by Muhammad Amir Rana in Dawn, December 21st, 2022“WHAT can Khyber Pakhtunkhwa learn from Punjab to effectively counter the threat of terrorism?” A Peshawar University student asked this question during a recently-held seminar in the presence of lawmakers, academia, and security experts. At the time, none of the speakers took the question as seriously as they should have, given the worsening security situation in KP. In the past year alone, terrorists belonging to the Tehreek-i-Taliban…
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by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Dec 20, 2022 PISLAMABAD: A highly critical report, prepared by security agencies, painted a bleak picture of the anti-terrorism mechanism in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, saying on Monday that the province’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) lacked capacity to fight terrorism. The report, presented to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the national security review meeting, warned that because of an acute shortage of staff and resources, the CTD would not be able to…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 20th, 2022ISLAMABAD: At a time when terrorism is rearing its head in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a critical report by an intelligence agency has highlighted “capacity gaps” in KP’s counterterrorism department, revealing that CTD spends less than 4pc of its budget on operations, with zero allocation for procurement. The report, shared during a recent meeting of the National Security Committee — a copy of which is available with Dawn —…
edit in The Nation, Dec 12, 2022Once again, reports suggest that there have been calls for setting up an internal security structure on the lines of the US Homeland Security Department. This was apparently discussed last week when the board of governors of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) met in the federal capital. This is not the first time such ideas have been tabled, inspired by foreign institutions that are not grounded in the…
report in The Nation, Dec 10, 2022PESHAWAR – Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in an intelligence-based joint operation with security forces arrested four alleged members of Attiq-ur-Rehman, alias Tipu Group, in Lakki Marwat, said a press release issued on Friday. The arrested terrorists were allegedly involved in recent terrorist activities including target killings of police personnel, extortion and attacks on police installations. CTD has also recovered arms and ammunition from their possession. In another operation, another alleged…
by Tahir Niaz in The Nation, Dec 9, 2022ISLAMABD – The government has decided to set up National Counter-Terrorism Department at the federal level. Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah presided over the third meeting of the board of governors of the National Counter Terrorism Authority here on Thursday. National Coordinator NACTA, Muhammad Tahir Rai presented different financial and administrative proposals besides recommending formation of National Counter-terrorism Department (National CTD). The interior minister directed the concerned authorities…
By Asim Yasin in the News, Dec 9, 2022ISLAMABAD: …….. The National Counter Terrorism Authority in Islamabad informed the ( Senate Standing) Committee on Interior on Thursday that the US withdrawal had boosted TTP activities with its base in Afghanistan still intact and that the terrorism index had risen. The Senate Committee on the Interior was briefed that during the peace talks process, the TTP gained considerable ground and increased its footprint and magnitude of…
By Qayyum Nawaz Babar in The News, Dec 07, 2022DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three alleged terrorists were killed during an operation carried out in the Gerah Mashtan area in the limits of Daraban Police Station on Tuesday. The police said that personnel of police and Counter-Terrorism Department and law enforcing agencies conducted a joint operation after they received about information about the presence of terrorists in the Gerah Mashtan area. Upon seeing the police, they said…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, Dec 2nd, 2022ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhary on Thursday said that terrorism incidents in the country had increased by 52 per cent since “Operation Regime Change”, a euphemism his party uses to refer to the ouster of its government through a no-trust vote in April. Expressing grief over the loss of precious lives in Wednesday’s suicide attack near Quetta, he said the operation regime change had…
by Dilawar Wazir in Dawn, Dec 2nd, 2022SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: One man was killed and a security official was injured in an attack on a girls’ school in the Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan district on Thursday. According to the district police, unknown militants opened fire from a nearby mountain during Parents’ Day celebrations at the Army Public School for Girls. The students, parents, staff and security personnel, who were present inside the school at…
Report in The Nation, Nov 30, 2022PESHAWAR – At least three people including a jeweller and his two friends were shot dead by unknown assailants during late night hours near Mir Ali Bazaar in North Waziristan. A police spokesman on Tuesday said that unknown miscreants abducted three friends, hailing from Bannu district from a jeweller’s shop in late night hours and later shot them dead. Police said motive behind the killing was not yet ascertained.…