report in The News, Dec 31, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab conducted 244 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in various cities of Punjab and arrested 22 suspects including 14 terrorists of TTP. Six suspects were arrested from Lahore, six from Rawalpindi, six from Bahawalpur, three from Gujranwala and one each from Bahawalnagar, Nankana, Faisalabad and one from Sheikhupura. BLA Chief Commander Arshad was arrested from Bahawalpur. Two 2 ED bombs, one hand grenade, 28 detonators,…
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By Asim Yasin in The News, Nov 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: A three-member Combined Investigation Team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Rawalpindi, continued on Saturday interrogation of former prime minister Imran Khan in the £190 million National Crime Agency (NCA) UK case after getting his physical remand. According to sources, during investigation, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman was asked questions about different documents related to £190 million NCA (UK) and Al-Qadir Trust University. The accountability court…
by Qaiser Shirazi in The Express Tribune, Sept 5th, 2023.An additional district and sessions court of Rawalpindi awarded death penalty to four accused in a blasphemy case filed by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing (CCW). A fifth accused was sentenced to seven years in jail by the court. Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Ahsan Mahmood Malik passed the judgment in two separate cases. He said in his ruling that blasphemy against…
by Munawer Azeem in Dawn, January 4th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Investigators in the terrorism case in Islamabad have identified the suicide bomber and are searching for two suspects who facilitated him in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Rawalpindi to reach the capital and detonate an explosive device on December 23. Sources close to the investigators told Dawn that there were two facilitators of the suicide bomber: one brought him to Islamabad on December 23 and the other, who was…
By Mosharraf Zaidi in The News, Nov 29, 2022The writer is an analyst and commentator……….It would be nice to be able to say that Pakistan is turning the page today as a new chief of army staff (COAS) takes command in Rawalpindi. Such naivete may be forgivable for those with a memory that is shorter than six years. For all other Pakistanis, it is not only not possible to turn the page so easily, but…