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…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, June 15th, 2023QUETTA: Four suspected terrorists, including a ringleader, were killed in an exchange of fire during an operation conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in the Gohri Kaul area, close to the Pak-Afghan border, on Wednesday. Arms and ammunition, including a suicide jacket, were seized during the operation, according to a CTD statement. It explained that a suspect in custody, Ali Mohammad alias Chhota Qari, during the…
report in The Daily Star, Jun 5, 2023Chief of Bangladesh Army General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed yesterday said army teams are finding out and capturing the suspected terrorists from their hideouts in different hills and have already succeeded to take control of their main training camp. “They are no longer in the area… some of them have assimilated with locals. As they are also citizens of Bangladesh, we want them to play a role in the…
Report in Dawn, May 23rd, 2023DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two alleged members of a banned organisation during an operation here on Monday. According to a spokesman for the CTD, a team conducted a raid on a tip-off and arrested two suspects, Mezan Ghazi and Mir Ahmad, who were planning an attack on the law enforcement agencies’ offices and buildings. The suspects belonged to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and…
Report in Dawn, April 10th, 2023QUETTA: Two alleged terrorists were killed and another was arrested by security forces during an intelligence-based operation in the Mach area of Bolan district. According to the statement issued by ISPR, the military’s media wing, on Sunday, the operation was initiated to intercept a group of terrorists operating in Mach. Based on credible information, multiple ambushes were laid along different routes in the area frequented by terrorists for the last…
Report in The News, April 12, 2023QUETTA: Four policemen were martyred during an intelligence-based operation in Quetta on Tuesday. The attack took place in the Kuchlak area near Quetta during a search operation launched following Monday’s bombing, Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo said. “The officers who were martyred during the encounter with the terrorists set an example of courage and bravery,” he said in a statement. Zohaib Moshin, a senior superintendent of police (operations), said…
Report in The News, April 10, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred and four terrorists were killed in three separate encounters in South Waziristan and Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday. A fire exchange took place between the Pakistan Army troops and terrorists in the Razmak area of North Waziristan on Saturday. The troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location and a terrorist was killed. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed…
by Ali Asif Shawon in Dhaka Tribune, Mar 20, 2023Cox’s Bazar: Bangladesh is set to operationalize its very first submarine base with modern basin facilities for the Navy at Pekua of Cox’s Bazar to provide safe jetty facilities to submarines and warships at the harbour. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the submarine base at “BNS Sheikh Hasina” virtually from her official residence, Ganabhaban in the morning. Built at a cost of $1.21 billion, the…
Report in Dawn, March 9th, 2023CHARSADDA: The Shabqadar police foiled a sabotage attempt by arresting two suspected militants during a search operation here on Wednesday. The police also recovered explosives, grenades and mortar shells from their possession. Officials said a patrolling party of Shabqadar police station led by SHO Dawood Khan spotted two suspects entering the Fatimakhel cemetery. They said one of the persons was carrying a white plastic bag. They said police stopped the…
report in Dawn, February 27th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Chief of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) Maznoor Pashteen has warned that Pakhtuns had gone through immense suffering due to military operations on their lands, and will put up stiff resistance if any such offensive was launched on their land in future. Addressing a public gathering in Miramshah tehsil here on Sunday, he said that the tribesmen had rendered countless sacrifices for independence of the country and similar sacrifices…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, February 24th, 2023QUETTA: Security forces foiled an attempt to ambush a convoy of security forces in Balochistan’s Kech district and later killed eight militants in a follow-up operation, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the militants attempted to ambush a convoy of security forces on Wednesday evening, but the “alert and combat-ready troops foiled the cowardly attempt without any loss of life”.…