report in Khaama Press online, Oct 3, 2023Pakistani police have detained more than a thousand Afghan migrants in the last two weeks, according to the Afghan embassy in Islamabad. In a statement issued Tuesday, the embassy reported that some of these detainees lost their lives while in custody, and their bodies were discovered in hospitals and various other locations. The Taliban embassy emphasized that despite repeated promises from Pakistani authorities, the “arrest, harassment, and mistreatment”…
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report in Khaama Press online, Oct 1, 2023In the suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistani police detained 800 Afghan refugees. Out of these, 400 were released because they had valid permits, while 375 face deportation due to a lack of proper documentation. Pakistani media, citing the Counter Terrorism Department, reported that 400 individuals with valid residency permits were released, while 375 others are set to be deported due to a lack of documentation. Samaa TV, a Pakistani…
by Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, October 2nd, 2023LAHORE: In a gun battle that lasted all night, police thwarted an ambush by more than a dozen militants on a police post in Mianwali killing two of the attackers, officials said. The ambush comes on the heels of back-to-back terrorist attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that claimed scores of lives since Friday. A police constable embraced martyrdom during the latest attack initiated by the militants belonging…
report in Dawn, Oct 1st, 2023SWABI: A member of Awami National Party (ANP) provincial council was shot dead by two unidentified motorcyclists here on Saturday. Javed Khan, 55, was the eldest son of Sher Hassan, a retired police officer and a member of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Caravan. DSP Jawad Khan said that preliminary investigation made clear that the ANP leader was shot at from a very close range by the assailants. They moved close…
By Ahmed Faraz in The News,October 01, 2023At least two terrorists were killed and a policeman was martyred after a group of militants attacked a patrolling post in the Kundal area of Punjab’s Mianwali district, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar said Sunday. The Punjab police chief said the gun battle between the law enforcers and the militants erupted after 10 to 12 terrorists attacked a police check post in the wee hours…
report in Dawn, September 28th, 2023QUETTA: The law-enforcement agencies on Wednesday foiled an attempt to carry out a car-bomb attack in the city and seized an explosives-laden car from a parking lot near a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. According to police, law-enforcement agencies had received information about the presence of a suspected car in the parking lot close to a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. Members of law-enforcement immediately acted…
by Imran Gabol in Dawn, Sept 26th, 2023LAHORE: Three Ahmadiyya places of worship were allegedly desecrated by police in Sheikhupura district. The first incident occurred in the Kirto area of Narang Mandi, followed by the desecration of a place of worship in Nano Dogar in Sharqpur, late on Sept 23 and Bedaadpur Virkan near Muridke, all in the district of Sheikhupura. In each case, the minarets of the places of worship were demolished. Ahmadiyya people…
Report in Dawn, Sept 21st, 2023LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti on Wednesday told Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Anwar that he had started losing his patience with the failure of the police to recover alleged missing anchorperson Imran Riaz. “Five months have passed and you have now begun to try my patience,” the chief justice said to the IGP during the hearing of a petition seeking recovery of the alleged…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 21st, 2023QUETTA: Police registered an FIR on Wednesday against unknown people in connection with the murder of a leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), Arbab Ghulam Muhammad Kasi, whose body was found in the Kuchlak area on Tuesday. “The FIR was registered with the Kuchlak police station on the complaint of a police officer after receiving a post-mortem report of a police surgeon who said the ANP leader…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 14, 2023Police on Wednesday said the 60kg gold seized in July was linked to a large-scale smuggling racket orchestrated by a group of Chinese nationals whose connections extend from Hong Kong to Nepal and India. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Nepal Police on Wednesday submitted its investigation report to the District Attorney Office, Kathmandu asking the latter to prosecute 29 individuals—Nepali and foreigners—in connection…
Report in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023PESHAWAR: The police on Tuesday beefed up security measures across the provincial capital following the instructions of Capital City Police Officer Syed Ashfaq Anwar. SP cantonment Waqas Rafiq said that the divisional SPs along with other units had been deployed to monitor the checking process at the blockades, and police officials were directed to take indiscriminate action against the use of tinted glass in vehicles, unregistered vehicles and pillion-riding. He…