by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 2nd, 2023QUETTA: At least six terrorists were killed in a heavy exchange of gunfire between security forces and outlawed elements during an intelligence-based operation in the Sambaza area of Zhob district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. The ISPR statement said that on the night of Oct 31, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the general area of Sambaza, Zhob district, on the reported presence of…
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Report in The News, October 19, 2023BARA: The office-bearers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) on Wednesday expressed concern over the worsening law and order in Bara and asked the police to stop harassing the people. Speaking at a press conference, PMLN provincial vice-president Zahir Shah Afridi, alleged that a police party from the Pishtakhara Police Station led by a DSP arrested Mohammad Khan along with his friends in a raid on Ring Road Peshawar…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, Oct 19th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Amid speculation that the caretaker government is thinking of initiating a reconciliation dialogue among all political stakeholders, caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi held separate meetings with leaders of the PPP and PML-N, on Wednesday. The meetings came a day after PTI leader Shafqat Mehmood, who also met Mr Solangi recently, revealed that he had floated the idea of a grand national reconciliation dialogue among all political…
By Deo Narayan Sah in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 17, 2023Newly appointed Koshi Province Chief Minister Kedar Karki will face a floor test on Wednesday. Karki on Monday informed provincial assembly secretary Gopal Prasad Parajuli about tabling a trust motion at the meeting. Karki, who was appointed chief minister as per Article 168(5) of the constitution on Saturday, has to secure a vote of confidence within 30 days of the appointment as per the constitutional…
By Abid Mahmood in Dawn, October 12th, 2023NAROWAL: In what believed to be a targeted attack on a Daska mosque during Fajr prayers on Wednesday, a prayer leader, a religious activist belonging to an outlawed outfit and his security guard were killed. Quoting Zulfikar Ali, another security guard of Maulana Shahid Latif, police said six unknown people reached the Noori-e-Madina Masjid in Mandike Guraya Chowk on motorbikes and three of them joined the prayers. He…
report in The News online, Oct4, 2023At least 20 to 25 unknown assailants attacked the police personnel stationed outside the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Karachi headquarters, Insaf House, police said on Wednesday. The attackers tore the uniforms of the policemen and also attempted to seize weapons from them, the police told Geo News. They, according to the police, pelted stones at the officers and vandalised their patrol vehicles. When more personnel arrived at the scene, the…
report in The News, September 28, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police and the Counter Terrorism-Department officials killed a wanted terrorist in an intelligence-based operation in Takora area in Kulachi tehsil here on Wednesday. The sources said that acting on a tip-off, the police and the CTD personnel conducted an intelligence-based operation in which they killed a wanted terrorist Samiullah. During the operation, the terrorist opened fire on the police upon seeing the cops, who also…
report in The News, Sept 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: The data of 2.2 million Pakistani citizens has been compromised and put up for sale online after some hackers gained access to a private company-made database used by hundreds of restaurants, the Geo News reported on Wednesday. The hackers have reportedly displayed the data of some citizens as samples in the advertisement for the online sale. “We have hacked the databases of over 250 restaurants,” the hackers claimed…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 14th, 2023QUETTA: A key commander of banned outfit Daesh was killed in a gun battle with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in Mastung area on Wednesday. Officials said that the CTD, on intelligence reports about the presence of the suspected Daesh commander Ghulam Din Shahwani alias Shoaib in Mastung town, cordoned off the area for his arrest. The Daesh commander, instead of surrender, started firing on the CTD personnel.…
by Nadeem Chaudhry in The Express Tribune, Sept 14, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would go solo to contest the upcoming general elections in Punjab, but it might explore the possibility of an alliance or seat adjustment arrangements in other provinces, party sources said on Wednesday. The former ruling party took major decisions in its meeting in London on Tuesday, including the return of party Quaid Nawaz Sharif, party’s narrative during the election campaign,…