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…
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Report in Pakistan Today, June 5, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers of Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom during an exchange of fire with terrorists in North Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military said on Sunday. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani troops engaged the terrorists’ location, killing two while injuring another two. It stated that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists. However, the statement added, during intense exchange of fire, 38-year-old Naik…
report in The Daily Star, Jun 5, 2023Chief of Bangladesh Army General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed yesterday said army teams are finding out and capturing the suspected terrorists from their hideouts in different hills and have already succeeded to take control of their main training camp. “They are no longer in the area… some of them have assimilated with locals. As they are also citizens of Bangladesh, we want them to play a role in the…
Report in Pakistan Today, May 19, 2023RAWALPINDI: A soldier was martyred in a skirmish with terrorists in the Loesam area of Bajaur district, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Thursday. The military’s media wing added that during the exchange of fire, one terrorist was also killed. The martyred sepoy was identified by the military as Shafiq ur Rehman, age 23 from DI Khan. “Sanitization of the area is being carried out to eliminate any…
By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, April 12th, 2023QUETTA: Four policemen were martyred after an intense gun battle with terrorists in the Killi Spin area of Kuchlak on Tuesday. A heavy contingent of the police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), along with the Frontier Corps, had cordoned off a suspected compound on the tip about the presence of militants involved in Sunday’s attack on a police convoy. The alleged militants resorted to indiscriminate firing using automatic weapons,…
report in The News, April 11, 2023PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested four alleged terrorists during an action in Dera Ismail Khan on Monday. An official said the CTD Dera Ismail Khan Region conducted an operation during which four alleged terrorists from the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were.It was added that explosives, detonators, a hand grenade and weapons were recovered from the arrested TTP men who were identified as Abdul Mannan, Abdul Rehman, Qismatullah and…
By Qayyum Nawaz Babar in The News, March 22, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A cop sustained injuries when a group of terrorists attacked a police check post in Kathi area, police said on Tuesday They said that terrorists attacked Kathi police check post with automatic weapons late Monday night. However, the police promptly returned the fire and a fierce exchange of fire took place between the cops and the terrorists, which continued for some time. As…
report in The News, March 16, 2023RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed eight terrorists in Zinghara area of South Waziristan on information on the presence of terrorists in the area, an ISPR press release stated on Wednesday. During an intense exchange of fire, including mortar fire, eight terrorists were killed while two soldiers were hurt. Unfortunately, two children embraced martyrdom during the exchange of fire, it added. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1050501-8-terrorists-killed-in-south-waziristan-ispr
report in The News, March 11, 2023The District City police, in collaboration with an intelligence agency, arrested two suspected terrorists in a raid in the Kalakot area of Lyari on Friday. According to SSP Arif Aziz, the suspects, Waleed alias Walar and Shoaib alias Bablu, are alleged members of the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), a banned separatist organisation of Balochistan. During the raid, the police claimed seizing two hand grenades from the possession of the…
report in The News, Feb 25, 2023KOHAT: The officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday arrested six alleged terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a raid here. The sources said that acting on a tip-off the CTD personnel raided the alleged hideout of the TTP men and made the arrests. The arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan men also included a commander identified as Mohammad Kamal alias Rocketi. The arrested persons, who were shifted to…
Blood of our children
by Farrukh Khan Pitafi in The Express Tribune, Dec 16th, 2023.The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist.……December 16 will remain a day of infamy in the annals of Pakistani history for two reasons. First, the loss of its eastern wing. Second, the murder of our children by terrorists. Our collective imagination has found interesting ways to deal with this double whammy. For the fall of East Pakistan, we have found ways to reinvent history. Day…