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Political activities difficult in parts of KP over security reasons: governor

report in The News, Dec 4, 2023ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali has said it is difficult to carry out political activities in parts of KP and Balochistan due to security reasons. In an interview to a private news channel on Saturday, Ghulam Ali said there was no doubt that the situation in some areas such as Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat and Bannu was not good and a similar situation persisted in Balochistan.…

Hundreds rounded up as crackdown on illegal aliens begin

report in The Express Tribune, Nov 2, 2023The government on Wednesday began rounding up undocumented foreigners, most of them illegal Afghans refugees, in all parts of the country after a midnight deadline for them to leave the country expired. The removal of the people to temporary holding centres began a day earlier than previously announced. Moreover, the interior ministry said 140,322 people had already left voluntarily. Afghans made up the bulk of those to have…

Farrukh Habib blames Imran Khan for May 9 incidents, parts ways with PTI

report in Pakistan Today, Oct 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: Calling deposed prime minister Imran Khan an “irresponsible leader”, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Farrukh Habib on Monday announced parting ways with the former ruling party and joining the Jahangir Tareen-led Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP). Addressing a press conference along with IPP leaders in Islamabad, Farrukh termed Imran Khan responsible for the May 9 riots, saying the latter kept “promoting violence and brainwashing youth”. “Imran Khan did not act responsibly.…

Three members of new militant outfit arrested

report in The Daily Star, Sept 17, 2023Police have arrested three members, including the chief, of a new militant outfit Tawhidul Uluhiah (Al-Jihadi) from Dhaka and other parts of the country. The arrestees — chief Jewel Molla, 29, members Rahul Hossain, 21, and Gaziul Islam, 40 — had a plan to carry out terror attacks in the country in 2024, according to the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of police. They were arrested from Bagerhat, Joypurhat and…

River pollution: It’s now all over the country

by Pinaki Roy in The Daily Star, Mar 14, 2023Around two decades ago, river pollution was confined to mega cities like Dhaka and Chattogram. It has now spread to every town in the country. According to a new study, at least 56 rivers flowing through different parts of the country are suffering from extreme pollution during the lean period — when natural flows of rivers are at their lowest. Conducting a year-long physical survey and…

10 terror suspects held

report in The News, January 27, 2023LAHORE:The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab arrested 10 suspected terrorists from different parts of the province. According to the CTD spokesperson, the CTD Punjab conducted 44 Combing & Search Operations, in which 44 localities were checked in different districts of Punjab. He said that during these combing operations, 2,568 suspects were interrogated, 429 persons were biometrically checked and 10 suspects were arrested. He said that five FIRs were registered…

CTD arrests 12 suspects

report in The News, Jan 6, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab arrested 12 terror suspected persons from different parts of the province during the last week. CTD spokesperson on Thursday said that the CTD Punjab, in the wake of current wave of terrorism, conducted extensive and coordinated Combing Operations across the Punjab to avert any untoward incident on the directions of IG Police Punjab. He said the CTD Punjab conducted 39 Combing &…