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No sympathy for mob attacks on Christians

Report in Dawn, August 18th, 2023• Army chief vows ‘no leniency’, FO spox decries violence• Amnesty urges Pakistan to prevent misuse of blasphemy laws• NCHR reports 17 churches torched ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The Jaranwala tragedy continued to elicit condemnation on Thursday, with national leaders and international organisations calling for justice for the people whose homes and places of worship were ransacked and destroyed by a frenzied mob. Speaking at an ISPR event, army chief Gen Asim Munir…

1 killed, 4 injured in 2 explosions in Quetta

by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, August 11th, 2023QUETTA: One person was killed and four others, including a child, were injured in two separate explosions that took place at a check post on the western bypass and a flower shop selling national flags in Quetta on Thursday. Senior police officer Rozi Khan, while confirming the blast, told Dawn that unknown motorcyclists att­a­cked at the security check post of Frontier Corps. “One person was killed and two…

Soldier martyred in KP’s Bajaur district

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…

DSP among four cops martyred in Lakki Marwat terror attack

REPORT in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2023..A terrorist attack on a police station in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Lakki Marwat in the wee hours of Thursday resulted in the death of at least four policemen, including DSP Iqbal Momand. At around 1 am, the terrorists attacked Saddar police station with modern and heavy weapons. The police personnel, who were already on alert, responded with retaliatory fire due to which the terrorists escaped in the darkness of…

Six militants killed in Lakki operation

by Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, Feb 24th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Six militants were killed in an intelligence-based operation in the Kurrum Par area of Lakki Marwat district, a police official said on Thursday. He said a large contingent of police officers, assisted by counterterrorism officials, reached the trans-river area after being informed by local authorities that militants were present there. “There were reports that a group of militants have assembled in the forest near Abbasa…