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Disrupt current tax policy and lose IMF, President warns

report in The Morning, Feb 22, 2023*Claims opportunity to do business with foreign countries may also disappear**Says current tax policy is no normal tax policy but a rescue operationThe current tax policy in Sri Lanka is not a normal tax policy but a rescue operation, and any disruption to this process will result in Sri Lanka not being able to secure the International Monetary Fund (IMF) funding, which may also result in the opportunity to…

Punjab CTD kills TTP man, arrests 11 others

Report in Dawn, Feb 12th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have killed a suspected terrorist allegedly belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an encounter and arrested 11 other members of banned outfits from different cities during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Punjab. According to a spokesperson, the Punjab CTD conducted 26 IBOs in different districts of the province to counter the menace of terrorism and interrogated 26 suspects. During…

Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corp. to wind up Lankan operations next month

report in Daily Mirror, 10 February 2023Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corporation has decided to wind up operations in Sri Lanka next month after being an integral part of bilateral ties and some of the country’s key infrastructure projects for nearly 60 years. The closure of Colombo Office by Mitsubishi by 31 March has come as a big shock to the private sector, both local and foreign which described the move as a big setback for Sri…

Police foil attack on security post

Report in Dawn, Feb 8th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Police repulsed an attack on a security checkpoint in Hathala Tuesday late night. Police officials said the armed terrorists attacked the Hathala post of Kulachi police station and exchanged fire with security forces for half an hour. A heavy contingent of police reached the spot and returned fire, forcing the attackers to flee, they added. They said police launched a search operation in the area. This was…

12 suspected terrorists killed in Lakki Marwat operation

By Rasool Dawar in The News, Feb 8, 2023At least 12 terrorists were killed Tuesday night during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried out by security forces in Lakki Marwat, the police stated. In a statement, the police said the terrorists belonged to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and had killed six policemen in an attack in December 2022. They added that the armed men were headed to Tank to carry out an attack. According to…

Huge cache of weapons seized

Report in Dawn, January 1st, 2023CHAGAI: A huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered during an intelligence-based operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chagai district, a district official confirmed. Dalbandin Assistant Commissioner Abdul Basit Buzdar told Dawn that mortar shells, anti-aircraft guns’ bullets and other ammunition was dumped in a mountainous area which was recovered. However, no arrest was made during the raid.https://www.dawn.com/news/1729329/huge-cache-of-weapons-seized

CTD nabs 7 members of banned outfits in Lahore

Report in Dawn, December 25th, 2022LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested seven suspected terrorists belonging to banned organisations in different intelligence-based operations from various areas of the province. The CTD also recovered arms, ammunition and explosives and registered cases under terrorism charges against them. With a view to effectively countering the menace of terrorism, the CTD Punjab has conducted extensive IBOs across the province to avert any untoward incident.…

CTD arrests four members of Tipu Gang

report in The Nation, Dec 10, 2022PESHAWAR – Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in an intelligence-based joint operation with security forces arrested four alleged members of Attiq-ur-Rehman, alias Tipu Group, in Lakki Marwat, said a press release issued on Friday. The arrested terrorists were allegedly involved in recent terrorist activities including target killings of police personnel, extortion and attacks on police installations. CTD has also recovered arms and ammunition from their possession. In another operation, another alleged…

Three terrorists killed in DI Khan operation

By Qayyum Nawaz Babar in The News, Dec 07, 2022DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three alleged terrorists were killed during an operation carried out in the Gerah Mashtan area in the limits of Daraban Police Station on Tuesday. The police said that personnel of police and Counter-Terrorism Department and law enforcing agencies conducted a joint operation after they received about information about the presence of terrorists in the Gerah Mashtan area. Upon seeing the police, they said…

‘Terrorist’ killed in operation

report in Dawn, Nov 29th, 2022QUETTA: The Counter Terrorism Department of police killed a suspected terrorist and injured another during an intelligence-based operation in the Sariab Road area here on Monday. A spokesman for the CTD said police conducted a search operation on information about the presence of some armed men belonging to a banned organisation near the Burma Hotel. An exchange of fire took place between the security personnel and armed militants. “During the…