Report in Dawn, Oct 1st, 2023PESHAWAR: Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has issued a list of 31 militants from across the province along with bounties on their heads. Earlier on Thursday, CTD had issued a list of another 134 militants along with bounty for everyone on the list. The list issued on Saturday shows that 16 of the mentioned militants belong to Bannu, 13 to Lakki Marwat and two others to Dera Ismail Khan. Habibullah, a militant…
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report in Dawn, September 25th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested 13 suspected militants linked with banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to the spokesman, the CTD Punjab conducted 83 intelligence-based operations in different districts to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 83 suspects were interrogated and 13 alleged militants were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited material. He…
By Mohammad Amin Pacha in ToloNews, Sept 11, 2023 at 8:33 PMDozens of people held a demonstration around Torkham area in Nangarhar province to protest the closing of the crossing by Pakistan. The protestors said that Pakistan has been repeatedly closing the Torkham crossing under various pretexts during fruits and vegetable season. They called on the officials of Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve their political issues through diplomatic paths. “When the season of fruits and…
Report in Dawn, Sept 5th, 2023LAHORE: Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday claimed to have arrested seven suspected terrorists linked with banned out-fits during operations in different areas of the province. According to the spokesman, the CTD Punjab conducted 49 intelligence-based operations in different districts of the province, in which 49 suspects were interrogated and seven alleged terrorists arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials. The arrested suspects are; Muhammad Fiaz, Mulazim Hussain,…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 28, 2023.https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2023/08/28/coalition-offers-house-panel-chair-to-rpp-eyeing-support-in-koshi-provinceAlmost eight months after the first meeting of the House of Representatives, the 10 thematic parliamentary committees are set to get their heads on Monday. Chairpersons of the two joint committees of both the House of Representatives and National Assembly, however, will be elected later. For the 10 thematic committees of the lower house, 11 candidates have filed nominations for the election of their chairs.…
report in The Island, Aug 21, 2023Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena who was in Kunming China to attend the 7th China-South Asia Expo visited the Science and Technology Campus in DaliCity, the ancient capital of the province. Researchers at the University have developed a new strain of rice paddy that gives four times more yield than normal varieties of rice paddy. Vice Chancellor of the research campus, Prof Zhoo Jin explained that the new strain of…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, July 25, 2023The visiting Chinese delegation led by Yuan Jiajun, a politburo member of the Communist Party of China, has pledged Rs145 million (eight million yuan) to carry out various agriculture-related projects in all seven provinces of Nepal. The projects will be funded through the China-South Asian Countries Poverty Alleviation and Cooperative Development Centre, headquartered in Chongqing, China. Yuan, who is tipped as a future leader of China,…
Report in Dawn, July 16th, 2023LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department claimed on Saturday to have arrested five suspected terrorists linked with different banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. As per its spokesman, the CTD conducted 47 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different districts of the province to avert any incident of terrorism. During these IBOs, 47 suspects were interrogated and five alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, July 11, 2023The struggle against the naming of Province 1 as Koshi by indigenous groups continues unabated as the newly appointed Chief Minister Uddav Thapa commented that a change in the province’s name is not possible anytime soon. A day after the province got its new chief minister from the ruling coalition, protesters rallied on motorcycles in Okhaldhunga demanding an identity-based name for the province. As soon…
report in Daily Times, June 25, 2023The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab has arrested nine members of banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to a spokesman here on Saturday, the CTD Punjab conducted 33 intelligence-based operations in different districts of the province, in which 35 suspected persons were detained and interrogated. Nine of alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons,explosives and other prohibited materials. The arrested terrorists include five members of…
report in Dawn, June 18th, 2023LAHORE: Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have arrested six alleged militants of banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to a spokesman, the Punjab CTD conducted 55 intelligence based operations (IBOs) in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any incident of terrorism, interrogating 50 suspects and arresting six alleged militants with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials. He says those arrested…