Editorial in Dawn, February 22nd, 2023AS Pakistan faces a resurgent wave of terrorism, important questions need to be discussed about how the media covers acts of violence, especially pertaining to its live coverage of hostage/combat situations. At the moment, rolling coverage of acts of terrorism and their aftermath is the norm, as was witnessed during last week’s militant siege of the Karachi Police Office. In this regard, electronic media regulator Pemra on Monday issued a…
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Reuters in Prothom Alo, Feb 221, 2023With a little over a month to go for peak shopping season during Ramadan, the head of Pakistan’s retail industry body is shuttling between meetings, pressing officials to relax orders that forced malls to shut by 8.30 p.m. to save energy. More than 40 per cent of annual retail sales occur in the 30 days of the holy month, and malls are packed between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.,…
report in The News, Feb 21, 2023Karachi: The District City police on Monday claimed arresting a most wanted terrorist of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan with two hand grenades. SSP Arif Aziz said Saim Umar, son of Muhammad Umar, was arrested in the Chakiwara police limits and two hand grenades were found on him. The suspect was shifted to the investigation unit where his affiliation with the TTP was confirmed. SSP Aziz said the suspect was…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, February 21st, 2023ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) cleared former prime minister Imran Khan of terrorism charges on Monday, removing sections of the terror law from two first information reports (FIRs) against him and other leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) related to the 2014 sit-in. Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan remanded the case to the sessions court. The Secretariat police station had registered FIRs over the violence during the sit-in.…
by Mohammad Ali Babakhel in Dawn, February 20th, 2023The writer is author of Pakistan: In Between Extremism and Peace.PAKISTAN has long faced extremism, insurgency and terrorism. After 9/11, a number of legal, administrative and policy interventions were made, but despite the expanded counterterrorism (CT) apparatus, the goals have yet to be met. In practice, terrorism has interprovincial, interstate and international linkages, and so cannot be prevented or countered by provinces alone. During the last two…
report in The ToloNews, Feb, 16, 2023 at 10:19 PM At least 650 Afghan refugees are still in prisons in Pakistan, a senior diplomat of the Islamic Emirate said, calling on the Pakistan government to release them. The General Consulate of Afghanistan in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said 1,200 Afghan refugees have been recently released from prisons in Pakistan. On Wednesday, at least 200 Afghan refugees were freed from prisons in Karachi. “There are 650…
by Muhammad Amir Rana in Dawn, February 12th, 2023The writer is a security analyst.Following the withdrawal of US and Nato troops from Afghanistan, strategists in Washington felt they were being ‘betrayed’ by Pakistan. Apart from some old ‘grievances’ against Pakistan, the US was perturbed by the way in which the Taliban takeover of Kabul was celebrated as a ‘victory’ in Pakistan. Even Pakistan’s prime minister at the time, Imran Khan, could not curb his enthusiasm…
Report in Dawn, February 10th, 2023PESHAWAR: Two militants of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police during an intelligence-based operation in Nowshera on Thursday night. According to details provided by police, a raid was planned following information about the presence of militants in Misri Banda in the jurisdiction of Risalpur police station. A police official said that the team reached the spot to arrest the militants. They however opened…
Report in Dawn, February 10th, 2023 RAWALPINDI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled an attempt of sabotage in the twin cities and arrested two ‘most wanted terrorists’ of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday. The arrested suspects belonged to the Haji Faqir group of TTP and wanted to carry out suicide attacks in the twin cities. A spokesman for the CTD said with the help of other security agencies the CTD conducted an operation in…
report on SL Defence Ministry online, Feb 09, 2023Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, NI (M) pledged his fullest support to the Sri Lankan armed forces on 9 Feb, 2023. General Mirza also discussed the importance of further enhancing of defence related ties through military diplomacy during a meeting held with the Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva at the Office of the Chief of Defence…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Feb 9, 2023Pakistan will not be attending the summit of regional stakeholders regarding Afghanistan, which is planned to take place this week in Moscow, Russia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson announced that Pakistan would not be attending the summit of regional stakeholders regarding Afghanistan, which is planned to take place this week in Moscow, Russia. The two-day conference of national security advisers of regional states, which started on…