report in The News, June 15, 2023The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday claimed arresting two operatives of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on charges of raising funds for the outfit. The spokesman for the Sindh CTD said the CTD team arrested Fazlur Rehman, son of Muhammad Ismail Ashrafzai, while conducting the first operation in New Karachi Industrial Area and Rahim Afridi, son of Yar Badshah, in the second operation carried out in the Shershah police station…
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By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, April 10, 2023 at 9:29 PMUS Senators expressed criticism over the report released by the Biden administration over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, which they say downplayed the risk of terrorism. Speaking to Fox News, Senator Lindsey Graham said that regarding what happened in Afghanistan, Biden “paved the way for another 9/11.” Graham accused the officials of a “political whitewash.” Senator Ben Cardin said that the major mistake was due…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, Mar 15, 2023Afghanistan remained the country most impacted by terrorism for the fourth consecutive year, despite attacks and deaths falling by 75 per cent and 58 per cent, respectively, Global Terrorism Index (GTI) reported on Tuesday. The report stated, however, that the Index does not include acts of state repression and violence by state actors. As such, acts committed by the Taliban are no longer included in the report’s…
By Arshad Dogar in The News, Mar 13, 2023LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department arrested four suspects in 45 combing operations in different parts of the province on Sunday. According to the Punjab CTD spokesman, the police conducted 45 combing operations in various districts of the province with the help of local police and security agencies and arrested four suspected persons and registered cases against them. Giving details of the operations, the spokesperson said that…
report in The Nation online, Mar 10, 2023 at 11:14 AMThe Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday apprehended 12 terrorists belonging to banned outfits, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al-Qaeda group, during multiple operations in Punjab. According to details, CTD conducted a grand operation on the hideouts of terrorists in several districts of Punjab including Lahore, Sargodha and arrested 12 terror suspects. During the operation in Lahore, forces arrested three terrorists belonging to banned TTP, said…
Report in Dawn, February 19th, 2023• Urges world to help Afghan authorities build capacity to counter terrorism• Calls for opening Kabul’s banking channels, unfreezing its funds• Top Chinese official says Beijing firmly supports Islamabad in maintaining security ISLAMABAD: Even if the Afghan rulers demonstrate the will to counter terrorism, they certainly don’t have the capacity to do so, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Saturday, warning that the threat will soon spill over outside the…
Report in Dawn, February 10th, 2023PESHAWAR: Two militants of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police during an intelligence-based operation in Nowshera on Thursday night. According to details provided by police, a raid was planned following information about the presence of militants in Misri Banda in the jurisdiction of Risalpur police station. A police official said that the team reached the spot to arrest the militants. They however opened…
by Dr Sadia Sulaiman in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2023.The TTP has made a comeback in Pakistan’s western border areas which saw an unprecedented surge in terrorist activities in 2022. In view of the evolving threat, the National Security Committee (NSC) met on January 2, 2023 and reiterated their policy of ‘zero tolerance’ for terrorism. Pakistan’s war on terrorism thus seems heading for a long haul. While the government’s sincerity to curb the terror…
Report in Dawn, January 8th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested five suspected terrorists belonging to Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and recovered arms and ammunition during different intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in the province. The Punjab CTD has conducted 21 IBOs in different districts of Punjab to avert any untoward incidents. As many as 22 suspects were taken into custody and interrogated. During these IBOs, five members of proscribed TTP were…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, January 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday sought the cooperation of provinces to eliminate terrorism that has reemerged in the country, and asked for support from the business community to make the National Energy Conservation Plan (NECP) a success. Presiding over a meeting on security, the PM emphasised the need for enhancing coordination among the federal and provincial institutions to wipe out terrorism from the country. “Terrorists…