Report in Dawn, October 23rd, 2023LAHORE: On the instructions of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar, the police ensured foolproof security arrangements for Christian prayer programmes in churches across the province on Sunday. The police remained on high alert and performed their duties diligently, allowing Christian citizens to conduct their prayers in a peaceful environment and participate in their holy prayer ceremonies. Earlier, Mr Anwar directed regional police officers and district police officers…
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Report in TOLOnews Online, Oct 13, 2023 at 4:03 PMThe Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, Zaman Mehdi, said that Islamabad is “concerned about the security threat emanating from Afghan territory.” He made the remarks at a UN meeting, saying that over 600,000 Afghans have moved to Pakistan within the past two years due to dire economic conditions. “Pakistan has had the consistent and the considered view that the international community must…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023Pakistan’s caretaker foreign minister, Jalil Abbas Jilani, highlighted on Tuesday that although the war in Afghanistan has concluded and security has improved, there remains inadequate progress in safeguarding women’s and girls’ rights and addressing the threat from terrorist groups. At the 27th ECO Council of Ministers meeting in Azerbaijan, Jilani emphasized the importance of constructive engagement with the leaders of the current administration as the…
By Abid Mahmood in Dawn, October 12th, 2023NAROWAL: In what believed to be a targeted attack on a Daska mosque during Fajr prayers on Wednesday, a prayer leader, a religious activist belonging to an outlawed outfit and his security guard were killed. Quoting Zulfikar Ali, another security guard of Maulana Shahid Latif, police said six unknown people reached the Noori-e-Madina Masjid in Mandike Guraya Chowk on motorbikes and three of them joined the prayers. He…
Bureau Report in Dawn, October 9th, 2023PESHAWAR: A militant was killed in an exchange of fire between the security forces and terrorists in North Waziristan tribal district on Sunday. A statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relation (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said the exchange of fire took place in Razmak area. Azeemullah, also known as Ghazi, was killed in an intense exchange of fire, the statement said, adding weapons and ammunition were also recovered from…
report in Dawn, October 3rd, 2023ISLAMABAD: Admitting that some officials of the armed forces were involved in cross-border smuggling, Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Monday said such officers would be court-martialled and sent to jail. “It won’t be correct if I say that security forces aren’t involved in it, as [smuggled] items are transported via trucks, not camels,” Mr Bugti said while addressing a press conference alongside Information Minister Murtaza Solangi. The minister’s remarks…
report in Dawn, October 1st, 2023PESHAWAR: A Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom in Parachinar while an alleged militant commander was gunned down in Mardan in two separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the small hours of Friday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said an encounter took place between security forces and alleged militants in Parachinar, Kurram, in which Lance Naik Ghairat Khan, 33, embraced martyrdom. In a separate incident, an alleged militant…
report in The News online, Sept 30, 2023A terrorist “ring leader” was gunned down during an intelligence based operation (IBO) led by the security forces in the general area of Katalang in District Mardan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. The military’s wing said that two separate encounters took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the night between September 28 and 28. “An intelligence based operation was conducted in general area Katalang, Mardan District,…
by Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Sept 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to further beef up security to safeguard the commercial interests of China after both the sides acknowledged a challenging security situation being faced by the strategic ally’s citizens, projects and institutions in the country. Islamabad and Beijing have agreed to further deepen their cooperation in the security horizon as well as to jointly defeat any conspiracies sabotaging the friendship and amicable cooperation…
report in The Nation online, Sept 26, 2023 at 11:18 AMAt least three terrorists were killed by security forces in an operation carried out in Tirah valley of Khyber district, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement on Tuesday. According to the army’s media wing, three terrorists, including a commander, were killed in a fierce exchange of fire with security forces. “The security forces conducted an operation in the Tirah area of Khyber district…