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TD arrests nine militants of banned outfits

report in Dawn, June 28th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab has reported the arrest of nine suspects associated with defunct organisations across various parts of the province. According to a spokesperson for the CTD, the arrests were made as a result of intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted by different teams of the department. A total of 35 IBOs were carried out in different districts of Punjab, leading to the questioning of 36 suspects. Of…

Out of government, RSP working to strengthen its base

by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, June 13, 2023The Rastriya Swatantra Party has been focusing on organisation building after it decided to pull out support for the government. By this, the party aims to strengthen its base at the grassroots level for the next local elections, say party leaders. Kabindra Burlakoti, the party’s joint general secretary, said as many as 30,438 members have been verified with their memberships renewed for the next five years.…

Rights defenders on paper, traffickers in reality

by Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, May 24, 2023A syndicate has been smuggling people from Bangladesh to nations such as Italy, France, and America under the pretense that they are employees of a non-governmental organisation. As employees of the non-governmental organisation known as the “Protection for Legal and Human Rights Foundation,” they used to request authorisation from the UN headquarters to attend conferences. The syndicate member would apply for a visa at the…

CTD arrests eight TTP ‘militants’ in Punjab

report in Dawn, Feb 19, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested eight suspected terrorists of banned organisation from different areas of the province. The CTD spokesperson said the teams had conducted intelligence-based operations in Lahore, Sargodha and Multan and arrested eight members of banned outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The teams also recovered a huge quantity of arms, ammunition and suicide jackets from their possession. The CTD also registered seven…