21, 2023Santhali, Kurukh, Sadri, Mundali — these are just some of the many languages spoken by the indigenous communities of the flatlands in Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions. However, despite their vast range, most of these languages are vanishing fast not only due to a lack of government initiatives to revive them – but also for the reluctance among the communities themselves to speak their native tongues. A…
report in The Morning online, Jan 13, 2023In the wake of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) announcing that the party will contest separately at the upcoming Local Government (LG) poll, the other two constituent parties of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) – the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) and the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) – had held preliminary discussions with the Thamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani (TMTK) and two other parties operating…
report in The Morning, Dec 14, 2022All-party conference: Mano Ganesan says 13A must be starting point in reconciliationNotes that ethnic issue not only in North and East Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) Leader and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Opposition MP Mano Ganesan, speaking during the all-party conference on reconciliation held yesterday (13) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, expressed that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and the devolution of power…
report in Daily Mirror online, 28 Nov 2022 at 08:25 pmPeople in the North and East tend to leave the country due to the dire economic situation where some have gone to Tamil Nadu, Vietnam and Ukraine in the last six months. He told Parliament that some 302 Tamils have fled to Vietnam and seven to Ukraine. He said 85 of those in Vietnam have agreed to come back and said the Ministry would facilitate…