report in Dawn, February 5th, 2023SWABI: The police claim to have arrested four militants, including a prayer leader, belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during a raid on a house in Hund village here on Friday night, regional police officer (RPO) Mohammad Ali Gandapur said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, RPO Gandapur accompanied by district police officer Najamul Hussain said the police had also recovered five kilogramme explosives, 26 hand grenades, 46 detonators,…
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Report in Dawn, Feb 5, 2023KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a suspected militant of the outlawed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) for his alleged involvement in attacks on Rangers and Chinese citizens. They also claimed that he got militancy training in Afghanistan. “We have arrested Hanif alias Billu, who is affiliated with outlawed SRA,” said Malir SSP Irfan Bahadur. He said that the name of the held suspect was included in the ‘Red…
Report in Dawn, Feb 3rd, 2023SWABI: Police continued to conduct search operation at Karamar Mountain after spotting suspicious persons near Karnal Sher Khan Cadet College. The law enforcers conducted an operation in the area on Wednesday after opening firing on suspicious persons near the cadet college. They carried out another operation in the same area on Thursday, sources said. Police in Swabi remained on high alert during the last few days as unidentified attackers hurled…
by Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, February 1st, 2023LAHORE: A day after a deadly suicide bombing in Peshawar claimed over 100 lives, a police station in Mianwali came under a gun attack by a group of heavily armed militants belonging to banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Tuesday night. However, police claimed late at night the attack had been repulsed. The attack is significant in that terrorists — who had so far targeted police stations and check…
report in The Express Tribune, Jan 31st, 2023PESHAWAR: At least 61 people, many of them policemen, were martyred and more than 170 sustained injuries after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines during the afternoon prayers on Monday, police and medics said. Officials confirmed that it was a suicide attack and that the bomber was standing in the front row at the time of the explosion. Peshawar Capital City…
Edit in The Nation, Jan 23, 2023Militant attacks in the month of January continue unabated as on Saturday, one cop was martyred and two others were injured when unidentified assailants attacked a police post in Dheri Zardad locality of Charsadda. As per reports, three attackers riding a motorcycle opened fire at the police post within the remit of Nissata police station before sunset. While one attacker was injured in retaliatory fire by the police, he…
by Umer Farooq in Dawn, January 23th, 2023PESHAWAR: A police patrolling party narrowly escaped an IED (improvised explosive device) attack in the Gula Khan Zangal area, southwest of the provincial capital bordering Khyber district, on Sunday. The bomb, weighing around one kilogram, was planted on a roadside within the jurisdiction of Badhber Police Station and it went off seconds after the police van passed through the site, police said, adding the police party remained unhurt.…
Report in Dawn, Jan 20th, 2023KARACHI: The FIR of an alleged attack on Ahmadiyya community’s place of worship in the Martin Quarters area was lodged at the Jamshed Quarters police station on Thursday. Zaheer Ahmed, a member of the Ahmadiyya Centre, lodged the complaint stating that he was present in his private office in Clifton at around 3:45pm on Wednesday (Jan 18) when he received the information that some 10-12 people wielding sticks etc had…
Editorial in Dawn, January 19th, 2023THE birth and death anniversaries of iconic Sindhi nationalist leader G.M. Syed usually pass off without incident, as various groups espousing nationalist views gather in or near Sann, Syed’s hometown, to mark the occasions separately with speeches and rallies. However, this year, the late nationalist’s birth anniversary programme was marred by violence on Tuesday, as police clashed with members of different parties. As per the law enforcers, members of the…
report in Dawn, Jan 19th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: A teenager was found beheaded in a remote area of Lakki Marwat, police said on Wednesday. They said that beheaded body of a teenager was found in Bargai village. The victim was identified as Raheedullah, 19. He was killed by unidentified armed men believed to be militants on charges of spying. Murad Khan, an uncle of the slain boy, told police that his nephew had gone to the…