report in The News, Nov 6, 2023TANK: Suspected militants attacked the Gul Imam Police Station in Tank last night, officials said on Sunday. The cops manning the police station also returned the fire and forced the attackers to retreat. Taking advantage of the dark, the terrorists fled the area. A police constable Waheed Gul was injured in the attack, which continued for an hour. He was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Tank. District…
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report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023BAJAUR: A prayer leader was killed in what police said a targeted attack in Mamond tehsil here on Sunday. Dilawar Khan, SHO Mamond police station, told reporters that unknown assailants fired at Qari Mohammad Qasim, 42, killing him on the spot. He said the locals chased the attackers, but they managed to escape. He said Qasim was a prayer leader at a mosque in his native Laghari area. No one…
Report in Prothom Alo, 23 Oct 2023Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has no plan to enforce an indefinite sit-in from 28 October, and the party men will return home after the grand rally in Dhaka, clarified the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday. “We have asked (the party men) to return to their respective places after the 28 October rally and to wait for the next course of the programme. We will announce…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, October 28, 2023United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is paying an official visit to Nepal from October 29 to November 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. The visit had earlier been planned for the second week of October, but was rescheduled due to the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas militants on October 7. This will be Secretary General Guterres’ first visit to Nepal since taking…
By Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, October 23th, 2023KARACHI: A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and two others were gunned down in suspected targeted attacks in different parts of the city on Sunday, police said. They said that Niaz Husain, 45, was gunned down by armed motorcyclists near Aman Chowk in Khairabad within the remit of the Manghopir police station on Sunday evening. An area police officer, Saeed Wahab, said that the victim was a…
report in Dawn, October 23th, 2023DERA MURAD JAMALI: Two landmine explosions, with an interval of one hour on Sunday in different districts, left one man wounded. According to officials, a tractor-trolley transporting a water tank hit a landmine on the under-construction road near the Jamali Pump area. In the blast, an assistant of the tractor trolley’s driver, Saindad, sustained serious injuries. He was shifted to the Dera Murad Jamali district hospital for treatment. An hour…
Report in Prothom Alo, 23 Oct 2023Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has no plan to enforce an indefinite sit-in from 28 October, and the party men will return home after the grand rally in Dhaka, clarified the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday. “We have asked (the party men) to return to their respective places after the 28 October rally and to wait for the next course of the programme. We will announce…
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…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Oct 16, 2023The Catholic Church yesterday (15) rejected the government move to appoint a Special Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to inquire into the allegations made in the Channel 4 documentary as regards the complicity of some sections of the government in the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage. Top spokesperson for the Catholic Church Rev. Father Cyril Gamini Fernando questioned the purpose in appointing a Special PSC as the issues at…
report in Business Recorder, Oct 16, 2023CHAMAN: Repatriation of Afghan refugees via Chaman-Spin Boltak border to their country Afghanistan continued on Sunday. Till now more than 5000 Afghan refugees have repatriated to their country. By the closure of deadline, repatriation of Afghan refugees was increasing. According to reports, voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to their country Afghanistan is continuing after Government of Pakistan ordered all illegal immigrants, including Afghan refugees to leave Pakistan.…
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…