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Police encounter with militants in Mianwali

Report in Dawn, October 17th, 2023MIANWALI: The Mianwali police had another encounter with militants on Monday. No police personnel was injured in the operation. According to police sources, the police received information about the presence of one dozen militants in the hilly area of Makarwal, adjacent to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. District Police Officer Motiullah Khan formed teams consisting of police stations of Makarwal, Isakhel, Qamar Mushani and Kalabagh. As police parties approached the Naz Pakistan…

Senate body concerned over use of blasphemy laws ‘to settle scores’

by Jamal Shahid in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Senate Stan­d­ing Committee on Human Rights has expressed concerns over the misuse of blasphemy laws to settle personal scores and observed that incidents like Jaranwala were “a matter of great shame for the nation”. In a meeting chaired by Senator Waleed Iqbal on Tuesday, the committee also sought details of persons detained under blasphemy laws. “It is a matter of serious concern when people take the…

Two security personnel martyred in Chaman gun attack

Report in The Nation, Feb 24, 2023CHAMAN – Two security personnel were martyred on Thurs­day when unknown gunmen opened fire on a se­curity check-post on Chaman Roghani Road. According to police sources, unknown armed motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fires at the security personnel on Roghani Road near Cha­man, as a result of which two security person­nel reportedly martyred. After the attack, the un­known motorcyclists managed to flee. Security forces reached the site immediately after the incident…