report in in Dawn, July 29th, 2023SWABI: The police conducted 203 search and strike operations during the last six months under the National Action Plan against suspected terrorists and their facilitators in the Swabi district, arresting 4,208 of them, sources told Dawn here on Friday. During this period, the sources said the police also killed two militants. The sources said a total of 349 FIRs were registered against suspects and their facilitators in different police…
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Report in Dawn, June 19th, 2023PESHAWAR: A key militant commander and his two associates were gunned down by security forces in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried out in district Kohat’s Darra Adam Khel area, official sources said. Officials said that the security forces planned the operation following intelligence about presence of the banned outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) commander Zafar Khan alias Zafari, adding that the agencies and security forces adopted unconventional operational procedures based on…
by Ruwani Fonseka in The Morning, Mar 27, 2023The 2023 Local Government (LG) election is likely to be postponed once again, as per sources within the Election Commission. Earlier in a special gazette notification, dated January 30, 2023, issued by the respective District Returning Officers for the LG bodies of each district, it was announced that the LG election would be held on March 09. However, the LG election was later deferred as the government…
report in Daily Mirror online Mar 8, 2023Sri Lanka is negotiating with India to extend a $1 billon credit line by a few months, two sources told Reuters. The credit line is to due to expire on March 17 with Sri Lanka having used only about two-thirds of it, mainly for medicines and food, said the sources and another person familiar with the matter. The extension talks come as the economy improves and forex reserves…
by Sohel Parvez in The Daily Star, Jan 2, 2023For the first time since December 2020, private sector borrowing from external sources declined as the appetite among firms eroded for increased borrowing costs. Firms’ total external debt dropped 2 per cent to $25.4 billion at the end of September 2022 from 25.95 billion in June. At the same time, external debt in the public sector decreased as well. Meanwhile, the private sector’s foreign debt grew…