by Tom Hussain in SCMP, Aug 1, 2023The writer is an Islamabad-based journalist who has spent his 35-year career covering South Asia and the Middle East.An upsurge in terrorist attacks in western Pakistan highlights the risks involved in expanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the country even as Chinese firms are “learning the ropes” on how to cope with the rise in violence, analysts say. Amid ongoing celebrations to commemorate the 10th anniversary of…
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By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews online, July 28, 2023US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, at a hearing examining the Biden administration’s planning for the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, said the idea of lowering the number of troops to 650 was “insane,” that “12,000 prisoners” including “suicide bombers” and “ISIS-K” were released from Bagram, and that “$7 billion of equipment” was left behind and is being sold to “our adversaries and to terrorist…
report in The Express Tribune, July 16, 2023LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench, headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, has set aside the trial court’s conviction and acquitted a suspected affiliate of the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, according to its detailed verdict issued on Saturday. The court observed that a person offering their mobile phone for scrutiny could implicate them for any offence so this would amount to self-incrimination, which was prohibited under the Constitution.…
Report in TOLOnews Online, June 19, 2023 at 9:20 PMThe spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that there are no insurgent groups, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, in Afghanistan. Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, the spokesman, Abdul Matin Qani, said that the Islamic Emirate wants to have good relations with the world. He also denied the presence of Daesh in Afghanistan. “The policy of the Islamic Emirate is to have good relations…
report in Daily Times, June 19, 2023The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab , during an operation Dera Ghazi Khan arrested an alleged terrorist of a banned outfit. According to the spokesman, the CTD Dera Ghazi Khan received information from a reliable source that a terrorist of the banned organization Baloch Liberation Army, Mohammad Rashid Bashmani, shared controversial content against government and law enforcement agencies through social media. The team of CTD police station Sader reached the…
Report in Pakistan Today, June 13, 2023RAWALPINDI: A terrorist was killed and two were injured during an exchange of fire with security forces in the Spinwam area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district on Monday, according to a statement issued by the military’s media affairs wing. “Own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location and after intense fire exchange, one terrorist was sent to hell, while two terrorists were injured,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.…
report in The Express Tribune, June 10th, 2023Most wanted terrorist and killer of many innocent people Sanaullah Ghafari aka Shahabul Muhajir has been killed in the Afghan city of Kunar, Express News reported. The killed terrorist was not only wanted in Pakistan but also at an international level. Ghafari had migrated from India along with his family to Afghanistan, while he lived in the Afghan capital Kabul, where he received religious education at a madrasah.…
Report in Dawn, April 22nd, 2023SWABI: A constable, who was seriously injured in a terrorist attack earlier this month, succumbed to injuries in Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, on Friday. Constable Mohammad Tayyab was performing duty at Tordher police station when two unidentified motorcyclists lobbed a grenade at the building on April 9. The policeman along with some civilians was injured. Tayyab’s death took the number of the police personnel martyred in Swabi during Ramazan to…
Bureau report in The News, April 18, 2023PESHAWAR: Police in two separate actions in Mardan shot dead an alleged robber while a wanted terrorist was arrested in wounded condition. An official said police chased and intercepted two alleged robbers after they snatched Rs 1.3 million from a local on the Bank Road in the limits of City police station. He said the robbers fired at police but the cops remained safe. The fire was returned…
By Aftab Ahmed in The News, April 08, 2023HYDERABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested a member of a banned outfit in Jamshoro who allegedly raised funds for the terrorist group. Irshad Lakhir, who reportedly belong to the banned Sindh Revolutionary Army, was arrested on Thursday, April 6, from Sindh University Phase One, Jamshoro, by the CTD Hyderabad on a tip-off. More than 20 cases have been registered against the suspect at various police stations…
report in The News, Mar 04, 2023RAWALPINDI: One terrorist was killed as security forces conducted an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in general area Mir Ali, North Waziristan District on Friday, according to ISPR. During the operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists. Resultantly, one terrorist was killed. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorist. The killed terrorist remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces and killing…