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Sindh Timeline- 2017
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Incidents
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January 1 |
Police arrested at least three
terrorists and seized explosives from their custody during an
action in SITE Town area of Karachi, the provincial capital of
Sindh. The SSP of West Zone, Nasir Aftab said in a joint action,
launched by Police and personnel of an intelligence agency, three
terrorists affiliated to a banned outfit were apprehended and
recovered explosive material and detonators from their possession.
The number of target killings
in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, have significantly
decreased by 253 percent during 2016, as compared to 2015, while
the menace of extortions have slashed by 36 percent during the
same period, the annual report of Sindh Police said. However,
Police in the report have claimed that the number of target killings
has reduced because of the good performance of the Police while
the report has not mentioned the achievement of Sindh Rangers'
Karachi operation continued for the past three years.
Meanwhile, the Sindh Police's
Counter-Terrorism Department is planning to deradicalise and rehabilitate
an estimated 300 militants held in different jails of the province
with the help of qualified psychologists, said Additional Inspector
General of the CTD, Dr Sanaullah Abbasi. Under the proposed initiative,
the CTD would conduct psychological profiling of the arrested
militants to ascertain the possible factors, leading to militancy
as a move to rehabilitate them. "The CTD Sindh has taken an initiative
to create psychological profiles of arrested militants in the
province," said Dr Sanaullah Abbasi. He said a unit of the CTD
Sindh had been deputed to go to jails to create such profiles
along the lines of a proforma created by the NACTA to better identify
the factors that lead to radicalisation of young men. The CTD
chief said the unit concerned had around 15 police personnel,
who would collect data about the imprisoned militants in Karachi
and other parts of Sindh. Dr Abbasi said that there were 250 to
300 militants in different prisons of the province.
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January 4 |
Three persons, including a Sub-Inspector,
were killed in firing incidents at various parts of Karachi, the
provincial capital of Sindh.
A SI of Police Iqbal Mehmood,
probing some targeted killing cases was shot dead and two others
injured in the night when unidentified assailants opened fire
at them on main Rashid Minhas Road in Gulistan-i-Jauhar Town of
Karachi. DSP Shara-i-Faisal Ali Anwar Soomro said that assailants
were chasing SI Iqbal Mehmood who was riding a bike along with
his friend Waseem. "As they disembarked from their motorbike to
purchase some items from a vendor near Lal Flats, gunmen travelling
in a car opened fire on them and fled," he said. Mahmood's friend
Waseem and a passerby teenager Hafeez Ullah sustained bullet wounds
in the incident. The deceased SI Iqbal Mehmood was posted at investigation
section of Ferozabad Police Station. Investigators collected three
spent bullet casings fired from a 9mm pistol from the crime scene.
One persons, identified as Rizwan,
who worked as a Police informer against drug peddlers, was shot
dead in a firing incident in Korangi Industrial Area under Korangi
Town of Karachi. SSP Nauman Siddiqui said that the Police had
arrested the killer and recovered weapons from him.
A civilian was shot dead in a
target-killing incident at Jamshed Road near Pardah Park in Jamshed
Town area of Karachi.
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January 6 |
At least one civilian was killed
and two Policemen injured in two separate attacks in North Nazimabad
area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Police constable
Muhammad Iqbal was injured when unidentified assailants lobbed
a hand grenade at Taimuria Police Station in North Nazimabad.
Later, 25-year-old Ali Imran was shot dead when unidentified assailants
opened fire at Five Star Chowrangi in the same area. Bashir, a
traffic police official, was also injured in the firing incident.
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January 8
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The Sindh CTD Transnational Terrorism
Intelligence Group in-charge Raja Umer Khattab said that there
might be surge in sectarian violence in city if LEAs don't chalk
out a strategy to clamp down on sleeper cells. The sleeper cells
of AQIS and the LeJ are believed to be involved in the recent
attacks on Policemen and there might be a surge in sectarian violence
in the coming days, Raja Umer Khattab said. "In the past AQIS
has used homemade bombs containing ball bearings in the Taimuria
Police Station a Russian-made grenade was used, something that
is new," Raja Umer Khattab added. "AQIS primarily used handmade
bombs. They had started off by making ball bombs and IEDs. The
use of a grenade now suggests that sleeper cells of these terrorist
outfits are now active and their members possess new kinds of
weapons and explosives," Raja Umer Khattab added further.
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January 9 |
The CPLC in its report has identified sixty 'hot
spots' in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, where the
street criminals operate the most and incidents of snatchings
take place. These areas including PIDC, Tariq Road, Sakhi Hassan,
Hassan Square, Bahadurabad, Aisha Manzil and the NIPA Chowrangi
which are high-risk areas and even some areas in city's posh localities
such as Defence and Clifton make it to the list. The CPLC report
further states that in 2016, 19,336 incidents of mobile snatching
were reported which is an increase of 38 percent as compared to
2015. "Besides mobile snatching, around 22,358 motorcycles were
snatched, which is 24 percent more as compared to 2015," stated
the report. However, CPLC has claimed that car theft and its snatching
incidents have reduced substantially in Karachi during 2016. All
this is despite the passage of more than three years of Karachi
operation, which is claimed to be successful by the Rangers and
the provincial government adds the news report.
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January 10 |
Unidentified assailants killed a Police constable,
Khalid Shaikh (30), near his house on Jamshed Road in the Soldier
Bazaar area of Karachi, provincial capital of Sindh.
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January 16 |
The special policing powers granted to Pakistan
Rangers, Sindh, by the Provincial Government under Anti-Terrorism
Act of 1997 to carry out raids and arrest suspects ended. The
Government had extended the Rangers' Policing powers on October
18, 2016, for 90 days thus entitling them to carry out raids,
snap checking and arresting the people in the provincial capital
only. Sindh Government, however, had not issued any official statement
in connection with extension of the powers by the end of the day.
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January 18 |
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah approved
the summary extending Rangers' special powers in Karachi for 90
days. The special powers will grant Rangers special Policing powers
in the metropolis. The summary to extend the powers of the paramilitary
force had been sent to Syed Murad Ali Shah by the Home Minister.
The Rangers were given extension last on October
16, 2016 by Murad Ali Shah. Under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997,
Rangers have been granted special powers to raid and take into
custody suspects.
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January 19 |
Police recovered four dead bodies from an empty
plot in Steel Town area of Karachi, the provincial capital of
Sindh. Malir Town SSP Rao Anwar claimed that the four victims
had been shot to death adding that the corpses bore torture marks.
The CoAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa met leaders
from the business and trader communities and assured them of continuation
of the security operation in Karachi, the statement released by
the ISPR said. "The Karachi operation will continue till the elimination
of crime in the city," said Army chief. He added that all possible
measures will be taken to restore peace in Karachi, and said that
the strategy for Karachi would remain the same and there would
be no change in policy.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said
that his Government would never allow terrorists and religious
fanatics to play with the lives of innocent people even if the
Federal Government refuses to cooperate with it. This he said
while presiding over the Sindh cabinet meeting here at the Sindh
Secretariat. Briefing the cabinet on the response of Ministry
of Interior to ban 94 madrassa's allegedly involved in promoting
terrorism, the Chief Minister said that in the Apex committee
the list of the madrassa's was presented. The Committee was told
that 94 madrassa's were involved in terrorist activities. They
had presented solid evidences gathered from the terrorists arrested
by Law Enforcement Agencies and they had revealed startling disclosures
against the said madrassa's.
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January 24 |
A Shia man, Mohammed Kazim Raza (39), was gunned
down in suspected sectarian attack in Gulistan-i-Jauhar area of
Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, in the night. "It appeared
to be a targeted killing incident linked with sectarianism," said
Superintendent Police Dr. Fahad Ahmed.
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January 28 |
The CTD claimed to have arrested a would-be suicide
bomber and another militant, associated with a banned outfit,
who were allegedly involved in major terrorist acts in urban and
rural Sindh and operating their networks in four major cities
of the province besides Jaffarabad District of Balochistan. In
a targeted raid conducted in the Manghopir area of Karachi, the
CTD team detained the two suspects, Shaukat (would-be suicide
bomber) and Abdul Ghani, and seized explosive material, a suicide
jacket, a hand grenade and two pistols from their custody. "The
held militants, who belonged to the Brohi tribe and were trained
in Balochistan, were operating terror networks in Sukkur, Shikarpur,
Jacobabad and Sanghar districts in Sindh and Jaffarabad district
in Balochistan," said Sindh CTD chief Dr Sanaullah Abbasi.
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February 1 |
Sindh Rangers claimed to have killed notorious
Lyari gang war commander Noor Muhammad alias Baba Ladla in a shootout
in Lyari Town area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
Two of Baba Ladla's close associates, Sikandar alias Sikko and
Mohammad Yaseen alias Mama, were also killed in the encounter.
During the operation, Head Constable Fayyaz and Constable Tufail
were also killed. One Kalashnikov, a 9mm pistol, a 9mm mouser
and a hand grenade were also recovered from their possession.
The "most wanted" suspects were involved in numerous terrorist
incidents, said Rangers in a press release. "Baba Ladla was wanted
in more than 74 crimes by police," added the press release further.
The Sindh government had placed a head money of PKR Three million
on Baba Ladla in 2012.
The press release also revealed that Baba Ladla
had, with the help of Uzair Baloch, committed the murders of Shera
Pathan, Arshad Pappu and Yasir Arafat. It also stated that in
March 2013, Baba Ladla had kidnapped a group of Muhajirs and murdered
them. The Rangers press release also claimed the other gangster
gunned down in the operation, Sikander alias Siku, was wanted
in more than 15 crimes by Police. Sikander was described by Rangers
as a close aide of Baba Ladla and also his facilitator. In April
2012, Sikander had committed the murder of Station House Officer
(SHO) Fawad Khan while in the same year he had also killed Constable
Asif, according to the press release. In 2013, he had tortured
and subsequently killed two other men. Sikander had also been
involved in the sale and purchase of illegal weapons.
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February 3 |
Police stopped JuD from holding a 'multiparty
conference' (MPC) on Kashmir issue at the press club in Hyderabad
city of Sindh reportedly after receiving 'orders' from high-ups
in the wake of house arrest of JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed.
JuD leaders decided to cancel the conference and disperse peacefully.
Later, they informed media persons through an SMS that the MPC
had to be cancelled because of some 'unavoidable circumstances'.
A heavy contingent of Police had sealed the road with barbed wire
outside the press club. JuD Sindh emir Faisal Nadeem said the
MPC was not organised by JuD only, it was held by Tehreek-i-Azadi
Kashmir, a platform founded by JuD and other parties to discuss
Kashmir's freedom movement.
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February 8 |
Almost 248 Police officials who took part in 1992
and 1996 Karachi operations were killed however, so far only six
killers of these cops have been convicted. A total of 378 accused
were arrested. Challans submitted in 121 cases out of which in
six cases killers have been convicted whereas a total of 55 accused
acquitted and the remaining 60 are still under trial. Official
statistics show that from 1995 till 2016, almost 1,488 Policemen
were killed in the Karachi Range. Although, the most number of
Police officials - 261 - were killed in 1995 yet otherwise 2012,
2013 and 2014 were the worst years for the Karachi Police with
123, 165 and 136 killings respectively.
The ongoing Rangers' led operation appears to
have been a blessing even for the Karachi Police as killings of
Police officials in the city had drastically reduced in 2015 and
2016. In 2016, only 29 Policemen were killed whereas this figure
was 67 in 2015. The official data shows that a total of 261 Policemen
were killed in 1995 58 were murdered in 1996 74 in 1997 97 in
1998 59 in 1999 49 in 2000 58 in 2001 14 in 2002 19 in 2003 23
in 2004 24 in 2005 40 in 2006 51 in 2007 48 in 2008 41 in 2009
49 in 2010 53 in 2011 123 in 2012 165 in 2013 136 in 2014 67 in
2015 and 29 in 2016.
Outside Karachi in Sindh, Larkana appears to be
the most dangerous place for Policemen from 2001 till 2016. Each
year's number of Policemen killed in Larkana District during the
period (from 2001 till 2016) is 8 7 17 1 6 4 11 21 13 13 13 8
13 20 10 9 and 5 respectively. These figures show that the most
difficult time for the Larkana Police has been from 2007 to 2014
- the period during which the killing of policemen remained high.
Otherwise, in the Hyderabad District, the Police had a bad time
really in 2014 when a total of 27 Police officials got killed.
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February 9 |
Six militants were killed in a shoot out with
Police during a raid on a chicken farm off Superhighway near the
Baqai Medical University in Gadap town of Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh. SSP Malir Rao Anwar Ahmed said that the six
militants belonged to AQIS and TTP, and were involved in targeting
law enforcement personnel. One of the militant was also involved
in the Peshawar Army Public School attack. An ID card was found
from his pocket, but the investigators are trying to verify his
identity as the card he was carrying may have been faked. Another
militant Ibrahim Haydri had allegedly been wanted by Police for
his involvement in grenade attacks and firing on various Police
officials in different areas of Karachi. "Haydri and the other
militants were responsible for the death of around 25 Police personnel,"
the Rao Anwar Ahmed alleged.
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February 12 |
An employee of Samaa TV was killed evening when
unidentified assailants opened fire on a Samaa TV DSNG van at
KDA Chowrangi near Dolmen Mall in North Nazimabad of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh. An assistant cameraman, Taimur,
received a bullet wound to the head and was rushed to the nearby
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The
media van was in the area to cover an earlier incident, a cracker
attack on a Police vehicle, when it was attacked. "Our team members
along with the DSNG had gone there to cover the cracker attack
on the police vehicle when they came under attack," said Samaa
TV's Director News, Farhan Malik. Senior Superintendent of Police
(SSP), Central, Muqaddas Haider said the same suspects might be
involved in both the incidents and added the cracker attack on
the police vehicle did not cause any damage. "It appears that
the suspects attacked the Police mobile with a cracker to attract
media's attention and when the Samaa team arrived, they chased
and attacked it," added Haider.
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February 16 |
At least 88 people were killed when a suicide
bomber attacked the crowded Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
in Sehwan Sharif town of Jamshoro District in Sindh, injuring
at least 343 others. The blast took place inside the premises
of the shrine as a dhamaal was taking place, with a large number
of women and children said to be among the casualties. Devotees
throng the shrine of the revered Sufi saint every Thursday to
participate in a dhamaal and prayers. The Assistant Superintendent
of Police in Sehwan said a suicide bomber entered the shrine through
its Golden gate. The attacker blew himself up after throwing a
grenade, which failed to explode, he added. The ISIS claimed responsibility
for the attack through Amaq, the group's affiliated news agency.
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February 17 |
At least 18 alleged terrorists were killed in
a raid carried out in Ziarat Mai Garhi, Manghopir area of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh, said a spokesman of Pakistan
Rangers Sindh. Arms and ammunition was also seized from the possession
of the alleged terrorists said to be affiliated with a proscribed
organisation.
Police killed nine TTP militants including would-be
suicide bombers during exchange of fire near Super Highway in
Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. SSP Malir Rao Anwar
said the terrorists were planning to attack Rangers Headquarters
in Karachi. He said Police carried out raid at the alleged residence
of father-in-law of TTP Karachi chapter Amir, where the militants
resorted to fire on the arriving police party. In retaliatory
fire, nine militants including suicide bombers were killed.
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February 19 |
Seven militants were killed and one rangers personnel
received injuries during a targeted operation between Pakistan
Rangers Sindh and militants in Shah Latif Town of Karachi, the
provincial capital of Sindh. A spokesman for the Pakistan Rangers
Sindh revealed that the rangers launched a targeted operation
after receiving intelligence reports about the possible presence
of terrorists in the area. The forces were shot at by the terrorists
and returned fire resulting in the death of seven members of the
banned terrorist outfit, some of the terrorists managed to flee
from their hideout using the dark as cover, while Police called
in backup and cordoned off the area until the terrorists were
found. One ranger's personnel also received injuries in this incident.
A large number of arms and ammunitions were also recovered from
the hideout and it was revealed that the terrorists were planning
a terrorist activity of substantial scale in the area.
A cracker blast injured 24 persons in the jurisdiction
of Makki Shah Police Station in Hyderabad District, ahead of a
strike called by the banned JSMM against the CPEC. Initial reports
suggested that the cracker was lobbed from Sakhi Abdul Wahab Shah
Jillani flyover on a road where shops of second-hand clothes and
shoes are located.
SFs arrested the alleged facilitator of Lal Shahbaz
Qalandar suicide bomber from the outskirts of Khairpur town in
the same District. Sources said the alleged facilitator, during
initial interrogation, has revealed that Hafeez Birohi group of
Shikarpur is involved in Sehwan Sharif bombing. Hafeez Birohi
group, who was previously affiliated to LeJ, has been associated
with ISIS now. The same group was also involved in Shikarpur bombings.
The suicide bomber was Afghan national and the suicide vest was
also prepared in Shikarpur, the investigation further revealed.
Sources said the car used to target ISI headquarters in Sukkur
was also prepared in Shikarpur.
Sindh security establishment has proposed to the
Government that a dedicated force be raised to keep an eye on
its border with Balochistan after it was found that the suspects
involved in the recent terrorist attacks here had come from the
neighbouring province, said officials. This proposal was discussed
at multiple meetings held between the security officials and top
administrative authorities, including Chief Minister Syed Murad
Ali Shah, after the suicide attack on Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's shrine
in Sehwan.
Investigations into the recent terrorism activities
convinced the relevant authorities that their planners, handlers
and perpetrators had come from the neighbouring province. "A similar
thought or proposal emerged in October last year as well after
it was found that the suspects involved in two terrorists attacks
in Shikarpur in September 2015 had come from Balochistan," said
a senior official. "The findings pushed the Sindh authorities
to take up the matter with their Balochistan counterparts and
tighten security along the border and as the first step they deployed
policemen at key border points," he said, adding that the Sindh
government then had deployed a total of 400 policemen on its side
of the border.
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February 21 |
Unidentified assailants lobbed a hand grenade
at a residential building in Lyari town of Karachi, leaving one
woman injured. Police said 30-year-old Gul Nisa was injured when
two men riding a motorbike hurled a hand grenade at the entrance
of a building in Afshani Gali and sped away.
Pakistan Rangers Sindh recovered a cache of arms
from Landhi area Karachi. A Rangers communication said that a
raid was conducted on an intelligence tip off that some miscreants
belonging to MQM-London had hidden arms and ammunition with the
intention of committing sabotage. It said that Rangers took prompt
action and during search recovered arms and ammunition hidden
on the rooftop. This consisted of weapons and ammunition including
six Kalashnikovs, five magazines, one rifle of 8 mm, two 7mm rifles,
one repeater, five pistols of 30 bore, and 554 rounds.
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February 22 |
Police shot dead eight terrorists including a
key militant figure affiliated with a banned organization during
a raid on Bakrapeeri Road in Karachi, the provincial capital of
Sindh. According to SSP Malir Rao Anwar, the suspected terrorists
were killed during the raid on a tip off regarding presence of
Gul Zaman, Amir of a proscribed outfit. He said the terrorists
were planning to carry out an act of terrorism in Karachi.
According to report compiled by the Inspector
General of Sindh Police, a significant decline in the number of
targeted killings in Karachi has been witnessed in 2016 as compared
to 2015 showing 72 per cent drop. The report said that the Police
recorded 45 targeted killings in the city last year, which it
described as a huge as compared to 159 such killings in 2015.
The report discussing crime and militancy in Sindh, however, does
not show any visible improvement vis-a-vis incidents of terrorism.
It shows six terrorist incidents last year while seven such incidents
occurred in 2015. Some 188 cases of extortion were registered
last year which were 27pc less than 256 such cases in 2015.
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February 23 |
Police shot dead two IS militants, identified
as Saifullah and Haneef, in Manghopir area Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh. According to sources, Police came under attack
when it raided their hideout. One policeman received injuries
during the gun battle while both the militants were killed and
their accomplices managed to flee the scene. SSP, West Zone, Nasir
Aftab said they found a hit list that included names of Police
officers and other Government officials on the laptop.
The Sindh Home Department issued a notification
that contained certain areas of Karachi which could be on the
terrorists' agenda next. According to details, a notification
by the Sindh Home Department stated that Sindh High Court, Empress
Market, Sindh Assembly, Zainab Market, markets located at M.A.
Jinnah Road and the restaurants located at Do Darya, could next
be targeted by militants.
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February 24 |
Investigators probing the attack on the shrine
of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, detained four people suspected
of facilitating the attack during raids conducted in different
parts of Sindh, including Shikarpur. Source said that the suspects
were affiliated with Hafeez Brohi and Abdullah Brohi, who were
part of a banned sectarian outfit and were involved in various
terrorist activities, particularly facilitating terrorists and
suicide bombers. "Hafeez and Abdullah Brohi are on the wanted
list since they have been involved in terror activities including
bombings in Shikarpur and Sukkur," said CTD in-charge Raja Omar
Khattab.
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February 28 |
The CTD of both Sindh and Balochistan Police decided
to launch a "joint operation" in parts of the country's largest
province where the intelligence wings of the law-enforcement agency
had identified "hideouts" of suspects allegedly involved in recent
terrorist attacks in Sindh. High officials flew from Karachi to
Quetta, where a meeting of the CTD from both provinces was scheduled.
After hours of deliberations and presentations, the Sindh Police
authorities finally convinced their counterparts about the presence
of the hideouts of some banned militant outfits in Balochistan
which were used by terrorists for the recent attacks in Sindh.
"It was a formal meeting after our earlier correspondence and
intelligence-sharing," said Chief of the Sindh Police's CTD Additional
IG Sanaullah Abbasi. "We showed them not only the findings of
a JIT (joint interrogation team) report about high-profile militants
but also data and reports of our intelligence units that strengthened
our case. The Balochistan authorities agreed to cooperate with
us and move with Sindh police in pursuit of these hideouts," he
added.
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March 5 |
One militant was killed and four others arrested
during a raid by CTD personnel in Korangi Town area of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh. According to CTD official, Raja
Umar Khattab, the terrorist killed by forces was identified as
Dildaar alias Chacha, who was reportedly an expert in making explosives.
He said that the detainees had been planning a terrorist attack
when their hideout was raided. A large amount of explosive material,
detonators and weapons were recovered from the site.
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March 9 |
Unnamed Officials involved in anti terrorist operations
have revealed that LeJ, a proscribed organization, particularly
active in the port city of Karachi (provincial capital of Sindh)
and Quetta (provincial capital of Baluchistan). The Organization
is still the prime target of LEA for its close liaison with banned
JuA. Most of the organization's activists have gone underground
to escape arrests. The officials claim that LeJ's almost 90 percent
network has been disabled by eliminating its top leadership. According
to the officials, LeJ ties with ISIS surfaced last year when terrorists
attacked the Police academy in Quetta in October. The group is
active in Karachi and Quetta with two deferent off-shoot groups
namely the Naeem Bukhari Group in Karachi and LeJ Al-Alami in
Quetta.
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March 20 |
The Pakistan Rangers Sindh recovered a cache of
arms and ammunition during an intelligence based operation from
the storeroom of the Safari Park on the University Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Pakistan Rangers
Sindh spokesman said weapons recovered include rifles, SMGs, LMGs,
hand grenades, snipers and large number of bullets.
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March 22 |
A portion of railway tracks damaged when an IED
went off at Misri Shah area near Rohri Railway Station in Sukkur
District of Sindh in the evening. SP Special Branch Mansoor Mughal
said that the service of Karachi-bound Shalimar Express that passes
through Rohri has been halted until the track is repaired. According
to the Bomb Disposal Squad, some 2.5 kilogrammes of explosive
material was used in the blast.
A cracker blast at the Mehrabpur Railway Station
in Naushahro Firoz District damaged a foot-long part of the track,
interrupting trains travelling up and down the tracks.
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April 9 |
The CTD personnel shot dead a terrorist during
snap checking at Sukkur-Shikarpur link road in Sukkur District
of Sindh in the evening. According to SP Irfan Samo, CTD personnel,
during snap checking signalled three men riding on a motorcycle
to pull over. The militants opened fire on CTD personnel that
was retaliated. One terrorist was killed, while two others managed
to flee during the encounter.
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April 12 |
Two Pakistan Rangers Sindh personnel were killed
during a raid to arrest militants trained in Syria and Afghanistan
and working for foreign intelligence agencies were arrested from
Mawaach Goth area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
Briefing media on the raid, Rangers spokesperson Colonel Qaisar
said that they raided a militant hideout in Mawaach Goth area
on a tipoff that militants of AQIS have entered in the metropolis
for subversive activities. 'Eight KG explosives, one suicide vest,
four ball bearing bombs and four SMGs were seized from the suspects,'
Colonel Qaiser explained, further adding that 'two Rangers personnel
were martyred during the raid.' The LEAs also recovered 360-degree
images of a site were from their possession, he said. Tahir Zaman
aka Boxer Mota was trained in Afghanistan. IED expert Nawaz
joined the AQIS group in 2012, he also provided medical services
to another terrorist, Javed Swati. The third suspect, Bilal, was
a close associate of main suspect Tahir who was involved in the
Safoora attack.
Police arrested a target killer affiliated to
MQM-L, identified as Kamran s/o Jumma Khan, from Joharabad area
of Karachi. Police said Kamran is involved in two murder cases
in Orangi Town
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April 13 |
A doctor, identified as Dr Zulfiqar, was killed
when two unidentified assailants called out him from his house
and opened fire in Kharadar area of Saddar Town in Karachi, the
provincial capital of Sindh, in the night. Dr. Zulfiqar used to
run a clinic in Khadda Market.
Police carried out various searches in Upper
Gizri, Mominabad, Manghopir and Steel Town Areas and rounded up
88 suspects from the areas. In another raid in Lyari's Sango Lane
area, Police nabbed a gangster affiliated with Uzair Baloch group.
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April 14 |
A suspected gangster, identified as Ghulam Nabi
alias Gull, was shot dead in an 'encounter' in Kalakot
area of Lyari town in Karachi, reports Dawn. The Police have seized
a TT pistol and a hand grenade from his custody. The deceased
was associated with the Uzair Baloch-led Lyari gang, the Police
said. "He looked after drug business in Lyari," an unnamed officer
added.
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April 17 |
In a recent study carried out by Sindh CTD about
educated 'hardcore militants' in the province's jails, revealed
that out of 500 surveyed militants, at least 64 have a Masters
degree or higher. As many as 70 militants have a Bachelors degree
and 63 have completed their matriculate and intermediate.
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April 18 |
Police claimed to have arrested a target killer
belonging to MQM-L from Gulberg Town in Karachi. According to
Gulberg SP Bashir Brohi, Jauharabad police arrested Umar Farooque
alias Rashid Charya alias Rashid Kalla. Charya has been involved
in at least 12 cases of target killing and terrorism. A pistol
with five bullets has been recovered from him. "He joined Unit
131 of MQM in 1995. During the course of interrogation he has
revealed multiple terrorist activities in Karachi," the SP said.
He said further Charya attacked Baloch Goth in 1995-96 in which
five people were killed, including his own accomplice Jameel.
An ATC in Karachi awarded 17 years' imprisonment
to two MQM-L activists each for attacking a police mobile and
possessing illegal arms. After the prosecution proved the charges
against Mohsin alias Peter and Raees alias Kala, the court sentenced
them to 17 years in prison and imposed a fine of PKR 80,000 on
each convict, observing that they had not only targeted the police
but also possessed illegal arms. According to the prosecution,
the MQM-L workers had attacked the police mobile in Pirabad police
jurisdiction in 2011. Both were arrested after an encounter with
a police team and illegal arms were found on them.
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April 22 |
16 people including women and children were injured
in Lyari Jhatpat Market of Karachi, the provincial capital of
Sindh, when a hand grenade blast took place. Shakir alias Shakkar,
a Gang War commander from the Baba Ladla group is reportedly behind
the attack, a source from Lyari informed.
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April 23 |
SFs recovered weapons buried in Karachi's Lal
Qila Ground in Azizabad in Karachi. The weapons recovered included
SMGs, LMGs, 9mm pistols and a large number of cartridges.
SFs arrested three wanted suspects, including
two members of the banned BLA. In the first incident, the SFs
raided hideouts of Lyari gang war suspects Sajid Dakait, Jameel
Changa, and Bilal Pappu and arrested two members of the BLA. According
to sources, the three suspects, who reside in Dubai, were operating
a drug den in the Ghazi Khan vicinity with the help of accomplices
Arif Tiki, Obaid Langra, and Fahad Baloch. In a separate raid,
an important member of the Lyari gang war, Amin Baloch, was arrested
during a raid at Lyari General Hospital. According to the police,
Amin was a vital accomplice of Lyari gang war's Zahid Ladla and
the younger brother of gang war suspect Wasim Qasargandi. Amin
had been arrested by Rangers in the past and had spent time in
prison. He had been wanted by the police in a number of criminal
cases.
PPP-led Sindh Government extended Sindh Rangers
special powers in Karachi for another 90 days. The policing powers
of paramilitary Rangers had expired on April 15 after which a
summary was forwarded to Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah seeking
extension of the special powers of Rangers.
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April 24 |
Five persons, including three terrorists, wife
of one of them, and a 5-years-old boy, were killed while four
Rangers personnel were injured in an encounter in the area of
Urdu Bazaar of Karachi, Sindh. Sources said that, on a tip off,
Rangers and security agencies carried out a raid on a hide out
of terrorists in Urdu bazaar. On spotting Rangers, terrorist attacked
on them with cracker bombs. As a result four Rangers personnel
sustained injuries. In retaliatory firing by Rangers one terrorist
was killed while the other was arrested. However the terrorists
and Rangers personnel continued to trade firing. Blasts were also
heard during the exchange of firing. Five terrorists, including
one female, and a 5-year-old boy died in this seven hours long
operation. According to Rangers, the deceased boy and female were
residing in the respective hide out along with suspects and boy
was killed as a result of explosion from terrorists. Weapons and
explosives have been recovered from their possession. SATP had
earlier reported that one terrorist was killed in the operation.
Reports indicate that the killed militants belonged
to banned outfit Jandullah. Rangers have arrested 10 suspects,
including the flat owner, to investigate further. Huge cache of
weapon was also recovered from the flat.
Rangers personnel and the CTD of the Sindh Police
claim to have arrested eight suspects during raids and operations
in different parts of Karachi. According to Rangers spokesperson,
Saeedul Hassan alias China and Syed Omar Aijaz alias Omar alias
Maaz alias Musab, Saleem alias Chosni, Furqan alias Shooter, Abu
Bakar, Ibrahim alias Hyderi, Sikandar and Asif Pathan were arrested
in the operation. The Rangers spokesperson has claimed that the
accused persons were affiliated with AQIS, adding that the accused
persons were involved in attacks on police and Rangers check posts
in Nazimabad and Gulshan-e-Iqbal. They were also accused of being
involved in various cases of crime and terrorism, including target
killings, wall chalking, extortion, robberies, and facilitating
terrorism. The Rangers spokesperson said that arms and ammunition
were also recovered from their possession.
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April 25 |
CTD of Larkana Police claimed to have arrested
two terrorists in two separate incidents from Larkana District
and Jacobabad District, and recovered weapons, explosive material
from their possession. CTD Larkana SP Abdullah Ahmed Yar said,
"One of the detainees was identified as Qari Muhammad Bilal who
was arrested from Shaikh Zayed Morr area of Larkana. He is affiliated
with banned outfit LeJ and other terrorist groups of Punjab. He
is a resident of Rajanpur (Punjab) and was also awarded death
sentence in 2008 for murder. Since then he had been absconding."
In another action, the CTD SP said a member of BRA, Abid Shah,
was arrested along with a pistol and explosive material from Jacobabad.
"The detainee was involved in carrying out bomb blasts on railway
tracks, gas pipelines and electricity poles, and an FIR had already
been registered against him in Kashmore for targeting Khushal
Khan Khattak Express in 2015," the SP said.
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May 1 |
The Sindh Police's CTD has decided to execute
a comprehensive plan that its team had prepared for deradicalisation
of militants from this month. A core team comprising forensic
psychiatrist and psychologist, facilitator or mediator, religious
scholar and a CTD official has already been established for this
purpose, sources said. A few young suspected militants, who are
in custody for indulging in 'minor' activities, were selected
for a pilot project in the first phase of the deradicalisation
plan, said Sindh CTD chief Additional Inspector General of Police
Dr Sanaullah Abbasi. He said a number of sessions with those youngsters
would be held possibly at the CTD office in Garden police headquarters
and if need be, such sessions might be held at their residences.
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May 10 |
LEAs claimed to have arrested three alleged terrorists
at Taaja Shaakh (water channel), in the limits of Dadupur Police
Station of Ghari Khairo tehsil of Jacobabad District in Sindh.
LEAs recovered 3 kilograms explosive substance from their possession
According to SSP Jacobabad ,Sarfraz Nawaz Shaikh, Dadupur Police
and law enforcers cordoned off the area and succeeded in arresting
three alleged terrorists, later, identified as Nawabuddin son
of Meer Muhammad aka Sher Muhammad Sandrani, resident of Baluchistan
province, Balach Khan by caste Banglani, resident of Thull town
of Jacobabad, Karim Dino son of Waris Dino Banglani, resident
of Thull town of Jacobabad and seized 3kg explosive substance
from their possession, SSP claimed.
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May 17 |
A report of an Islamabad-based security think
tank CRSS shows that Sindh is the only province of the country
where fatalities from violence have suddenly increased during
the first quarter of this year. The quarterly report issued by
the CRSS, however, states that the other provinces show a decline
in violence-related casualties, when compared to data from last
year's corresponding period. During the first three months of
the current year, there were 1,129 reported casualties - 594 dead
and 535 wounded - across Pakistan. Regionally, Sindh is the most
violent region, followed by FATA, Punjab and Balochistan. Sindh
is the only province to witness a rise in violence-related casualties.
Unlike in the past, Karachi is not the principal factor in the
rise in the rate of homicides, Muhammad Nafees, a Karachi-based
security expert associated with the CRSS, told The News.
While ongoing military operations against proscribed
militant outfits, such as the TTP and the LeJ, have forced terrorists
to go into hiding, the Islamic State (or Daesh) has shown its
presence in Sindh and Balochistan by claiming major suicide attacks
on two Sufi shrines, adds the CRSS report.
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May 19 |
The CTD of Sindh with the collaboration of intelligence
agency arrested one BLA cadre, involved in blew up of SSGC pipeline,
from in Lyari Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
An explosion had damaged the Sui gas pipeline near Madinatul Hikmat
area of Manghopir on May 17 causing damage to the 16-inch diameter
gas pipeline. Though no loss of life was reported from the explosion
but due to the incident, gas supply to Manghopir, Banaras, and
nearby areas was disrupted.
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May 21 |
Four assailants, riding on two Bikes, opened fire
on a Police van left two Policemen killed and one critically injured
near Doraji in the jurisdiction of New Town Police Station in
Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. East zone SSP Faisal
Abdullah said unidentified assailants fired at New Town Police
Station's mobile van during routine patrolling, injuring three
police personnel. ASI Iftikhar and Head Constable Raja Younus
later succumbed to injuries at hospital. The SSP Faisal Abdullah
added that 30-bore and 9-mm pistols were used in the incident.
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May 24 |
A major terrorism bid was foiled as Pakistan Rangers
Sindh arrested six suspected militants from Scout Colony area
of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of
Sindh.
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May 27 |
The Counter-Terrorism Department claimed to have
killed a wanted gangster in an encounter near Naurus Chowangi
area of Site area in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
The killed gangster, identified as Mohammed Sohail alias DC, was
allegedly involved in targeted killings of at least 10 people
including a local reporter, minority members, Police and workers
of MQM, said CTD Senior SSP Omer Shahid Hamid. The deceased was
associated with Lyari's gangsters, Wasiullah Lakho and Taj Mohammed
alias Taju. He had fled to Dubai in order to avoid being arrested,
revealed the SSP Omer Shahid.
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June 5 |
The Sindh Government announced a 10 per cent increase
in the budget for security with a plan to recruit 10,000 more
Policemen in the next financial year to "improve police-to-citizens
ratio, especially in Karachi". "When hate rhetoric permeates our
worshipping places, our educational institutions and media outlets,
we are faced with a clear and present danger at our doorsteps,"
said CM Syed Murad Ali Shah while delivering his budget speech
in the Sindh Assembly. The CM said the budgetary allocation for
security in the financial year 2017-18 was proposed at PKR 92.91
billion, reflecting an increase of 10pc over the allocation of
PKR 84.26bn during the outgoing fiscal year. It is proposed that
10,000 new posts of different ranks will be created in Sindh police
and PKR two billion will be spent on purchasing vehicles for the
law enforcement agency. "Forensic laboratory at an estimated cost
of PKR 2.6 billion is being constructed to provide Sindh police
state-of-the-art centre to investigate and solve complex crimes,"
CM Shah said, referring to key features of the budget proposal
for the provincial security apparatus.
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June 9 |
Police arrested four people, including two Police
personnel, for running a 'torture cell' in which they held people
after kidnapping them for ransom in Rohri town of Sukkur District
in Sindh. A special team led by Sukkur DIG Feroze Shah arrested
four suspects, including Police officials Mohammad Jawed Khero
and Naeem Ahmed, during a raid in Rohri. However, the ringleader
and in-charge of the 'torture cell', former Sub-Inspector Ayaz
Khero managed to flee during the raid. Khero had been dismissed
from the Police service over allegations of corruption and extortion.
The suspects used to kidnap people in the guise of checking from
Sukkur and other areas and later locked them up in the torture
cell.
Three SHOs were suspended after a large number
of people took to the streets and blocked a section of the Hyderabad
bypass for six hours in protest against the killing of a villager
in, what the Phulelli Police claimed, was an 'encounter'. Relatives
of the victim, Wali Mohammad Chang - a resident of Chang Goth
located off Hala Naka Road - said he was actually picked up by
Police at around 11am on June 8 and the Police claimed to have
killed him in the alleged encounter at around 11pm. "He [Wali]
was fasting ... he was going to buy fruits when residents of the
village saw Police picking him up at around 11am," his younger
brother, Mairaj Chang, said while speaking to journalists at the
Liaquat University Hospital (LUH), city branch.
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June 21 |
The CTD of Sindh Police prepared a consolidated
list of websites, web pages and social media accounts spreading
extremism and terrorism. The CTD has written a letter to the PTA,
FIA and other authorities for closing/banning of such websites,
web pages and social media accounts to foil the designs of banned
militant organisations. "We have identified 25 such websites,
which were involved in spreading religious and ethnic extremism
and terrorism," said CTD chief AIG Dr Sanaullah Abbasi. He said
the CTD had sent a list of 25 sites with the recommendation that
they should be banned by the PTA. These sites were linked with
banned organisations or promoting radical thought, he added.
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June 23 |
Unidentified militants shot dead four Policemen,
who were sitting at a roadside eatery for Iftar in the SITE Town
area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. SITE town SP
Asif Ahmed Bughio said that four Policemen were about to break
their fast at a restaurant located between the Siemens and Habib
Bank traffic intersections when two armed motorcyclists emerged
there, fired a volley of bullets at them and rode away. The victims
were identified as ASI Mohammed Yusuf and constables Shabbir,
Khalid and Israr. A hitherto unknown militant outfit, Jamaat-ul-Ansar
al-Shariah Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack.
The CTD official Raja Umer Khattab said that the
Police found a pamphlet from the scene of the crime and it appeared
that the assailants threw it there before fleeing. Sharing details,
the official said that the pamphlet was from the so-called spokesperson
of the newly-formed outfit, in which he claimed responsibility
of the killing of the Policemen. Khattab said that it was the
second attack in Karachi which was claimed by the group. The name
of this group first emerged in April when it claimed responsibility
for the targeted killing of a retired colonel, Tahir Zia Nagi,
in Baloch Colony. The Jamaat-ul-Ansar al-Shariah was established
in Libya and Tunisia in 2011 but it was reactivated in 2014. This
outfit had mostly targeted law enforcers as well as Americans,
Khattab added.
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July 3 |
Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) arrested two wanted members
of Lyari gangsters, Muhammad Omair and Zaheer Khan, in Madina
Colony of Lyari Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
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July 6 |
A Lyari gangster, identified as Wasla, was shot
dead in a Police encounter at Nippier Road under the jurisdiction
of Nippier Police Station in Lyari Town of Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh. According to Police, the deceased was affiliated
with the Uzair Baloch gang and involved in murders, grenade attacks,
kidnapping for ransom, attack on Police mobile and other heinous
crime.
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July 10 |
Police killed a Lyari gangster
in an encounter at Mirza Adam Road in Lyari town of Karachi, the
provincial capital of Sindh. Police said they carried out a targeted
raid in Mirza Adam Road. As the gangster saw the police approaching
to him, he resorted to firing and injured a cop, while in retaliation
he got killed, the deceased was affiliated with the Lyari gang,
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July 12 |
An IED explosion was reported from an area near
Jama Mosque Mohammadi in the Bin-Qasim town of Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh. Though no casualties were reported, however,
the green belt of the road was damaged. DIG East Arif Hanif stated,
"Sindhudesh Liberation Army is involved in the incident as its
terrorists have been doing such activities in all over the Sindh
to disturb the peace." He informed that suspects of Sindhudesh
Liberation Army (also known as Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army,
SRA) had claimed to have planted bomb on the green belt to target
the convoy of Chinese engineers but likely the convoy passed through
the spot earlier. According to the DIG the suspects involved have
left some pamphlets on the spot claiming the responsibility of
the blast. Sindhudesh Liberation Army issued a letter to media
claiming the responsibly. Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army claims
the responsibility of the bomb attacks on Chinese Engineers in
Karachi today (July 10) and warns the Chinese that they should
not become the part of any Project in Sindh which may be against
the national interest of Sindhis. SRA will continue its struggle
till the freedom of Sindhudesh.
Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed police
department to provide adequate security to the Chinese working
on CPEC related projects and install jammers in their vehicles
when they travel from one are to another. The Chief Minister said
that there are over nine CPEC projects in Sindh, work on all these
seven projects is in progress where 3044 Chinese are working in
them . These projects and their workforce, particularly the Chinese
are very important for the development of the country in general
and Sindh in particular. They should have foolproof security as
it was decided at the start of the CPEC projects.
Home Secretary Qazi Shahid Parvez briefing the
Chief Minister said that seven security headquarters of each project
with a 3044 well trained police force have been deployed for the
security of Chinese. He added that Pakistan Army leads their security
apparatus. He added that the eighth project of NTDC Transmission
line from Matirai to Lahore has been launched where 15 Chinese
have been engaged. "We have provided them a security force of
65 personnel," he said. The Chief Minister said according to the
data available with some 137 non-CEPEC projects are going on in
the province where 1971 Chinese are working. "What arrangement
have you made for their security, he asked the home secretary.
The home secretary said that 1373 personnel have been deployed
on their security. Additional IG Karachi Mushtaq Maher said that
with the approval of the Chief Minister Sindh police have raised
a Special Protection Unit (SPU) to maintain an effective security
response and to avert any threat to Chinese nationals working
on CPEC projects. He added that the total sanctioned strength
of SPU is 2662 against which 1349 are working while 1313 posts
are vacant for which recruitment process was in progress. DIG
RRF & SPU Amin Yousifzai said that nine projects have been expanded
to 11. Talking about the security arrangements he said that the
coal-based power Plant at Port Qasim have been provided a force
of 563 personnel which include 30 army men, 193 SPU, 149 Rangers,
17 FC, 17 policemen and 157 private security guards. Similarly,
Thar project of Block-II has been given security of 413 personnel
while 46 personnel have been deployed on Thar power project Block-I.
He added that for the security of four wind power projects in
Thatta district a force of 555 personnel has been deployed. The
DIG said that for 126 km long NDTC transmission line from Sukkur
to Ghotki a force 1197 personnel has been deployed. For the transmission
line from Matirai to Lahore/Faisalabad a force of 76 personnel
has been deployed for the security of Chinese. The 548 km railway
line being laid from Karachi to Peshawar has been given a force
of 75 personnel for the Sindh section.
On the intelligence tip a team of AVCC raided
Dhobi Ghat area in the remit of Garden Police Station area in
Saddar Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, and arrested
a suspect, identified as Naseem, along with weapons. He is affiliated
with MQM-L and is also involved in many incidents of target killing.
After initial interrogation from the suspect the Police recovered
more weapons on his pointation which were concealed underground
in the Old City area. According to the police Naseem has confessed
that he killed various people on the directives of his leader
ship in London and the weapons he had concealed were kept for
using in terror activates in future.
Pakistan Rangers Sindh arrested suspect Arif alias
Takki from the Pak-Colony area of Site Town in Karachi. Takki
was affiliated with Arshad Pappu group of Lyari Gang War and was
involved in many incident of crime, including killing, kidnapping
and extortion. Nowadays he was active in the area as 'commander'
of Golimar area.
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July 13 |
Sindh Government has given 90-day extension to
the special powers of rangers in Karachi Division under the Anti-terrorism
Act. The period of the special powers of rangers in Karachi Division
was to end on July 12. However, CM Syed Murad Ali Shah approved
a summary to give 90-day extension to the special powers of the
rangers in Karachi Division. However, the final notification in
this regard would be issued by the Federal Government.
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July 17 |
Two workers of PSP were killed in a suspected
targeted attack in Orangi Town of Karachi, the provincial capital
of Sindh. According to Superintendent of Police Abid Ali Baloch
the PSP workers, Abdul Hameed alias Nadeem alias Mulla (55) and
Rashid Khan (50), were sitting at a corner of a street near Qazafi
Chowk behind Sindh Government Qatar Hospital when armed pillion
riders attacked them and fled.
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July 19 |
Abdur Razzak Shaikh, a former security officer
of PPP MNA and sister of Party Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari,
Faryal Talpur, was shot dead in an act of targeted killing in
District Central at Haji Mureed Goth within the limits of Gulbahar
Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Abdur
Razzak Shaikh was shot multiple times and was taken to Abbasi
Shaheed Hospital for medical treatment where he succumbed to his
injuries. His body was handed over to his family for burial. He
was shot at least twice with a close range. DSP Zafar Khan said
that the incident occurred when the victim was sitting outside
his residence when at least two armed men riding a motorcycle
shot him. Razzak was also a close aide of Zardari's chief protocol
officer Bilal Shaikh who had been killed a few years ago in a
suicide attack in Karachi. Bilal's brother, Khan Shaikh, said
that the deceased had served as Talpur's security officer and
had previously served as a security officer at Zardari House.
He had been a founding member of Jannisar-e -Benazir.
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July 21 |
Three Policemen and a 12-year-old boy were killed
after six unidentified assailants opened fire on a Police van
parked near Darul Uloom in Korangi town of Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh. SP Landhi Arif Aslam confirmed that an Awami
Colony Police mobile was the target of the attack. The dead personnel
were identified as ASI Qamar Din, Constable Babar Ali and Constable
Amjad. The identity of the boy is still not known.
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July 24 |
Four militants, including Mullah Akbar Swati,
the chief of AQIS Karachi chapter, were killed in an encounter
with Police during a raid in the Sachal area of Malir Town in
Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. "The spy agencies traced
a telephone call in the morning that the terrorists were going
to hold a gathering in the area," Malir SSP Rao Anwar said. "The
surveillance of the area was increased following intelligence
sharing, and preparations were made for the arrest of the outlaws."
"However, the terrorists opened fire on the police team that reached
the site of terrorists' gathering," the SSP said, adding that
the Police retaliated and killed four of them. Following the encounter,
a heavy contingent of Rangers reached the site and started searching
the area to nab other terrorists.
A traffic Constable was killed and another injured
when unidentified assailants riding pillion on a motorcycle opened
indiscriminate fire at Abul Hasan Ispahani Road in Sohrab Goth
area of Karachi. Gadap town Superintendent of Police Chaudhry
Saifullah confirmed the incident, stating that both traffic wardens
had been attacked near the Paradise Bakery. "Apparently, today's
incident appeared to be part of a recent wave of attacks on law
enforcers in the city," stated the CTD's SSP Omar Shahid Hamid.
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July 31 |
Two IS militants were shot dead in an exchange
of fire with SFs during raid on a house in Sector 21-B of Shah
Latif Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Shah Latif
Town SHO Amanullah Marwat said the militants were allegedly involved
in the targeted killing of 15 people, including a DSP, Traffic,
Faiz Shigri. One of the deceased was identified as Abu Huzaifa,
while the name of the other militant could not be ascertained
immediately, said SHO Marwat. "Abu Huzaifa was previously associated
with AQIS, but later on he joined IS," said Malir SSP Rao Anwar.
Sindh IGP, A.D. Khowaja, said that talks with
different companies and consultants were under way to install
10,000 cameras in Karachi under the safe city project and expressed
the hope that work on the project would start soon. Speaking at
a ceremony held to hand over 45 Toyota pick-ups among the investigation
wing of Police at the Police headquarters in Garden area of Saddar
Town in Karachi and talking to journalists after the ceremony,
the IGP Khowaja said that all possible efforts were being made
to enhance the capacity of the police force. IGP Khowaja said
that as part of enhancing the capacity of Police, more weapons
such as SMGs and pistols were being purchased from Pakistan Ordnance
Factory in Wah. He said that Karachi was a megacity and under
such a situation, carrying pistol was more advisable than SMGs.
Around 12,000 pistols would be procured while in the past Police
had only 3,000 pistols. At least 10,000 bulletproof jackets would
also be purchased as at present the Police had only 18,000 such
jackets, he added.
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August 6 |
The CTD shot dead three militants in a late night
encounter at Machar Colony area of Kiamari Town in Karachi, the
provincial capital of Sindh. According to SSP Shahid Hamid, on
a tip-off, CTD carried out a targeted raid in a house at Machar
Colony, where Policemen entered the house to approach the alleged
terrorists, they suddenly resorted to firing. After heavy exchange
of fire three militants got killed, while four others arrested.
CTD recovered a cache of arms and IEDs.
Pakistan Rangers Sindh conducted an operation
and arrested two suspected militants from a residential building
near the Lal Flat located on the Rashid Minhas road.
Contrary to their previous assumption that one
single outfit has been targeting Policemen and retired personnel
of law enforcement agencies, CTD officials now conclude that there
are numerous splinter groups - of either TTP or LeJ- responsible
for the spate of attacks in recent months. "There are multiple
groups involved in targeted killings of policemen in the city,"
said CTD's chief ADGP Sanaullah Abbasi. He said the CTD assessed
that there were apparently separate militant groups involved in
around half a dozen acts of terrorism in the metropolis as their
modus operandi were different in each case. TTP has formed a special
cell to target LEA personnel. They were operating in the East
and West zones of the Police's organisational structure.
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August 9 |
The CTD conducted a search operation in the Al-Kareem
Islamic Academy located in SITE Town area of Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh, allegedly linked with the TTP and arrested seven
persons for interrogation. CTD SSP Omar Shahid Hamid said that
a team, along with District Administration and District Police,
had conducted a search operation in the Al-Kareem Islamic Academy
which had been established by Mufti Shakir, a "dangerous terrorist
and TTP commander". "Mufti Shakir is responsible for a number
of police murders in District Central and West in 2013-14, and
is suspected of involvement in the murder of SSP Chaudhry Aslam,"
added the officer.
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August 11 |
A Traffic DSP and his driver were shot dead in
Hussainabad area of Azizabad Town in Karachi, the provincial capital
of Sindh. As per initial reports, DSP Hanif was on his way home
from office when unidentified assailants opened fire on his vehicle
in Hussainabad, said SSP, Central, Muqadas Haider.
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August 15 |
Two militants belonging to the TTP Mufti Shakir
group were killed during an encounter with the CTD personnel in
the Manghopir area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
According to a CTD press release, an operation was carried out
in the Manghopir area to intercept the two 'TTP men' reportedly
coming from Balochistan, based on information gathered from the
'terrorists' apprehended by the CTD in last week in Machhar Colony.
The apprehended terrorists also claimed that Abdul Jabbar was
on his way to Karachi from Balochistan, with plans to attack jamaat
khanas, imambargahs, shrines and Police training centres and important
officials of security agencies. The team, with the use of the
CTD's intelligence, was able to set up check posts in the city.
As soon as the terrorists' vehicle reached Manghophir, the Police
signalled them to stop, the CTD said, after which the terrorists
began firing at the Police. The terrorists, namely Abdul Jabbar
and Daniyal were killed on the spot by the Police's retaliatory
firing, the CTD handout read. According to CTD forensic scans
run on two pistols recovered from the 'terrorists', the weapons
were used in the 2015 target killing of a Police Sub-Inspector
in Baldia Town.
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August 17 |
One Police Qaumi razakar was killed and another
was injured in a firing incident in the Northern Bypass area in
Karachi. SSP Malir Rao Anwar said the two razakars, wearing Police
uniforms, were standing at a Police chowki near the bypass when
unidentified assailants opened fire on them.
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August 19 |
Two TTP militants were killed in shootout during
an IBO jointly conducted by CTD and Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) at
Noorani Basti in Korangi Town of Karachi, the provincial capital
of Sindh, in the early hours. CTD SSP Raja Umar Khattab said that
an IBO jointly carried out in search of militants at Noorani Basti
when the Policemen entered a house the militants restored to firing
and after a heavy exchange of fire two militants belonged to TTP
got killed. CTD said that killed militants were involved in murder
of two Traffic Policemen, Constable Kamran and Head Constable
Mohammad Khan, at Abul Hasan Ispahani Road. CTD claimed to have
recovered weapons and other materials from the alleged terrorists
who had affiliation with TTP's Mufti Shakir Group and involved
in other sabotage activities in the city.
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August 25 |
The Sindh High Court transferred 14 cases including
cases against LeJ's high profile suspected target killers Ishaq
alias Bobby and Mohammad Asim alias Ahmed alias Capri nominated
in the Amjad Sabri murder case, to Anti-Terrorism Court-16 (ATC-16).
The Sindh High Court Inspection Team-II issued a notification
regarding transfer of the cases to ATC-16. The court has received
the notification. The court heard the Amjad Sabri case along with
over a dozen of other cases against the two suspected militants
of LeJ. The court issued production orders of the accused. The
accused were arrested by the CTD in November 2016 for their alleged
involvement in over 12 dozen cases pertaining to targeted killings
of Army personnel, Rangers, Police officials and members of the
Shia community.
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August 26 |
The CTD Sindh claimed to have arrested a target
killer belonging to Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London MQM-L who
was involved in over a hundred cases of target killing from Qasba
Colony area of Orangi Town and recovered huge cache of dumped
weapons, from Shehzad Mor within the limits of Pirabad Police
Station in Frontier Colony, Orangi Town in Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh. PBTIG in-charge of CTD Mazhar Mashwani stated
that the arrested target killer Imran alias Mama has remained
underground after 2013 until he was arrested on informer's information
from his hideout. Imran was rounded up in a midnight raid when
team of CTD, on spy's information raided near Qasba Colony, Shehzad
Mor under Pirabad Police Station and recovered dumped weapons
including five repeaters action pumps 12 bore, two rifles, one
8mm rifle, one KK and over 500 rounds of bullets.
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September 2 |
Two people including a child were killed in an
attack in which MQM-P leader Khwaja Izharul Hassan escaped unhurt
in the Buffer Zone area of Karachi, the provincial capital of
Sindh, in the morning. According to details, Khwaja Izharul Hassan,
who is also the leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly
survived the assassination attempt when he was leaving a mosque
after offering Eid-ul-Azha prayers. Police said a child and one
of Hassan's security guards were killed in the attack by unidentified
assailants clad in police uniform riding on the motorcycles. Three
other persons were also injured in the gunshot. An assailant was
also killed in the retaliatory fire while another was injured
but managed to flee, Police added. The shell of a 9mm pistol bullet
was also found from the crime scene.
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September 4 |
Police in a shootout killed four suspected terrorists,
including TTP chief Mullah Fazlullah's cousin, Khursheed, in Karachi
city's Sadaf Society locality. Malir Town SSP Rao Anwar claimed
that Khursheed has been involved in various incidents of terrorism,
including the attack on Malala Yousafzai and attacks on law enforcement
personnel. He said all the slain terrorists belonged to TTP-Swat.
Anwar said Police conducted a raid in the area after getting information
on the presence of members of banned outfit, Ansarul Shariah.
One Policeman and one militant were killed while
another Policeman injured during a Police operation in Kaneez
Fatima Society in Malir Town of Karachi, the provincial capital
of Sindh. According to details, Police and Rangers conduct operation
on information given by already arrested militants. During the
raid, fire exchange started between militants and Police resulted
in killing of policeman. One militant was killed while one remained
successful in fleeing the scene. According to SSP, Malir Town,
Rao Anwar, the name of fleeing terrorist is Sarosh Siddique. "He
is mastermind of attack on MQM-P leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan
on Eid day," SSP Malir said. "He is central commander of banned
militant organisation Ansar-ul-Shariah and close associate of
killed terrorist, Hassan," Anwar further added. Sarosh Siddique
was a student of Applied Physics in Karachi University, sources
mentioned.
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September 5 |
SFs claimed to have arrested head of newly-emerged
outfit ASP in an intelligence-based operation conducted in Kaniz
Fatima Society of Gulzar-e-Hijri in Karachi, the provincial capital
of Sindh. As per details, Police along with other intelligence
forces conducted a raid in Kaniz Fatima Society and arrested Dr
Abdullah Hashmi (28), suspected head of newly-emerged outfit ASP,
which is involved in sabotage activities and attack on MQM-P leader
Khawaja Izharul Hassan and law enforcement agencies personal in
the Metropolis. The arrested suspect Abdullah Hashmi, is an IT
(Information technology) expert and was employed in computer department
of NED University. He has received Master's degree in Applied
Physics from the University of Karachi. Sources added that the
suspected terrorists used to communicate through a Smartphone
app and also had recorded all terrorist activities carried out
in the metropolis. According to Police, the newly-emerged ASP
comprised of highly qualified 12-member group belongs to Karachi
most of them are students of engineering universities and reside
at Gulzar-e-Hijri area of the Metropolis.
In the wake of the September 2 attack on Muttahida
Qaumi Movement - Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan,
the Pakistan Rangers have planned an operation in Karachi, interior
Sindh and Balochistan to dismantle the terrorist network involved
in the incident. Pakistan Rangers Sindh Chief Major General Muhammad
Saeed chaired a meeting at the Rangers Headquarters to discuss
the present law and order situation in Karachi, as well as the
recent attacks on Police Officials and Sindh Assembly opposition
leader Hassan.
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September 6 |
Three different groups involved in the killing
of Policemen in Karachi have been busted by law enforcement agencies,
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said at a Defence Day
ceremony at Pakistan Air Force Masroor Base. "This success will
help to eliminate organised terrorism and crime in the city,"
he said, praising the efforts of law enforcement agencies. "We
have destroyed them [terrorist groups] to a considerable extent
but there is still a lot of work to be done."
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September 9 |
Seven TTP militants were arrested by LEAs and
Police during joint operation in Al-Habib Society in Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh. The LEA and Police have also
recovered cache of weapons including suicide jackets. Raids were
being conducted for the arrest of one militant Qari Zahid who
managed to escape from scene during operation.
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September 10 |
Proscribed sectarian outfit ASWJ is among the
religious parties holding protest demonstrations for the Rohingya
Muslims. Leaders of the proscribed group held a rally in Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh. They had joined hands with other
religious parties to hold demonstrations in Islamabad on September
8. Civil society activists criticised the government for, what
they termed, a failure of the NAP, adding that proscribed groups
should not be allowed to hold political activities. Activists
have been warning that the Government's unwillingness to act against
such groups might affect the progress of the ongoing military
operations against terrorism.
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September 11 |
Two Policemen were injured when an unidentified
assailant opened fire on a Police mobile during a security check
in Rizvia Society of Jahangirabad area in Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh. Station House Officer Rizvia Arshad Janjua said
an unidentified motorcycle borne assailants opened fired at a
Police mobile during snap checking in Jahangirabad, injuring police
constables Sirajuddin and Zeeshan Safdar. No one has claimed responsibility
for the attack as yet.
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September 14 |
The CTD said that two "high-profile militants"
of the banned LeJ who earlier escaped from Karachi's Central Jail
had crossed over to Afghanistan from the Chaman border in Balochistan.
In a report submitted to the Sindh Home Ministry on the orders
of CM Murad Ali Shah, the CTD said that the Police party tailing
Shaikh Muhammad Mumtaz alias Firaun, and Muhammad Ahmed Khan alias
Munna, failed to arrest the two men. The fugitives had broken
out from Karachi's Central Jail on June 13 following a shocking
lapse of security at the facility. The two had been arrested in
2013 by the CTD for their alleged involvement in the killing of
over 60 people, mainly members of the Shia community and law enforcers.
The report also said that the two militants' facilitators were
in Police custody and were being interrogated at the moment. Discussing
the prisoners' escape to Afghanistan, CM Murad Ali Shah later
said that: "We are investigating how the escaped militants reached
Afghanistan and the people who aided them in fleeing will be punished."
"Those whose irresponsibility resulted in the escape of the prisoners
[from Central Jail] were punished and sent to jail, but the courts
set them free by granting them bail," he added while addressing
the media during a visit to Sufi saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi's shrine.
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September 19 |
At least five persons, including three SF personnel,
were killed and eight others injured in a blast in the Rohri cement
factory in Sukkur District of Sindh. Sukkur Police DIG Feroze
Shah said that the explosion occurred when SF personnel were engaged
in defusing explosives found at the cement factory. Five people
including two Policemen, a Rangers official and two labourers
were killed in the blast. Eight others, including six Rangers
personnel, manager of the factory and one labourer were also injured.
The CTD claimed to have arrested up two suspected
target killers allegedly belonging to LeJ during a raid in Bandhani
Colony of Liaquatabad in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
In a press release, the CTD said the two target killers - Muhammad
Abdullah Majid and Adnan Ahmad - were involved in sectarian murders
and were planning to carry out more attacks during the upcoming
month of Muharram. The CTD also recovered three 9mm pistols, 15
bullets and one motorbike from the suspects' custody.
Sindh Government has shifted some 90 "high-profile"
inmates from the Central Prison Karachi to jails in other Districts
of the province and Rawalpindi (Punjab) on advice of intelligence
and law enforcement agencies, an official confirmed. The key report
about illegal activities of the inmates inside the prison came
from the CTD, which recommended their shifting from the central
prison to other such facilities in Sindh and Punjab to "break
an organised network". The move came after a series of meetings
on the issue of jails' security, the official added. "The process
began in July 2017," he said. "The high-profile militants belonging
to banned outfits, both under trial as well as those serving their
terms, were shifted from Karachi Central Prison to jails in other
parts of the province. So far 90 have been moved and under the
plan some 270 would face the same fate. More inmates would be
transferred to other jails in phases." The move is meant to break
an 'organised network' and improve prison security Of the 90 prisoners,
he said, two had been moved to a prison in Rawalpindi, eight to
Larkana and 80 to Sukkur jail.
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September 28 |
Police claimed to have killed five militants in
a raid in Sacha area of Malir Town in Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh. Malir Town SSP, Rao Anwar said the raid was
jointly carried out by intelligence agencies and Police on the
basis of secret information. Anwar claimed that the militants
had plans to carry out attacks on Youm-e-Ashura. He said a senior
al Qaeda leader Amir Sharif was among the dead. He said a suspected
identified as Hamza was involved in sectarian target killing.
Two senior Central Jail officials in Karachi were
arrested over alleged obstruction of the investigation of a jailbreak
involving two high-profile militants on June 14. The CTD arrested
Central Jail Superintendent Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh and Assistant
Superintendent Abdul Rehman Shaikh, CTD DIG Amir Farooqi said,
over a range of charges from alleged destruction of evidence to
threatening witnesses. DIG Farooqi, who was handling the jailbreak
investigation, said the accused jailers were creating hindrances
into the investigation of the two militants linked to the banned
LeJ - Mumtaz alias Firaun, and Ahmed alias Munna, who were involved
in the murders of 60 people, including members of the Shia community
and law enforcement agencies.
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September 30 |
Sindh Rangers claimed to have recovered arms from
MQM-L unit office in Orangi Town of Karachi. According to Rangers
spokesman, on an intelligent report that the activists of MQM-L
has hidden arms and ammunition in the unit office in Orangi town's
Sector-7- C for target killing and disturbing law & order situation
in the city, the Rangers conducted a raid and recovered a Light
Machine Gun (LMG), one AK-47 with 11 magazines, and a 22-rifle,
two 30-bore pistols with a magazines and 1850 different types
of rounds.
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October 2 |
Eighteen of convicted and under-trial militants,
including leaders of sectarian outfits, are likely to be transferred
from Karachi Central jail to various other jails of Sindh. There
were nearly 100 high-profile 'hardcore' terrorists incarcerated
at the Karachi central prison belonging to militant organisations
such as LeJ, SSP, JeM, TTP, al Qaeda, AQIS and Daesh (Islamic
States). This includes the militants who attempted to assassinate
former president and then army chief General (retd) Parvez Musharraf,
Omar Shaikh, who was sentenced to death for killing American journalist
Daniel Pearl, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British terrorist of
Pakistani origin with links to various Islamist militant organisations
such as JeM, al Qaeda, HuM and the Taliban, and LeJ co-founder
Mohammad Ajmal alias Akram Lahori.
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October 4 |
A US-based leader of the MQM's London faction
allegedly financed the targeted killing of a party worker in Karachi
three months ago, Pakistan Rangers Sindh claimed. Pakistan Rangers
Sindh also announced the arrest of three suspected target killers,
allegedly belonging to MQM, in connection with the chairman of
union council-13, Rashid alias Mamu. In a statement issued on
Wednesday, Pakistan Rangers Sindhs' spokesperson said that the
Rangers carried out an intelligence-based action in Karachi's
Shah Faisal Colony and arrested three suspects "involved in the
targeted killing of UC chairman Rashid alias Mamu." The arrested
suspects were identified as Asif Raees, Shahid Aziz and Mohammed
Danish Khan.
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October 5 |
One LeJ militant, Saad Surkhan, who was planning
to carry out major acts of terrorism in the city, was gunned down
in an encounter with a joint team of Police and IB in Khwaja Ajmer
Nagri area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. However,
his two accomplices managed to escape. Saad Surkhan had provided
a suicide jacket to the assassin of Punjab Home Minister Shuja
Khanzada on August 16, 2015, a senior IB official said on condition
of anonymity. The killed suspect was twice arrested in Karachi
but was released on bail.
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October 2 |
Eighteen of convicted and under-trial militants,
including leaders of sectarian outfits, are likely to be transferred
from Karachi Central jail to various other jails of Sindh. There
were nearly 100 high-profile 'hardcore' terrorists incarcerated
at the Karachi central prison belonging to militant organisations
such as LeJ, SSP, JeM, TTP, al Qaeda, AQIS and Daesh (Islamic
States). This includes the militants who attempted to assassinate
former president and then army chief General (retd) Parvez Musharraf,
Omar Shaikh, who was sentenced to death for killing American journalist
Daniel Pearl, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British terrorist of
Pakistani origin with links to various Islamist militant organisations
such as JeM, al Qaeda, HuM and the Taliban, and LeJ co-founder
Mohammad Ajmal alias Akram Lahori.
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October 4 |
A US-based leader of the MQM's London faction
allegedly financed the targeted killing of a party worker in Karachi
three months ago, Pakistan Rangers Sindh claimed. Pakistan Rangers
Sindh also announced the arrest of three suspected target killers,
allegedly belonging to MQM, in connection with the chairman of
union council-13, Rashid alias Mamu. In a statement issued on
Wednesday, Pakistan Rangers Sindhs' spokesperson said that the
Rangers carried out an intelligence-based action in Karachi's
Shah Faisal Colony and arrested three suspects "involved in the
targeted killing of UC chairman Rashid alias Mamu." The arrested
suspects were identified as Asif Raees, Shahid Aziz and Mohammed
Danish Khan.
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October 5 |
One LeJ militant, Saad Surkhan, who was planning
to carry out major acts of terrorism in the city, was gunned down
in an encounter with a joint team of Police and IB in Khwaja Ajmer
Nagri area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. However,
his two accomplices managed to escape. Saad Surkhan had provided
a suicide jacket to the assassin of Punjab Home Minister Shuja
Khanzada on August 16, 2015, a senior IB official said on condition
of anonymity. The killed suspect was twice arrested in Karachi
but was released on bail.
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October 19 |
A 'commander' of Lyari gangster, Ghafoor alias
Chhotu, allegedly involved in targeted killing of, among others,
three foreigners in the Hub area of Balochistan was shot dead
by Pakistan Rangers Sindh during an encounter in Murad Memon Goth
of Malir town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Acting
on information, the Rangers encircled the hideout in Murad Memon
Goth at around 2am. On seeing the Rangers' personnel, the suspects
resorted to firing with automatic weapons. Reinforcements were
called in by the Rangers and during an intense exchange of fire,
one suspect was gunned down while trying to escape in Bachal Goth
near Murad Memon Goth. His two accomplices fled taking advantage
of darkness, said the Rangers' official. The dead suspect was
identified as Ghafoor alias Chhotu. "He was a close aide of Lyari
gang leader Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla," said the Rangers'
spokesperson, adding that the dead suspect had established a reign
of terror in the Malir area.
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October 21 |
ASP 'chief', Shehryar alias Dr Abdullah Hashmi,
among eight militants were killed in a raid jointly carried out
by the Pakistan Rangers Sindh and the CTD in Raees Goth area of
Baldia Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh at 11:00
pm. A spokesman for the Rangers said Dr Abdullah Hashmi, Ameer
of ASP was mastermind behind several terrorist attacks. Another
suspect identified as Arsalan Baig was member of group's "Target
Killing Team", he said. A Rangers official said that one CTD personnel
and two Rangers personnel sustained injuries during the encounter.
Explosive material, arms and ammunition were recovered from the
militant hideout.
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October 25 |
Unidentified assailants shot dead a leader of
the MQM-P on Hali Road of Hyderabad city of same District in Sindh.
Dr Noshad, a sector member of the MQM-P, was targeted by unidentified
assailants when he was returning home after dropping off his children
to a school. Noshad received several bullets and was shifted to
a hospital where succumbed to his wounds.
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November 6 |
Karachi Police arrested three IS militants from
Ahsanabad area in the outskirts of the Karachi metropolis. Officials
recovered two 30-bore pistols, one 9mm pistol along with propaganda
literature from the possession of the arrested militants. SSP
Malir Rao Anwar, stated that Police conducted a raid at a house
after receiving a tip from an intelligence agency. He also claimed
that the suspects were planning to recruit young people for their
militant group.
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November 8 |
Five bombs were defused near the entrance of MUET
in Jamshoro District, by the BDS. The bombs were locally made,
weighing around 25 kilograms and had been developed in such a
way, that a remote-controlled device could be fitted. The bombs
contained ball bearing, nuts and bolts, and five pencil cells
along with an orange fuse was recovered.
Rangers arrested four suspected LeJ militants
during segregated raids in Mominabad area of Orangi Town neighborhood
in Karachi. They were allegedly involved in several cases of terrorism,
including attacks on polio teams.
Also, a cadre of the MQM-H was arrested along
with arms and ammunition during a raid conducted on a tip-off
in the Landhi area in Karachi. The suspect was identified as Shahid
alias Gada. An unnamed spokesperson of the Rangers said that Gada
was involved in various cases of crime, including murder.
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November 10 |
Rangers foiled a suicide attack on the occasion
of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain at a security check point near
Bab-e-Karbala Imambargah, in Rohri of Sukkar District in Sindh,
by killing three militants including two would-be suicide bombers.
According to Sindh Rangers Spokesperson they had prior intelligence
about possible militant activity in Karachi as well as rural Sindh
on the occasion of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain.
Meanwhile, the Police arrested a militant of banned
outfit and recovered hand grenades from his possession in Phuleli
near Islamabad Railway crossing in Hyderabad District, Sindh.
The militant identified as, Siddique Soomro was allegedly planning
to attack the railways installations. Two hand grenades recovered
from his custody were later defused.
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November 15 |
Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah chaired a meeting
of the PAC in which it was decided to forward 28 high profile
terrorism-related cases to the Military Courts. The committee
was told that the ATCs in the province have so far convicted 1,521
criminals, 94 of which awarded death penalty, while 562 convicts
were sentenced to life imprisonment. CM directed Police and Rangers
to initiate, a targeted operation against outfits involved in
criminal activities.
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November 17 |
The CTD Police and Sindh Rangers, in a joint operation,
arrested a militant from Mai Ghari area of Manghopir on the outskirts
of Karachi, suspected to be involved in Lal Shahbaz Qalandar explosion,
which killed 80 civilians and injured over 300. CTD DIG Amir Farooqui
stated that weapons and explosives were seized from the custody
of suspect Nadir Ali alias Murshid Jakhrani.
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November 18 |
An ATC in Karachi, Sindh indicted MQM Leader Amir
Khan and Minhaj Qazi in a case for harbouring militants at Nine
Zero, who denied the charges. The Court has declared other accused
in the case as 'absconders' and summoned witnesses of the case
on next hearing on December 4.
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November 6 |
Karachi Police arrested three IS militants from
Ahsanabad area in the outskirts of the Karachi metropolis. Officials
recovered two 30-bore pistols, one 9mm pistol along with propaganda
literature from the possession of the arrested militants. SSP
Malir Rao Anwar, stated that Police conducted a raid at a house
after receiving a tip from an intelligence agency. He also claimed
that the suspects were planning to recruit young people for their
militant group.
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November 8 |
Five bombs were defused near the entrance of MUET
in Jamshoro District, by the BDS. The bombs were locally made,
weighing around 25 kilograms and had been developed in such a
way, that a remote-controlled device could be fitted. The bombs
contained ball bearing, nuts and bolts, and five pencil cells
along with an orange fuse was recovered.
Rangers arrested four suspected LeJ militants
during segregated raids in Mominabad area of Orangi Town neighborhood
in Karachi. They were allegedly involved in several cases of terrorism,
including attacks on polio teams.
Also, a cadre of the MQM-H was arrested along
with arms and ammunition during a raid conducted on a tip-off
in the Landhi area in Karachi. The suspect was identified as Shahid
alias Gada. An unnamed spokesperson of the Rangers said that Gada
was involved in various cases of crime, including murder.
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November 10 |
Rangers foiled a suicide attack on the occasion
of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain at a security check point near
Bab-e-Karbala Imambargah, in Rohri of Sukkar District in Sindh,
by killing three militants including two would-be suicide bombers.
According to Sindh Rangers Spokesperson they had prior intelligence
about possible militant activity in Karachi as well as rural Sindh
on the occasion of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain.
Meanwhile, the Police arrested a militant of
banned outfit and recovered hand grenades from his possession
in Phuleli near Islamabad Railway crossing in Hyderabad District,
Sindh. The militant identified as, Siddique Soomro was allegedly
planning to attack the railways installations. Two hand grenades
recovered from his custody were later defused.
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November 15 |
Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah chaired a meeting
of the PAC in which it was decided to forward 28 high profile
terrorism-related cases to the Military Courts. The committee
was told that the ATCs in the province have so far convicted 1,521
criminals, 94 of which awarded death penalty, while 562 convicts
were sentenced to life imprisonment. CM directed Police and Rangers
to initiate, a targeted operation against outfits involved in
criminal activities.
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November 17 |
The CTD Police and Sindh Rangers, in a joint operation,
arrested a militant from Mai Ghari area of Manghopir on the outskirts
of Karachi, suspected to be involved in Lal Shehbaz Qalander explosion,
which killed 80 civilians and injured over 300. CTD DIG Amir Farooqui
stated that weapons and explosives were seized from the custody
of suspect Nadir Ali alias Murshid Jakhrani.
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November 18 |
An ATC in Karachi, Sindh indicted MQM Leader Amir
Khan and Minhaj Qazi in a case for harbouring militants at Nine
Zero, who denied the charges. The Court has declared other accused
in the case as 'absconders' and summoned witnesses of the case
on next hearing on December 4.
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November 25 |
Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Shrine blast accused
Nadir Jhakrani linked to IS group, confessed his crime before
the Judicial Magistrate in Karachi, in Sindh on. ATC Hyderabad
remanded the accused in Judicial Custody for 15 days, while CTD
Police has initiated the process for recommending his trial to
a Military Court. In his statement, the suspect confessed that
the explosion was planned in Balochistan by Ghulam Mustufa alias
'Doctor'.
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November 30 |
At least three people were killed and eight others
were injured, as armed clash erupted between two Sunni groups
at Ammer Shah Chowk Jani Burira near Hussainabad tehsil
Kotdiji in Khairpur District. Rally was brought out by religious
organization Labaik Ya Rasool Allah, when it was fired upon by
unknown gunmen at the Chowk. Victim community called a jirga of
Buriro community to decide the further strategy.
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December 10 |
Various religious and political groups including
Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM), Difa-i-Pakistan Council, Tehreek-i-Labbaik
Pakistan (TLP), Pakistan People's Party (PPP) held protests against
US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as
the capital of Israel in Karachi. The main protest was held near
the US Consulate in Karachi and the activists burnt flags of the
US and Israel and engaged in sloganeering.
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December 18 |
An MQM-Pakistan member Ammad Wasim was killed
by unidentified assailants when he was on his way to Samnabad
Locality from Matric Board Office, within the limits of Nazimabad
Police station in Karachi. Police termed the incident target killing
but declined to verify the political affiliation of the deceased.
SFs arrested three suspected illegal arms traders
and recovered a cache of ammunition during a raid in Rizvia Society
in Karachi. According to a statement by an unnamed Rangers spokesperson
the recovery included a G3 rifle, four sub-machine guns (SMGs),
two 7mm rifles, M4 rifles, one .22 rifle, one .22 pistol, six
9mm pistols, five 12 bore rifles, four 30 bore pistols, a 32 bore
pistol, a 38 bore pistol and 2,159 rounds of different weapon.
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December 19 |
DGMO Major General Sahir Shamshad Mirza briefed
the Senators on the progress of Operation Radd-ul-Fassad. He confirmed
that under the Radd-ul-Fassad, at least 18,001 IBOs were conducted
across Pakistan (periods not sepcifeid). Giving further details
he said that 1,249 IBOs had been conducted in KP and the FATA,
including 31 major operations; 13,011 operations had been conducted
in Punjab, including seven major operations; 1,410 operations,
including 29 major operations, were undertaken in Balochistan;
2015 operations, including seven major operations, were conducted
in Sindh. No break up was provided for rest 242 IBOs. There were
another 4,983 search-based combing operations (across Pakistan).
At least 19,993 weapons were also recovered during these operations.
Further, briefing on Karachi, he said that since the launch of
the Rangers operation in Karachi in 2013, at least 8,780 suspects
had been transferred to the Police; 12,105 weapons were seized
and 1,948 militants were arrested; 154 abductees had been freed
from captivity and 154 kidnappers were arrested; and 24 soldiers
had been killed (period for the data not specified).
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December 25 |
PAF inaugurated a new operational air base PAF
Base Bholari in the Bholari area of Thatta District. The establishment
of the airbase would play an important role in safeguarding the
CPEC project, said CoASACM Sohail Aman.
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December 29 |
Five LeJ militants were arrested in SITE Superhighway
Industrial Area of Karachi. The militants were planning to assassinate
an important personality belonging to the Shia community.
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December 30 |
Five suspected IS militants were killed in an
encounter with the Police in Gharibabad area near Ayub Goth in
Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Police acting on prior
intelligence received from an IA conducted a targeted raid at
the hideout in which the five militants were killed. One militant,
identified as Qari Habibullah alias Abdul Salam Burmi, was previously
associated with al Qaeda and involved in the targeted killing
of Policemen, Army personnel, and members of Shia and Christian
communities.
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Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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