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PTM leader Ali Wazir ‘arrested’ in Dera Ismail Khan

report in Dawn, November 15th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Former MNA and Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement leader Ali Wazir was arrested in Dera Ismail Khan, sources said here on Tuesday. He was picked when he was coming to Dera from Quetta in a private car. According to the sources, PTM leader Ali Wazir was arrested near the Darazinda tribal subdivision. He was arrested by the Daraban police. When contacted, Daraban SHO denied having arrested Mr Wazir. However,…

Two more cops martyred in yet another D.I. Khan attack:

By Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, November 8th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Amid a renewed wave of assaults targeting security personnel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — particularly D.I. Khan — and Balochistan, two police personnel were martyred and three others sustained injuries when unidentified armed men attacked the camp office of a private oil and gas company in the early hours of Tuesday. The incident took place in Darazinda area and the attackers targeted the policemen on…

SAPM, US ambassador discuss mobilising US-Pak diaspora:

By Asim Yasin in The News, October 26, 2023ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) Jaward Sohrab Malik met with the United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome on Wednesday to discuss how to mobilize the US-Pakistani diaspora and the private sector in Pakistan. Jaward Malik applauded the valuable contribution of the government of the United States and its commitment to continue engaging and partnering with the…

Data of over 2m Pakistanis stolen, offered for online sale

report in The News, Sept 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: The data of 2.2 million Pakistani citizens has been compromised and put up for sale online after some hackers gained access to a private company-made database used by hundreds of restaurants, the Geo News reported on Wednesday. The hackers have reportedly displayed the data of some citizens as samples in the advertisement for the online sale. “We have hacked the databases of over 250 restaurants,” the hackers claimed…

Why is GR’s staff still heading a unit at President’s Office?

by Jamila Husain in Daily Mirror, May 24, 2023 GR’s private secretary Sugeeswara Bandara heads ‘special projects’ unit at President’s Office GR himself continues to receive incentives entitled to a former president despite his early resignation following public anger GR allocated security at bungalow in Malalasekara Mawatha and Mirihana Questions arise over the mandate of the ‘special projects’ office Just over a year since former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned from office following nationwide protests demanding…

Four fruit vendors held for attacking news channel team

Report in The News, March 27, 2023Four fruit vendors were arrested for attacking a private news channel’s team near the Jahangir Park in Saddar on Sunday. The incident took place when the news team was conducting a survey on the high rates of fruits being sold in Ramazan. Four people were injured in the attack. One of them, Daniyal, claimed that the attackers first tried to kill a woman, then they tortured them and attacked…

Educationist shot dead in ‘targeted attack’

Report in Dawn, February 27th, 2023KARACHI: An educationist, who is also a senior office-bearer of a private schools association, was gunned down in what police described as a ‘targeted attack’ in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Sunday evening. Victim Syed Khalid Raza, 55, was the deputy director of the Darul Arqam Schools, Karachi region. He was also the vice chairman of the Federation of Private Schools Pakistan. The police said that the incident took place at Gulistan-i-Jauhar Block-7…