report in Prothom ALo, Nov 12, 2023On the first day of the fourth round of the blockade enforced by the BNP and the like-minded parties, at least five incidents of torching buses were reported across the country. Three buses were set ablaze in the capital city of Dhaka on Sunday. A bus was set on fire in the early morning in Sutrapur, while another incident took place in Mirpur on Sunday afternoon. The third bus…
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report in Prothom ALo, Nov 12, 2023A Russian naval group has called at the port of Chittagong in Bangladesh for the first time in almost half a century, Russian state news agency TASS reported today, Sunday. The Pacific Fleet’s naval group comprises the large anti-submarine warfare ships Admiral Tributs and Admiral Panteleyev and the oceanic tanker Pechenga, a TASS correspondent reported from Chattogram. The Russian ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy told TASS that the last…
report in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2023.In a significant development following the return of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif to the country, former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari engaged in a telephonic conversation with the ex-prime minister on Monday, extending his congratulations on Sharif’s homecoming and pledging their commitment to collaborative efforts aimed at safeguarding the state, as reported by Express News. Sources within the PML-N revealed…
Report in Dawn, September 1st, 2023KARACHI: A special court, established to hear cases under the Official Secrets Act, on Thursday granted permission to former prime minister Imran Khan to have a telephonic conversation with his sons from the Attock Jail, Dawn.com reported. The PTI chief was sent to jail after he was convicted in the Toshakhana case. Earlier this week, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended his sentence. However, the special court had directed the…
Report in Dawn, August 28th, 2023KARACHI: PPP leader Syed Khursheed Shah has expressed doubts over the return of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan in October, Dawn.com has reported. On Friday, after meeting his brother in London, former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said after consultations with the party’s senior leadership, it had been decided that Mr Nawaz “will return to Pakistan in October”. Speaking with DawnNewsTV on Saturday regarding Mr Nawaz’s homecoming, the PPP leader…
report in The Express Tribune, August 16th, 2023.NORTH WAZIRISTAN: The security forces killed two terrorists in an intelligence based operation on reported presence of terrorists in general area Razmak, North Waziristan district in the night between Aug 14 and 15, the military’s media wing stated. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations, “During the conduct of operation, security forces surrounded the terrorists’ location and after intense fire exchange, two terrorists were sent…
report on TOLOnews, Apr 29, 2023 at 8:41 PMIt has been two years since the Islamic Emirate takeover of the country, but there has been no reported start to practical work on the TAPI pipeline project. Previously, officials of the Islamic Emirate talked about beginning of practical work on this project. Some economists believe that the lack of support from the World Bank plus regional rivalries have caused the work on the project to be…
By Qamar Ali in The News, March 13, 2023The mastermind behind the February 17 terror attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO) and an accomplice of his were killed in an encounter with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Geo News reported Monday. The CTD acted on a tip-off near the Northern Bypass in Manghopir. in which the mastermind of the Karachi Police Office attack, Iriadullah, was killed. CTD officials said that in an exchange of fire,…
report in TOLOnews, Feb 13, 2023 at 9:22 PMOn World Radio Day, the Ministry of Information and Culture reported that 200 radio stations are now operating across the country. According to this ministry, 44 radio stations have stopped operating due to economic problems in the past 18 months. “There are now more than 200 operating radio stations in Afghanistan. After the Islamic Emirate came to power, 44 radio stations ceased operations,” said Abdulhaq Hemad, director…
report in Dawn, February 9th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Armed militants stormed Hathala checkpost of the Kulachi police station here on Wednesday. However, no casualties were reported. A police spokesman, Syed Yaqoob Bukhari told Dawn that militants were armed with sophisticated weapons. He said that the police retaliated to the attack, forcing the attackers to flee. Soon after receiving information about the incident, district police officer Mohammad Shoaib Khan along with a heavy contingent of police…