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October - 1 
Frontier Corps (FC) and Police arrested 10 militants from different areas of the Quetta (Quetta District), the provincial capital of Balochistan, on October 1, reports Daily Times.
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Frontier Corps (FC) and Police arrested 10 militants from different areas of the Quetta (Quetta District), the provincial capital of Balochistan, on October 1, reports Daily Times.
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Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on October 1 constituted a division bench to hear an appeal of Punjab Prosecution Department seeking cancellation of bail granted to Zubair alias Nek Muhammad, an accused of attack on Sri Lankan
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Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on October 1 constituted a division bench to hear an appeal of Punjab Prosecution Department seeking cancellation of bail granted to Zubair alias Nek Muhammad, an accused of attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in March 2009, reports Daily Times. The bench consists of Justice Shahid Hameed Dar and Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali. The Prosecution Department had filed the appeal, submitting that a trail court granted the bail to the accused despite presence of evidence and witnesses against him. The prosecution submitted that the trail court had overlooked the facts and evidence and ordered to release the accused. The court was requested to set aside the decision of ATC and order Police to arrest the accused again. The court directed the police to produce the accused before the court on October 10, 2013 which is the next date of hearing. A LHC review board also turned down the Punjab Government’s request to extend detention of Zubair. A representative of the Home Department, Prosecution Department and Inspector General of Punjab Police (IG) appeared before the board and requested it to extend detention of the accused. The IGP requested the court to extend the detention for two more months. He submitted that Zubair was mastermind of the attack and his release could be dangerous for peace in society.
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October - 1 
On October 1, 2013 he had said, “We have arrested an MQM activist, Syed Kazim Abbas Rizvi, along with three others who killed Randhawa because he was going to take up the case of slain television reporter Wali Babar Khan.” Randhwa’s murder was not se
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On October 1, 2013 he had said, “We have arrested an MQM activist, Syed Kazim Abbas Rizvi, along with three others who killed Randhawa because he was going to take up the case of slain television reporter Wali Babar Khan.” Randhwa’s murder was not sectarian in nature, he had added. Randhawa was shot dead on September 26, 2013 while he was on his way home. His son, Tauqeer Ali Randhawa, was also injured in the attack by armed motorcyclists. During the initial interrogation, Rizvi had confessed to his involvement in the killing. Wali Babar was shot dead in the Liaquatabad area of Karachi on January 13, 2011 while he was on his way home from work. All six key witnesses in his murder case had been assassinated.
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October - 1 
Rejecting pleas of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-I) on October1 ordered retrial of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s murder case following the indictment of main accused,
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Rejecting pleas of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-I) on October1 ordered retrial of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s murder case following the indictment of main accused, former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf, reports Daily Times. Musharraf, who was arrested by FIA on April 26, 2013 is on bail against two surety bonds of PKR 1 million each in the murder case of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto and has exemption from court attendance due to security concerns. On June 25, 2013 the FIA submitted a final challan against Musharraf before the court, declaring him the “prime accused” in the light of investigation carried out in the case. The ATC indicted Musharraf in the murder case on August 20, 2013.
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on October 1 unanimously passed a resolution pushing the Federal Government to begin dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for peace without delay in light of the guidelines of the recent All Parties Confe
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on October 1 unanimously passed a resolution pushing the Federal Government to begin dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for peace without delay in light of the guidelines of the recent All Parties Conference, reports Dawn. Also, the House expressed solidarity with the families, who lost members during the recent suicide bombing of All Saints’ Church in Peshawar, besides condemning terrorist attacks in the Qissa Khwani Bazaar and against the bus of the Civil Secretariat employees. Provincial Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Israrullah Khan Gandapur and the opposition members moved the unanimous resolution after the discussion on the current wave of terrorism and prevailing security situation in the province was over. The session called on the requisition of the opposition was later adjourned for indefinite period after two days discussion. The resolution said the assembly condemned attack on the church and that victimisation of minorities was an attack on the ideology of Pakistan.
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A suicide bomber on October 2 killed eight people and wounded 16 others at the Chaman border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Qilla Abdullah District, reports Dawn. “It was a suicide bombing. We have found the severed head on the blast si
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A suicide bomber on October 2 killed eight people and wounded 16 others at the Chaman border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Qilla Abdullah District, reports Dawn. “It was a suicide bombing. We have found the severed head on the blast site,” local border force commander Colonel Haider Ali said. The senior security official said at least one Frontier Corps (FC) paramilitary soldier was among the dead.
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October - 2 
Also, the Police arrested at least nine alleged target killers and extortionists belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Lyari gang war in separate raids on October 2, reported The Express Tribune. Two of the suspects, identified as Fida
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Also, the Police arrested at least nine alleged target killers and extortionists belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Lyari gang war in separate raids on October 2, reported The Express Tribune. Two of the suspects, identified as Fida Hussain and Mehboob Ali, are affiliated with the MQM. Three alleged members of a Lyari gang were also arrested in a separate raid, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Odho informed the media.
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October - 2 
At least 15 militants were killed and several others were injured when a suicide bomber ran a vehicle full of explosives into the headquarters of Mullah Nabi Hanfi group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Spin Tall area of Hangu District
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At least 15 militants were killed and several others were injured when a suicide bomber ran a vehicle full of explosives into the headquarters of Mullah Nabi Hanfi group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Spin Tall area of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on October 2, reports The Express Tribune. The headquarters building collapsed due to the explosion and the compound was badly destroyed. Mullah Nabi Hanfi was a ‘commander’ of the Hangu chapter of the TTP before switching sides and joining the Government’s counter-insurgency efforts. Nabi had said earlier that his group was on TTP’s hit list since the latter wanted to seize control of Hangu, Kohat, Orakzai and parts of the Kurram Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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At least four militants were killed in an encounter with Police on Hub River Road in Baldia Town of Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh while huge cache of firearms and explosives were also recovered from their possession, on
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At least four militants were killed in an encounter with Police on Hub River Road in Baldia Town of Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh while huge cache of firearms and explosives were also recovered from their possession, on October 2 (today), reports The News.
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Awais Sheikh, the counsel for Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was murdered in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in May 2013, has taken permanent refuge in Sweden, Times of India reported on October 3. Sheikh took refuge in the Scandinavian country follow
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Awais Sheikh, the counsel for Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was murdered in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in May 2013, has taken permanent refuge in Sweden, Times of India reported on October 3. Sheikh took refuge in the Scandinavian country following his alleged abduction bid near Lahore a day before Singh’s death. Singh, who was sentenced to death 16 years ago on espionage charges, died at Lahore’s Jinnah hospital after lying in a comatose state for five days following an assault on him in Kot Lakhpat jail. Sheikh and his son Shahrukh were allegedly abducted from their Bedian Road farm on May 16 and were released three and half hours later. Sheikh was known for fighting cases of Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails and had also written a book on the life of Singh titled ‘Mistaken Identity’. Speaking to the Times of India over telephone from Sweden on September 30, Sheikh said: "Sweden has granted me permanent stay along with my family and has also provided me all facilities and security after taking note of my abduction and physical torture." The lawyer claimed that his life was under constant threat in Pakistan from people and organisations “inimical to India-Pak friendship”.
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October - 2 
Diamer Police arrested a suspect, Amir Hamza, allegedly involved in the March 2013 murder of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Attaullah along with two other “high profile accused”, identified as Shafaur Rehman and Bashir Ahmed, from remote Darel
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Diamer Police arrested a suspect, Amir Hamza, allegedly involved in the March 2013 murder of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Attaullah along with two other “high profile accused”, identified as Shafaur Rehman and Bashir Ahmed, from remote Darel Valley in Diamer District on October 2, report Daily Times.
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October - 2 
Elsewhere, a bomb targeting a private clinic located in Gulistan-e-Johar area of Gulshan Town exploded on October 2, reported The News. However, the no casualties were reported. The Police further said that the owner had received ransom demand and th
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Elsewhere, a bomb targeting a private clinic located in Gulistan-e-Johar area of Gulshan Town exploded on October 2, reported The News. However, the no casualties were reported. The Police further said that the owner had received ransom demand and the failure to fulfil the demand led to the attack at his healthcare facility.
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October - 2 
Elsewhere, an unidentified dead body of a man was found dead from Mewa Shah Graveyard in SITE Town on October 2, reported Daily Times. According to Police, the victim was killed after kidnapping and torture.
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Elsewhere, an unidentified dead body of a man was found dead from Mewa Shah Graveyard in SITE Town on October 2, reported Daily Times. According to Police, the victim was killed after kidnapping and torture.
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Further, an abducted boy was rescued by the Police and Rangers in a joint operation in Gadap Town on October 2, reports The Express Tribune. The boy was abducted from Sultanabad area of the Town. No other details were mentioned about the abducted boy
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Further, an abducted boy was rescued by the Police and Rangers in a joint operation in Gadap Town on October 2, reports The Express Tribune. The boy was abducted from Sultanabad area of the Town. No other details were mentioned about the abducted boy. LEAs also claimed to have arrested around 260 suspected criminals during separate targeted operation across the city.
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October - 2 
In addition, four Policemen were injured during a raid by the Police at the hideout of TTP militants in Maymar Complex area of Sohrab Goth in Gadap Town on October 2, reports Daily Times. However, the terrorists managed to escape. Following the atta
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In addition, four Policemen were injured during a raid by the Police at the hideout of TTP militants in Maymar Complex area of Sohrab Goth in Gadap Town on October 2, reports Daily Times. However, the terrorists managed to escape. Following the attack, an extra contingent of law enforcers including the Rapid Response Force reached the site and conducted a door-to-door search operation. They arrested around 22 suspects, official uniforms of security agencies as well as weapons, including, Kalashnikovs and pistols.
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October - 2 
In addition, the head of the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) Allah Nazar on October 2 threatened to step up attacks on Security Forces, reports The Express Tribune. “They (army) are directly involved in the large-scale killings of Baloch men,” Allah N
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In addition, the head of the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) Allah Nazar on October 2 threatened to step up attacks on Security Forces, reports The Express Tribune. “They (army) are directly involved in the large-scale killings of Baloch men,” Allah Nazar, told Reuters over telephone from a secret location in Balochistan. “They want to crush us and make money from the disaster relief,” he added. “We claim responsibility for October 2, 2013 attack on troops near Mashkay. We will step up such attacks in coming days,” warned Nazar. “We cannot expect relief from the helicopters which routinely fire rockets at our villages.”
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October - 2 
In addition, the six militants reported to be killed in an encounter carried out on a tip-off, by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) on October 2 belonged to Mohmand group of TTP, reports The Express Tribune. Earlier, the affiliation of the kil
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In addition, the six militants reported to be killed in an encounter carried out on a tip-off, by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) on October 2 belonged to Mohmand group of TTP, reports The Express Tribune. Earlier, the affiliation of the killed militants was not specified. According to Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC) in-charge, Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Chaudhry Aslam Khan, “We had information that terrorists were smuggling explosives from Balochistan. Law-enforcement agencies intercepted a car near Lucky Pahari on Hub River Road. When we tried to stop them, they attacked with heavy weaponry.” Two Police officers and four terrorists were injured in the exchange of fire. The four militants succumbed to their injuries. “We have foiled a major terrorist attack in Karachi,” DSP Khan said, adding, “The ‘chief’ and the ‘deputy chief’ of the group were killed in the encounter.”
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In another incident of arrest the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Cantonment Omar Tufail said that the Police in collaboration with the Rangers launched a crackdown on criminals and arrested at least 38 Afghan nationals during raids in Hala Nak
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In another incident of arrest the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Cantonment Omar Tufail said that the Police in collaboration with the Rangers launched a crackdown on criminals and arrested at least 38 Afghan nationals during raids in Hala Naka and other adjoining slum areas of Hyderabad District on October 2, reports Daily Times.
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October - 2 
In another incident, a cadre of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H), identified as Adil (30), was shot dead inside his house in Lines Area, within the precincts of Brigade Police Station in Jamshed Town on October 2, reported Daily Times.
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In another incident, a cadre of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H), identified as Adil (30), was shot dead inside his house in Lines Area, within the precincts of Brigade Police Station in Jamshed Town on October 2, reported Daily Times.
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October - 2 
In another incident, the Police recovered and defused a 30 kilogram pack of explosives attached with a bicycle at Qasim Baloch Stadium in Kechi Baig area of Sariab in Quetta on October 2, reports The Express Tribune.
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In another incident, the Police recovered and defused a 30 kilogram pack of explosives attached with a bicycle at Qasim Baloch Stadium in Kechi Baig area of Sariab in Quetta on October 2, reports The Express Tribune.
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October - 2 
In separate incident, two alleged Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were killed during a targeted raid carried out on a hideout of one of TTP’s splinter groups with the Rangers and the Police in Manghopir area of Gadap Town on October 2, rep
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In separate incident, two alleged Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were killed during a targeted raid carried out on a hideout of one of TTP’s splinter groups with the Rangers and the Police in Manghopir area of Gadap Town on October 2, reports The Express Tribune. Weapons including sub-machine guns, pistols and grenades were seized from them. According to the Rangers spokesman, the two terrorists were part of a group who had arrived in the city to carry out attacks against government and military installations.
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October - 2 
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Balochistan Doctor Abdul Malik Baloch announced to convene an All Parties Conference (APC) to initiate formal dialogue with the militant groups in the province, reports Dawn. “We do not want any bloodshed, rather we stand fo
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Meanwhile, Chief Minister Balochistan Doctor Abdul Malik Baloch announced to convene an All Parties Conference (APC) to initiate formal dialogue with the militant groups in the province, reports Dawn. “We do not want any bloodshed, rather we stand for peace and development,” he said. He said a jirga (council) comprising tribal elders and key political leaders would be sent to all Baloch separatists groups and sectarian militant organisations to hold a dialogue regarding the situation in Balochistan through political means. He further informed that the APC will comprise all political groups and tribal elites of Balochistan province. He said that his province faced complicated issues like recovery of mutilated dead bodies, missing persons and displacement of people from Dera Bugti and Kohlu Districts. “We will approach everyone to pave the way for political settlement,” he explained, adding that use of force has not produced any results in Balochistan, which has been under the grip of violence for last more than a decade.
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October - 2 
Meanwhile, Dawn reported that the TTP on October 2 announced that they would reconsider their stance if the Government was ready for a break in fighting.
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Meanwhile, Dawn reported that the TTP on October 2 announced that they would reconsider their stance if the Government was ready for a break in fighting.
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October - 2 
Meanwhile, the KP Government decided to engage the Army to protect polio workers in five union councils of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, during the vaccination campaign beginning on October 5, the Dawn reported on October 3. It is the first
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Meanwhile, the KP Government decided to engage the Army to protect polio workers in five union councils of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, during the vaccination campaign beginning on October 5, the Dawn reported on October 3. It is the first time that the Army’s support is being sought in the restive areas of Peshawar. The vaccination campaigns were not delivering the goods in Achini Bala, Sheikhan, Matani, Sherikera and Jugani union councils adjacent to Khyber Agency or Mohammad Agency (FATA) for being inaccessible to polio workers and Police. Local said the poor or no vaccination had left around 800 local children under the age of five years at the high risk of physical disability. The officials said the engagement of the Army men for the vaccinators’ protection would cost PKR 14.4 million. They said unlike other parts of the province, where three-day campaign targeting 5.1 million was already underway, a separate, one-week campaign had been planned for the provincial capital to target 754,000 children under the age of five years with the help of 3,600 vaccinators.
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October - 2 
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Rangers, Sindh on October 2, accused the MQM for possessing Indian-made illegal weapons and one of its members for the killing of a public prosecutor, reports The Express Tribune. On October 1, 2013 the Paramilitary Force raid
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Meanwhile, the Pakistan Rangers, Sindh on October 2, accused the MQM for possessing Indian-made illegal weapons and one of its members for the killing of a public prosecutor, reports The Express Tribune. On October 1, 2013 the Paramilitary Force raided the MQM Landhi Town office and seized an Indian-made Light Machine Gun (LMG), Submachine Guns (SMGs) and rifles, said the Rangers spokesperson. They also found CCTV cameras, which the “criminals had installed to monitor Law-Enforcement Agencies”. However, the MQM denied that any Indian-made weapon was recovered from its office. The Rangers spokesperson also said that two target killers, Shamim alias Goli and Sajid Hussain were also arrested along with 12 others from Landhi Town.
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October - 2 
Separately, a group of top clerics from the Deobandi school of thought hinted that they could mediate peace between the Government and homegrown militants, if formally requested, reports The Express Tribune. The clerics from Wafaqul Madaris – a congl
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Separately, a group of top clerics from the Deobandi school of thought hinted that they could mediate peace between the Government and homegrown militants, if formally requested, reports The Express Tribune. The clerics from Wafaqul Madaris – a conglomerate of mainly Deobandi madrassas of the country – had appealed to the Government and the TTP to engage in a dialogue to avoid further bloodshed in the country. The TTP welcomed the appeal and said if the Government announced a ceasefire the group would follow suit. “The Government has not asked us for mediation. If requested, we will play our role,” Wafaqul Madaris General Secretary Qari Muhammad Hanif Jalandhri said. The Deobandi clerics have welcomed the ‘positive response’ to their appeal from the militants. “The willingness from the TTP to cease fire is an encouraging development,” they said in a statement. “Now, we’ll appeal to the Government and the army to announce a truce at the earliest.” Earlier, on October 1, 2103, Ulema and representatives of various religious seminaries expressed concern over the “civil war-like situation” in the country and appealed to both the Government and the TTP to observe a “complete ceasefire” till the completion of the process of talks, adds Dawn.
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October - 2 
Separately, a Police constable, identified as Ghulam Abbas (43), was shot dead in SITE Town on October 2, reports Daily Times. According to official details, Abbas was posted to SITE B Section Police Station, and left for some work when two armed uni
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Separately, a Police constable, identified as Ghulam Abbas (43), was shot dead in SITE Town on October 2, reports Daily Times. According to official details, Abbas was posted to SITE B Section Police Station, and left for some work when two armed unidentified armed assailants opened fire at him.
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October - 2 
Separately, Karachi Police’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) claimed to have arrested three suspects belonging to Lyari’s Shahid Bikkik gang on October 2, reports The Express Tribune. SIU chief SP Naveed Khawaja told a press conference that the arre
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Separately, Karachi Police’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) claimed to have arrested three suspects belonging to Lyari’s Shahid Bikkik gang on October 2, reports The Express Tribune. SIU chief SP Naveed Khawaja told a press conference that the arrested suspects were involved in more than 45 cases of extortion, adding that they had recently attacked the ice-cream parlour owned by President Mamnoon Hussain’s nephew.
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October - 2 
Separately, two army soldiers were killed and two others sustained injuries in a landmine explosion while they were carrying out relief work in Mashkai area of Awaran District on October 2, reported The Express Tribune.
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Separately, two army soldiers were killed and two others sustained injuries in a landmine explosion while they were carrying out relief work in Mashkai area of Awaran District on October 2, reported The Express Tribune.
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October - 2 
Speaking to Dawn from an undisclosed location, the TTP ‘spokesman’ Shahidullah Shahid said the TTP welcomes Ulemas’ suggestion for a ceasefire. He, however, claimed it was the government which is launching the offensive against them, saying if it can
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Speaking to Dawn from an undisclosed location, the TTP ‘spokesman’ Shahidullah Shahid said the TTP welcomes Ulemas’ suggestion for a ceasefire. He, however, claimed it was the government which is launching the offensive against them, saying if it can take the lead in stopping the war, then they were also ready to follow it. “We are ready to proceed with the All Parties Conference (APC) suggestions and willing to have peace, there is no ill-will to the peace process among the Taliban leadership,” he added. About Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s offer of opening Taliban offices in the settled areas, Shahid said, “We welcome the offer but we feel at this moment there is no need of opening any office anywhere.” Punjabi Taliban chief Asmatullah Muawiya, in a relevant development, reiterated to hold unconditional talks for peace and said the outfit would respond to the APC offer within three days.
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October - 2 
The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on October 2 sent Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist Syed Kazim Abbas Rizwi on 14-day physical remand, reported The Express Tribune. He was charged with the targeted killings of former Anti-Terrorism Court public p
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The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on October 2 sent Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist Syed Kazim Abbas Rizwi on 14-day physical remand, reported The Express Tribune. He was charged with the targeted killings of former Anti-Terrorism Court public prosecutor Naimat Ali Randhawa and seven others. City Police chief Shahid Hayat had announced earlier that the death of Naimat Ali was a “politically motivated targeted killing.”
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October - 2 
The News on October 3 (today) reported that the Karachi Police during last month conducted 2845 raids in limits of different Police Stations and arrested 3976 accused, reported. In 184 Police encounters 36 extortionists, 27 kidnappers, 18 terrorists,
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The News on October 3 (today) reported that the Karachi Police during last month conducted 2845 raids in limits of different Police Stations and arrested 3976 accused, reported. In 184 Police encounters 36 extortionists, 27 kidnappers, 18 terrorists, 301 dacoits and 1248 absconders and 114 proclaimed offenders were arrested and arms recovered from them.
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October - 2 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on October 2 insisted that the United States (US) drone strikes must stop before they consider peace talks with the Government, reports The Express Tribune. TTP ‘spokesperson’ Shahidullah Shahid said that any ceas
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on October 2 insisted that the United States (US) drone strikes must stop before they consider peace talks with the Government, reports The Express Tribune. TTP ‘spokesperson’ Shahidullah Shahid said that any ceasefire must include an end to US drone attacks in the tribal areas, which have been targeting suspected Taliban and al Qaeda militants since 2004. “A ceasefire alone is not sufficient. The stoppage of drone strikes is essential, otherwise — if drones continue to strike – we will not accept the ceasefire,” Shahid said.
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October - 2 
TTP ‘spokesperson’ Shahidullah Shahid asked religious clerics and scholars to condemn the killing of four TTP members in Karachi and take notice of the issue. He further added that none of the Government officials have contacted the TTP for negotiati
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TTP ‘spokesperson’ Shahidullah Shahid asked religious clerics and scholars to condemn the killing of four TTP members in Karachi and take notice of the issue. He further added that none of the Government officials have contacted the TTP for negotiations.
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October - 2 
Two people, including a local leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) Mashwar Bangash and his companion, identified as Waheed Khan, were shot dead at Cantt Bazaar area in Shah Faisal Town of Karachi, the provincial capital o Sindh, on October 2, rep
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Two people, including a local leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) Mashwar Bangash and his companion, identified as Waheed Khan, were shot dead at Cantt Bazaar area in Shah Faisal Town of Karachi, the provincial capital o Sindh, on October 2, reports Daily Times.
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October - 3 
Interior Ministry spokesperson Omar Hameed Khan said on October 3 that the Federal Government will retain the moratorium on capital punishment for at least a few more weeks until the President and Prime Minister hold a meetin
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Interior Ministry spokesperson Omar Hameed Khan said on October 3 that the Federal Government will retain the moratorium on capital punishment for at least a few more weeks until the President and Prime Minister hold a meeting to review the measure, reports The Express Tribune. Khan said, “No new development so far. The moratorium on capital punishment will continue – until the President and the Prime Minister meet to take a final decision on the matter.” Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain will hold a meeting within the next couple of weeks to take a final decision either to lift the ban or continue the previous Government’s decision, he added. Since 2008, Pakistani authorities have executed only a couple of death row prisoners following a moratorium on capital punishment. There are around 8,000 prisoners on death row in more than five dozen jails of the country. Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had advised then President Asif Ali Zardari to impose a five-year moratorium on capital punishment which expired on June 30, 2013. In August this year, the European Union (EU) cautioned Pakistan that lifting the moratorium will be viewed as a major setback in the 28-member bloc and possibly affect Islamabad’s quest for duty-free access to European markets. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the Interior Ministry to halt executions till further orders. Also, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the Pakistani Government to make the moratorium permanent. “This is a step forward for human rights in Pakistan,” said Sam Zarifi, ICJ’s Asia-Pacific Director.
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October - 3 
The Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked his legal team on October 3 to review the Anti-Terrorism (Third Amendment) Bill 2013 to make it an effective piece of legislation against terrorists, reports Dawn. He said the law shouldn’t be misused by law-e
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The Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked his legal team on October 3 to review the Anti-Terrorism (Third Amendment) Bill 2013 to make it an effective piece of legislation against terrorists, reports Dawn. He said the law shouldn’t be misused by law-enforcement agencies. The Federal Cabinet had approved the bill on September 20 and the Government is fine-tuning it before its presentation in parliament for approval. Science and Technology Minister Zahid Hamid, who is said to be the legal wizard of the PML-N, briefed the Prime Minister at a meeting on the proposed amendments the Government intended to make in the law.
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October - 3 
A dead body, identified as that of Yayha, was found dumped on a roadside in Kech District (also known as Turbat District) on October 3, reports Daily Times. Police said that the victim was abducted a few days ago.
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A dead body, identified as that of Yayha, was found dumped on a roadside in Kech District (also known as Turbat District) on October 3, reports Daily Times. Police said that the victim was abducted a few days ago.
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October - 3 
Also, the former President and co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari was on October 3 granted permission to strengthen his already tight personal security due to threats to his life, reports The Express Tribune. A judge in Sin
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Also, the former President and co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari was on October 3 granted permission to strengthen his already tight personal security due to threats to his life, reports The Express Tribune. A judge in Sindh High Court (SHC) approved Zardari’s application for 100 extra licences for his bodyguards to carry weapons, on top of the official security he is entitled to as former head of state. “The judge has approved our request and ordered the Federal and Provincial Governments to ensure security for the former President,” Zardari’s aide Abu Bakar Zardari said. Abu Bakar had filed a petition to the court on Zardari’s behalf.
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October - 3 
Elsewhere, the Frontier Corps (FC) and Levies Forces on October 3 arrested two suspects and seized a huge cache of weapons during an operation in Qilla Abdullah District, reported The Express Tribune. According to sources, the explosives and ammuniti
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Elsewhere, the Frontier Corps (FC) and Levies Forces on October 3 arrested two suspects and seized a huge cache of weapons during an operation in Qilla Abdullah District, reported The Express Tribune. According to sources, the explosives and ammunition recovered from the suspects included 224 anti-personnel mines, 30 kilogramme of explosive devices, 2 hand grenades, several suicide jackets, time device, 11 prime card switches and 15 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
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October - 3 
Elsewhere, the Peshawar High Court on October 3 directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to end the roaming service provided to Afghan cellphone companies in the country within a fortnight, observing that SIM (subscriber identity modul
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Elsewhere, the Peshawar High Court on October 3 directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to end the roaming service provided to Afghan cellphone companies in the country within a fortnight, observing that SIM (subscriber identity module) cards of Afghan companies had been used in the most cases of terrorism and kidnapping for ransom, reports Dawn. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Malik Manzoor Hussain also took exception to the absence of the chief executives of the country’s all cellphone companies despite issuance of the notice and issued their bailable arrest warrants. It also directed them to produce two surety bonds valuing PKR 500, 000 each. The Chief Justice had taken suo motu notice of the issue of unregistered SIM cards over an application submitted to the court by PHC Bar Association President Ishtiaq Ibrahim.
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October - 3 
Elsewhere, the Rangers arrested four alleged target killers during a targeted operation carried out in Quaidabad area of Bin Qasim Town on October 4 (today), reported The News. According to the Ranger’s spokesman, the accused are affiliated with Awam
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Elsewhere, the Rangers arrested four alleged target killers during a targeted operation carried out in Quaidabad area of Bin Qasim Town on October 4 (today), reported The News. According to the Ranger’s spokesman, the accused are affiliated with Awami National Party (ANP) and were involved in various incidents of target killings and extortions.
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October - 3 
Further, the KP Government on October 3 promised not to interfere in the Police’s operation against terrorists in the province, reports Dawn. “We’ve given police a freehand to target terrorists in the province and will ensure that there is no politic
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Further, the KP Government on October 3 promised not to interfere in the Police’s operation against terrorists in the province, reports Dawn. “We’ve given police a freehand to target terrorists in the province and will ensure that there is no political interference in it for the best possible results,” Sheraz Paracha, spokesman for the CM, told reporters at Peshawar Press Club.
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October - 3 
In addition, Police arrested four accused during raids in Gulberg Town and Clifton area of Saddar Town on October 3, reports The News. According to Police, the accused were involved in street crimes and kidnapping-for-ransom cases. Police raided Gizr
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In addition, Police arrested four accused during raids in Gulberg Town and Clifton area of Saddar Town on October 3, reports The News. According to Police, the accused were involved in street crimes and kidnapping-for-ransom cases. Police raided Gizri area of Clifton and arrested one accused and seized weapons from his possession. The accused was involved in kidnapping-for-ransom cases. Three more accused were arrested from Gulberg Town.
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October - 3 
Meanwhile, in an effort to cripple the capability of terrorists to easily plan and coordinate criminal activities, the Sindh Provincial Government on October 3 decided to block access to popular internet telephone services and Voice Over Internet Pro
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Meanwhile, in an effort to cripple the capability of terrorists to easily plan and coordinate criminal activities, the Sindh Provincial Government on October 3 decided to block access to popular internet telephone services and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications, which they say militants use for communication, reports Dawn. The services affected by the three-month suspension may include Skype, WhatsApp, and Viber, among other applications. “Criminal elements and terrorists have smartly switched to these networks. Previously, they communicated through their cellular phones. Now they have switched to networks to which we do not have access,” Provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Memon said. “For this (access) we have written to the Federal Government to coordinate with these companies to grant us access to them. Until then, we unfortunately have to announce to all citizens of Sindh that these services will be inaccessible all over the province for the next three months,” said the Provincial Minister.
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October - 3 
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on October 3 that Federal and Provincial authorities would know by the end of November whether the push for peace talks with TTP will be successful or not, reports The Express Tribune. “By the
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Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on October 3 that Federal and Provincial authorities would know by the end of November whether the push for peace talks with TTP will be successful or not, reports The Express Tribune. “By the middle or end of November we will know if this isn’t going to work,” he told the Guardian in an interview. “It could be just a complete deadlock, a collapse, with [the Taliban] insisting on demands that we cannot meet. I reckon you will know in two months.” Imran said if it became clear it was not going to work then he would reluctantly go along with an operation in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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October - 3 
Meanwhile, the sketches of the suspects who had gotten off the Peshawar bus right before it exploded have been released, The Express Tribune reported on October 4. 19 persons were killed and 42 others injured when a bomb exploded on a bus carrying Go
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Meanwhile, the sketches of the suspects who had gotten off the Peshawar bus right before it exploded have been released, The Express Tribune reported on October 4. 19 persons were killed and 42 others injured when a bomb exploded on a bus carrying Government employees at Gulbela area on Charsadda Road of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of KP. The court also sent the bus driver and conductor, who were arrested on KP Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak’s orders, on a judicial remand for 14 days. KP CM had said that bus driver and conductor shouldn’t have allowed as many people on the bus.
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October - 3 
Mullah Baradar, the former Afghan Taliban ‘second-in-command’ recently released by Pakistan, has been shifted to a safe house in Peshawar near the Afghan border, a step closer to starting peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, security sources said on
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Mullah Baradar, the former Afghan Taliban ‘second-in-command’ recently released by Pakistan, has been shifted to a safe house in Peshawar near the Afghan border, a step closer to starting peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, security sources said on October 3, reports The Express Tribune. Afghanistan and the United States believe Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar holds the key to stopping the war in Afghanistan because he is influential enough to persuade his former comrades to stop fighting. But his movements have been shrouded in secrecy since Pakistan announced his release on September 20. Baradar remains effectively under house arrest in Pakistan. “Baradar was moved from one safe house in Karachi to another, and has now been moved to Peshawar,” one senior defence official told Reuters. “He has been in regular touch with his colleagues and the dialogue is on course.” However, Afghan Taliban leaders said that they would not meet their former commander Mullah Baradar in Peshawar as they believe he is still not a free man and is escorted by intelligence officials. Despite announcements of Baradar being released, he is still believed to be in custody and watched closely by intelligence agents, an arrangement which is likely to undermine his role as a peacemaker. “Following his release, he spent some time in Karachi and now arrived in Peshawar to hold meetings,” a source told Reuters.
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October - 3 
Separately, an unidentified dead body was found in a briefcase near Railway Line within the remits of Model Colony Police Station in Malir Town on October 3, reported Daily Times. As per initial investigations, the victim was brutally tortured and be
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Separately, an unidentified dead body was found in a briefcase near Railway Line within the remits of Model Colony Police Station in Malir Town on October 3, reported Daily Times. As per initial investigations, the victim was brutally tortured and before being killed.
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October - 3 
Separately, unidentified armed assailants abducted a man, identified as Rehm Ali, on gunpoint while he was on way to some place from Bhag area of Kachhi District (also known as Bolan District) on October 3, reports The News.
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Separately, unidentified armed assailants abducted a man, identified as Rehm Ali, on gunpoint while he was on way to some place from Bhag area of Kachhi District (also known as Bolan District) on October 3, reports The News.
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October - 3 
Sindh High Court (SHC) on October 3 directed that a report be submitted before it regarding the action the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) took against former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf for abrogating the Constitution, reports Th
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Sindh High Court (SHC) on October 3 directed that a report be submitted before it regarding the action the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) took against former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf for abrogating the Constitution, reports The Express Tribune. Agha Syed Attaullah Shah, the Chairman of the Rah-e-Raast Trust (RRT), had gone to the court against the FIA for allegedly not registering case against Pervez Musharraf despite an undertaking submitted by the Federal Government to the Court. The petitioner said the former President had abrogated and subverted the Constitution on November 3, 2007 by declaring emergency. Musharraf being the then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) put many judges of the superior courts in wrongful confinement,” the petitioner stated in his plea, filed in 2011. The petitioner argued that the Supreme Court’s full bench had later declared the imposition of the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) and emergency as unconstitutional through an order passed on July 31, 2009 and the trustees of the RRT had authorised the petitioner to approach the FIA and file a petition in the high court for initiating legal action under Sections 2 and 3 of the High Treason (Punishment) Act against Musharraf. According to the petitioner, he approached the FIA authorities for registration of his complaint, but no action had been initiated. The petitioner told the two-judge bench headed by Justice Munib Akhtar that the high court had disposed of his petition on March 9, 2011 in view of the undertaking given by a Deputy Attorney General (DAG) that the FIA would take action. “But, no action has been taken to date,” he pleaded. DAG Mohsin Imam informed the court that he had been assigned the case recently, and requested for time to seek details from the FIA.
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October - 3 
The death toll in the suicide attack on the headquarters of Mullah Nabi Hanfi group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Spin Tall area of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on October 2, climbed to 17 on October 3, reports Dawn. Ear
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The death toll in the suicide attack on the headquarters of Mullah Nabi Hanfi group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Spin Tall area of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on October 2, climbed to 17 on October 3, reports Dawn. Earlier, The Express Tribune reported 15 fatalities.
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October - 3 
The Government will press ahead with its plans to engage militants in peace negotiations, despite the wave of terrorist attacks in Peshawar, the National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz said on October 3, reports The Express Tribune.
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The Government will press ahead with its plans to engage militants in peace negotiations, despite the wave of terrorist attacks in Peshawar, the National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz said on October 3, reports The Express Tribune. “Despite these incidents, the dialogue option should be pursued because the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are divided in several groups and many of them have said they do want to pursue dialogue,” Aziz said at a joint news conference with British Senior Foreign Office Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi. His statement came after a series of devastating attacks over the past week during which left more than 150 persons dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and threatened Government efforts to seek peace with the TTP.
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October - 3 
Unidentified armed assailants shot dead a Policeman, identified as Mohammad Rashid, in Metroville area of SITE Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh, on October 3, reports Daily Times.
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Unidentified armed assailants shot dead a Policeman, identified as Mohammad Rashid, in Metroville area of SITE Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh, on October 3, reports Daily Times.
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October - 4 
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, is likely to stay head of the military with a new title when he steps down as Army Chief in November 2013, reported The Times of India, quoting Government and security sources. The sourc
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, is likely to stay head of the military with a new title when he steps down as Army Chief in November 2013, reported The Times of India, quoting Government and security sources. The sources and aides close to General Kayani said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wanted to make him head of a revamped and more powerful Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC). One senior Intelligence official said Prime Minister Sharif planned to overhaul the JCSC, a largely ceremonial office, into a "central defence body" by restoring its command over the entire military establishment and giving it additional powers. "The new JCSC chief will be in charge of the nuclear arsenal. He'll decide on action against terrorists," said the source, adding that new powers included the right to promote post and transfer key military officers.
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October - 4 
A school student, identified as Muhammad Jan, was shot dead by unidentified militants in Killi Mehmoodabad area of Nawa Killi in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on October 4, reports Daily Times.
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A school student, identified as Muhammad Jan, was shot dead by unidentified militants in Killi Mehmoodabad area of Nawa Killi in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on October 4, reports Daily Times.
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October - 4 
An unidentified dead body of a man was found from Kalakot area of Lee Market in Lyari Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 4, reports Daily Times.
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An unidentified dead body of a man was found from Kalakot area of Lee Market in Lyari Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 4, reports Daily Times.
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October - 4 
During a visit to the National Command Centre (NCC) on October 4 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif renewed his Government’s commitment to maintain credible minimum deterrence, reports Dawn. The Prime Minister, who recently spoke at a high-level meeting on
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During a visit to the National Command Centre (NCC) on October 4 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif renewed his Government’s commitment to maintain credible minimum deterrence, reports Dawn. The Prime Minister, who recently spoke at a high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, made a rare visit to an unnamed “technical site” and a “weapons storage site”. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shamim Wynne, Director General of Strategic Plans Division (SPD) retired Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai and other senior military officers. At the NCC of the National Command Authority (NCA), the Prime Minister said Pakistan was not in an arms race, but being fully alive to the evolving security dynamics of the region it would maintain full spectrum deterrence to reinforce strategic stability in South Asia.
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October - 4 
Elsewhere, two suspected militants were arrested and a large cache of weapons was recovered from their possession in Darra Adam Khel town of Kohat District on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. A security official said both suspects were arreste
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Elsewhere, two suspected militants were arrested and a large cache of weapons was recovered from their possession in Darra Adam Khel town of Kohat District on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. A security official said both suspects were arrested at around 12:30pm when a car was stopped at Akhurwal check post for a routine check. 11 submachine guns (SMGs), one Kalakov, one AK-47, 20 magazines, 2,500 bullets, a telescope and a burqa (veil) were found hidden inside the car. The suspects were identified as Naveed Ahmad Afridi, a resident of Jwakai, and Ali Afridi, a resident of Turkey Ismail.
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October - 4 
Further, a constable, Sajad Ahmad, was shot dead by an unidentified motorcyclist at Mardan Road area of Charsadda town (Charsadda District) at around 7:30am on October 4, reports The Express Tribune Sajad was employed as a security officer in the Dis
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Further, a constable, Sajad Ahmad, was shot dead by an unidentified motorcyclist at Mardan Road area of Charsadda town (Charsadda District) at around 7:30am on October 4, reports The Express Tribune Sajad was employed as a security officer in the District Police office and was commuting to work on his motorcycle when the assailants attacked him. A passer-by identified as Shaheen, a minor, was also shot at in the incident.
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October - 4 
In addition, a coordination meeting of senior Police and Rangers Officials was held on October 4 to review the joint operational strategy and to further strengthen the intelligence sharing network between the departments, reports The Express Tribune.
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In addition, a coordination meeting of senior Police and Rangers Officials was held on October 4 to review the joint operational strategy and to further strengthen the intelligence sharing network between the departments, reports The Express Tribune. The meeting was jointly presided over by Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Rangers Director General (DG). “The aim of the meeting was to review the joint operational strategy in detail and to further strengthen the intelligence sharing work to ensure timely action against criminal elements,” said District West Police Chief Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Javed Odho. “Our actions will continue till the complete restoration of peace and elimination of criminal elements – police is now independent in this regard.”
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October - 4 
In addition, Security Forces (SFs) arrested three local militant ‘commanders’ during an operation in the Hassan Khel area of Peshawar on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. The arrested commanders were identified as Mullah Younas, Meena Gul and D
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In addition, Security Forces (SFs) arrested three local militant ‘commanders’ during an operation in the Hassan Khel area of Peshawar on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. The arrested commanders were identified as Mullah Younas, Meena Gul and Dr Sarkha Gul.
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October - 4 
In addition, some 18 Bugti cadres turned themselves in to the Inspector General of Frontier Corps (IG FC) in the presence of tribal elders at Dera Bugti District on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. The rebels, who were watched by their familie
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In addition, some 18 Bugti cadres turned themselves in to the Inspector General of Frontier Corps (IG FC) in the presence of tribal elders at Dera Bugti District on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. The rebels, who were watched by their families, resolved to live as a peaceful citizen in future, according to a statement released by the FC spokesperson. They expressed satisfaction about the amnesty and the package of facilities offered by the Provincial Government. “The people should not be swayed by the provocative statements of insurgents, but work with the Government institutions for the prosperity of the country.” FC IG Major General Ejaz Shahid said. Earlier the rebels had been fervent in fighting with the Security Forces (SFs) and involved in various acts of terror in the province like destroying power pylons, Government buildings and other Government properties.
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October - 4 
Meanwhile, after the review of the news reported throughout September 2013, Daily Times revealed that that the death toll in Karachi during September 2013 was 155, despite regular raids and targeted operations by Rangers and Police, in which Police c
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Meanwhile, after the review of the news reported throughout September 2013, Daily Times revealed that that the death toll in Karachi during September 2013 was 155, despite regular raids and targeted operations by Rangers and Police, in which Police claimed to have arrested a total of 3,976 alleged criminals and terrorists. In the whole month, September 9 proved to be the only day when target killers took a day off. However, the next day, September 10, proved to be the deadliest of the month, as at least 14 persons were reported killed, including two Policemen. According to the review, a total of 64 people were killed between September 1 and September 10. This means that means 41.2 percent of the killings occurred during the first 10 days of September.
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October - 4 
Meanwhile, the Director General (DG) Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Bajwa said on October 4 that SFs will continue with their relief work in the earthquake affected areas, despite facing security hazards and unabated attack
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Meanwhile, the Director General (DG) Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Bajwa said on October 4 that SFs will continue with their relief work in the earthquake affected areas, despite facing security hazards and unabated attacks from militants, reports The Express Tribune. Major General Bajwa claimed that militants had fired twice on troops in the Dandar area of Kech District on October 4 and at least five times the day before in Mashkay area of Awaran District, which is worst hit by the September 24 earthquake. He added that the attacks had claimed the lives of six security personnel while six others sustained injuries. Condemning the attacks, DG ISPR said that the security forces will continue to work to provide relief to the people.
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October - 4 
Meanwhile, the Inspector General Police (IGP) Nasir Durrani on October 4 directed all District Police Officers (DPOs) to conduct operations against terrorists in their respective areas on the basis of intelligence reports, reports The Express Tribune
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Meanwhile, the Inspector General Police (IGP) Nasir Durrani on October 4 directed all District Police Officers (DPOs) to conduct operations against terrorists in their respective areas on the basis of intelligence reports, reports The Express Tribune. Presiding over a meeting of additional IGPs of Operations, Special Branch, Investigation and Frontier Reserve Police, DIG Headquarters and DIG Operations, Durrani said all operations should be planned properly and carried out on the basis of intelligence reports to make them effective.
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October - 4 
Meanwhile, the religious parties including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Samiul Haq (JUI-S) on October 4 demanded that the Government immediately initiate peace talks with TTP as per the mandate of the All Parties Conference (APC) reports The Express Tribune.
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Meanwhile, the religious parties including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Samiul Haq (JUI-S) on October 4 demanded that the Government immediately initiate peace talks with TTP as per the mandate of the All Parties Conference (APC) reports The Express Tribune. JUI-S chief Maulana Samiul Haq accused the Government of not being sincere in pursuing peace talks. “It seems the peace talks’ offer is meant only to buy time before the military can launch an operation against the Taliban,” alleged Sami.
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Security Forces (SFs) on October 6 temporarily called off the targeted operation in the Chilas town of Diamer District in Gilgit Baltistan after it failed to achieve the ‘desired results’, reports The Express Tribune. An operation was launched on Oct
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Security Forces (SFs) on October 6 temporarily called off the targeted operation in the Chilas town of Diamer District in Gilgit Baltistan after it failed to achieve the ‘desired results’, reports The Express Tribune. An operation was launched on October 4-5, 2013, in Shaheen Koat and Takia areas of Chilas town after intelligence reports suggested the presence of at least two suspects involved in the June 23, 2013 Nanga Parbat attack. The operation was launched after the Police intercepted phone calls which revealed the location of the two suspected terrorists as well as a potential terror plot targeting the area. Intelligence revealed suspects had entered Chilas town via Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “Although 16 people were taken into custody, none of them were behind the attack,” a police official said regarding the results of the operation. Superintendent of Police (SP) Jahangir Khan speculated the calls, which were intercepted by agencies, might have been made from cell phones belonging to the wanted men but by their relatives or accomplices. “The operation was a partial success,” said Khan, but denied arresting any of the men behind the Nanga Parbat attack. Eight of the 16 men arrested were also released after investigation. “The operation has temporarily been halted,” the SP said.
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October - 4 
Separately, a Sub-Inspector (SI) of Pishtakhara Police was injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast on Ring Road in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of KP on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. A police mobile was on routine
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Separately, a Sub-Inspector (SI) of Pishtakhara Police was injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast on Ring Road in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of KP on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. A police mobile was on routine patrol at around 9:45am when the bomb went off. SI Namadar Khan sustained injuries and the vehicle was also damaged in the explosion. Police said at least two kilogrammes of high intensity explosives were used in the attack.
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October - 4 
Separately, the Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on October 4 termed the process of peace talks with the TTP “very crucial”, however, he said the things are moving in the right direction, reports The News. When asked about the pr
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Separately, the Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on October 4 termed the process of peace talks with the TTP “very crucial”, however, he said the things are moving in the right direction, reports The News. When asked about the pre-condition set by TTP to stop drone attack, the Minister replied that he would issue formal statement on the said issue on October 5 (Today).
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October - 4 
Separately, the journalist, Lal Wazir, who was abducted by unidentified militants from Azam Warsak town of South Waziristan Agency on October 3, was released by his captors on October 4, reports Dawn. Lal Wazir (38), who works for a local newspaper A
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Separately, the journalist, Lal Wazir, who was abducted by unidentified militants from Azam Warsak town of South Waziristan Agency on October 3, was released by his captors on October 4, reports Dawn. Lal Wazir (38), who works for a local newspaper Azam Warsak, was taken from a shop by six masked militants. Lal Wazir also works for an Islamabad-based think tank specialising in tribal affairs, the FATA Research Centre.
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October - 4 
Separately, three armed assailants in the third consecutive incident on varsity buses intercepted a bus of NED University students near Nadria Chowk in Nazimabad No.1 area of North Nazimabad Town and robbed 65 students on October 4, reported The Expr
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Separately, three armed assailants in the third consecutive incident on varsity buses intercepted a bus of NED University students near Nadria Chowk in Nazimabad No.1 area of North Nazimabad Town and robbed 65 students on October 4, reported The Express Tribune. Holding the students hostage at gunpoint, the armed robbers looted them and then fled the scene. “They (culprits) were in a hurry,” said District Central Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amir Farooqui, adding, “They just took away 24 cell phones from the students during the distance between Nadria Chowk and Nazimabad Underpass.” “This is the third time a varsity bus has been robbed but the Police remain unable to trace and arrest the culprits. They have failed to stop such incidents,” said one student Mohammad Ehsan.
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October - 4 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on October 4 once again denied involvement in the September 22 twin suicide bombings at All Saints Church in Peshawar – but the group says it condones the attack, reports The Express Tribune. “We didn’t carry out
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on October 4 once again denied involvement in the September 22 twin suicide bombings at All Saints Church in Peshawar – but the group says it condones the attack, reports The Express Tribune. “We didn’t carry out the church attack. However, we believe it’s according to the Sharia,” TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid told the BBC Urdu in a telephone interview from an undisclosed location. Asked who issues orders for any attack, he said the TTP central leadership did not necessarily take such decisions. “Our objectives are clear to all our component groups. They are free to select and attack the enemy targets.” However, he added that the TTP had checked with all its groups and none of them owned the church attack.
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October - 4 
Unidentified armed men opened fire at a vehicle of a political agent, injuring one Levies’ personnel in Lower Orakzai Agency on October 4, reports The Daily Times. Political Agent Mehmood Aslam Wazir was on way in his car when some unidentified arme
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Unidentified armed men opened fire at a vehicle of a political agent, injuring one Levies’ personnel in Lower Orakzai Agency on October 4, reports The Daily Times. Political Agent Mehmood Aslam Wazir was on way in his car when some unidentified armed men opened fire at his car.
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October - 4 
Unidentified militants ambushed the vehicle of Orakzai Agency Political Agent (PA) Mehmood Aslam, injuring a levies official in Feroz Khel area of Orakzai Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on October 4, reports The Express Tribune.
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Unidentified militants ambushed the vehicle of Orakzai Agency Political Agent (PA) Mehmood Aslam, injuring a levies official in Feroz Khel area of Orakzai Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. The PA said that he came out of his office around 10:30am and was on his way to Feroz Khel from Utman Khel when unidentified militants sprayed his vehicle with bullets. Farman Khan, a levies official working as a guard for the PA, was injured in the attack.
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October - 4 
Unidentified militants opened fire at a Police car, killing a constable in Khwaja Gunj Bazaar area of Mardan town (Mardan District) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) at 10:20am on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. Swabi Circle Investigation Officer Ni
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Unidentified militants opened fire at a Police car, killing a constable in Khwaja Gunj Bazaar area of Mardan town (Mardan District) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) at 10:20am on October 4, reports The Express Tribune. Swabi Circle Investigation Officer Niaz Muhammad told the Police he had come to Mardan to appear before Anti-Terrorism Court as a witness along with two Police officials. Muhammad added they were passing through the bazaar when unidentified militants opened fire at them, injuring Constable Muhammad Arshad, who was driving the car. Muhammad Arshad later succumbed to his injuries at hospital.
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October - 5 
Earlier, on October 5, 2013 an eyewitness had identified Rizvi as the killer of Randhawa. The witness identified the suspect among the ‘dummies’ during an identification parade conducted by the judicial magistrate Central, Akbar Ali. Randhawa and hi
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Earlier, on October 5, 2013 an eyewitness had identified Rizvi as the killer of Randhawa. The witness identified the suspect among the ‘dummies’ during an identification parade conducted by the judicial magistrate Central, Akbar Ali. Randhawa and his son Tauqeer Ali Randhawa were shot in North Nazimabad Town on September 26, 2013.
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October - 5 
Earlier, on September 28, 2013, Jinnah University for Women students were looted on their varsity bus on Main University Road. Similarly, on September 3, 2013 students of University of Karachi were deprived of their valuables when armed assailants st
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Earlier, on September 28, 2013, Jinnah University for Women students were looted on their varsity bus on Main University Road. Similarly, on September 3, 2013 students of University of Karachi were deprived of their valuables when armed assailants stormed into their bus on Banaras Flyover.
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October - 5 
Further, the Security Forces recovered a cache of weapons and arrested five alleged gun runners near Kohat Tunnel in Kohat District in the evening of October 5, reports, The News. The sources said that five persons, whose identity could not be ascert
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Further, the Security Forces recovered a cache of weapons and arrested five alleged gun runners near Kohat Tunnel in Kohat District in the evening of October 5, reports, The News. The sources said that five persons, whose identity could not be ascertained, were smuggling heavy and small arms, including SMGs, Kalashnikov rifles, pistols and thousands of cartridges from Darra Adamkhel to Karachi in two vehicles.
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October - 5 
In addition, a power pylon was blown up in Khazana area of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of KP, while three other bombs planted with the electricity tower were defused in the night of October 5, reports The News. Police said fo
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In addition, a power pylon was blown up in Khazana area of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of KP, while three other bombs planted with the electricity tower were defused in the night of October 5, reports The News. Police said four timed IEDs were planted with an electric pylon in the jurisdiction of Khazana Police Station. One of the IEDs went off, damaging the tower. The remaining three IEDs could not explode and were defused by the Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU).
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October - 5 
Meanwhile, the TTP ‘spokesman’ Shahidullah Shahid said on October 5 that the peace talks cannot be successful until the withdrawal of Army troops from the tribal areas and the release of prisoners, reports The News.
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Meanwhile, the TTP ‘spokesman’ Shahidullah Shahid said on October 5 that the peace talks cannot be successful until the withdrawal of Army troops from the tribal areas and the release of prisoners, reports The News.
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October - 5 
One Anti Terrorist Force (ATF) operative and two abductors were killed during a raid for the recovery of an abducted heart specialist Doctor Munaaf Tareen in Qilla Abdullah District on October 5, reports The Express Tribune. “Three kidnappers have be
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One Anti Terrorist Force (ATF) operative and two abductors were killed during a raid for the recovery of an abducted heart specialist Doctor Munaaf Tareen in Qilla Abdullah District on October 5, reports The Express Tribune. “Three kidnappers have been arrested. However, Dr Tareen couldn’t be recovered yet,” Police sources said. According to Police, the ATF and other law enforcement agencies conducted a raid on a house at Kili Karez area of Gulistan for the recovery of abducted heart specialist Dr Tareen, when unidentified armed abductors opened fire on them. As the forces returned fire, two kidnappers Sabir Khan and Waris Khan were killed on the spot while three of their accomplices Afzal, Azam Khan and Mashkey Khan were arrested. One ATF man Salahuddin also lost his life in the shootout while another Muhammad Ramzan suffered injuries.
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October - 5 
Separately, two members of peace committee were shot dead in Charbagh tehsil (revenue unit) in Swat District on October 5, reports The News. The sources said members of the pro-government Village Defence Committee, Qalandar Khan and Shah-e-Room, were
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Separately, two members of peace committee were shot dead in Charbagh tehsil (revenue unit) in Swat District on October 5, reports The News. The sources said members of the pro-government Village Defence Committee, Qalandar Khan and Shah-e-Room, were going home when unidentified militants opened fire on them. Both died on the spot.
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October - 5 
Separately, unidentified militants abducted the Director of Non-Governmental Organisation’s (NGO), identified as Director Moor Muhammad’s, from Railway Colony in Quetta on October 5, reported The News.
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Separately, unidentified militants abducted the Director of Non-Governmental Organisation’s (NGO), identified as Director Moor Muhammad’s, from Railway Colony in Quetta on October 5, reported The News.
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October - 5 
The Afghan Taliban is financially supporting the Pakistani militants and providing sanctuary to them in Afghanistan, the ‘spokesman’ for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shahidullah Shahid has said on October 5, reports Dawn. “The Afghan Taliban
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The Afghan Taliban is financially supporting the Pakistani militants and providing sanctuary to them in Afghanistan, the ‘spokesman’ for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shahidullah Shahid has said on October 5, reports Dawn. “The Afghan Taliban is our jihadi brothers. In the beginning, we were helping them, but now they are strong enough and they don’t need our help, but they are now supporting us financially,” he said, adding, the Afghan Taliban was also providing sanctuary for a prominent TTP ‘commander’, Mullah Fazlullah, in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province. Pakistan has long been accused of pursuing a policy of differentiating between the Afghan and Pakistan Taliban as so-called ‘good’ and ‘bad’ militants.
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October - 5 
The death toll in Karachi during September, 2013 was 155, despite regular raids and targeted operations by Rangers and Police, in which Police claimed to have ed a total 3,976 alleged criminals and terrorists, reports The Daily Times on October 5. Un
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The death toll in Karachi during September, 2013 was 155, despite regular raids and targeted operations by Rangers and Police, in which Police claimed to have ed a total 3,976 alleged criminals and terrorists, reports The Daily Times on October 5. Unidentified men killed at least one Pakistan Navy, one Rangers personnel and 17 Policemen in targeted ambush in September, 2013.
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October - 5 
Three persons were injured in two separate blasts in Kurram Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on October 5, reports The News. The sources said one blast took place in Boshera Killay area where unidentified militants had placed expl
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Three persons were injured in two separate blasts in Kurram Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on October 5, reports The News. The sources said one blast took place in Boshera Killay area where unidentified militants had placed explosives outside the house of one Rehman Ali, whose son Hidayat Ali suffered wounds in the blast. Another blast occurred in Boshera Jauzak village, where too explosives had been planted next to the wall of a house. Two persons identified as Suleman and Zaman sustained injuries in the explosion.
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October - 6 
A roadside bomb on October 6 killed three soldiers and injured at least seven others when their vehicle was struck with an improvised explosive device (IED) alongside Bannu-Miranshah road in the Bannu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports Dail
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A roadside bomb on October 6 killed three soldiers and injured at least seven others when their vehicle was struck with an improvised explosive device (IED) alongside Bannu-Miranshah road in the Bannu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports Daily Times. The military vehicle was on a routine patrol when it hit the IED. A curfew was imposed in the area following the blast. A little known militant organisation, Ansarul Islam Mujahideen, claimed responsibility for the attack. “We attacked the military convoy in Bannu region this morning,” ‘spokesman’ Abu Baseer said. “Such attacks are in retaliation for the drone strikes and will continue until the US and Pakistani Governments stop targeting Mujahideen through the unmanned aircraft,” he added.
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October - 6 
After a brief encounter, 10 suspects, including five women, were arrested, who were identified as Rehan, Narayan, Ehtisham, Owais, Prem, Sana Sheikh, Saibah, Soniya, Mehreen and Saima. The police also seized two repeater rifles, one 8mm rifle, four 9
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After a brief encounter, 10 suspects, including five women, were arrested, who were identified as Rehan, Narayan, Ehtisham, Owais, Prem, Sana Sheikh, Saibah, Soniya, Mehreen and Saima. The police also seized two repeater rifles, one 8mm rifle, four 9mm pistols and two walkie-talkie sets. The gang took the women along with them during attacks and after committing the offences, they handed over their weapons to the women, who hid the guns in their bags and fled easily. The suspects were said to be wanted in a number of target killing and extortion cases. 47 more detained
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October - 6 
At least two gangsters, identified as Shahzad and Shakir, belonging to the Waseeullah alias Lakhoo group, were shot dead during a Police encounter in Kalri area of Lyari Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 6, reported
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At least two gangsters, identified as Shahzad and Shakir, belonging to the Waseeullah alias Lakhoo group, were shot dead during a Police encounter in Kalri area of Lyari Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 6, reported The News. Kalri Station House Officer (SHO) Mir Mohammed Lashari said that the Police was informed about the presence of notorious criminals of Lyari gang war in the Daryabad area. Personnel from the City Division Police were called in and as the law enforcers were cordoning the entry and exit points, the gangsters opened fire at them. After a brief encounter, the Police arrested two injured gangsters but their accomplices fled under the cover of gunfire. Later, both of them succumbed to their injuries.
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October - 6 
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on October 6 took the unusual step of ruling out any change in his scheduled retirement next month, quashing months of speculation that he would accept an extension of service, reports The E
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Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on October 6 took the unusual step of ruling out any change in his scheduled retirement next month, quashing months of speculation that he would accept an extension of service, reports The Express Tribune. “My tenure ends on November 29, 2013. On that day I will retire,” General Kayani said in an unprecedented statement issued by the military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Speculations were rife in the local and international media that General Kayani might not relinquish his office in November on the pretext that it would somehow derail the military’s anti-terror campaign. Some reports even suggested that Kayani would be made chairman of a revamped Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. General Kayani, however, put all such rumours to rest. “It’s time for others to carry forward the mission of making Pakistan a truly democratic, prosperous and peaceful country that embodies the finest dreams our founding fathers had envisaged for us,” he said. “For quite some time, my current responsibilities and likely future plans have been debated in the media with all sorts of rumours and speculations doing the rounds. The subject of being entrusted with new duties has also come up in several reports. I’m grateful to the political leadership and the nation for reposing their trust in me and Pakistan Army at this important juncture of our national history,” he was quoted as saying by the ISPR. A senior army official said that General Kayani had made up his mind long time ago that he would not seek any extension in his tenure. “He wants an honourable exit. He was very clear in his mind that others should also get a chance to reach the top position,” the official said while requesting anonymity. However, it is not clear whether General Kayani will accept any other position after his retirement. There were speculations that he might be made national security adviser or Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States (US).
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October - 6 
Elsewhere, Police arrested at least 10 suspects, including five women, of the Lyari-based gangs and seized a cache of weapons in Haji Mureed Goth area of Gulbahar in Liaquatabad Town on October 6, reported The News. The Police were tipped off about t
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Elsewhere, Police arrested at least 10 suspects, including five women, of the Lyari-based gangs and seized a cache of weapons in Haji Mureed Goth area of Gulbahar in Liaquatabad Town on October 6, reported The News. The Police were tipped off about the presence of gangster Saleem Bikik alias Chocolatee, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Central Amir Farooqi. The Gulbahar SHO along with a police team raided the area but came under fire from the criminals.
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October - 6 
Elsewhere, Police detained seven suspects during a search operation in various areas of Sariab in Quetta on October 6, reports Daily Times. Police also claimed to have recovered weapons from the possession of detainees.
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Elsewhere, Police detained seven suspects during a search operation in various areas of Sariab in Quetta on October 6, reports Daily Times. Police also claimed to have recovered weapons from the possession of detainees.
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October - 6 
In a separate incident, a prayer leader, identified as Maulana Gul Nawaz (50), and his two children were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion near G-7 bus stop in Gulshan-e-Ghazi area of Ittehad Town in Baldia Town on October, re
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In a separate incident, a prayer leader, identified as Maulana Gul Nawaz (50), and his two children were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion near G-7 bus stop in Gulshan-e-Ghazi area of Ittehad Town in Baldia Town on October, reports The News.
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October - 6 
In addition, the Rangers, in the ongoing targeted operations, detained 47 suspects, including alleged gangsters and political and religious activists, and seized a number of weapons from them, reports The News. The Rangers spokesman said intelligence
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In addition, the Rangers, in the ongoing targeted operations, detained 47 suspects, including alleged gangsters and political and religious activists, and seized a number of weapons from them, reports The News. The Rangers spokesman said intelligence-driven joint targeted raids were carried out in Nava Lane, Singo Lane, New Karachi, North Nazimabad, Orangi Town, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Mehmoodabad, Frontier Colony and Landhi. During the raids, 23 suspects, including political activists and Lyari-based gangsters, were arrested and weapons found on them.
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October - 6 
In another incident, an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), identified as Adeel Murad (22), was shot dead near Sheesha Gali in Malir Town on October 6, reported The News.
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In another incident, an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), identified as Adeel Murad (22), was shot dead near Sheesha Gali in Malir Town on October 6, reported The News.
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October - 6 
In Gulshan-e-Buner area of Quaidabad in Baldia Town, Rangers detained 13 suspects and seized pistols during the raid. The arrested criminals were wanted for their involvement in several cases of sectarian killing.
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In Gulshan-e-Buner area of Quaidabad in Baldia Town, Rangers detained 13 suspects and seized pistols during the raid. The arrested criminals were wanted for their involvement in several cases of sectarian killing.
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October - 6 
In Pathan Colony of Orangi Town, at least 12 suspects, including cadres of banned religious outfits, were arrested in a raid and 38 guns, including submachine guns, were seized. The suspects were said to be involved in many terrorist activities.
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In Pathan Colony of Orangi Town, at least 12 suspects, including cadres of banned religious outfits, were arrested in a raid and 38 guns, including submachine guns, were seized. The suspects were said to be involved in many terrorist activities.
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October - 6 
Meanwhile, Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) with the collaboration of Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) on October 6 recovered an abducted banker, identified as Faizan Farooqui (28), from Kiamari Town on October 5, reported Daily Times. However
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Meanwhile, Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) with the collaboration of Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) on October 6 recovered an abducted banker, identified as Faizan Farooqui (28), from Kiamari Town on October 5, reported Daily Times. However the kidnappers managed to escape. Farooqui was abducted on September 29, 2013 from Maripur area of the Town when he was returning from French beach. The abductors had called the victim’s family and demanded PKR 45 million for his release, however, CPLC in collaboration with AVCC raided an under construction building at Maripur and recovered the hostage.
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October - 6 
Meanwhile, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is planning huge attacks within the next 24 hours in Peshawar, Dawn reported on October 7. The attacks will be majorly aimed at law enforcement agencies. According to well-placed sources, the TTP has planne
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Meanwhile, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is planning huge attacks within the next 24 hours in Peshawar, Dawn reported on October 7. The attacks will be majorly aimed at law enforcement agencies. According to well-placed sources, the TTP has planned attacks on the Frontier Constabulary (FC) and Police checkposts throughout the Peshawar. Security measures have been strengthened around the city, along with at important security check posts. According to security officials, reports have been received that a suicide bomber has entered Nowshera District. Security measures have thus gone on high alert, and security officers are now searching for the suspect.
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October - 6 
Meanwhile, The Express Tribune reported that terrorist attacks on relief convoys and threats to the security of personnel involved in the relief process have made concerned authorities to change their plan for formal damage assessment in Balochistan’
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Meanwhile, The Express Tribune reported that terrorist attacks on relief convoys and threats to the security of personnel involved in the relief process have made concerned authorities to change their plan for formal damage assessment in Balochistan’s earthquake affected areas. Deterred by security threats, very few non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and relief activists were available for carrying out the damage assessment program. But National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and other authorities concerned have devised an alternative plan. “The army and Frontier Corps (FC) have been roped in to assist in the damage assessment program which is up and running,” said an official of NDMA who did not want to comment on the aspect of security.
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October - 6 
Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quoting unnamed military and civilian officials reported October 6 that General Kayani is lobbying to keep a key defence role and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is considering the request. He has reportedly asked
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Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quoting unnamed military and civilian officials reported October 6 that General Kayani is lobbying to keep a key defence role and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is considering the request. He has reportedly asked for a further one or two years on the job, according to serving and retired military officials. According to the WSJ report, Kayani is prepared to “accept a revamped Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee job, currently a largely ceremonial post that would be given more authority, or to become defence Adviser to the Government.” The report further cited officials saying that he could also be made ambassador to the US. A military source told WSJ that “Kayani wants authority over military appointments and troop movement added to the position.” “Kayani is using his office to say that he’s the guy who can control North Waziristan, he’s the one who can handle what is happening with India,” the report quoted a retired army officer as saying. “With all this going on, he’s saying now is not the time for a change of leadership.”
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October - 6 
Separately, a local leader of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), identified as Daad Ali Bugti, was seriously wounded during a firing by incident by unidentified armed assailants on the National Highway near Khuzdar District on October 6, reported Dawn.
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Separately, a local leader of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), identified as Daad Ali Bugti, was seriously wounded during a firing by incident by unidentified armed assailants on the National Highway near Khuzdar District on October 6, reported Dawn. He later succumbed to his injuries.
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October - 6 
Separately, Police shot dead an alleged target killer, identified as Adnan, in an encounter near Zia Morr in SITE Town on October 6, reports The News. According to SITE Superintendent of Police (SP), the Police had been informed about the presence of
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Separately, Police shot dead an alleged target killer, identified as Adnan, in an encounter near Zia Morr in SITE Town on October 6, reports The News. According to SITE Superintendent of Police (SP), the Police had been informed about the presence of a notorious group of criminals in the Zia Morr area, but when the law enforcers launched a raid, the suspects opened fire at them. Police said that he was a member of a drug-peddling group and was wanted in a number of cases of target killings.
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October - 6 
The Government said on October 6 that the dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was progressing and expressed the hope it would be helpful in restoring peace and tranquillity in the country, reports Daily Times. Federal Minister of Infor
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The Government said on October 6 that the dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was progressing and expressed the hope it would be helpful in restoring peace and tranquillity in the country, reports Daily Times. Federal Minister of Information Pervez Rashid, in an interview, said the Government is pursuing the option of talks with the TTP as proposed and endorsed by the All-Parties Conference. He said TTP had showed willingness to hold dialogue and the Government welcomed this, and responded with a positive gesture. Rashid claimed progress in talks between the government and the TTP groups. However, he said that no timeframe could be given about the results for now.
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October - 6 
The Lahore High Court on October 6 orders the release of Nek Muhammad, who is accused of involvement in the March 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, reports The Express Tribune. The Government had issued another Maintenance of Public Order O
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The Lahore High Court on October 6 orders the release of Nek Muhammad, who is accused of involvement in the March 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, reports The Express Tribune. The Government had issued another Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO) notification for Nek Muhammad’s detention for one month. However, the Government could not justify his detention before a review board of the Lahore High Court on October 1, 2013. Nek Muhammad was arrested in June 2009. The Government detained him under Section 3 of the MPO law for three months. On completion of his 90-day detention, the Government approached the review board which allowed a 30-day extension. The review board did not grant another extension when it met with the prosecution on October 1 and ordered his release.
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October - 6 
The News while quoting official statistic on October 6 reported that there have been more kidnapping-for-ransom cases in Karachi this year - 148 - than any other in the last two decades. According to data compiled by the Citizens-Police Liaison Commi
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The News while quoting official statistic on October 6 reported that there have been more kidnapping-for-ransom cases in Karachi this year - 148 - than any other in the last two decades. According to data compiled by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC), 129 of these cases have been solved. The kidnapping cases in the city have risen sharply in the last few weeks – the abductees mostly businessmen and children. The CPLC says that in most of the cases, the kidnappers are residents of rural Sindh or Hub in Balochistan. To tackle this problem, Police, Rangers and Frontier Constabulary personnel have been deployed at several check points on the city’s exit points. In some cases when the ransom is not paid, the kidnap victim is killed and the body dumped along the highway. The most disturbing aspect of the CPLC report is that some dismissed police officials are also involved in a few cases. The CPLC chief says that there are five major groups responsible for the majority of the kidnapping for ransom cases. “The kidnappings usually occur in the city’s suburbs or the Old City areas,” explains Ahmed Chinoy. “These gangs usually kidnap people returning from French Beach, the Northern Bypass, Hawkesbay Road and traders in Old City areas including Timber Market, Lea Market, Kharadar and Jama Cloth Market.” The official said the kidnappers mostly arrived in pick-ups or on motorcycles and managed to kidnap traders despite the presence of security guards at the markets. “These groups target the bankers, estate agents and traders and their children. They demand somewhere between PKR 0.1 and PKR0.3 million and if the families don’t pay, they kill the victims and dump their bodies in the area near the Northern Bypass that lies within the jurisdictions of the Surjani and Manghopir Police Station or other places that fall within the remit of the Sohrab Goth, Sachal, Bin Qasim, Quaidabad Police Stations.”
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October - 7 
According to The Express Tribune an unannounced strike was observed in Lyari on October 7 following the killings of two alleged gangsters, Shahzad alias She, and Shakir Ali alias Shakir Dada, during an encounter in Lyari Town on October 6, 2103. Anno
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According to The Express Tribune an unannounced strike was observed in Lyari on October 7 following the killings of two alleged gangsters, Shahzad alias She, and Shakir Ali alias Shakir Dada, during an encounter in Lyari Town on October 6, 2103. Announcements for the strike were made over loud speakers at the mosques. “If they were criminals, they should have been produced before a court,” said Friends of Lyari Chairperson Habib Jan Baloch. He was of the view that a few high-ranking officials of the Rangers were behind the discrimination meted out to Lyari. He demanded the elimination of “black sheep” in Rangers. However, a spokesperson for Rangers contradicted the allegations.
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October - 7 
Also, a cadre of Sunni Tehreek (ST), believed to be involved in target killings, was arrested in Bilal Colony of Korangi Town. The SSP said Mohammed Saqib was wanted in many target killing cases.
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Also, a cadre of Sunni Tehreek (ST), believed to be involved in target killings, was arrested in Bilal Colony of Korangi Town. The SSP said Mohammed Saqib was wanted in many target killing cases.
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October - 7 
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on October 7 dismissed the bail application of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Shahjahan Baloch, reports The Express Tribune. He was nominated as a suspect in the March 17, 2013 abduction
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An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on October 7 dismissed the bail application of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Shahjahan Baloch, reports The Express Tribune. He was nominated as a suspect in the March 17, 2013 abduction and murder case of a Lyari gangster, Arshad Pappu. The Investigating Officer (IO), Muhammad Yamin Gujjar, submitted a report regarding the proclamation and confiscation of the property of the suspects before the court. Gujjar said that the Mukhtiarkar (revenue administrative officer) had told him that the suspected criminals had no property registered in their names. The IO said that all other formalities, including the proclamation of the suspects, have been completed. Following the submission of the report, the court confirmed the suspects as absconders. The case will be reopened whenever they are arrested, said court officials.
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October - 7 
At least seven persons including four Policemen were killed and eight others injured as a bomb ripped through a function called to distribute anti polio material among the anti polio teams in Suleman Khel area of Union Council Bazidkhel of Badhaber a
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At least seven persons including four Policemen were killed and eight others injured as a bomb ripped through a function called to distribute anti polio material among the anti polio teams in Suleman Khel area of Union Council Bazidkhel of Badhaber area of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the morning of October 7, reports The News. The blast occurred at the function of the District Health Department ahead of starting the oral vaccination in the area.
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October - 7 
Elsewhere, a gangster, identified as Muhammad Ayaz (25), was shot dead in front of the Masoomin Hospital in Moosa Lane of Lyari Town on October 7, reports The News.
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Elsewhere, a gangster, identified as Muhammad Ayaz (25), was shot dead in front of the Masoomin Hospital in Moosa Lane of Lyari Town on October 7, reports The News.
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October - 7 
In addition, at least 30 alleged target killers and extortionists were arrested in surgical raids conducted in several parts of Karachi, the Law Enforcement Agencies said on October 7, reports The News. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) East Munir Sheik
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In addition, at least 30 alleged target killers and extortionists were arrested in surgical raids conducted in several parts of Karachi, the Law Enforcement Agencies said on October 7, reports The News. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) East Munir Sheikh said a Gulshan-e-Iqbal Police team under the supervision of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Syed Peer Mohammed Shah conducted a raid in Abbas Town (Gulshan Town) and after a shoot-out arrested one accused Farhat Abbas Zaidi. The arrested man confessed during interrogation that he and his associates had been involved in a number of killings.
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October - 7 
In another incident, a Police informer, identified as Islam (52), was shot dead near Peela School at North Karachi in North Nazimabad Town on October 7, reports The News. Police said the victim had been receiving threats from a group, which had claim
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In another incident, a Police informer, identified as Islam (52), was shot dead near Peela School at North Karachi in North Nazimabad Town on October 7, reports The News. Police said the victim had been receiving threats from a group, which had claimed that he was informing law enforcers about them.
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October - 7 
Meanwhile, Police on October 7 beefed up security at the Karachi’s central jail to prevent a terrorist attack, reported The News. “Around 50 CCTV cameras have been installed to monitor the activities around the jail,” Inspector General of Police (IGP
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Meanwhile, Police on October 7 beefed up security at the Karachi’s central jail to prevent a terrorist attack, reported The News. “Around 50 CCTV cameras have been installed to monitor the activities around the jail,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Prisons Nusrat Mangan said, “We have also set up 12 new pickets to guard the prison. We have 150 high-profile activists of banned outfits locked up at the central jail.” Mangan added that 100 Policemen would be added to the existing force guarding the prison. “We have requested the higher authorities to provide us with 50 Kalashnikovs, 15 G-3 rifles and four LMGs, as the existing force guarding the prison is ill-equipped to tackle a terrorist threat,” he added. The jail authorities have received intelligence reports that terrorists might attack the central prison to free their associates.
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October - 7 
MSF’s spokesperson in Pakistan said, as of today (October 7, 2013) there was no headway in negotiations between the Government and MSF officials. She said: “Our teams of doctors are ready to go to the affected areas, but we are yet to get a formal au
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MSF’s spokesperson in Pakistan said, as of today (October 7, 2013) there was no headway in negotiations between the Government and MSF officials. She said: “Our teams of doctors are ready to go to the affected areas, but we are yet to get a formal authorisation from the Government.” The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) spokesman Adrees Mehsood said no such assistance was required because the NDMA had already provided food, shelter, medical care and other goods to the entire population of 125,000 in the area. He said international aid agencies were not allowed to carry out relief work because the Government had not sought their help. Mehsood said an international call by the host Government was mandatory to let foreign Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the disaster-hit areas. He said the Government also did not want to have foreigners doing relief work as the law and order situation was bad in the area. MSF claimed that still there are areas where the government aid has not reached. However, a nationalist Baloch leader, who didn’t want to come on record, said there was a tacit agreement between the Government and Baloch insurgents that foreigners should not be allowed to operate in the area. “Baloch militants don’t want foreigners reaching their hideouts in the garb of humanitarian aid workers,” he said.
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October - 7 
Separately, a cleric of Misbahul Uloom seminary, identified as Maulana Ghulam Nabi, was shot dead while his colleague Maulana Abdul Wudood was injured when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at them in Orangi Town on October 7, reported The Ne
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Separately, a cleric of Misbahul Uloom seminary, identified as Maulana Ghulam Nabi, was shot dead while his colleague Maulana Abdul Wudood was injured when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at them in Orangi Town on October 7, reported The News.
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October - 7 
Separately, unidentified militants abducted 10 persons from Matani area of Peshawar on October 7, reports The News. Police said unidentified militants stopped three Kohat-bound vehicles in Matani and whisk away 10 persons. They let go three women. Po
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Separately, unidentified militants abducted 10 persons from Matani area of Peshawar on October 7, reports The News. Police said unidentified militants stopped three Kohat-bound vehicles in Matani and whisk away 10 persons. They let go three women. Police said the abductees hail from Bili Tang area of Kohat.
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October - 7 
SSP Central Amir Farooqi during a press conference said that the Super Market Police raided a hideout in Liaquatabad Town and after an encounter arrested three suspects, identified as Zaid Ghauri, Haseeb Shah and Junaid Aslam. They confessed to extor
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SSP Central Amir Farooqi during a press conference said that the Super Market Police raided a hideout in Liaquatabad Town and after an encounter arrested three suspects, identified as Zaid Ghauri, Haseeb Shah and Junaid Aslam. They confessed to extorting money from traders in Sarafa Karyana Market, Liaquatabad, Peetal Gali, Rizvia and other areas of District Central.
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October - 7 
The Gulistan-e-Jauhar Police arrested one accused, identified as Mohammad Tanveer Ali, for murdering a security guard, Allah Bachaya, and snatching his pistol.
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The Gulistan-e-Jauhar Police arrested one accused, identified as Mohammad Tanveer Ali, for murdering a security guard, Allah Bachaya, and snatching his pistol.
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October - 7 
The medico-legal officer (MLO) of the Qatar Hospital, identified as Dr Irfanuddin Qureshi (54), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants while he was seeing patients at his private clinic, Nizam Medical Centre near Kali Pahari area of Orangi To
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The medico-legal officer (MLO) of the Qatar Hospital, identified as Dr Irfanuddin Qureshi (54), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants while he was seeing patients at his private clinic, Nizam Medical Centre near Kali Pahari area of Orangi Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh October 7, reports The News. Orangi Town Station House Officer (SHO) Ghulam Nabi Afridi said, “We don’t know the motive yet but we are investigating to ascertain the cause behind his killing.” Doctor Qureshi was a member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
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October - 7 
The Samanabad Police arrested two activists, Mohammad Bilal and Waqas Ahmed Khan, belonging to a banned religious outfit near Ameer Maviya Ground in Federal B Area of Gulberg Town. The SSP said were involved in a number of sectarian killings.
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The Samanabad Police arrested two activists, Mohammad Bilal and Waqas Ahmed Khan, belonging to a banned religious outfit near Ameer Maviya Ground in Federal B Area of Gulberg Town. The SSP said were involved in a number of sectarian killings.
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October - 7 
The Supreme Court on October 7 rejected a petition filed by former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf to move the hearing of the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case (August 26, 2006) from Quetta to Islamabad, reports The Times of India. A three-
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The Supreme Court on October 7 rejected a petition filed by former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf to move the hearing of the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case (August 26, 2006) from Quetta to Islamabad, reports The Times of India. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk heard the request filed by the former President. Advocate Qamar Afzal was representing Musharraf in the court and the request was filed on grounds of threats to the former President’s security.
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October - 7 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on October 7 said schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai had “no courage” and vowed to attack her again if they got the chance, reports Dawn. TTP tried to kill Malala on her school bus on October 9, 2012. She amaz
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on October 7 said schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai had “no courage” and vowed to attack her again if they got the chance, reports Dawn. TTP tried to kill Malala on her school bus on October 9, 2012. She amazingly survived being shot in the head and has become a global ambassador for the right of all children, girls as well as boys, to go to school. Having spread a message of “education for all” across the globe, the 16-year-old is now among the favourites for the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be awarded on October 11. But Shahidullah Shahid, ‘spokesman’ of TTP, slammed Malala and said they would try again to kill her. “She is not a brave girl and has no courage. We will target her again and attack whenever we have a chance,” Shahid said. However, in an interview with the BBC, Malala dismissed the threats against her life and repeated her desire to return to Pakistan from Britain, where she was flown for treatment after the attack and where she now goes to school, reports Dawn. Further, Malala said that dialogue is the best way to fight militancy in Pakistan, reports Dawn. “The best way to solve problem and to fight against war is through dialogue, and is through peaceful way,” she added. “But for me the best way to fight against terrorism and extremism is a simple thing – educate the next generation.” She added further that issues of terrorism are “not an issue for me, that's the job of the government…and that's also the job of America”. Malala said it was important that the Taliban discussed their demands. “They must do what they want through dialogue,” she said. “Killing people, torturing people and flogging people…it’s totally against Islam. They are misusing the name of Islam.”
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October - 8 
A Frenchman held in Pakistan for months on suspicion of training militants was detained for questioning by French Police on his return home on October 8, an official at the Paris prosecutor’s office said, reports The Express Tribune. Naamen Meziche w
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A Frenchman held in Pakistan for months on suspicion of training militants was detained for questioning by French Police on his return home on October 8, an official at the Paris prosecutor’s office said, reports The Express Tribune. Naamen Meziche was arrested on a bus along with three other French nationals in south-western Pakistan in May, 2012, on suspicion of training militant networks and preparing terrorist attacks, the official said. Pakistan deported them all to France in April, except Meziche, who was deported on October 7-evening. The men have been held on suspicion of conspiring to commit terrorist acts. Meziche, who is of Algerian origin, is suspected by French security officials of being a member of al Qaeda. “We hope that confronting Meziche with the three others will enable us to find out more about this cell and its exact role within al Qaeda,” the prosecutor’s office aide said, declining to give further details. No lawyer for Meziche could immediately be reached for comment.
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October - 8 
A pro-Government tribal elder Malik Haji Sadat Sher from Gandao in Mohmand Agency (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) was travelling in a taxi en route to Peshawar when motorcyclists ambushed the vehicle on Charsadda Road near Budni Pull under Khaz
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A pro-Government tribal elder Malik Haji Sadat Sher from Gandao in Mohmand Agency (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) was travelling in a taxi en route to Peshawar when motorcyclists ambushed the vehicle on Charsadda Road near Budni Pull under Khazana Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 8, reports The Express Tribune. While Malik Haji Sadat Sher was killed, his driver sustained injuries. “Haji Sadat Sher was an influential figure in Mohmand Agency as he is the brother of Malik Amir Muhammad Nawaz Khan,” said a Khazana Police official. “This is an incident of target killing as both the brothers were receiving threats from militants due to their affiliation with the Government and their stance against militancy,” he explained.
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October - 8 
At least eight persons, including four Policemen were injured when unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at New Sariab Police Station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on October 8, reported The News.
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At least eight persons, including four Policemen were injured when unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at New Sariab Police Station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on October 8, reported The News.
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October - 8 
Elsewhere, a man was killed in a sectarian target killing at Ath Chowk in Lyari Town on October 8, reports Dawn. According to Police, the killing was of a sectarian nature.
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Elsewhere, a man was killed in a sectarian target killing at Ath Chowk in Lyari Town on October 8, reports Dawn. According to Police, the killing was of a sectarian nature.
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October - 8 
In addition, Major General Samrez Salik, who commands the 33 Division of the Army, while talking to journalists at Army Earthquake Relief Centre in Awaran District on October 8 said that all quarters, including the ‘rebels,’ need to join hands to pul
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In addition, Major General Samrez Salik, who commands the 33 Division of the Army, while talking to journalists at Army Earthquake Relief Centre in Awaran District on October 8 said that all quarters, including the ‘rebels,’ need to join hands to pull the strife-torn province out of years of impoverishment, reported The Express Tribune. He said that the Army would continue to work to bring relief to the quake survivors – but added that work remained to be done over and beyond recovering from the natural disaster. The region, which is a hotbed of rebel activity, is amongst the poorest and most backward in Pakistan – and all stakeholders needed to brush aside differences and work to help the people there, he said. When approached by The Express Tribune to clarify if he meant that everyone “joining hands” in the effort was also a reference to the insurgents, he replied in the affirmative. “I mean everyone,” he emphasised. He did, however, add that the Army would continue their relief effort despite the clashes.
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October - 8 
In another incident, a school van was looted on October 8 at Nazimabad No.7 in North Nazimabad Town, reports The News. The students shocked by the sudden attack readily handed over whatever they had with them including the cellular phones and watches
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In another incident, a school van was looted on October 8 at Nazimabad No.7 in North Nazimabad Town, reports The News. The students shocked by the sudden attack readily handed over whatever they had with them including the cellular phones and watches. Earlier, three university buses have also been looted.
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October - 8 
Meanwhile, a Police official was killed and his companion injured when unidentified militants opened fire at them in Mandani area of Charsadda town (Charsadda District) on October 8, reports The Express Tribune. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Younas K
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Meanwhile, a Police official was killed and his companion injured when unidentified militants opened fire at them in Mandani area of Charsadda town (Charsadda District) on October 8, reports The Express Tribune. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Younas Khan was on his way from Ghunda Khel Zayam with a friend, Muslim, on his motorcycle when assailants on another motorbike intercepted them near Technical College, Tangi in the jurisdiction of Kinawar Police Station. Younas was killed on the spot, while Muslim was injured.
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October - 8 
Meanwhile, Rangers personnel on October 8 arrested 23 suspects during targeted operations in different parts of Karachi whereas Police claim to have arrested 97 suspects, reports Dawn. Operations were conducted in Usmanabad and Bihar Colony areas of
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Meanwhile, Rangers personnel on October 8 arrested 23 suspects during targeted operations in different parts of Karachi whereas Police claim to have arrested 97 suspects, reports Dawn. Operations were conducted in Usmanabad and Bihar Colony areas of Lyari Town, Purana Haji Camp in Saddar Town, Jamshed Road, Liaquatabad Town, Pak Colony in SITE Town, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town, North Nazimabad Town and other areas. According to a Rangers' spokesperson, the arrested suspects were affiliated with political parties and some had links with gang wars. Moreover, sub-machine guns (SMGs), rifles and other weapons were also recovered from the suspects during the raids.
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October - 8 
Meanwhile, the Balochistan Government on October 8 made a formal request to the Federal Government for allowing foreign aid agencies to support earthquake victims in Awaran District, reports Dawn. Chief Minister Balochistan Doctor Abdul Malik Baloch
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Meanwhile, the Balochistan Government on October 8 made a formal request to the Federal Government for allowing foreign aid agencies to support earthquake victims in Awaran District, reports Dawn. Chief Minister Balochistan Doctor Abdul Malik Baloch said that his Government has written a letter to the Federal Government in Islamabad in this regard. “We cannot completely rehabilitate the quake affectees without the support of international donor organisations,” he said Earlier, on October 7, 2013, the France-based Doctors without Borders issued a statement on its website that it was not being allowed by the authorities to enter in the earthquake affected areas.
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October - 8 
Separately, an alleged extortionist, identified as Himesh Khan, was killed and two others, identified as Badshah Khan and Jafar, were wounded in a firing incident near New Sabzi Mandi on Super Highway within the limits of Sohrab Goth Police Station i
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Separately, an alleged extortionist, identified as Himesh Khan, was killed and two others, identified as Badshah Khan and Jafar, were wounded in a firing incident near New Sabzi Mandi on Super Highway within the limits of Sohrab Goth Police Station in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town on October 8, reported Daily Times. Station House Officer (SHO) Mohammad Shoaib said that all three of them belonged to an extortionist group and they had a dispute with the rival group over collection of extortion from New Sabzi Mandi. He added that their rival group members were behind the killing.
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October - 8 
Separately, police personnel captured two suspects near the Super Highway's wholesale vegetable market (sabzi mandi), and also recovered a stolen car from their possession. Police moreover claimed arresting 97 other suspects during targeted operatio
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Separately, police personnel captured two suspects near the Super Highway's wholesale vegetable market (sabzi mandi), and also recovered a stolen car from their possession. Police moreover claimed arresting 97 other suspects during targeted operations in different parts of the city. Some of the suspects included wanted criminals.
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October - 8 
Separately, Police recovered a 7th grade school student who was abducted for PKR 20 million ransom from Sharifabad in the limits of Yakatoot Police Station in Peshawar, reports The News. A Police official said Waqar (12), son of a local exporter, was
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Separately, Police recovered a 7th grade school student who was abducted for PKR 20 million ransom from Sharifabad in the limits of Yakatoot Police Station in Peshawar, reports The News. A Police official said Waqar (12), son of a local exporter, was abducted from Sharifabad in the month of September. A video was also sent to the family showing the abductors spraying petrol on the body of Waqar. The family was told that he would be set on fire if the amount was not paid. Police said one of the abductors also claimed to be from an intelligence agency.
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October - 8 
Separately, unidentified armed assailants abducted two people, including a high school teacher Mehboob Ali and his colleague from Yakmach area of Chagai District on October 8, reports Daily Times.
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Separately, unidentified armed assailants abducted two people, including a high school teacher Mehboob Ali and his colleague from Yakmach area of Chagai District on October 8, reports Daily Times.
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October - 8 
The Express Tribune reported on October 8 (today) that the Government is not allowing international humanitarian aid agencies to go into earthquake-affected Districts of Balochistan. According to a press statement posted on its website on October 4,
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The Express Tribune reported on October 8 (today) that the Government is not allowing international humanitarian aid agencies to go into earthquake-affected Districts of Balochistan. According to a press statement posted on its website on October 4, 2013 France-based Doctors without Borders resented the Government’s reluctance to allow its medical care providers to enter Awaran District after the September 24, 2013 earthquake. It said, “Despite daily discussions with the Government of Pakistan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF-Doctor without Borders), has not been granted permission to work in the affected area.”
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October - 8 
The News on October 8 (today) reported that the Director General (DG) Sindh Rangers Major General Rizwan Akhtar while speaking at the Geo News programme ‘Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Sath’ said that it was essential to take action against the leaders of crimi
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The News on October 8 (today) reported that the Director General (DG) Sindh Rangers Major General Rizwan Akhtar while speaking at the Geo News programme ‘Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Sath’ said that it was essential to take action against the leaders of criminal elements in Karachi. DG Rangers said they did not have pressure from any side and that the operation against outlaws would continue. He said there was gradual decline in the extortion complaints in Karachi.
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October - 8 
The News on October 8 (today) reported that the Karachi Police and Crime Investigation Department (CID) in a joint venture conducted 3,206 raids in different areas of Karachi and arrested 4,364 suspects and recovered 1,160 arms from them. This inform
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The News on October 8 (today) reported that the Karachi Police and Crime Investigation Department (CID) in a joint venture conducted 3,206 raids in different areas of Karachi and arrested 4,364 suspects and recovered 1,160 arms from them. This information was given to IGP Sindh, Shahid Nadeem Baloch regarding the performance of Karachi Police from September 5-October 4, 2013.
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October - 8 
The Political Agent of Khyber Agency (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) on October 8 refused to conduct fresh trial into the case of Dr Shakil Afridi accused of colluding with Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and its chief Mangal Bagh, reports The News. Sami
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The Political Agent of Khyber Agency (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) on October 8 refused to conduct fresh trial into the case of Dr Shakil Afridi accused of colluding with Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and its chief Mangal Bagh, reports The News. Samiullah Afridi and Qamar Nadeem Afridi, counsels for Dr Shakil Afridi, said that Political Agent of the Khyber Agency Mutahir Zeb had informed them that he was not going to conduct fresh trial into the case of Dr Afridi. They said the Political Agent told them he was going to decide the case after hearing arguments from both the sides, including the prosecution and lawyers of the accused. “We are going to file a review petition against the decision of commissioner of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) in the FATA Tribunal within two days after the refusal of the political agent, who is going to decide the case on the basis of old record,” one of the lawyers of Dr Shakil Afridi said.
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October - 8 
Three Pakistani nationals hailing from the Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas were among those killed in the NATO airstrike in Pikha area in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on October 8, reports The News. The sources said that fiv
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Three Pakistani nationals hailing from the Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas were among those killed in the NATO airstrike in Pikha area in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on October 8, reports The News. The sources said that five others persons belonging to Khyber Agency sustained injuries the attack. The victim family had migrated from Ghundi area in the Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit) of the Khyber Agency and had settled in Pikha.
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October - 8 
Three unidentified dead bodies were found near Rangers Headquarters on Super Highway within the limits of Gadap City Police Station in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 8, reports Daily Times.
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Three unidentified dead bodies were found near Rangers Headquarters on Super Highway within the limits of Gadap City Police Station in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 8, reports Daily Times.
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October - 9 
Meanwhile, the ‘spokesman' Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister, Shiraz Paracha said that peace talks between the Ulema (religious scholars) and TTP were underway and would be supported by the Provincial Government, reports The News. Spokesman Shiraz
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Meanwhile, the ‘spokesman' Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister, Shiraz Paracha said that peace talks between the Ulema (religious scholars) and TTP were underway and would be supported by the Provincial Government, reports The News. Spokesman Shiraz Paracha said talks between Ulema and Taliban were a positive step and would be supported at every stage. Paracha said that talks were a sensitive matter as he refrained from revealing the names of the Ulema who were involved in the process. He did not give any timeframe for the talks nor did he mention a point by which peace would be restored. In addition, the renowned wrestler and Japanese parliamentarian Muhammad Hussain Anoki said he was hurt to see Muslims fighting each other and added that he has come to Pakistan to facilitate talks between the Government and the TTP to restore peace and stop killings, reports Daily Times. Addressing a press conference, Anoki said that he would visit the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and personally meet TTP leaders to know their viewpoint. “I am praying to Allah Almighty to succeed me in my mission of bringing peace in Pakistan. I am sure peace will soon come to the country,” he said, adding that he was ready to sacrifice his life to make his peace mission successful.
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October - 9 
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk on October 9 granted former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf bail in Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case too, reports The Express Tribune. He has also been granted bail in
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A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk on October 9 granted former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf bail in Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case too, reports The Express Tribune. He has also been granted bail in two other cases, December 27, 2007 Benazir Bhutto murder case and the case pertaining to the judges’ detention during the emergency that he imposed in 2007. The bench heard the case and granted bail to former retired Army Chief against two surety bonds of one million rupee each. The bench, which also consisted of Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmani and Justice Mushir Alam, questioned the Prosecutor General Balochistan whether any evidence was found against Musharraf in the case. In response, the prosecutor said that the camera footage showed that rockets had been fired to kill Bugti when Musharraf was the chief executive. On this, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmani remarked that the allegations were baseless and the prosecutors had failed to present any substantial evidence against Musharraf. The court asked the prosecutor to present evidence including details of where the murder was planned and the persons involved in the conspiracy. The investigator expressed his inability to do so, and the court granted bail to General (retired) Musharraf.
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October - 9 
Also, while continuing their crackdown on criminals in Karachi, Rangers arrested at least 15 suspected target killers and extortionists in several raids on October 9, reported The News. The spokesperson for the paramilitary force said these men were
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Also, while continuing their crackdown on criminals in Karachi, Rangers arrested at least 15 suspected target killers and extortionists in several raids on October 9, reported The News. The spokesperson for the paramilitary force said these men were arrested during targeted operations in Taiser Town, Allah Dad Goth, Musharraf Colony, Agra Taj Colony, Frontier Colony, Civic Centre, Hingorabad, Rabia City, Surjani, Janjal Goth, Gulzar Colony, Bilal Colony, Mehran Town and Landhi and snap checking in Lea Market.
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October - 9 
Another rocket exploded away from the camp. However, no casualty was reported. In some other areas, militants set relief goods, including tents and food items, on fire.
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Another rocket exploded away from the camp. However, no casualty was reported. In some other areas, militants set relief goods, including tents and food items, on fire.
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October - 9 
Elsewhere, Baloch militants on October 9 attacked Security Forces (SFs) and Government officials engaged in relief operation in earthquake-stricken areas of Awaran and Kech Districts, reports Dawn. Official sources said that Army and Levies personne
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Elsewhere, Baloch militants on October 9 attacked Security Forces (SFs) and Government officials engaged in relief operation in earthquake-stricken areas of Awaran and Kech Districts, reports Dawn. Official sources said that Army and Levies personnel were attacked by militants in Mashkay area of Awaran District. The militants intercepted the vehicle in Jhaljaho area of Mashkay area, beat up Levies personnel after snatching their weapons and then escaped.
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October - 9 
Elsewhere, three unidentified dead bodies of blindfolded men were found on a river bed near Haji Abdul Karim Goth area in Gadap Town on October 9, reports The News. Gadap City SHO Imtiaz Niazi said, “The victims appear to be Katchis or Urdu-speakers.
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Elsewhere, three unidentified dead bodies of blindfolded men were found on a river bed near Haji Abdul Karim Goth area in Gadap Town on October 9, reports The News. Gadap City SHO Imtiaz Niazi said, “The victims appear to be Katchis or Urdu-speakers.”
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October - 9 
Further, the Chief Minister Doctor Malik Baloch on October 9 said that the relief and rescue operations are almost over but, according to the doctors in Awaran, there outbreak of fatal diseases is apprehended, reports The Express Tribune. Balochistan
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Further, the Chief Minister Doctor Malik Baloch on October 9 said that the relief and rescue operations are almost over but, according to the doctors in Awaran, there outbreak of fatal diseases is apprehended, reports The Express Tribune. Balochistan Chief Minister said that he had sent a letter to Federal Government seeking permission to issue ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) to International aid organisations and United Nations (UN) agencies to carry out relief and rehabilitation work in earthquake affected areas. “I hope Islamabad will soon allow international aid agencies from such friendly countries as Turkey, Muscat, Oman and Germany who have already offered assistance to carry out rehabilitation in Balochistan,” Malik Baloch said.
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October - 9 
In a separate incident, a factory worker, identified as Janan Khan (22), was shot dead near Hospital Chowrangi in Gulshan-e-Buner area of Quaidabadarea in Baldia Town on October 9, reported The News.
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In a separate incident, a factory worker, identified as Janan Khan (22), was shot dead near Hospital Chowrangi in Gulshan-e-Buner area of Quaidabadarea in Baldia Town on October 9, reported The News.
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October - 9 
In addition, Rangers on October 9 found weapons in the trunk and backseat of Minister of Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Kutchi Abadis and Spatial Development Jawaid Nagori’s car during a raid in Lyari Town, reported The Express Tribune. The Rangers ha
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In addition, Rangers on October 9 found weapons in the trunk and backseat of Minister of Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Kutchi Abadis and Spatial Development Jawaid Nagori’s car during a raid in Lyari Town, reported The Express Tribune. The Rangers had carried out the raid on a tip-off, seizing armaments which included Kalashnikovs and bullets. The Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) MPA in his statement said, “The weapons were not illegal and I have licenses for them.” He further stated, “I had these weapons for security as I have been a target of bomb blasts and firing before.” “Rangers should keep on carrying out such raids as this gives a positive message to the public,” he added.
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October - 9 
In another attack in Mashkay, militants fired rockets and bullets on army personnel distributing relief goods among earthquake-hit people. Balochistan Assembly Deputy Speaker Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo said that militants fired two rockets at an Army
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In another attack in Mashkay, militants fired rockets and bullets on army personnel distributing relief goods among earthquake-hit people. Balochistan Assembly Deputy Speaker Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo said that militants fired two rockets at an Army relief camp in Mashkay, but one of the rockets exploded in a house. As a result of the rocket explosion, one man was killed and two others were seriously injured.
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October - 9 
In another incident, a watchman at a government school, identified as Nisar Ahmed (43), was shot dead on Mewa Shah Road near new Kumharwara in Lyari Town on October 9, reports The News.
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In another incident, a watchman at a government school, identified as Nisar Ahmed (43), was shot dead on Mewa Shah Road near new Kumharwara in Lyari Town on October 9, reports The News.
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October - 9 
In another incident, unidentified armed assailants barged into a house and shot dead a man, identified as Muhammad Hayat in Kohlu District on October 9, reports Daily Times. The assailants escaped from the scene after the killing him.
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In another incident, unidentified armed assailants barged into a house and shot dead a man, identified as Muhammad Hayat in Kohlu District on October 9, reports Daily Times. The assailants escaped from the scene after the killing him.
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October - 9 
Jama’at-e-Ulema Islam (JUI) leader, identified as Maulvi Fateh Muhammad, was shot dead when unidentified armed assailants opened indiscriminate fire in Sanjavi area of Ziarat District on October 9, reported Daily Times.
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Jama’at-e-Ulema Islam (JUI) leader, identified as Maulvi Fateh Muhammad, was shot dead when unidentified armed assailants opened indiscriminate fire in Sanjavi area of Ziarat District on October 9, reported Daily Times.
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October - 9 
Meanwhile, the alleged Lyari gangster Ameen Buledi who was facing charges of murder and other crimes was sent to prison in judicial custody by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on October 9, reports The News. The investigation officer told the ATC-III th
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Meanwhile, the alleged Lyari gangster Ameen Buledi who was facing charges of murder and other crimes was sent to prison in judicial custody by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on October 9, reports The News. The investigation officer told the ATC-III that Buledi was involved in many heinous crimes, including the March 17, 2013 murder of Lyari gangster Arshad Pappu and some Policemen, and that several witnesses had identified him as the killer. The court ordered that he be sent to the central prison and brought back for an appearance on October 19, 2013.
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October - 9 
Meanwhile, the Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Bajwa said on October 9 that they were conducting relief operations in earthquake affected areas despite attempts to disrupt relief work and supply of goods by
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Meanwhile, the Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Bajwa said on October 9 that they were conducting relief operations in earthquake affected areas despite attempts to disrupt relief work and supply of goods by terrorists in affected zones, reports The Express Tribune. The army’s spokesperson appreciated cooperation of locals and claimed that the locals have extended all possible help to SFs for smooth conduct of the massive relief operation. As part of the relief efforts, Major General Bajwa said that four forward bases had been set up to provide aid items to affected people through helicopters and air drops. The helicopter fleet servicing the affected zones has also been boosted by the military (15) and civil administration to 16 in the area from the two that were involved in the days immediately after the earthquake.
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October - 9 
Separately, three people, identified as Nazeer Ahmed, and his two companions, were wounded when militants opened fire on a vehicle on National Highway in Khuzdar District on October 9, reported Daily Times.
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Separately, three people, identified as Nazeer Ahmed, and his two companions, were wounded when militants opened fire on a vehicle on National Highway in Khuzdar District on October 9, reported Daily Times.
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October - 9 
Separately, two Police officials were killed in a drive-by shooting by unidentified armed assailants near Habib Masjid in Anda Morr of North Karachi locality in North Nazimabad Town on October 9, reported The Express Tribune. Station House Officer (S
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Separately, two Police officials were killed in a drive-by shooting by unidentified armed assailants near Habib Masjid in Anda Morr of North Karachi locality in North Nazimabad Town on October 9, reported The Express Tribune. Station House Officer (SHO) of the Sir Syed Police Station, Syed Irfan Haider and Station Investigation Officer (SIO) of the New Karachi Police Station and Sub-Inspector (SI) Shahbaz Ali were targeted in North Karachi locality. According to details, Haider belonged to the Shia community
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October - 9 
The Afghan Taliban said on October 9 that Pakistan has not freed their former ‘second-in-command’, Mullah Baradar, as promised and that his health is deteriorating in prison, reports Daily Times. Baradar is seen by many in Afghanistan as the key to r
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The Afghan Taliban said on October 9 that Pakistan has not freed their former ‘second-in-command’, Mullah Baradar, as promised and that his health is deteriorating in prison, reports Daily Times. Baradar is seen by many in Afghanistan as the key to restarting peace talks with the Afghan Taliban. “Unfortunately he still spends his days and nights in prison, and his health condition in worrying. It is getting worse day by day,” Taliban ‘spokesman’ Zabihullah Mujahid said. Pakistan announced that the former commander had been released in mid-September, but since then has provided no further information on his whereabouts. Reports indicate he has since been moved between safe houses in Peshawar.
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October - 9 
The al Qaeda terrorist, who was arrested from the hostel of Punjab University (PU) Campus in Lahore District on September 11, 2013, revealed that he was the mastermind of suicide attack on Denmark embassy in Islamabad on June 2, 2008, reported The Ne
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The al Qaeda terrorist, who was arrested from the hostel of Punjab University (PU) Campus in Lahore District on September 11, 2013, revealed that he was the mastermind of suicide attack on Denmark embassy in Islamabad on June 2, 2008, reported The News on October 10 (today). Sources said, on the basis of information gathered from this fighter, 17 others have been arrested and the network of this group has been busted.
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October - 9 
The News on October 9 (today) reported that an inquiry report confirmed that ‘bhatta mafia’ (extortionists) were active in Sabzi Mandi area of Islamabad indicating that they collected extortion under the protection of Police and the relevant section
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The News on October 9 (today) reported that an inquiry report confirmed that ‘bhatta mafia’ (extortionists) were active in Sabzi Mandi area of Islamabad indicating that they collected extortion under the protection of Police and the relevant section of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), while the CDA officials were also found depriving the vendors of fresh fruit and vegetables to provide them to their high-ups to please them. The reports said that on the basis of documentary evidence available in shapes of First Information Reports (FIRs) and in the light of statements recorded by the team, it appears that there are two groups — Nasir Khan Group (consisting of Marshal, Qari and others, allegedly patronised by Safdar Siddique) and Amanuallah alias Shino Group (consisting of Mir Vais, Riaz and others) — involved in collecting extortion from Sabzi Mandi. In order to probe the issue at least five teams headed by upper subordinates were constituted, with the direction to visit the Sabzi Mandi and record statements of vendors, transporters, workers, fruit sellers, with a view to ascertain the presence and modus operandi of extortionists if any. The teams including Assistant Superintendant of Police (ASP) and Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Industrial Area visited Sabzi Mandi in uniform as well as in civil clothes in order to know the factual position of the issue. The report revealed that during the inquiry it was also stated by the concerned persons that Inspector Aurangzeb Satti, in connivance with other CDA officials was involved in taking illegal gratification from fruit sellers. He used to confiscate fruit and vegetable stall arbitrarily.
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October - 9 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud on October 9 said he was still open to peace talks, but that the Government has not taken any serious steps to start a dialogue, reports Daily Times. Mehsud, who has a USD five million US
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud on October 9 said he was still open to peace talks, but that the Government has not taken any serious steps to start a dialogue, reports Daily Times. Mehsud, who has a USD five million US Government bounty on his head, said he would continue to target the United States and its allies and reiterated the demand that any ceasefire in Pakistan must include an end to US drone strikes. “We believe in serious talks and we are ready to sit down for them, but the Government has not taken any serious steps,” Mehsud said in a rare video interview with the BBC at an undisclosed location in the tribal areas. “The Government has not formally made any contact,” he said. “There is a set procedure for talks, that if one is ready for talks with the other side then they sit with each other and discuss the matters.” The main political parties last month backed a Government proposal to seek negotiations with the militants, who have been waging a bloody insurgency against the state since 2007. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) responded with a list of preconditions, including a Government ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from the tribal areas. Further, Hakimullah Mehsud said they would not hold dialogue through the media, reports Dawn. “We don’t wish to negotiate with the media….neither do we wish to hear the Government’s preconditions through the media nor do we want to put our precondition in front of it,” said Mehsud.
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October - 9 
Three kidnappers were killed in an encounter in Ashrafabad area of Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 9, reports Daily Times. On a tip-off about the presence of the kidnappers wanted for kidnapping Muhammad Hussain for ransom, Police c
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Three kidnappers were killed in an encounter in Ashrafabad area of Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 9, reports Daily Times. On a tip-off about the presence of the kidnappers wanted for kidnapping Muhammad Hussain for ransom, Police conducted a raid on a compound. The Police retaliated when the kidnappers opened fire. During the exchange of fire, three kidnappers were killed while Muhammad Hussain was safely recovered.
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October - 9 
Two activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), identified as Kamran Raja and Saeed Bangash, were killed and another, Ayub Mumta, was injured in a gun attack on a party’s unit office in Korangi Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of
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Two activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), identified as Kamran Raja and Saeed Bangash, were killed and another, Ayub Mumta, was injured in a gun attack on a party’s unit office in Korangi Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 9, reports The News. Police said the MQM activists were members of party’s Hazara Organising Committee.
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October - 10 
At least seven people, including children, were killed and 35 others were injured in a blast in Liaquat Bazaar area of Quetta on October 10, reports The News.
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At least seven people, including children, were killed and 35 others were injured in a blast in Liaquat Bazaar area of Quetta on October 10, reports The News.
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October - 10 
Elsewhere, the South Zone Police claimed to have arrested 33 suspects and confiscated weapons from those arrested. The arrested suspects include those involved in gang wars and various other crimes.
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Elsewhere, the South Zone Police claimed to have arrested 33 suspects and confiscated weapons from those arrested. The arrested suspects include those involved in gang wars and various other crimes.
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October - 10 
Former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf was rearrested in Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) killing case hours after submitting surety bonds in the Supreme Court on October 10, reports Dawn. The apex court had asked Musharraf to submit two surety b
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Former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf was rearrested in Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) killing case hours after submitting surety bonds in the Supreme Court on October 10, reports Dawn. The apex court had asked Musharraf to submit two surety bonds of PKR 1 million each to the Supreme Court Registrar. The re-arrest came after he had been granted bail in three other cases and his lawyer said on October 9, 2013 that he was cleared to leave the country. Assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (December 27, 2007), death of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti (August 26, 2006) and detention of deposed Supreme Court judges (2007) were the other three major cases registered against the former military strongman. “We have put General Musharraf under house arrest in a case involving a military operation on an Islamabad mosque,” Muhammad Rizwan, a senior official of the Islamabad Police said, adding, “We will present him before a court on Friday (October 12, 2013)”. A spokesman of Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) party confirmed the arrest saying they will now apply for bail in the latest case. “Yes, Police have officially arrested General Musharraf and put him under house arrest. We will file his bail application soon,” Muhammad Amjad, Secretary General of the APML said.
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October - 10 
In addition, a second eyewitness identified Kazim Abbas Rizvi as the killer of senior lawyer, Naimat Ali Randhawa in the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on October 10, reported The Express Tribune. The name of the witness has not been disclosed due to sec
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In addition, a second eyewitness identified Kazim Abbas Rizvi as the killer of senior lawyer, Naimat Ali Randhawa in the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on October 10, reported The Express Tribune. The name of the witness has not been disclosed due to security reasons. Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Sindh Police Shahid Hayat had earlier stated, “The suspect is affiliated with MQM’s unit-178 and has been identified as Kazim Abbas Rizvi, son of Syed Muhammad Abbas Rizvi.”
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October - 10 
In addition, the East and South Zone Police claimed to have arrested more than 120 wanted suspects over the past 24 hours.
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In addition, the East and South Zone Police claimed to have arrested more than 120 wanted suspects over the past 24 hours.
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October - 10 
Meanwhile, Governor Mohammad Khan Achakzai said on October 10 that the Provincial Cabinet of Balochistan will be sworn in on October 14, 2013, reports Dawn. While talking to journalists, he said the cabinet could not be formed earlier because partner
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Meanwhile, Governor Mohammad Khan Achakzai said on October 10 that the Provincial Cabinet of Balochistan will be sworn in on October 14, 2013, reports Dawn. While talking to journalists, he said the cabinet could not be formed earlier because partners in the Provincial Government wanted to induct clean people. He said the only thing the Baloch people wanted was their rights and advised the media not to describe the situation in Balochistan as insurgency. He said the situation had improved in the province over the past two months. About two months ago, he said, no one could travel to Chaman (Qilla Abdullah District) from Quetta at night because of the poor law and order situation, but now roads are safe and people could go anywhere even at night without any fear. In the past people of the Hazara community were being attacked but now they were safe.
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October - 10 
Meanwhile, the Frontier Corps (FC) arrested an accused from Sariab locality of Quetta for his alleged involvement in the City Police Station bomb blast that occurred on October 10 and claimed six lives. Sources said the security personnel also recove
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Meanwhile, the Frontier Corps (FC) arrested an accused from Sariab locality of Quetta for his alleged involvement in the City Police Station bomb blast that occurred on October 10 and claimed six lives. Sources said the security personnel also recovered arms from the accused who was being interrogated.
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October - 10 
Meanwhile, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Nabeel Gabol was nominated in the murder of the Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) leader Zafar Baloch however investigators have yet to prove his involvement in the crime, repo
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Meanwhile, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Nabeel Gabol was nominated in the murder of the Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) leader Zafar Baloch however investigators have yet to prove his involvement in the crime, reports The Express Tribune on October 11 (today). Joint Investigation Team (JIT) comprising representatives of Police, Rangers and Intelligence Agencies did not find any evidence against Gabol. The JIT findings suggest that Zafar was killed by notorious Lyari gangsters Sikander alias Sikku and Ismail Afshani on Baba Ladla’s orders. Zafar Baloch was shot dead on September 18, 2013 by armed assailants in Lyari Town. A murder case was registered at the Kalakot Police Station under Sections 302 (murder), 109 (abetment) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code by the victim’s father, Mohammad Ali Baloch. However, Friends of Lyari chairperson Habib Jan Baloch rejected the findings of the JIT. “The JIT has no credibility,” he said
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October - 10 
Pakistan on October 10 toughened its anti-terrorism laws by introducing as many as a dozen amendments into the legislation which proposes longer detention for suspects and accepts electronic evidence as well as trials via video link, reports The Expr
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Pakistan on October 10 toughened its anti-terrorism laws by introducing as many as a dozen amendments into the legislation which proposes longer detention for suspects and accepts electronic evidence as well as trials via video link, reports The Express Tribune. Suspects can now be held for up to three months, eight weeks longer than envisaged under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. Through another amendment, robust new measures will be adopted for the protection of witnesses, judges and prosecutors. Since the National Assembly and Senate are not currently in session a Presidential ordinance made over a dozen changes in the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 (XXVII of 1997). The ordinance will be called the Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance 2013, and shall come into force at once. According to the amendment, text messages, telephone calls, emails, can be used as evidence against suspected terrorists and in criminal cases, such as extortion, targeted killing and kidnappings for ransom. In addition to this, Provincial Governments have been asked “to take necessary steps to ensure that prisoners in jails do not have access to mobile phones.”
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October - 10 
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on October 10 said his Government was sincere about holding peace talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), after TTP ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud complained no serious steps had been taken to open a dialogue, rep
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Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on October 10 said his Government was sincere about holding peace talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), after TTP ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud complained no serious steps had been taken to open a dialogue, reports Dawn. Speaking after a security meeting in Peshawar, Sharif said progress was being made on the issue of opening negotiations. The PM was accompanied by Federal Minister of Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Federal Minister of Information Pervez Rashid and his Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on the occasion. “The government is sincere about solving the issue of terrorism through talks with Taliban,” Sharif told the meeting in Peshawar. “We are seriously implementing the decision jointly taken by the All Parties' Conference (APC) for dialogue with Taliban.” The PM deplored that the previous regimes did not take the matter of terrorism seriously. “Had this problem was taken seriously by the previous Governments, the situation would not have gone intractable today, he added. “We have laid the hands to settle this problem and invited suggestions from all the stakeholders to arrest this issue once and for all,” said the PM Sharif. Further, PM Nawaz Sharif has said a special law was being enacted to deal with cases related to terrorism and asked the provinces to take strict and effective measures to eliminate this menace. Talking to members of families affected by the recent Qissa Khwani Bazaar bomb explosion and later in his talk with reporters at the Governor House in Peshawar, he said the proposed law, which would effectively tackle cases of terrorism in the court of law, was ready. The culprits involved in terrorism would not escape the clutches of law, he added.
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October - 10 
Separately, Ranger on October 10 arrested at least 36 suspects in targeted operations in different parts of Karachi, reported Dawn. The operations were conducted in Lyari Town, Bin Qasim Town, Landhi Town, Machar Colony in Kiamari Town, North Karach
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Separately, Ranger on October 10 arrested at least 36 suspects in targeted operations in different parts of Karachi, reported Dawn. The operations were conducted in Lyari Town, Bin Qasim Town, Landhi Town, Machar Colony in Kiamari Town, North Karachi in North Nazimabad Town, FC Area in Liaquatabad Town, Surjani Town area in Gadap Town, Baldia Town and Malir Town. The suspects were also in possession of SMG rifles, along with other weapons.
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October - 10 
Sindh Police spokesperson Dr Moizuddin Pirzada said on October 10 that at least 138 Police officers and constables have lost their lives in Karachi in an ongoing operation against criminals that began on September 7, 2013, reports The Express Tribune
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Sindh Police spokesperson Dr Moizuddin Pirzada said on October 10 that at least 138 Police officers and constables have lost their lives in Karachi in an ongoing operation against criminals that began on September 7, 2013, reports The Express Tribune. Those who lost lives in the line of duty include, two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP), three Inspectors, 13 Sub-Inspectors (SI), 16 Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASI), 26 head constables and 78 constables. More than 162 Policemen have sustained injuries during numerous attacks on the force. Dr Pirzada, stated that most of the officers were killed in the city’s West District, which is home to one of the most sensitive areas of Kiamari Town, SITE Town, Baldia Town and Orangi Town. He added that the reaction to the operation was not limited to Karachi only as around 16 officers and constables have lost lives in other parts of the province, while at least 31 had sustained injuries.
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October - 10 
Three alleged terrorists were killed while planting explosive material on Mangopir Road in Orangi Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 10, reported The News. Police said that the two of the militants were identified a
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Three alleged terrorists were killed while planting explosive material on Mangopir Road in Orangi Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 10, reported The News. Police said that the two of the militants were identified as Rafiullah and Asmatullah, who belonged to Qilla Abdullah District of Balochistan.
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October - 10 
Three khasadar officials of Khyber Agency (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) sustained injuries when a roadside bomb targeted their vehicle on Ring Road near Achini under Pishtakhara Police Station in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial c
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Three khasadar officials of Khyber Agency (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) sustained injuries when a roadside bomb targeted their vehicle on Ring Road near Achini under Pishtakhara Police Station in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the evening of October 10, reports The Express Tribune. Pishtakhara Police said around 18 khasadar officials were in the vehicle en route from Akkakhel of Khyber Agency where they were providing security to polio vaccinators. Police added the explosion damaged the vehicle and injured three personnel identified as Subedar Sher Hassan, Sepoy Afsar Mir and Sepoy Khan Aslam.
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October - 10 
Three Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘commanders’ were killed in a clash between TTP and Afghani Taliban in Kunar province of Afghanistan adjacent to the Pakistan border, The Express Tribune quoting BBC reported on October 11. Afghan Taliban had at
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Three Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘commanders’ were killed in a clash between TTP and Afghani Taliban in Kunar province of Afghanistan adjacent to the Pakistan border, The Express Tribune quoting BBC reported on October 11. Afghan Taliban had attacked TTP militant bases two days ago. Three TTP ‘commanders’ were killed while others were injured. Sources have said that Mullah Fazlullah aka ‘Mullah Radio’ was killed in the clash but the TTP are denying this claim. TTP sources confirmed that the clash had occurred and said that no Swat chapter of TTP leader or militant had been killed stressing that Fazlullah had not been harmed in the clash.
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October - 11 
A former councillor of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was shot dead in Banaras area of Orangi Town in Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh, on October 11, reports Daily Times. Police said that deceased Waqar Ahmed Siddiqui (52)
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A former councillor of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was shot dead in Banaras area of Orangi Town in Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh, on October 11, reports Daily Times. Police said that deceased Waqar Ahmed Siddiqui (52), son of Mukhtar, was on the way on his motorcycle when unidentified armed riders intercepted and killed him on the spot. Station House Officer (SHO) Ghulam Nabi Afridi said that the deceased lived in Mujahid Colony area of Orangi Town and was the former councillor of UC-12. SHO Afridi said that the victim was associated with the MQM’s unit 130 in Orangi Town.
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October - 11 
A suicide bomber on October 11 drove a car filled with explosives into a military convoy, killing at least two soldiers in the Wana town of South Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Daily Times. The bomber crashed
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A suicide bomber on October 11 drove a car filled with explosives into a military convoy, killing at least two soldiers in the Wana town of South Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Daily Times. The bomber crashed his white Toyota Corolla into a vehicle travelling in a military convoy in Wana. “At least two security forces personnel have embraced martyrdom and two others were wounded,” a senior security official said.
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October - 11 
American troops have reportedly captured a senior leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a military operation in Afghanistan, a US official said on October 11, reports The Express Tribune. “I can confirm that US forces did capture… terrori
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American troops have reportedly captured a senior leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a military operation in Afghanistan, a US official said on October 11, reports The Express Tribune. “I can confirm that US forces did capture… terrorist leader Latif Mehsud in a military operation,” State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf said, describing the captive as a senior commander in the TTP. Harf gave no further details of the operation nor did she say where and when it took place, keeping a shroud on whether the operation was in Afghanistan or Pakistani territory. “Mehsud is a senior commander in TTP and served as a trusted confidante of the group’s ‘Chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud,” Harf said.
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October - 11 
The Islamabad Police and intelligence agencies, in a joint venture, have discovered a drone project, an invention of the al Qaeda chapter in Pakistan, sources said on October 11, adding that the joint team of the Islamabad Police and intelligence age
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The Islamabad Police and intelligence agencies, in a joint venture, have discovered a drone project, an invention of the al Qaeda chapter in Pakistan, sources said on October 11, adding that the joint team of the Islamabad Police and intelligence agencies timely intervened and halted the al Qaeda’s ambitious project, reports The News. “Yes, the al Qaeda Pakistan chapter had acquired drone technology and was in the final stages of implementing the plan when intercepted,” sources said. The Islamabad Police, during a recent raid in the Kashmir Housing Society in G-15 area, recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition. The house belonged to Professor Irtyaz Gilani, a graduate in electronic engineering from Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) University who has also served in the Air Weapons Complex, Kamra. After leaving the job at Kamra, Irtyaz served as a lecturer at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, teaching electronics. Gilani managed to dodge the raiding team and is still at large, intelligence agency sources said, while some other sources claimed that he had been held and shifted to an unknown place for thorough investigation. Police investigators have recovered evidence of his links with al Qaeda. Evidence also suggested that Tanveer, a most wanted terrorist of al Qaeda, had been staying at Gilani’s place since January 2013 till the recovery of VBIED from Bhara Kahu. During the raid, it was observed that the house was purposefully built, having a dedicated lab in the basement which was being used to develop the ambitious project. The Police found the layout of drone technology, which they believe was acquired from different sources.
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October - 11 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said on October 11 that they were “delighted” Malala Yousafzai, the teenage education activist they tried to kill, missed out on the Nobel Peace Prize, reports Daily Times. TTP shot Malala in the head on her schoo
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said on October 11 that they were “delighted” Malala Yousafzai, the teenage education activist they tried to kill, missed out on the Nobel Peace Prize, reports Daily Times. TTP shot Malala in the head on her school bus on October 9, 2012, for speaking out against them. After the shooting she was flown to Britain for specialist care and made a remarkable recovery, going on to become a global ambassador for children’s rights. ‘Spokesman’ Shahidullah Shahid said that the 16-year-old had done nothing to deserve the Nobel, which went to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for its work to rid the world of chemical arms. “We are delighted that she didn’t get it. She did nothing big so it’s good that she didn’t get it,” Shahid said by telephone from an undisclosed location. “This award should be given to the real Muslims who are struggling for Islam. Malala is against Islam, she is secular.”
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October - 11 
Unidentified assailants shot dead a local journalist Ayub Khan Khattak in his native Warana village in Takht-e-Nusrati tehsil (revenue unit) of Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11, reports The News. Police sources said unidentified ass
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Unidentified assailants shot dead a local journalist Ayub Khan Khattak in his native Warana village in Takht-e-Nusrati tehsil (revenue unit) of Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11, reports The News. Police sources said unidentified assailants opened fire on Ayub Khattak and he died on the spot. The slain journalist was working for various Urdu papers and a news agency.
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October - 12 
A labourer was killed and another injured after explosives went off in Kot Khaddak village in Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 12, reports Daily Times. Police sources said two labourers Umar Khan and Yousaf, hailing from Afghanistan, w
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A labourer was killed and another injured after explosives went off in Kot Khaddak village in Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 12, reports Daily Times. Police sources said two labourers Umar Khan and Yousaf, hailing from Afghanistan, were lifting a bundle of wood in a bricks factory near Chairman Adda in Kot Khaddak Village when the explosive material, hidden in the wood bundle, went off. Resultantly, Umar Khan was killed on the spot and Yousaf sustained serious injuries.
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October - 12 
In a separate incident, one Hanif (30), was shot at and injured by unidentified armed assailants within the remit of Site B Police Station in Baldia Town on October 12, reports The News.
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In a separate incident, one Hanif (30), was shot at and injured by unidentified armed assailants within the remit of Site B Police Station in Baldia Town on October 12, reports The News.
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October - 12 
In another incident, a man, identified as Ali Muhammad (48), was shot dead when unidentified armed assailants opened fire on him in the Soomar Goth area within the remit of Steel Town Police Station in Bin Qasim Town on October 12, reports The News.
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In another incident, a man, identified as Ali Muhammad (48), was shot dead when unidentified armed assailants opened fire on him in the Soomar Goth area within the remit of Steel Town Police Station in Bin Qasim Town on October 12, reports The News.
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October - 12 
Separately, a Police official was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Tangi area of Charsadda town in same District in the night of October 12, reports The Express Tribune. According to Tangi Police Station official Abdul Rasheed Khan, Head Const
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Separately, a Police official was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Tangi area of Charsadda town in same District in the night of October 12, reports The Express Tribune. According to Tangi Police Station official Abdul Rasheed Khan, Head Constable Sher Ali was heading to work on his motorcycle when unidentified assailants opened fire at him in Tangi, killing him on the spot.
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October - 12 
Two children were severely injured in two separate landmine explosions in Kurram Agency located in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan on October 12, reports Daily Times. The first incident took place in the Tri-Mangal area
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Two children were severely injured in two separate landmine explosions in Kurram Agency located in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan on October 12, reports Daily Times. The first incident took place in the Tri-Mangal area at 9 am where a child lost a leg when he stepped on a landmine. In the other incident, around half an hour later, another child became a victim of another landmine in the Gobazna Road area.
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October - 13 
A trader belonging to the Bohra community, identified as Uzeefa (30), was shot dead and his nephew, Muhammad Dani (12), was injured in a sectarian attack at a shop in the Chaba Gali area of Jodia Bazaar in Saddar Town of Karachi District, the provinc
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A trader belonging to the Bohra community, identified as Uzeefa (30), was shot dead and his nephew, Muhammad Dani (12), was injured in a sectarian attack at a shop in the Chaba Gali area of Jodia Bazaar in Saddar Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh, on October 13, reports The News.
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October - 13 
According to a fact finding report submitted by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on October 13 the pattern of terrorist attacks in Balochistan during the recent past indicate some operational coordination between sectarian militant groups a
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According to a fact finding report submitted by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on October 13 the pattern of terrorist attacks in Balochistan during the recent past indicate some operational coordination between sectarian militant groups and Baloch insurgents, reports The Express Tribune. The HRCP was not in a position to verify the claim but demanded that such allegations must be taken seriously and investigated fully and, if any evidence of such collaboration was found, it must be made public. The report further said that the religious minorities were particularly vulnerable in the province. Kidnapping-for-ransom remained unchecked and the citizens had no option but to pay money for the recovery of abducted relatives, it added.
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October - 13 
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar on October 13 rejected the proposed US-Afghan security pact and said Afghans will not accept it, reports The Express Tribune. “The invaders and their allies should understand that the strategic agreement wil
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Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar on October 13 rejected the proposed US-Afghan security pact and said Afghans will not accept it, reports The Express Tribune. “The invaders and their allies should understand that the strategic agreement will be accompanied by grave consequences for them,” said Omar in a message received by The Express Tribune. On October 12, President Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State John Kerry agreed on some parts of the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA). The agreement, however, left the issue of providing immunity to the US soldiers unresolved.
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October - 13 
All Pakistan Muslim League (AMPL) General Secretary Dr Muhammad Amjad on October 13 said that “General (retired) Pervez Musharraf has boldly faced all the cases against and will never flee from the country,” reports The Express Tribune. “Our leader h
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All Pakistan Muslim League (AMPL) General Secretary Dr Muhammad Amjad on October 13 said that “General (retired) Pervez Musharraf has boldly faced all the cases against and will never flee from the country,” reports The Express Tribune. “Our leader has manfully faced all charges without putting blames on others; so why would he leave the country now that he has got bails in most of the cases?” said Amjad, adding that Musharraf had himself taken the difficult path to return to the country and face the cases.
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October - 13 
Although the scourge of militancy has resulted in the destruction of 58,312 houses in three tribal Agencies of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), yet the question about compensation to the affected families is still unanswered, Dawn reported
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Although the scourge of militancy has resulted in the destruction of 58,312 houses in three tribal Agencies of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), yet the question about compensation to the affected families is still unanswered, Dawn reported on October 14. A baseline survey conducted by FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) in South Waziristan, Orakzai and Kurram Agencies shows that reconstruction of the damaged private houses requires approximately PKR 17 billion. The FDMA has conducted door-to-door survey to assess damage in the militancy-stricken areas of the three agencies. An official said that FDMA had approached the Federal Government and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide funds for the housing compensation project in three tribal agencies. “The authority has yet to receive an affirmative response from any of them,” the official said, adding that request about release of funds for damaged houses had been pending with the centre for the last two months. If the funds were released, the authority would pay PKR 400,000 for completely damaged house and PKR 160,000 for partially damaged house. The Federal Government, USAID and other foreign donor agencies had paid compensation for the damaged houses in Swat, Bajaur Agency and parts of Mohmand Agency at the rate of PKR 400,000 for fully damaged and PKR 160,000 for partially damaged house. “Like Swat, Bajaur and Mohmand, the government is bound to pay housing compensation to the people in these three agencies,” said another senior official. He added that internally displaced persons had made makeshift arrangements for shelter after returning to their areas. IDPs from Malakand division including Swat District were sent back to their area within three months after completion of military operation in May 2009 and the returning people were compensated. Unlike Malakand, officials said, displacement from South Waziristan and Orakzai Agencies started in 2008 and even after lapse of five years they had yet to return to their homes. Displacement from central subdivision of Kurram was initiated in 2011.
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October - 13 
In addition, Police and Rangers arrested at least 140 more alleged criminals associated with Lyari-based gangs, political parties and banned militant outfits in the ongoing targeted operations across Karachi on October 13, reports The News. At least
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In addition, Police and Rangers arrested at least 140 more alleged criminals associated with Lyari-based gangs, political parties and banned militant outfits in the ongoing targeted operations across Karachi on October 13, reports The News. At least 18 suspected criminals were arrested by paramilitary soldiers and a number of weapons were seized from them. Rangers launched raids in Khadda Market of Lyari Town, Medina Town in Landhi, Safoora Chowrangi, Mehran Town in Korangi Town and Gulshan-e-Iqbal areas.
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October - 13 
Meanwhile, the DNA report of the September 22 suicide bombers of the All Saints Church in Qissa Khwani market of Peshawar has revealed that both the attackers were foreigners, reports The News. The Police have received the DNA report which states tha
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Meanwhile, the DNA report of the September 22 suicide bombers of the All Saints Church in Qissa Khwani market of Peshawar has revealed that both the attackers were foreigners, reports The News. The Police have received the DNA report which states that the attackers were not Pakistanis and that one of them was Uzbek.
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October - 13 
Separately, an unidentified woman was killed and three people were injured in an explosion near Zain Medical Centre in the Muzaffarabad Colony of Landhi Town on October 13, reports The Express Tribune. Police officials said that the explosion was a c
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Separately, an unidentified woman was killed and three people were injured in an explosion near Zain Medical Centre in the Muzaffarabad Colony of Landhi Town on October 13, reports The Express Tribune. Police officials said that the explosion was a caused by a cracker blast and was a result of an extortion case. People at the medical centre said they were receiving threats from extortionists.
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October - 13 
The Police claimed to have arrested 122 suspects with weapons. The Karachi Police arrested 50 absconders, 13 for keeping illegal guns, nine for keeping narcotics, one terrorist, eight robbers, one murderer and 40 more for involvement in other crimes.
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The Police claimed to have arrested 122 suspects with weapons. The Karachi Police arrested 50 absconders, 13 for keeping illegal guns, nine for keeping narcotics, one terrorist, eight robbers, one murderer and 40 more for involvement in other crimes. The Police carried out 92 raids and five encounters and seized 28 unlicensed weapons also.
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October - 13 
The shrine of Sheikh Modula Babaji in Sheikhan village of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was blown up in the night of October 13, reports The Express Tribune. This is the second attack on the site. The gra
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The shrine of Sheikh Modula Babaji in Sheikhan village of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was blown up in the night of October 13, reports The Express Tribune. This is the second attack on the site. The grave was destroyed by a two-kilogramme homemade explosive device planted near it by unidentified militants. Fortunately, there was no loss of life.
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October - 14 
A Police team comprising of Director General (DG) Headquarters Khalid Khattak, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sajid Kayani and Superintendent of Police (SP) Jameel Hashmi on October 14 interrogated former President General (retired) Pervez Mus
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A Police team comprising of Director General (DG) Headquarters Khalid Khattak, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sajid Kayani and Superintendent of Police (SP) Jameel Hashmi on October 14 interrogated former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf and recorded his statement in a case related to Lal Masjid [Red Mosque] operation and subsequent killing of Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, reports The News. However, Musharraf again denied having ordered the Lal Masjid operation and said it was carried out on the directive of the capital administration at that time, reports Dawn. He told the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that the operation had been ordered by the then elected Government and he had nothing to do with it. The sources quoted him as saying: “I was wrongly implicated. I did not issue any written order regarding the operation.” He said the then capital administration had called the army for help which led to the operation. According to details, Musharraf was interrogated in connection with a double-murder case registered by Aabpara Police on a complaint of Haroon Rasheed, son of Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, deputy Khateeb of Lal Masjid, who was killed in the 2007 operation at the mosque. Haroon has alleged that Musharraf issued the order for the operation in which his father and grandmother Sabiha Khatoon were killed. The killing of Rasheed Ghazi was confirmed when his body was found after the operation, but that of Sabiha Khatoon was never found. A case of her “abduction” was registered by Aabpara police on June 6, 2012 on the directive of the Supreme Court on a complaint filed by Lal Masjid Imam Maulana Abdul Aziz, son of Sabiha Khatoon and brother of slain Abdul Rasheed Ghazi. A Police officer said it was yet to be established whether the woman had been killed. He said the police record submitted to the Supreme Court in 2007 showed that no woman had been killed in the operation.
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October - 14 
British Police were questioning four persons, including a Pakistani, on October 14 on suspicion of terrorism after a string of arrests that included armed officers shooting out the tyres of a car near the Tower of London, reports Dawn. Reports in Bri
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British Police were questioning four persons, including a Pakistani, on October 14 on suspicion of terrorism after a string of arrests that included armed officers shooting out the tyres of a car near the Tower of London, reports Dawn. Reports in British media said the men had been arrested in coordinated raids across London in the night of October 13 that was aimed at preventing an alleged terror plot involving the use of guns. Later, a British security official said the men were planning a shooting spree akin to the Westgate attack in Nairobi, in which at least 67 people died. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media on the record, said it was not clear how advanced the planning was but that any attack was not imminent. Metropolitan Police did not identify the suspects or say what, if any, charges, they may face. Police said they were still searching six premises and two vehicles on Monday. Armed officers arrested two 25-year-old men, one a British national of Turkish origin and the other a Briton of Algerian origin, in a street in east London. A 28-year-old British national of Azerbaijani origin was arrested at a house in Notting Hill, west London, and a 29-year-old Briton of Pakistani origin was arrested in a street in Peckham, southeast London.
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October - 14 
Elsewhere, around 53 people were arrested by Badhaber Police in a large-scale search operation in Mashokhel, Faqirabad and Surizai villages on October 14, reports The Express Tribune. The search operation started early morning in Faqirabad, near the
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Elsewhere, around 53 people were arrested by Badhaber Police in a large-scale search operation in Mashokhel, Faqirabad and Surizai villages on October 14, reports The Express Tribune. The search operation started early morning in Faqirabad, near the border of Akkakhel in Khyber Agency (FATA) and was expanded to Mashokhel and other parts. Another contingent of Police, meanwhile, carried out a separate search operation in Surizai village.
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October - 14 
Elsewhere, the Karachi City Police recovered two hand grenades from a car parked on Super Highway near the main cattle market on October 14 (today), reports Daily Times. Some unidentified militants smashed the window-glasses of a car parked near Mawe
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Elsewhere, the Karachi City Police recovered two hand grenades from a car parked on Super Highway near the main cattle market on October 14 (today), reports Daily Times. Some unidentified militants smashed the window-glasses of a car parked near Maweshi Mandi (cattle market) on Super Highway and hurled two hand grenades inside. The grenades failed to explode and were recovered later.
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October - 14 
In addition, Law enforcers on October 14 submitted a supplementary charge sheet revealing several new facts in the March 16, 2013 murder of Lyari gangster Arshad Pappu before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), reported The Express Tribune. The investigat
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In addition, Law enforcers on October 14 submitted a supplementary charge sheet revealing several new facts in the March 16, 2013 murder of Lyari gangster Arshad Pappu before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), reported The Express Tribune. The investigating officer of the case, Muhammad Yamin Gujjar, submitted the charge sheet before the ATC-II. In the supplementary charge sheet, the Police determined the roles of inspectors Javed Baloch and Yousuf Baloch. It read that Inspector Javed escaped after the incident and was arrested on September 29, 2013 while Inspector Yousuf was sent on judicial remand on September 24, 2013 after he was produced before the court. The charge sheet said that the CD containing the footage of Pappu being tortured and killed was authentic. The fact was determined on the basis of a laboratory report, added the Police. The charge sheet further states that it is confirmed that a Kalri Station Police mobile arrived at the scene. SHO Chand Khan Niazi, Inspector Javed and Inspector Yousuf were present in the mobile when the victims were picked up from Defence on March 16, 2013. The officials then travelled with the victims to Lyari and handed them over to suspected criminals. Inspector Javed had reportedly confessed to his involvement in the abduction and murder of Pappu and had given the CD to the Police after his arrest.
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October - 14 
Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD, the front organisation of LeT, Lashkar-e-Toiba) ‘chief’’ Hafiz Mohammad Saeed on October 14 accused the United States (US) and India of trying to hamper efforts to help victims of Balochistan’s earthquake, reports The Express
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Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD, the front organisation of LeT, Lashkar-e-Toiba) ‘chief’’ Hafiz Mohammad Saeed on October 14 accused the United States (US) and India of trying to hamper efforts to help victims of Balochistan’s earthquake, reports The Express Tribune. Saeed, who has a USD 10 million US Government bounty on his head, said joint US-Indian efforts to block funds for organisation were aimed at stopping its relief work. The US and India agreed to step up cooperation to prevent the financing of extremist movements linked to Pakistan, including JuD and LeT. But JuD denies terror accusations, and in Pakistan is known for its relief work after natural disasters, particularly the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and 2010 floods. “Their aim is to hamper the relief work of our charity Falah-e-Insaniyat foundation in the earthquake hit Balochistan, that’s why they are trying to stop our funding,” Saeed said. Both LeT and JuD are listed as terror organisations by the United Nations, but JuD operates freely in Pakistan and, despite the bounty on his head, Saeed lives openly.
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October - 14 
Meanwhile, after a five-month impasse, 11 ministers were sworn in on October 14, finally completing the Balochistan cabinet, reports The Express Tribune. However, the three coalition partners forming the Provincial Government did not include a woman
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Meanwhile, after a five-month impasse, 11 ministers were sworn in on October 14, finally completing the Balochistan cabinet, reports The Express Tribune. However, the three coalition partners forming the Provincial Government did not include a woman or a minority lawmaker in the cabinet. Balochistan Governor Mohammed Khan Achakzai administered the oath in a ceremony held at the Governor House. The portfolios of the ministers have not been allotted so far.Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) provincial ministers who took oath on Monday include Nawabzada Jangez Marri, Izhar Hussain Khosa, Sardar Sarfraz Domki and Mir Sarfraz Bugti. PML-N got five ministries, one of which they gave to Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q); therefore, the latter’s Jaffar Khan Mandokhail was also made minister. National Party’s (NP) Sardar Aslam Bizenjo, Rehmat Saleh Baloch and Mujeeb ul Rehman Mohammed Hassani were sworn in. Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP)’s Dr Hamid Khan Achakzai, Nawab Ayaz Khan Jogezai and Sardar Mustafa Khan Tareen also took oath. Most of the sworn-in ministers are either Nawabs or landlords. None of the three coalition partners – NP, PML-N and PkMAP – have included a single woman or a member of the minority community in the cabinet. “We believe that there should have been at least one woman minister. I do not know why they totally ignored the women when they were finalising the cabinet,” said NP Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Yasmin Lehri.
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October - 14 
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Ejazul Haq on October 14 signalled their willingness to testify against Pervez Musharraf, reported The Express Tribune. According to sources, both Shujaat and Ejaz h
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Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Ejazul Haq on October 14 signalled their willingness to testify against Pervez Musharraf, reported The Express Tribune. According to sources, both Shujaat and Ejaz have promised Ghazi’s son Haroonur Rashid and the Shohda Foundation of Pakistan (SFP) that they were ready to record their statements against Musharraf with the Police and the court.
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October - 14 
Meanwhile, Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on October 14 said many criminal gangs were involved in extortion and were using the name of TTP for cover, reports The Express Tribune. During the hearing of a bail application of a man
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Meanwhile, Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on October 14 said many criminal gangs were involved in extortion and were using the name of TTP for cover, reports The Express Tribune. During the hearing of a bail application of a man accused of extorting money from a doctor, Justice Khan said the gangs were sending letters to people using Taliban’s name and collecting millions of rupees as a result. The accused, Nadeem Hussain, was arrested after he reportedly dropped a letter at a doctor’s clinic in Shawa Adda area of Swabi District, asking for PKR five million. The letter also threatened the doctor of serious consequences if he reported it to the Police.
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October - 14 
Meanwhile, Police claimed to have arrested five alleged target killers during two separate raids in Khadda market area of Lyari Town on October 14 (today), reports The News. Police also recovered two Kalashnikovs, three pistols, three hand grenades a
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Meanwhile, Police claimed to have arrested five alleged target killers during two separate raids in Khadda market area of Lyari Town on October 14 (today), reports The News. Police also recovered two Kalashnikovs, three pistols, three hand grenades and narcotics from their custody.
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October - 14 
Meanwhile, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Iman Memon on October 14 said the targeted operation in Karachi would continue till the city was purged of all the criminal elements, reports The Express Tribune. “At this moment we cannot give you when
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Meanwhile, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Iman Memon on October 14 said the targeted operation in Karachi would continue till the city was purged of all the criminal elements, reports The Express Tribune. “At this moment we cannot give you when it will end. We will continue this operation till its logical end whether it takes four months or four years,” he said while addressing a press conference after the law and order meeting at Chief Minister’s House. He further said that the Provincial Government was aware that the people would not voluntarily surrender their illegal arms. “But Government kicked off the operation to comply with Supreme Court’s orders under which the option to impose curfew and recover the arms is still available.” “We have not yet decided to impose curfew, but this option is available,” he said.
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October - 14 
Pakistan and the United States have agreed to speed up efforts to facilitate a peace deal in Afghanistan by next year before hundreds of thousands of foreign troops pull out from the war-ravaged country, The Express Tribune reported on October 15. Th
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Pakistan and the United States have agreed to speed up efforts to facilitate a peace deal in Afghanistan by next year before hundreds of thousands of foreign troops pull out from the war-ravaged country, The Express Tribune reported on October 15. The agreement came about during meetings between President Barack Obama’s point-man for Pakistan and Afghanistan James Dobbins and Pakistan’s senior civil and military authorities on October 14, officials said. Dobbins – who travelled to Islamabad ahead of a crucial visit by Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif to Washington later this month – held formal discussions with PM’s Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz. He separately met with Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Federal Minister of Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
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October - 14 
Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on October 14 (today) said that military fully backs the Government’s move to hold peace talks with banned militant groups but these parleys must be held within constitutional parameters, reports The T
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Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on October 14 (today) said that military fully backs the Government’s move to hold peace talks with banned militant groups but these parleys must be held within constitutional parameters, reports The Times of India. "... To deal with it, the national leadership chose the option of giving talks a chance. The Pakistan Army supports this move. The people and the political leadership have to decide the limits for these talks...It is very important that this process leads to unity among the people and not divisions. It is necessary to find a solution to this problem within the Constitution of Pakistan." The use of force is the last option and the army is fully prepared to exercise this option if necessary, Kayani said. There is an opinion that the Government was forced to go in for talks with militants because of the failure of military operations but this is far from the truth, he said. Also, he criticised the Indian military leadership, saying their remarks about the Pakistani military and Inter-Services Intelligence's (ISI) support to terrorism were "unfortunate, unfounded and provocative". Reacting to these allegations, Kayani reiterated Pakistan's stance that incidents on the Line of Control (LoC) should be investigated by the United Nations (UN). "Rather than hurling such baseless accusations, India would be well advised to respond positively to Pakistan's suggestion for holding joint or impartial investigation into the LoC incidents, preferably by the United Nations," he said.
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October - 14 
Peace was restored in Bajaur Agency but militants could still pose a threat in the border areas, said Political Agent Abdul Jabar Shah on October 14 at Khar, the headquterer of Bajaur Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), reports Dawn.
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Peace was restored in Bajaur Agency but militants could still pose a threat in the border areas, said Political Agent Abdul Jabar Shah on October 14 at Khar, the headquterer of Bajaur Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), reports Dawn. Addressing a jirga (tribal council) of Mandal tribe, he said that normalcy returned to the region after elimination of terrorists, however, durable peace would need some time. The tribal elders, members of peace committees and senior officials attended the jirga. The elders of Mandal tribe assured the local administration of their support in maintaining writ of the Government in the region. “There are still threats from militants in the areas along the Afghan border,” the political agent told the jirga. He urged the tribal elders to realise the situation and remain alert to face challenges because it was responsibility of every citizen to defend the area against anti-state elements.
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October - 14 
Separately, Karachi Police during the on-going drive against criminals arrested 161 accused on October 14, reports The News. A Police statement said that those arrested included 75 absconders and proclaimed offenders besides alleged dacoits, killers,
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Separately, Karachi Police during the on-going drive against criminals arrested 161 accused on October 14, reports The News. A Police statement said that those arrested included 75 absconders and proclaimed offenders besides alleged dacoits, killers, robbers and those involved in other crimes. As many as 40 weapons of various calibres were also recovered from their possession.
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October - 14 
Separately, Pishtakhara Police arrested two alleged extortionists – Dad Muhammad and Mughal Khan, residents of Mulazai village October 14, reports The Express Tribune. The men were allegedly demanding PKR 0.2 million in extortion from a banker, Liaqa
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Separately, Pishtakhara Police arrested two alleged extortionists – Dad Muhammad and Mughal Khan, residents of Mulazai village October 14, reports The Express Tribune. The men were allegedly demanding PKR 0.2 million in extortion from a banker, Liaqat Ali, threatening to kidnap and kill his children if he refused to pay up. Police arrested both the accused in a raid and caught them red-handed as they were receiving money from Liaqat. According to the Police, the accused men were collecting extortion under the guise of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants and were also involved in murder and attempted murder cases.
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October - 14 
The authorities on October 14 laid a thick security blanket after intelligence warnings of possible terrorist attacks over Central Jail Karachi, reported The News. According to the sources, dozens of additional Police and elite force commandoes were
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The authorities on October 14 laid a thick security blanket after intelligence warnings of possible terrorist attacks over Central Jail Karachi, reported The News. According to the sources, dozens of additional Police and elite force commandoes were being deployed inside and around the prison facility which is said to remain on high-alert until further orders. "The danger of terrorist attacks was clear and present because the prison houses many convicted terrorists, whose comrades will not shy away from taking a shot at getting them out of the detention. We are doing what we must to avoid breaches like Dera Ismael Khan and other jails," a senior jail official said. All roads leading to the jail have been blocked as a security measure and the citizens have been advised to take detours.
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October - 14 
The Police have arrested six suspects, including Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Shahjehan Baloch, Inspector Yousuf, Inspector Javed, Zubair Jan, Zakir Dada and Abdur Rahman in the case so far. The court while acceptin
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The Police have arrested six suspects, including Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Shahjehan Baloch, Inspector Yousuf, Inspector Javed, Zubair Jan, Zakir Dada and Abdur Rahman in the case so far. The court while accepting the charge sheet directed the police to produce the suspects on October 19, 2013.
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October - 14 
Unidentified armed assailants shot dead a Station House Officer (SHO), identified as Nisar Ahmed Mengal, while he was on his way to the Police Station in Khuzdar District on October 14, reported Dawn. Police said SHO was on way to the Police Station
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Unidentified armed assailants shot dead a Station House Officer (SHO), identified as Nisar Ahmed Mengal, while he was on his way to the Police Station in Khuzdar District on October 14, reported Dawn. Police said SHO was on way to the Police Station when armed motorcyclists opened fire at him on the District’s Hospital Road.
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October - 15 
The civil and military leadership of the country on October 15 held detailed deliberations on the overall Security situation with particular reference to the dialogue process with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reports The News. Prime Minis
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The civil and military leadership of the country on October 15 held detailed deliberations on the overall Security situation with particular reference to the dialogue process with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reports The News. Prime Minister (PM) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif chaired the meeting on national security at the Prime Minister’s House. Federal Minister of Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Adviser to the PM on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Director General (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Muhammad Zaheer ul Islam attended the meeting. The top political and military leadership discussed the overall security situation in the country and the region as well as the upcoming visit of the PM to the United States (US). They also discussed the issues of national security and relations with the US and Afghanistan. The dialogue process with the TTP also came under discussion. The meeting was significant as the TTP ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud in a message had earlier said that the Government should not set preconditions for the dialogue process and the TTP would reciprocate to create a congenial atmosphere for talks. Further, the leaders at the meeting said that any foreign intervention in Pakistan’s affairs would not be tolerated. The leadership was unanimous in their view that any foreign intervention in Pakistan’s affairs would not be tolerated. The political and military leadership expressed its resentment over the allegations by India and Afghanistan involving Pakistan in terrorism, Indian and Afghan intervention in Pakistan and violations of ceasefire at the Line of Control (LoC).
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October - 15 
A bullet-riddled body was found from an isolated area of Khudabadan in Panjgur District of Balochistan on October 15, reports Daily Times. Police said that on a tip-off they recovered the body dumped near a water tank. The deceased was later identifi
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A bullet-riddled body was found from an isolated area of Khudabadan in Panjgur District of Balochistan on October 15, reports Daily Times. Police said that on a tip-off they recovered the body dumped near a water tank. The deceased was later identified a Shakir Ali.
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October - 15 
A local leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), the front organisation of Sipah-e-Sheba Pakistan (SSP), was shot dead in Gulberg area of Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh, on October 15, reports Daily Times. Police said tha
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A local leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), the front organisation of Sipah-e-Sheba Pakistan (SSP), was shot dead in Gulberg area of Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh, on October 15, reports Daily Times. Police said that deceased, Abdul Hameed (42), son of Fajruddin was sitting at his milk shop in Gulberg Block-5, where armed riders shot him dead.
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October - 15 
Further, as many as 19 persons, including three personnel of Balochistan Constabulary, sustained injuries when unidentified assailants attacked the Security Force’s truck with a hand grenade on Mastung Road on the outskirts of Quetta (Quetta District
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Further, as many as 19 persons, including three personnel of Balochistan Constabulary, sustained injuries when unidentified assailants attacked the Security Force’s truck with a hand grenade on Mastung Road on the outskirts of Quetta (Quetta District), the provincial capital of Balochistan, on October 15, reports Daily Times. Two children were also there among the injured.
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October - 15 
Meanwhile, Balochistan Government on October 15 has given Police power for one month to Frontier Corps (FC), reports The News. Sources said the Police power has been granted to FC owing to deteriorating law and order in the province. According to the
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Meanwhile, Balochistan Government on October 15 has given Police power for one month to Frontier Corps (FC), reports The News. Sources said the Police power has been granted to FC owing to deteriorating law and order in the province. According to the notification issued here, the FC will enjoy Police power till November 16.
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October - 15 
Meanwhile, sources in the Police claimed that the Aabpara Police on October 15 refused to collect evidence and record the statements of witnesses against the Former President in connection with the killing of the Lal Masjid cleric and his mother. Aft
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Meanwhile, sources in the Police claimed that the Aabpara Police on October 15 refused to collect evidence and record the statements of witnesses against the Former President in connection with the killing of the Lal Masjid cleric and his mother. After the refusal of the Aabpara police, the Lal Masjid Shuhada Foundation and Haroon Rasheed, the complainant in the case, sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Police.
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October - 15 
Militants blew up a private school at Chari Narmikhel in the limits of Bakkakhel Police Station in Bannu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 15, reports The News. The sources said that unidentified militants had planted an explosive device at v
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Militants blew up a private school at Chari Narmikhel in the limits of Bakkakhel Police Station in Bannu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 15, reports The News. The sources said that unidentified militants had planted an explosive device at various points in the All Amir Middle Public School which went off at midnight. The boundary wall of the school was destroyed while the explosives inside the building didn’t explode.
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October - 15 
On the request of the Islamabad Police, the city administration on October 15 ordered the jail trial of former President General Pervez Musharraf in the murder case of a Lal Masjid cleric and his mother during the 2007 operation, reports Dawn. The ca
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On the request of the Islamabad Police, the city administration on October 15 ordered the jail trial of former President General Pervez Musharraf in the murder case of a Lal Masjid cleric and his mother during the 2007 operation, reports Dawn. The case was registered with the Aabpara Police on September 2, 2013, sources in the Police and administration said. They added that the request for the jail trial was made in view of threats to the former President. “According to the intelligence report, militant outfits have planned to assassinate the former president,” they added.
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October - 15 
Separately, an unidentified dead body of a young man was found near Crown Cinema within the jurisdiction of Kalri Police Station on October 15, reports Daily Times. As per the Police, the torture-marked body was in a gunny bag. Initial inquiry also r
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Separately, an unidentified dead body of a young man was found near Crown Cinema within the jurisdiction of Kalri Police Station on October 15, reports Daily Times. As per the Police, the torture-marked body was in a gunny bag. Initial inquiry also revealed that the man was shot.
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October - 15 
Separately, Balochistan Frontier Corps apprehended three alleged militants with arms and ammunition during a search operation in Muhalla Junako of Dera Bugti District on October 15, reports Daily Times. An FC spokesman said that the search operation
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Separately, Balochistan Frontier Corps apprehended three alleged militants with arms and ammunition during a search operation in Muhalla Junako of Dera Bugti District on October 15, reports Daily Times. An FC spokesman said that the search operation was carried out on a tip-off regarding presence of some militants in the area. The seizure included three pistols, a sub-machine gun (SMG) along with 75 rounds, two motorcycles and a mobile phone.
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October - 15 
The Secret Fund of the Federal Ministry of Interior has been placed at the disposal of the subordinate National Crisis Management Cell (NDMC) and it has been decided to entrust the audit of expenditure of PKR 425 million Secret Fund to the Auditor Ge
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The Secret Fund of the Federal Ministry of Interior has been placed at the disposal of the subordinate National Crisis Management Cell (NDMC) and it has been decided to entrust the audit of expenditure of PKR 425 million Secret Fund to the Auditor General, The News reported on October 16. The policy has been changed on the instructions of Federal Minister of Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to enable the Ministry to provide the entire details of spending of the Secret Fund. The PKR 425 million Secret Fund was spent through the NDMC in the last five years. According to sources, during the first year of the PPP rule (2008-2009), a sum of PKR 50 million was spent from this head. Similarly, the expenditure was PKR 110 million in 2009-10, PKR 49 million in 2010-11 and PKR 96 million in 2011-12, whereas in 2012-13 — the last year of the PPP Government — PKR 12 million was spent out of the Interior Ministry’s Secret Fund. The NDMC had refused to furnish the necessary information about the spending of the fund to the Auditor General. In this respect, Director General Audit addressed a letter to secretary Interior Ministry on October 11 this year quoting the July 8, 2013 the Supreme Court’s order calling for the audit of the secret fund of the NDMC. Taking immediate notice of the situation, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has ordered the Auditor General to audit the expenditure of the NMDC Secret Fund. With the order of the minister, the policy of Secret Fund audit has been changed. The sources further said that the NDMC will place all the necessary record of use of Secret Fund before the Auditor General. Ch Nisar Al Khan had issued instructions only a day earlier to all the attached departments of the Interior Ministry to get their accounts audited.
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October - 16 
At least 10 people, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Israrullah Gandapur, were killed and over 30 others were injured when a suicide bomber struck a festive gathering at the residence of Gandapur in the Kolachi area of Dera Ismail Khan Distr
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At least 10 people, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Israrullah Gandapur, were killed and over 30 others were injured when a suicide bomber struck a festive gathering at the residence of Gandapur in the Kolachi area of Dera Ismail Khan District on October 16, reported The News. Israrullah Gandapur was elected from PK-67 (DI Khan IV) as an independent candidate during the 2013 General Elections and later joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
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October - 16 
Rangers claimed to have arrested 16 alleged criminals in targeted operations conducted in separate raids in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 16, reported Dawn. According to details, the paramilitary personnel carried out r
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Rangers claimed to have arrested 16 alleged criminals in targeted operations conducted in separate raids in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 16, reported Dawn. According to details, the paramilitary personnel carried out raids in Bilal Colony in Korangi Town, Landhi Town, Liaquatabad Town, Jackson in Keamari Town, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town, Clifton area in Saddar Town and other areas during the first day of Eid-ul-Azha. According to reports, Police in the south zone had also arrested 41 suspected criminals, including 14 escaped convicts, in raids carried out during the past 24 hours. Police claim to have also recovered five pistols, two rifles and three hand grenades as well as narcotics from the arrested suspects.
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October - 16 
The Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Abdul Malik Baloch on October 16 said that he had no evidence of Indian involvement in Balochistan, reports The Nation. However, he added that the Federal Government and Federal Agencies have such evidence. He said
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The Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Abdul Malik Baloch on October 16 said that he had no evidence of Indian involvement in Balochistan, reports The Nation. However, he added that the Federal Government and Federal Agencies have such evidence. He said that the law and order situation had improved in Quetta, therefore 50 per cent of checkposts set by Frontier Corps (FC) had been removed. The CM expressed these views while talking to media persons after provincial ministers, tribal elders and people hailing from various walks of life called on him on Eid day at the CM Secretariat in Quetta. Responding to a question regarding talks with the Baloch resistance groups, the CM said that so far he had made no contact with them.
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October - 16 
The Czech Government is negotiating the release of two Czech women abducted in Balochistan in March, Czech President Milos Zeman said on October 16, reports Dawn. Zeman said the two women were alive and officials were negotiating in hope of getting t
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The Czech Government is negotiating the release of two Czech women abducted in Balochistan in March, Czech President Milos Zeman said on October 16, reports Dawn. Zeman said the two women were alive and officials were negotiating in hope of getting them released. Antonie Chrástecká and Hana Humpálová, who are both 24, were on the road from Iran to Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, when they were abducted on March 13. “I can only say they are currently somewhere between Pakistan and Afghanistan and currently their release is being negotiated,” Zeman told CTK news agency when asked about the case during a meeting with students in the Czech city of Kolin. There has been no official word of their fate since a video given to a Czech TV station was broadcast in June showing the two demanding the release of Pakistani national Aafia Siddiqui.
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October - 16 
The Punjab Government is committed to uprooting terrorism by any means, either through dialogue or military action, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said October 16, reports Central Asia Online. Talks with militants are a peaceful solution, but if
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The Punjab Government is committed to uprooting terrorism by any means, either through dialogue or military action, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said October 16, reports Central Asia Online. Talks with militants are a peaceful solution, but if dialogue fails, "we will launch operations against terrorists to restore peace in the country," he said.
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October - 17 
Following the death of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Law Minister Israrullah Gandapur in a suicide attack on October 17, the KP cabinet in a special meeting approved tough decisions to control the law and order situation in the province, Dawn reported on O
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Following the death of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Law Minister Israrullah Gandapur in a suicide attack on October 17, the KP cabinet in a special meeting approved tough decisions to control the law and order situation in the province, Dawn reported on October 18. A special meeting of the KP cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, approved the establishment of an anti-terrorism task force which will be led by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and comprise members of all law enforcement and intelligence agencies including Army, Frontier Corps and Frontier Constabulary. The cabinet has also demanded of the federal Government to return the Frontier Constabulary's platoons back to the province so that they can be deployed at sensitive places for controlling law and order and fighting terrorism. The cabinet in another decision called upon the Federal Government to pace up the peace talks process as KP is facing the brunt of terrorist attacks.
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October - 17 
Pakistan Government will take "bold" decisions to tackle terrorism and restore law and order in major Pakistani cities, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on October 17, reports Indian Express. Addressing Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) parliame
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Pakistan Government will take "bold" decisions to tackle terrorism and restore law and order in major Pakistani cities, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on October 17, reports Indian Express. Addressing Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentarians and party workers after Eid-ul-Azha prayers at his ancestral home in Raiwind, Sharif said, "We are going to take bold decisions for the sake of restoring peace and maintaining law and order in Karachi and everywhere in the country." He said that eradication of terrorism and other crimes were key to restore peace in Karachi and other parts of the country in order to improve investment climate and end economic dependency. Sharif said that PML-N took charge at a very difficult time as the country is facing a number of critical challenges, which "no ruler during last 13 years had evolved a national strategy to overcome". He deplored that no ruler had evolved a national strategy to overcome terrorism, energy crisis, lawlessness, poverty and unemployment. Sharif claimed that his Government has taken all the political parties on board for preparing a common agenda to eradicate the menace of terrorism from the country.
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October - 17 
The Bomb Disposal Squad defused a bomb in Sector F-5 of Hayatabad area in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 17, reports Dawn. Station House Officer (SHO) of Hayatabad Police Station, Abdul Majeed Kh
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The Bomb Disposal Squad defused a bomb in Sector F-5 of Hayatabad area in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 17, reports Dawn. Station House Officer (SHO) of Hayatabad Police Station, Abdul Majeed Khan, said that BDS personnel defused a roadside-planted bomb after receiving information of a suspicious package lying on the roadside. At least three kilograms of explosives were used in the making of the bomb which was also fitted with a remote-controlled detonator.
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October - 18 
Meanwhile, the Balochistan Frontier Corps arrested a suspected militant and recovered a cache of explosives, from the Western Bypass area, on the outskirts of the provincial capital Quetta on October 18, reports Daily Times. A Frontier Corps press re
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Meanwhile, the Balochistan Frontier Corps arrested a suspected militant and recovered a cache of explosives, from the Western Bypass area, on the outskirts of the provincial capital Quetta on October 18, reports Daily Times. A Frontier Corps press release said the accused had been arrested during a search operation and around 30 kilogrammes of explosive was recovered from the site.
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October - 18 
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on October 18 said that there should be zero tolerance against the enemies of the State and they should be dealt sternly, reports Daily Times. PM Nawaz Friday said that the state has the right to take pre-emptive step
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Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on October 18 said that there should be zero tolerance against the enemies of the State and they should be dealt sternly, reports Daily Times. PM Nawaz Friday said that the state has the right to take pre-emptive steps for protection of its citizens and a special counter-terrorism force (SCTF) would be formed soon in Punjab. He said this while chairing a meeting in which he was given a presentation on SCTF in Punjab. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab Inspector General (IG) Khan Baig and officials of various law enforcement agencies also attended the meeting. The PM said that the new force should be raised immediately with a new command structure. He said it should be professionally sound, competent and adequately paid. Nawaz said anti-terrorism force structure would be separate from that of Police. The PM said a new force is needed to deliver in the right direction and he expects that this (new force) will help in eliminating extortionists and target killers. “Law enforcement agencies need to show zero tolerance towards heinous crimes,” Nawaz said.
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October - 18 
Separately, a convoy of the Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) escaped a bomb attack after two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were defused in Depal area of Dera Bugti District on October 18, reports Daily Times. An FC spokesman said that the IEDs h
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Separately, a convoy of the Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) escaped a bomb attack after two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were defused in Depal area of Dera Bugti District on October 18, reports Daily Times. An FC spokesman said that the IEDs had been planted on both sides of the road from where the FC and local Aman Lashkar convoys had to pass. They were detected and defused during routine scanning of the road before the troops’ movement.
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October - 18 
Separately, the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officials on October 18 neutralised a three-kilogramme bomb packed in a ghee tin, in Phase-6 area of Hayatabad Residential Society under Tatara Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, report
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Separately, the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officials on October 18 neutralised a three-kilogramme bomb packed in a ghee tin, in Phase-6 area of Hayatabad Residential Society under Tatara Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, reports Daily Times. The bomb was planted in the Goal Chowk and on a tip-off from a local boy, the BDS squad was called by Police and it defused the time device successfully.
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October - 18 
The Government of Pakistan has confirmed that of some 2,200 people killed by drone strikes in the past decade, at least 400 were civilians and an additional 200 victims were deemed "probable non-combatants," an United Nation (UN) human rights investi
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The Government of Pakistan has confirmed that of some 2,200 people killed by drone strikes in the past decade, at least 400 were civilians and an additional 200 victims were deemed "probable non-combatants," an United Nation (UN) human rights investigator said on October 18, reports The News. Ben Emmerson, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, also urged the United States to release its own data on the number of civilian casualties caused by its drone strikes. Emmerson says that preliminary information gathered for a report released on October 18 indicated that more than 450 civilians may have been killed in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen. It says more work needs to be done to confirm these figures. Emmerson said Pakistan's Foreign Ministry told him it had recorded at least 330 drone strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan's largely lawless region bordering Afghanistan, since 2004. In an interim report to U.N. General Assembly released, Emmerson said Pakistani Government records showed that drone strikes had killed at least 2,200 people and seriously wounded at least 600 since 2004. He said Pakistan had confirmed that "at least 400 civilians had been killed as a result of remotely piloted aircraft strikes and a further 200 individuals were regarded as probable non-combatants." "Officials indicated that, owing to underreporting and obstacles to effective investigation, those figures were likely to be an underestimate" of civilian deaths, Emmerson said.
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October - 18 
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on October 18 called upon the Government to hold immediate talks with Baloch insurgents, both within and outside the country, without any impunity to individuals among them causing grave human rights vio
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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on October 18 called upon the Government to hold immediate talks with Baloch insurgents, both within and outside the country, without any impunity to individuals among them causing grave human rights violations, reports Dawn. Launching a report of its fact-finding mission to Balochistan at Lahore, the commission also urged the insurgents to respect the wishes of people supporting restoration of normalcy and political stability, stop attacks on innocent civilians and give peace a chance. The report titled “Balochistan: Giving the people a chance” was launched at a news conference by former HRCP chairperson Asma Jahangir. It was attended by the commissions current Chairperson Zhora Yusuf, General Secretary I.A. Rehman and members of the mission Justice Malik Saeed Hassan and columnist Kamran Shafi. Ms Jahangir said the situation in Balochistan could improve if the Federal and Provincial governments and law-enforcement agencies were of the same mind. Militancy could not be condoned in any form. The Baloch insurgents should hold negotiations as their elders had always waged political struggle (to secure their rights), she added.
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October - 18 
The Shura Ulema Mujahideen of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on October 18 issued a fatwa (edict) against what it declared as propaganda by many foreign and some Pakistani media outlets, reports The News. It said instead of narrating facts, this me
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The Shura Ulema Mujahideen of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on October 18 issued a fatwa (edict) against what it declared as propaganda by many foreign and some Pakistani media outlets, reports The News. It said instead of narrating facts, this media because of making propaganda has assumed the status of an agent of imperialist powers. In a 20-page edict, an attempt was made to prove by quoting Quranic verses, Ahadis and sayings of experts of Fiqh that during the war those indulging in propaganda despite warning are to be killed.
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October - 18 
Two persons, Aqal Jehan and his nephew Sher Bahadar, residents of Sherabad area, were killed after unidentified assailants targeted their car in Mian Sheikh Baba area of Mingora Town in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) by exploding a roadside
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Two persons, Aqal Jehan and his nephew Sher Bahadar, residents of Sherabad area, were killed after unidentified assailants targeted their car in Mian Sheikh Baba area of Mingora Town in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) by exploding a roadside bomb by remote control on October 18, reports Dawn. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Malakand division Abdullah Khan said 10 kilogrammes explosive was used in the blast.
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October - 18 
Unidentified assailants on October 18 shot dead two persons in Barkhan District of Balochistan, reports Daily Times. Local Police sources said the deceased were on their way home after offering Eidul Azha prayers when they were shot dead by the assai
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Unidentified assailants on October 18 shot dead two persons in Barkhan District of Balochistan, reports Daily Times. Local Police sources said the deceased were on their way home after offering Eidul Azha prayers when they were shot dead by the assailants. One of them, however, is said to be the reader of assistant commissioner of Baghao tehsil of the District.
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October - 19 
A Police constable was killed while another head constable was injured during an encounter with militants in Sharafi Goth area of Karachi District on October 19, reports Daily Times. Station House Officer (SHO) Ikhlaq Ahmed said the encounter took pl
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A Police constable was killed while another head constable was injured during an encounter with militants in Sharafi Goth area of Karachi District on October 19, reports Daily Times. Station House Officer (SHO) Ikhlaq Ahmed said the encounter took place when Police constable, Bagh Ali and head constable Munawar Ali were on a routine patrol near Sharafi Goth graveyard. Both were attacked while trying to intercept two men riding a motorcycle. As a result, they sustained bullet injuries, whereas the culprits managed to escape under the cover of aerial firing. They were rushed to the Jinnah Hospital, where Bagh succumbed to his injuries.
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October - 19 
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) launched a probe into former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf's move to impose emergency in 2007, reported The Times of India on October 20. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had asked the FIA t
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Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) launched a probe into former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf's move to impose emergency in 2007, reported The Times of India on October 20. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had asked the FIA to expedite high treason case against the ex-President for subverting the country's constitution by imposing emergency in November 2007 and directed it to conclude the investigation within six weeks. FIA Director General Saud Mirza said statements of some officials had been recorded in connection with the case. "We will soon record the statement of Musharraf regarding the case," Mirza said, assuring the investigation would be completed within six weeks.
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October - 19 
On October 19, Musharraf moved court seeking bail in a case related to the killing of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rasheed Ghazi and his mother Sabiha Khatoon during a military operation in Islamabad. However, on the request of his opponent Haroon Rasheed
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On October 19, Musharraf moved court seeking bail in a case related to the killing of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rasheed Ghazi and his mother Sabiha Khatoon during a military operation in Islamabad. However, on the request of his opponent Haroon Rasheed’s lawyer, the court adjourned the matter until October 23, 2013.
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October - 19 
One person was injured in a hand grenade attack in Zhob District on October 19, reports Daily Times. According to Police, unidentified men hurled three hand grenades at an under-construction house in the Apozai Town of Zhob District. The grenades lan
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One person was injured in a hand grenade attack in Zhob District on October 19, reports Daily Times. According to Police, unidentified men hurled three hand grenades at an under-construction house in the Apozai Town of Zhob District. The grenades landed inside the house and exploded. Resultantly, an occupant identified as Amir Khan sustained injuries. The attackers escaped from the scene after the incident.
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October - 20 
A target killer, belonging to People's Amn Committee (PAC), identified as Mansoor Baloch alias Bublee was arrested during a targeted raid conducted by Rangers on Nishter Road in Jamshed Town.
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A target killer, belonging to People's Amn Committee (PAC), identified as Mansoor Baloch alias Bublee was arrested during a targeted raid conducted by Rangers on Nishter Road in Jamshed Town.
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October - 20 
An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the employee of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), identified as Nadeem alias Nadeem Lamba (45) was shot dead in Pak Colony area of SITE Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital
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An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the employee of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), identified as Nadeem alias Nadeem Lamba (45) was shot dead in Pak Colony area of SITE Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 20, reported The News. Investigators termed the murder of Nadeem a part of the ongoing target killings of political activists. The victim was also a former member of the Afaq Ahmed-led Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) and a few months ago, had joined MQM.
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October - 20 
As many as 48 alleged criminals, including 36 absconders were taken into custody by District West Police. Police also claimed to have recovered weapons, including one repeater, six pistols, one dagger, four motorcycles and narcotics from the possessi
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As many as 48 alleged criminals, including 36 absconders were taken into custody by District West Police. Police also claimed to have recovered weapons, including one repeater, six pistols, one dagger, four motorcycles and narcotics from the possession of suspects.
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October - 20 
District East Police arrested 16 alleged criminals including two absconders during targeted raids and snap checking and also claimed to have recovered nine pistols, four cell phones and two motorcycles.
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District East Police arrested 16 alleged criminals including two absconders during targeted raids and snap checking and also claimed to have recovered nine pistols, four cell phones and two motorcycles.
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October - 20 
Four Police officials were killed in a drive-by shooting on a checkpoint on Ring Road located under the jurisdiction of Paharipura Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the evening of October 20, reports The Exp
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Four Police officials were killed in a drive-by shooting on a checkpoint on Ring Road located under the jurisdiction of Paharipura Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the evening of October 20, reports The Express Tribune. Four gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened fire on police officials manning the checkpoint. Four slain Police officials were Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Amin Jan, ASI Fazal-e-Wahab, Constable Liaquat and Constable Ayub Shah – were fatally injured in the attack.
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October - 20 
In another incident, militants fired eight rockets at the Basima Town of Washuk District. The rockets fired from the mountains landed in desolated areas. However, no loss of life and damage to property was reported in the attack.
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In another incident, militants fired eight rockets at the Basima Town of Washuk District. The rockets fired from the mountains landed in desolated areas. However, no loss of life and damage to property was reported in the attack.
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October - 20 
Karachi Police claimed to have arrested 73 alleged criminals including 42 absconders, 11 under arms ordinance, five under narcotics ordinance, 10 robbers and two murderers. According to Sindh Police spokesperson, 18 weapons and narcotics were also re
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Karachi Police claimed to have arrested 73 alleged criminals including 42 absconders, 11 under arms ordinance, five under narcotics ordinance, 10 robbers and two murderers. According to Sindh Police spokesperson, 18 weapons and narcotics were also recovered.
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October - 20 
Law enforcers claimed to have arrested around 152 suspects including alleged target killers belonging to political parties and Lyari gangsters during separate targeted raids across the city on October 20, reported Daily Times. In the first episode, R
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Law enforcers claimed to have arrested around 152 suspects including alleged target killers belonging to political parties and Lyari gangsters during separate targeted raids across the city on October 20, reported Daily Times. In the first episode, Rangers claimed to have arrested around nine criminals during various targeted raids in different parts of Karachi, including Quaidabad, Green Town, Nazimabad, Nishtar Road, New Karachi, Orangi Town, Shah Faisal Colony, Abidabad in Baldia, Gulberg, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Manzur Colony areas. The officials recovered weapons from the possession of suspects.
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October - 20 
Police arrested an alleged suspect Bakhtiar during an exchange of fire in Sultanabad area, however his three accomplices managed to escape under the cover of firing. Police officials said that the accused was wanted for attacking and injuring a polic
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Police arrested an alleged suspect Bakhtiar during an exchange of fire in Sultanabad area, however his three accomplices managed to escape under the cover of firing. Police officials said that the accused was wanted for attacking and injuring a police constable, Shafiq.
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October - 20 
President Mamnoon Hussain on October 20 promulgated the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance, which maintains that the writ of the state would be established at all costs, reports Daily Times. The ordinance states that the security and Law Enforcement Ag
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President Mamnoon Hussain on October 20 promulgated the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance, which maintains that the writ of the state would be established at all costs, reports Daily Times. The ordinance states that the security and Law Enforcement Agencies would jointly investigate the incidents of terrorism, and the elements creating terror and fear would be considered as enemies of the state. The draft of the ordinance states that Pakistan and its people had been exposed to undeclared and thankless wars that proliferated from the country’s neighbourhood since 1979. It reads, “The elements hostile to our existence, in collaboration with unscrupulous locals, have since claimed the lives of 40,000 people of all ages and religious denominations in the second campaign that began in 2001; many more were injured, disabled or uprooted. Over three decade long presence of many million aliens on our soil generated its own social complexities. The people and its valiant forces have rendered unprecedented sacrifices: Over 4,000 soldiers and officers lost their lives to ensure that world at large remains at peace during the last 11 years alone. As a direct consequence, our economy and its production systems suffered enormously”. The ordinance reads that the extraordinary disposition dictates unusual dispensation. “New legislative initiatives have been proposed in line with international best practices, to declare that: The constitution and rule of law shall be our overarching umbrella. Security of life, property and dignified living of our own people shall be the prime goal for all functionaries of the state. All civil and military Law Enforcement Agencies including Civil Armed Forces (CAF) and their personnel where invited shall be given fullest protection of law to discharge their mission of restoration of peace in enabling environment within the parameters of Part V of the Constitution.”
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October - 20 
The leader of the Punjabi Taliban and Junood-e-Hafsa, Asmatullah Muawiya in his new message to the media on October 20 said talks are possible with the Government on the basis of principles, reported Daily Times. Muawiya said talks could be held if t
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The leader of the Punjabi Taliban and Junood-e-Hafsa, Asmatullah Muawiya in his new message to the media on October 20 said talks are possible with the Government on the basis of principles, reported Daily Times. Muawiya said talks could be held if the Government resolves all those problems which are the cause of conflict. He explained that if the Government reviews its foreign policy “which revolves around the United States (US)” and abolishes all such laws which are against Islam then rapprochement could be made quite easily. Muawiya claimed that his outfit has deep roots in all parts of the country and the main purpose of the group is to serve the country’s people and Islam. He said the Punjabi Taliban is active for the implementation of Sharia’h for which this country was achieved. The Punjabi Taliban leader said talks could not be held through the media or talk shows. He said the Taliban will present their demands only if the government shows seriousness. However, he said the media was presenting conditions for the talks from its side which is even against the ethics and principles of journalism. He said the Taliban will take the nation into confidence after the talks.
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October - 20 
The Pakistan Army on October 20 denied that it was involved in any military operation against Baloch insurgents in the areas devastated by September 24, 2013 earthquake, reports The Express Tribune. “Security Forces are in Awaran and Mashkey only for
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The Pakistan Army on October 20 denied that it was involved in any military operation against Baloch insurgents in the areas devastated by September 24, 2013 earthquake, reports The Express Tribune. “Security Forces are in Awaran and Mashkey only for relief operations,” said Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa, the Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relation (ISPR), in a statement. He added that despite repeated attacks on army troops, the SFs were exercising restraint and were concentrating on providing relief to earthquake survivors. Dismissing certain media reports, Major General Bajwa said that army troops were not carrying out any operation in the region. “There is no military operation in Awaran and Mashkey as is being propagated by miscreants,” he added, inviting media persons to visit Awaran and Mashkey to witness the situation on ground.
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October - 20 
The Police arrested two accused involved in target killing and other crimes in Karachi during a raid in Shakargarh area of Matta tehsil (revenue unit) in Swat District on October 20, reports Daily Times. According to District Police Officer (DPO), S
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The Police arrested two accused involved in target killing and other crimes in Karachi during a raid in Shakargarh area of Matta tehsil (revenue unit) in Swat District on October 20, reports Daily Times. According to District Police Officer (DPO), Swat, Sher Akbar Khan, the Police on a tip-off launched crackdown in Shakargarh. During the raid, two accused involved in Karachi target killing, attacks on security forces, other terrorist and criminal activities were arrested besides recovering arms from their possession.
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October - 20 
The Police during a raid at a house in Augadu Takhtaband area of Mingora town in Swat District recovered six hand grenades, a pistol and arrested one accused on October 20, reports Daily Times.
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The Police during a raid at a house in Augadu Takhtaband area of Mingora town in Swat District recovered six hand grenades, a pistol and arrested one accused on October 20, reports Daily Times.
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October - 20 
Two political workers were arrested during a targeted raid conducted by Rangers in Abul Hassan Isphani locality in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town. The law-enforcing agency did not disclose the identity of the detainees, or their political affiliation. The arre
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Two political workers were arrested during a targeted raid conducted by Rangers in Abul Hassan Isphani locality in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town. The law-enforcing agency did not disclose the identity of the detainees, or their political affiliation. The arrested persons have been shifted to an undisclosed location for further questioning.
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A Shia man, identified as Ali Raza (32), succumbed to his injuries during medical treatment on October 24, reports Daily Times. Raza was injured in a firing incident in Ittehad Town area of Baldia Town on October 21, 2013.
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A Shia man, identified as Ali Raza (32), succumbed to his injuries during medical treatment on October 24, reports Daily Times. Raza was injured in a firing incident in Ittehad Town area of Baldia Town on October 21, 2013.
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October - 21 
At least seven persons, including two women, were killed and 16 others were injured when a Jaffar Express was struck by a bomb explosion in Notal area of Naseerabad District on October 21, reported Dawn. Asad Gilani, the Home Secretary Balochistan sa
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At least seven persons, including two women, were killed and 16 others were injured when a Jaffar Express was struck by a bomb explosion in Notal area of Naseerabad District on October 21, reported Dawn. Asad Gilani, the Home Secretary Balochistan said that militants targeted the passenger train using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). "When the train reached Notal, there were huge explosions", Gilani said. The train was carrying hundreds of passengers from Punjab Province who were returning to Balochistan after Eid holidays. Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack, reports The Express Tribune. The group’s spokesperson told Quetta-based reporters over satellite phone that the train was carrying security personnel who were returning to Balochistan after spending Eidul Azha in Punjab. One of the women was a Police constable, identified as Sharifa Bibi.
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October - 21 
District East Police claimed to have arrested 20 alleged criminals including five absconders during various Police raids and recovered five pistols, one rifle, two motorcycles and narcotics.
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District East Police claimed to have arrested 20 alleged criminals including five absconders during various Police raids and recovered five pistols, one rifle, two motorcycles and narcotics.
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October - 21 
District South Police also arrested 16 criminals including 11 absconders and recovered a pistol, two motorcycles and nine bottles of liquor from them.
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District South Police also arrested 16 criminals including 11 absconders and recovered a pistol, two motorcycles and nine bottles of liquor from them.
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October - 21 
Garden Police claimed to have arrested three suspects, identified as Faizan Ali alias Langra, Mohammad Saeed and Mohammad Faisal, after an encounter with militants. Police said the suspects were involved in various cases of target killings; however,
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Garden Police claimed to have arrested three suspects, identified as Faizan Ali alias Langra, Mohammad Saeed and Mohammad Faisal, after an encounter with militants. Police said the suspects were involved in various cases of target killings; however, their political affiliations were not disclosed.
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October - 21 
In a raid, Rangers claimed to have arrested 16 alleged criminals and recovered weapons from their possession during search operations in Korangi Town, Mira Naka area of Lyari Town, Akbar Road, Baloch Goth, North Nazimabad Town, Golimar area in SITE T
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In a raid, Rangers claimed to have arrested 16 alleged criminals and recovered weapons from their possession during search operations in Korangi Town, Mira Naka area of Lyari Town, Akbar Road, Baloch Goth, North Nazimabad Town, Golimar area in SITE Town, Rabia City, Saba Avenue-DHA, Steel Town, Gulbahar, Shah Faisal Colony, Saudabad, Chanesar Goth and Bagh-e-Rizwan areas.
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October - 21 
Law enforcers arrested 64 suspects in the ongoing targeted operation against militants in Karachi on October 21, reported Daily Times. At first, Police, on complaint from a citizen, arrested personnel of the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF), Azhar Hussain,
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Law enforcers arrested 64 suspects in the ongoing targeted operation against militants in Karachi on October 21, reported Daily Times. At first, Police, on complaint from a citizen, arrested personnel of the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF), Azhar Hussain, along with his companion, Sajid Hussain, from Tipu Sultan Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town. They were reportedly involved in looting the citizens in the area. “Upon information provided by the complainant, we raided the area and found them distributing the looted money among themselves,” the Station House Officer (SHO) Zaidi said. Weapons were also recovered from the arrested, while further investigation has been initiated.
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October - 21 
Over two dozen unidentified militants carrying automatic weapons set fire to a station of Balochistan Levies and took the staff hostage at gunpoint in Dasht Kuddan area of Kech (also known as Turbat) District on October 21, reported The Express Tribu
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Over two dozen unidentified militants carrying automatic weapons set fire to a station of Balochistan Levies and took the staff hostage at gunpoint in Dasht Kuddan area of Kech (also known as Turbat) District on October 21, reported The Express Tribune. “They set fire to the station after looting official weapons from it,” a Levies official said.
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October - 21 
Police arrested an alleged extortionist, Kashif Ali Siddiqui, when he arrived to collect extortion money from a local businessman in Surjani Town area of Gadap Town.
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Police arrested an alleged extortionist, Kashif Ali Siddiqui, when he arrived to collect extortion money from a local businessman in Surjani Town area of Gadap Town.
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October - 21 
Police arrested two street criminals while they were looting valuables from passers-by in Baloch Colony area of Orangi Town. Police arrived on routine patrol and arrested the criminals. Looted cash, mobile phones and other valuables were recovered.
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Police arrested two street criminals while they were looting valuables from passers-by in Baloch Colony area of Orangi Town. Police arrived on routine patrol and arrested the criminals. Looted cash, mobile phones and other valuables were recovered.
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October - 21 
Police on October 21 arrested three suspected terrorists, identified as Jafar Khan (23), Ameer Baqi (26) and Saleh Baloch (29), from Jail Road in Lahore District for their alleged involvement in the October 10, 2013 blast in the Old Anarkali area of
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Police on October 21 arrested three suspected terrorists, identified as Jafar Khan (23), Ameer Baqi (26) and Saleh Baloch (29), from Jail Road in Lahore District for their alleged involvement in the October 10, 2013 blast in the Old Anarkali area of Lahore, reported The Express Tribune. According to sources, the suspects have connections with the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).
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October - 21 
The Balochistan Government has on October 21 asked the disgruntled Baloch to refrain from attacking innocent people and asked them to hold dialogue with the Government for an amicable solution to the issue of Balochistan, reports Daily Times. “Target
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The Balochistan Government has on October 21 asked the disgruntled Baloch to refrain from attacking innocent people and asked them to hold dialogue with the Government for an amicable solution to the issue of Balochistan, reports Daily Times. “Targeting women and children is against the norms and traditions of the Baloch, and those involved in such acts are not serving any cause,” said Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti while addressing a press conference at the Civil Secretariat. “A concerted security plan has been devised to halt the organised crimes, such as target killings, kidnapping-for-ransom and highway robberies,” he said. Bugti noted that the incumbent government was pursuing a very clear policy of reconciliation and believes in dialogue to halt insurgency more effectively. “We are democratic people and seeking a way out of the issues only through talks,” he added.
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October - 21 
The Chairman of the Core Committee of Pakistan Medical Association, Balochistan Chapter, Doctor Haqdad Tareen, said October 21 that 84 doctors had moved to other cities from the Province because of threats to their lives and property and threatened t
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The Chairman of the Core Committee of Pakistan Medical Association, Balochistan Chapter, Doctor Haqdad Tareen, said October 21 that 84 doctors had moved to other cities from the Province because of threats to their lives and property and threatened that doctors serving in various hospitals would resign en masse if protection was not provided to them, reports Dawn. He said that so far 26 doctors, including cardiologist Dr Munaf Tareen, had been abducted and 18 others died in targeted attacks. “We are unsafe and the government is least concerned in providing us protection or freeing Dr Tareen who was kidnapped on September 17, 2013. Keeping in view the lukewarm attitude of the administration and Police, we have decided to form a private force for security,” he added.
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October - 21 
The Supreme Court on October 21 rejected an application filed by Shahrukh Jatoi, the main person convicted in the Shahzeb Khan murder case, seeking transfer of the case from an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) to a District and Sessions court, reported Daw
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The Supreme Court on October 21 rejected an application filed by Shahrukh Jatoi, the main person convicted in the Shahzeb Khan murder case, seeking transfer of the case from an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) to a District and Sessions court, reported Dawn. Jatoi’s family members had filed an application at the Supreme Court’s Karachi Registry on June 4, 2013. The petition was filed against the decision of the Sindh High Court that had dismissed the application for the transfer of the case. The apex court, however, rejected the appeal. Jatoi’s family members had also submitted an application seeking transfer of the case in the High Court, which had also been dismissed. Shahzeb Khan was shot dead on the night of December 24, 2012 when he was returning home along with his sister after attending a wedding. Shahzeb was murdered reportedly after he had an altercation with one of the convicts’ servant who had given verbal threats to the victim’s sister. Jatoi, Siraj Talpur, his younger brother Sajjad Talpur and their house servant Ghulam Murtaza Lashari were found guilty of killing Shahzeb in Karachi's Defence Housing Authority (DHA). An ATC in Karachi sentenced Jatoi to death in its verdict on June 8, 2013. Moreover, another suspect, Siraj Talpur, was also awarded capital punishment for his role in the crime. Two other suspects in the case, Sajjad Ali Talpur and Ghulam Murtaza Lashari were sentenced to life imprisonment.
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October - 21 
The United States (US) on October 21 refused to endorse Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s call for internationalising the Kashmir dispute and urged him to stay engaged with India for resolving this issue, reports Dawn. “On Kashmir, our policy has not cha
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The United States (US) on October 21 refused to endorse Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s call for internationalising the Kashmir dispute and urged him to stay engaged with India for resolving this issue, reports Dawn. “On Kashmir, our policy has not changed an iota,” said one of the senior administration officials. Reiterating America’s traditional position on Kashmir, the official said it was for India and Pakistan to determine the “pace, scope and character of their dialogue on Kashmir”. The official said the Obama-Sharif meeting would focus on bilateral relationship, including energy, economy and extremism, Pakistan’s relations with India and Afghanistan would also figure in the talks. “We would continue to support a strong sovereign Afghanistan. There will be discussion how Pakistan sees the post-2014 Afghanistan,” the official said. “We will continue to show our interest in a strong sovereign Afghanistan, which is prosperous, given that we have to conclude the combat mission in Afghanistan by the end of next year.” He said, “It is clear that both countries have a common enemy and a common cause in the problem of violent extremists. Pakistan has suffered at the hands of terrorist. We need to have a concerted and coordinated effort to deal with this problem.”
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October - 21 
Two more suspects, Shakeel alias Hukla and Mohammad Tayyab, were arrested by New Karachi Police. Police in many cases of crime wanted the suspects.
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Two more suspects, Shakeel alias Hukla and Mohammad Tayyab, were arrested by New Karachi Police. Police in many cases of crime wanted the suspects.
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October - 21 
Two suspects, identified as Ghafoor Hayat Mirani and Jumma Gul, allegedly involved in street crimes were arrested by Korangi Industrial Area Police Station in Landhi Town. Weapons were also recovered from their possession.
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Two suspects, identified as Ghafoor Hayat Mirani and Jumma Gul, allegedly involved in street crimes were arrested by Korangi Industrial Area Police Station in Landhi Town. Weapons were also recovered from their possession.
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October - 22 
A man was killed in a firing incident at a petrol pump near the Eastern Bypass in Duki area of Loralai District on October 22,
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A man was killed in a firing incident at a petrol pump near the Eastern Bypass in Duki area of Loralai District on October 22,
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October - 22 
A member of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Bar Association on October 22 filed a petition asking the LHC to direct the Federal Government to hold talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and let them open an office, reports The Express Tribune. T
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A member of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Bar Association on October 22 filed a petition asking the LHC to direct the Federal Government to hold talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and let them open an office, reports The Express Tribune. The petitioner, Advocate Kashif Mehmood Solomani, named the Federation of Pakistan, the Interior Ministry, the Defence Ministry and the Finance Ministry as respondents. He submitted that military action against the TTP was damaging the peace efforts and the respondents should be directed to negotiate peace with the militant group. He said that since becoming a major United States (US) ally in the ‘war against terror’ following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Pakistan had suffered a loss of USD100 billion (PKR10.63 trillion) to the economy. Economic growth, tax collection and foreign investment had declined. Western governments had advised their citizens against travelling to Pakistan, affecting foreign investment further. Pakistan continued to pay a heavy price in economic and security terms, as a large proportion of its human and material resources were being consumed by the war, he said. The petitioner said that allowing the TTP to open an office would facilitate the dialogue process. He noted that the United Nations (UN) charter stated that no sanctions could be imposed on Pakistan for holding talks with the militants.
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October - 22 
A private secondary school, Prince School, was attacked for allegedly not paying extortion money in Gulshan-e-Bahar area of Orangi Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 22, reports The Express Tribune. Police officials,
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A private secondary school, Prince School, was attacked for allegedly not paying extortion money in Gulshan-e-Bahar area of Orangi Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 22, reports The Express Tribune. Police officials, however, denied that the school was attacked. Station House Officer Pervez Gujjar claimed that unidentified assailants had fired aerial shots on the street behind the school and that the firing had no link with the school. However, other sources in the Police confirmed that at least two armed men opened fire outside the school and escaped. “Students and the school’s staff were present inside the school when the incident occurred,” they claimed. “The alleged extortionists had sent an ‘extortion chit’ to the school administration a few days ago. The cell number of the extortionist was also mentioned on the chit and the school administration had been asked to contact on the given number.”
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October - 22 
After the two jailbreaks in Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan and due to similar threats in future, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government on October 22 decided to raise the “Prisons Security Force” to protect vulnerable jails, reports The News. The force w
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After the two jailbreaks in Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan and due to similar threats in future, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government on October 22 decided to raise the “Prisons Security Force” to protect vulnerable jails, reports The News. The force will be provided heavy weapons, bullet-proof jackets and other facilities to counter any major attack. It will be provided special training for which a training school will soon be established. The KP Home and Tribal Affairs Department has constituted a special committee for the formation of the special jail force. It will be headed by Inspector General Prisons Zakir Hussain Afridi while Deputy Secretary Akhtar Saeed Turk, Elite Training College Principal Momin Baig and Section Officer Khalid Mohammad will be its members. The committee will decide the organisational hierarchy of the force, number of guards at each post, trenches and gates, vantage points, wireless and technical staff and provision of arms and ammunition for the force. The committee will also take decisions about the purchase of explosive and metal detectors, mine detectors, mobile phone detectors, sniffer dogs and its handlers, pop-up barricades, gas and teargas guns, anti-terror suits, bullet-proof jackets and helmets for the special jail security force. A high security jail is under construction in Mardan where high-profile militants will be shifted from all over the province. This prison will be having its own Police lines, hi-tech security through CCTV cameras and other equipment, and isolation rooms. Apart from the jail police, contingents of Police, Frontier Constabulary and Frontier Corps will also be deployed at the high security jail.
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October - 22 
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta on October 22 reissued arrest warrants against former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, former Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani and former District Coordination Officer (DCO) for Dera Bugti Abdul Samad Lasi in
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An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta on October 22 reissued arrest warrants against former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, former Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani and former District Coordination Officer (DCO) for Dera Bugti Abdul Samad Lasi in a case pertaining to the August 26, 2006, murder of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and ordered authorities to produce the accused persons at its next hearing on November 26, 2013, reported Dawn. Former Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and former Provincial Home Minister Shoaib Nowsherwani appeared in the court during October 22 hearing. Former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf, the main accused in the case, did not appear before the court. According to his counsel, Musharraf could not be produced in view of security threats to his life.
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October - 22 
Anti-Terrorism Court on October 22 reserved judgment on a request for exempting former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf from attending hearings in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, reports The Express Tribune. Earlier, the co
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Anti-Terrorism Court on October 22 reserved judgment on a request for exempting former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf from attending hearings in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, reports The Express Tribune. Earlier, the counsel for Musharraf, submitted a request that the former President could not attend the hearings in Quetta due to security risks. Justice Tariq Anwar Kasi of Anti Terrorism-I adjourned the hearing until November 16, 2013. Sohail Rajput, lawyer of Jamil Bugti, Nawab Akbar Bugti’s son, said, “Musharraf was attacked in Rawalpindi and Karachi, not in Balochistan. It is pointless to say that he could not attend the hearing because of security risks.” Rajput argued that given the lack of efforts by the Crime Branch, investigations in the case were biased. A Crime Branch investigator, however, said a letter had been sent to the Federal Government seeking arrest warrants of the former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, former Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani and former District Coordination Officer for Dera Bugti Abdul Samad Lasi.
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October - 22 
Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce, on October 22 called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed with him wide range of issues including release of Doctor Shakil Afridi, reports The News. Shakil Afridi is accused of helpin
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Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce, on October 22 called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed with him wide range of issues including release of Doctor Shakil Afridi, reports The News. Shakil Afridi is accused of helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track down former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The chairman said, “I specifically pressed the Prime Minister to release Dr. Shakil Afridi and encouraged him to ensure that his nation is in fact a responsible and effective partner in countering terrorism, proliferation and violent extremism in the region. We discussed promoting regional trade and greater trade with the United States (US). I also discussed the importance of education reform.” Meanwhile, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani Pakistan on October 22 told the US that Shakil Afridi was no hero and his fate would be decided by the court, reports Dawn. The foreign secretary said that during the meeting the US was told that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had already been banned in Pakistan and that action could be taken against Hafiz Saeed only if substantial evidence was made available.
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October - 22 
Daily Times reported that the Anti-Terrorism Court-I (ATC-I) will begin the retrial of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto murder case by recording statements of four doctors on October 22 (today). The doctors, working at the Holy Family Hospital (H
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Daily Times reported that the Anti-Terrorism Court-I (ATC-I) will begin the retrial of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto murder case by recording statements of four doctors on October 22 (today). The doctors, working at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) and District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital, had treated the injured and conducted the post-mortem of the victims brought to the hospitals on December 27, 2007 following the attack on Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto at Liaquat Bagh area of Rawalpindi District. On October 1, 2013 ATC judge Justice Chaudhry Habibur Rehman had ordered to start the retrial of the case after the indictment of former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf, besides summoning four prosecution witnesses – Doctor Hina Bukhari and Doctor Rida Khan of the HFH and Doctor Qasim and Doctor Ashraf of the DHQ Hospital – for recording their statements.
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October - 22 
Four other suspects were arrested from Baloch Colony area in Orangi Town. The accused were involved in various street crimes. In addition, Ferozabad Police arrested two accused involved in the targeted killings in Punjab and Karachi, while arms and
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Four other suspects were arrested from Baloch Colony area in Orangi Town. The accused were involved in various street crimes. In addition, Ferozabad Police arrested two accused involved in the targeted killings in Punjab and Karachi, while arms and drugs were also recovered from their possession.
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October - 22 
One Levies man was killed when the convoy of an Arab prince was attacked in Buleda area of Kech District on October 22, reported Dawn. According to sources, the Arab prince and his convoy were on a hunting trip, under security provided by Levies forc
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One Levies man was killed when the convoy of an Arab prince was attacked in Buleda area of Kech District on October 22, reported Dawn. According to sources, the Arab prince and his convoy were on a hunting trip, under security provided by Levies forces. The attackers set one vehicle on fire and also stole the weapons which were being carried by Levies forces and other ammunition in the prince's convoy before escaping. However, no Arabs were hurt in the attack.
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October - 22 
Police arrested several persons including a target killer from different areas of Karachi on October 22, reported The News. According to police, three accused who were involved in the killing of 50 persons including Policemen were arrested from Marip
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Police arrested several persons including a target killer from different areas of Karachi on October 22, reported The News. According to police, three accused who were involved in the killing of 50 persons including Policemen were arrested from Maripur area in Kiamari Town.
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October - 22 
Police arrested two suspects from Future Colony in Landhi Town. The accused were involved in attacking Policemen.
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Police arrested two suspects from Future Colony in Landhi Town. The accused were involved in attacking Policemen.
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October - 22 
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on October 22 urged the United States (US) to end drone attacks, saying that the unmanned strikes – which penetrate militant havens deep in the tribal areas – represented a “major irritant” in relations, reports Daily
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Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on October 22 urged the United States (US) to end drone attacks, saying that the unmanned strikes – which penetrate militant havens deep in the tribal areas – represented a “major irritant” in relations, reports Daily Times. PM Nawaz, who will meet President Barack Obama on October 23, called for warmer ties with the United States and offered Pakistan’s assistance in Afghanistan as US forces prepare to withdraw next year. But Nawaz said the drone strikes represented a “major irritant” in relations. “I would therefore stress the need for an end to drone attacks,” Nawaz said at the US Institute of Peace. He said Pakistan’s political parties believed that drones violated the country’s territorial integrity as well as its own efforts to fight extremism. However, the US on October 22 denied its drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan and elsewhere infringed international law and said it did all it could to avoid civilian casualties, reports Dawn. The comments followed the publication of reports on the US drone war by two human rights groups, and came a day before Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif is expected to bring up concerns about the US tactic at White House talks with President Barrack Obama. “We are reviewing these reports carefully,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. “To the extent these reports claim that the US has acted contrary to international law, we would strongly disagree.” Earlier, the Human rights groups on October 22 accused the US of breaking international law and perhaps committing war crimes by killing civilians in missile and drone strikes that were intended to hit militants in Pakistan and Yemen. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch released separate reports detailing the deaths of dozens of civilians in the two countries. They urged the Obama administration and Congress to investigate, and end a policy of secrecy on the attacks. “In some of the cases we looked at ... they appear to be war crimes, but really the full picture is for the US authorities to reveal,” Mustafa Qadri, Pakistan researcher at Amnesty International, said after describing the death of a 68-year-old Pakistani grandmother in an alleged drone strike. “We are saying for the US authorities to come clean,” he said at a joint news conference with Human Rights Watch.
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October - 22 
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Washington vowed on October 22 to go the "extra mile" to make peace with India, saying the historic rivals can resolve all issues including Kashmir through dialogue, reports The News. He regretted that
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Washington vowed on October 22 to go the "extra mile" to make peace with India, saying the historic rivals can resolve all issues including Kashmir through dialogue, reports The News. He regretted that periodic incidents such as violence on the disputed border in Kashmir had set back peace attempts. "I wish to assure this august audience that Pakistan desires to live in peace with its neighbour. We would not be found wanting in walking the extra mile," he said at the United States (US) Institute of Peace. "If we sit down together, if we seriously address these issues, I don't think we will face any problem," he said. "Kashmir, of course, is a very difficult issue and very difficult to resolve but I think, by sitting and talking, we will be able to find some way of resolving that, too," he said, adding, "Because that is a flashpoint not only in the region, but the whole world".
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October - 22 
The Express Tribune, while quoting a report submitted by the former Sindh Prosecutor General Shahdat Awan to the Supreme Court, reported on October 22 that more than 5,000 cases registered under the arms and explosives acts are pending trial. Accordi
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The Express Tribune, while quoting a report submitted by the former Sindh Prosecutor General Shahdat Awan to the Supreme Court, reported on October 22 that more than 5,000 cases registered under the arms and explosives acts are pending trial. According to official statistics, these cases — estimated at 5,566 — form a large chunk of the cases gathering dust in the subordinate courts in the city. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, during the last hearing of the Karachi law and order suo motu implementation case, had expressed extreme displeasure over the performance of the provincial prosecution department and called the record of pending criminal cases. The prosecutor General’s report showed that 5,270 cases registered under the Arms laws and 296 under the Explosives Act were registered by the Police from October 6, 2011 to May 31, 2013, and have been pending in the courts ever since. Of the 20 directives given in the landmark judgment in the Karachi violence case, which in opinion of many jurists is the recipe for healing the city’s wounds, only one has been implemented so far – amendments to the Arms Law.
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October - 22 
The Peshawar Police is considering a proposal to establish a new urban circle and placing Mattani, Badhaber, Urmar and possibly Sarband Police Stations under one Superintendent of Police (SP), The Express Tribune reported on October 23. The creation
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The Peshawar Police is considering a proposal to establish a new urban circle and placing Mattani, Badhaber, Urmar and possibly Sarband Police Stations under one Superintendent of Police (SP), The Express Tribune reported on October 23. The creation of the proposed circle would increase the number of circles in Peshawar to four: City, Cantt, Rural and Urban. Mattani and Badhaber are considered the worst militancy-hit areas of the District and currently fall under the jurisdiction of SP Rural, he added. Similarly, it was also proposed that some police stations of Cantt Circle – such as those in Regi, Nasir Bagh and Model Town – be made a part of the Rural Circle for administrative purposes. “
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October - 22 
Three rockets fired from Afghanistan into the Sarakai checkpost under Mamond tehsil (revenue unit) in Bajaur Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) injured two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel on October 22, reports The Express Tribune. Um
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Three rockets fired from Afghanistan into the Sarakai checkpost under Mamond tehsil (revenue unit) in Bajaur Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) injured two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel on October 22, reports The Express Tribune. Umer Said Khan, the political administration officer of the Mamond tehsil, confirmed the attack saying militants had fired rockets from the Afghan side on Sarakai village but was unable to cause any human or material loss as the rockets had missed the residential areas.
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October - 23 
A dead body of a Baloch man, identified as Shakir (23), was found in Ahsanabad area of Gadap Town on October 23, reports Daily Times. Police said the victim was abducted when he left home for some work on the evening of October 22, 2013.
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A dead body of a Baloch man, identified as Shakir (23), was found in Ahsanabad area of Gadap Town on October 23, reports Daily Times. Police said the victim was abducted when he left home for some work on the evening of October 22, 2013.
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October - 23 
A Lyari gangster, identified as Mohammad Younus (35), was shot dead within the precincts of Malir City Police Station in Mohabbat Nagar area of Malir Town on October 23, reported Daily Times.
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A Lyari gangster, identified as Mohammad Younus (35), was shot dead within the precincts of Malir City Police Station in Mohabbat Nagar area of Malir Town on October 23, reported Daily Times.
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October - 23 
Dawn reported on October 24 that over 40,000 cellphone SIM cards of Afghan telecom companies are operational in Pakistan and most of them are used in acts of terrorism, kidnapping for ransom and extortion. The information was placed before a Peshawar
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Dawn reported on October 24 that over 40,000 cellphone SIM cards of Afghan telecom companies are operational in Pakistan and most of them are used in acts of terrorism, kidnapping for ransom and extortion. The information was placed before a Peshawar High Court bench by National Accountability Bureau, KP during the hearing into a case about unregistered SIM cards. Before Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Asadullah Khan Chamkani, NAB Deputy Prosecutor General Jamil Khan produced initial report of the inquiry done on the court’s orders into unregistered SIM cards of Afghan cellphone companies.
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October - 23 
On the eve of talks between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Barack Obama, the White House described the Pakistan-United States (US) relationship as "enormously valuable", saying despite some differences Washington wants the ties to proceed
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On the eve of talks between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Barack Obama, the White House described the Pakistan-United States (US) relationship as "enormously valuable", saying despite some differences Washington wants the ties to proceed on positive trajectory, reports The News. "The President looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Sharif to the White House on October 23, 2013 (today). The Prime Minister’s official visit comes as we are strengthening U.S.-Pakistan relations,” Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney said. The White House press secretary said that ahead of the leaders’ summit, the Pakistani leader is meeting the senior Obama Administration officials at the State Department, the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Treasury, and the U.S. Trade Representative. “These meetings provide an opportunity to discuss concrete cooperation on issues of mutual concern such as energy, trade, and economic development, regional stability, and, of course, countering violent extremism,” Carney added, as Premier Sharif held a series of discussions on wide-ranging cooperative ties with American officials during his four-day official visit. "We want to advance our shared interest of a stable, secure, and prosperous Pakistan that is contributing to regional and international security and prosperity", he said. "We want to find ways for our countries to cooperate, even as we have differences on some issues, and we want to make sure that the trajectory of this relationship is a positive one,” the press secretary remarked.
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October - 23 
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on October 23 rejected the new ordinance, Pakistan Protection Ordinance 2013, that was promulgated on October 20, 2013, and gave extraordinary powers to Law-Enforcement Agencies to curb terrorism, terming it as “an assau
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Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on October 23 rejected the new ordinance, Pakistan Protection Ordinance 2013, that was promulgated on October 20, 2013, and gave extraordinary powers to Law-Enforcement Agencies to curb terrorism, terming it as “an assault on the fundamental rights” of citizens, reports Dawn. Under the law, anyone found guilty of resisting enforcement of any law or legal process will have to spend 10 years behind bars. The law proposes setting up of special courts and safe houses to detain hardened criminals. Under the ordinance, personnel of law-enforcement agencies will be able to enter and search any premises without warrants and the arrested suspects will not be entitled to bail. “The law is a direct assault on the fundamental rights of the citizens as enshrined in the constitution,” said PPP’s Parliamentary Leader in the Senate Raza Rabbani, questioning the logic behind the Government’s act of doing legislation through ordinances in presence of an elected Parliament. “This is a very important law and it should have been brought through the Parliament.” “The ordinance in its present form is not acceptable,” he said. Answering a question, Rabbani, however, said the PPP had no plan to challenge the ordinance in a court of law. He said the party would oppose it when the Government brings it to the Parliament in the form of a bill. He explained that any matter that could be settled politically and in Parliament should not be challenged in the court.
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October - 23 
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif said on October 23 that he urged US President Barack Obama to end drone strikes in Pakistan, touching on a thorny subject in relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Sharif and President Obama were speaking
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Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif said on October 23 that he urged US President Barack Obama to end drone strikes in Pakistan, touching on a thorny subject in relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Sharif and President Obama were speaking after a 90-minute long one-on-one meeting at the White House’s Oval Office. “I also brought up the issue of drones in our meeting, emphasising the need to end ... such strikes,” said PM Nawaz Sharif. For his part, Obama made no mention of drones and remained silent over the issue. Obama, however, said he wanted to prevent security cooperation from being a source of tension between the US and Pakistan. Sharif said he brought up the issue of US drone strikes in Pakistan and told the American President that the strikes need to end.
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October - 23 
The city Police on October 23 arrested three accused, identified as Abdul Sattar, Kamran and Saeed, from Landhi Town in connection with the October 20, 2013 firing on the convoy of Sindh Local Bodies Minister Owais Muzaffar in Sharafi Goth area of La
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The city Police on October 23 arrested three accused, identified as Abdul Sattar, Kamran and Saeed, from Landhi Town in connection with the October 20, 2013 firing on the convoy of Sindh Local Bodies Minister Owais Muzaffar in Sharafi Goth area of Landhi Town, reports The News.
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October - 23 
The City Police on October 23 released the sketches of two terrorists involved in the killing of four Policemen on Ring Road at Paharipura area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on October 20 and sent it to all Political Stat
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The City Police on October 23 released the sketches of two terrorists involved in the killing of four Policemen on Ring Road at Paharipura area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on October 20 and sent it to all Political Stations for necessary action, reports The News. According to City Police, the sketches were prepared in light of the statements of Police officials and eyewitnesses. The terrorists aged between 20 to 30 years.
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October - 23 
The Express Tribune reported that special prosecutors on October 23 cited lack of security as the reason and refused to plead cases against hundreds of suspects caught in targeted raids in Karachi. According to sources, the law department had, upon t
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The Express Tribune reported that special prosecutors on October 23 cited lack of security as the reason and refused to plead cases against hundreds of suspects caught in targeted raids in Karachi. According to sources, the law department had, upon the Rangers’ recommendation, appointed six lawyers as special prosecutors to plead cases against suspects arrested during the targeted operation in Karachi – which has been in full swing since September 4, 2013. Rangers and Police officials claim to have arrested hundreds of hardened criminals since, but effective prosecution, the sources said, still remains elusive. “Six prosecutors supposed to represent the Rangers in trial courts have refused to plead their cases,” a prosecutor said, adding, “Some of them even excused themselves in writing during a recently held meeting with the Rangers high-ups.” The unwilling prosecutors have cited the lack of security for them and their families as the reason for their refusal.
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October - 23 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police have set up a counter-kidnapping cell to pre-empt and prevent kidnapping for ransom incidents well in time, an official communiqué said on October 23, reports Daily Times. Kidnapping-for-ransom cases have significan
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police have set up a counter-kidnapping cell to pre-empt and prevent kidnapping for ransom incidents well in time, an official communiqué said on October 23, reports Daily Times. Kidnapping-for-ransom cases have significantly increased in Peshawar following a huge amount was paid to ensure the release of well-off persons, mainly traders, doctors and Government officials. “DSP Tariq Habib has been posted as in charge of the cell which will directly work under the supervision of the IG,” the communiqué from the office of KP Police Chief Nasir Durrani said. The mechanism put in place to stem kidnapping reads that in case of any untoward incident the officers posted in the tribal belt would directly be contacted for quick response against the kidnappers.
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October - 23 
The two Policemen who were killed in SITE Town on October 23, 2013 were identified as head constable Qazi Alam and Police constable Javed, reported Daily Times. The assailant who was killed in retaliatory firing was identified as Adnan and his injure
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The two Policemen who were killed in SITE Town on October 23, 2013 were identified as head constable Qazi Alam and Police constable Javed, reported Daily Times. The assailant who was killed in retaliatory firing was identified as Adnan and his injured accomplice was identified as Sajid. According to Police sources, the militants belonged to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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October - 23 
Two Policemen and an assailant were killed in a firing incident in SITE Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 23, reported The News. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Baloch said an assailant was also killed as the Pol
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Two Policemen and an assailant were killed in a firing incident in SITE Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 23, reported The News. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Baloch said an assailant was also killed as the Police returned fire.
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October - 23 
Unidentified militants kidnapped former President of Awami National Party (ANP) Balochistan Chapter Arbab Zahir Kasi from Patel Road in Quetta on October 23, The Express Tribune. According to Quetta Police, Kasi was on his way to visit his relatives
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Unidentified militants kidnapped former President of Awami National Party (ANP) Balochistan Chapter Arbab Zahir Kasi from Patel Road in Quetta on October 23, The Express Tribune. According to Quetta Police, Kasi was on his way to visit his relatives in downtown of Quetta when a group of armed men intercepted his vehicle near the intersection on Patel Road. They harassed the driver, snatched his mobile phone as well as the car key and drove the former ANP leader to an undisclosed location. “The driver tried to resist the kidnapping attempt but the kidnappers harassed him,” a Police Officer said quoting the driver. The driver is now in Police custody for further questioning.
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October - 24 
A child was killed and two others were injured in a hand grenade explosion in the Timber Market within limits of the Napier Police Station in Lyari Town on October 24, reported The Express Tribune. The blast also destroyed the gates and shutter of a
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A child was killed and two others were injured in a hand grenade explosion in the Timber Market within limits of the Napier Police Station in Lyari Town on October 24, reported The Express Tribune. The blast also destroyed the gates and shutter of a warehouse.
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October - 24 
A man, identified as Siddique (35), was killed and another, identified as Hussain (18), was injured when unidentified armed assailants opened indiscriminate fire on Manghopir Road within the limits of Orangi Town Police Station in Orangi Town on Octo
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A man, identified as Siddique (35), was killed and another, identified as Hussain (18), was injured when unidentified armed assailants opened indiscriminate fire on Manghopir Road within the limits of Orangi Town Police Station in Orangi Town on October 24, reported Daily Times.
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October - 24 
According to a October 24 report by the Prime Minister's Special Cell on polio, militant attacks on Pakistan’s polio workers have killed 27 vaccinators and Police guards during the past year and a half, reported Central Asia Online. The report, relea
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According to a October 24 report by the Prime Minister's Special Cell on polio, militant attacks on Pakistan’s polio workers have killed 27 vaccinators and Police guards during the past year and a half, reported Central Asia Online. The report, released in connection with World Polio Day (October 24, 2013), said 16 of those killed were from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The most recent attack occurred in October when a militant bomb killed five people – including Police guarding a polio team and local volunteers aiding the team in Badhaber area of Peshawar. Another attack in the same locality a few months ago killed two female polio workers. Meanwhile, the Government on October 24 decided to include polio vaccination on the agenda of dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as 90 per cent of the cases during the current year have been reported from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) where the militants have banned anti-polio campaigns. Minister of State for Health Regulations Saira Afzal Tarar said that Taliban should understand the fact that children were suffering because of their ban on the polio drives. She said so far this year 49 cases of polio had been reported in Pakistan - 36 in FATA, three in Punjab, four in Sindh and six in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “Polio virus circulation has been restricted to three zones, that is, FATA, Quetta and its neighbouring Districts of Qilla Abdullah and Pishin and Karachi’s Gadap Town.” She added that 260,000 children in North and South Waziristan Agencies had not been vaccinated against polio since July 2012. It may be noted that since July 2012, 24 health workers and Policemen protecting them have been killed and 14 others injured in 24 targeted attacks on vaccinators in different parts of the country.
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October - 24 
An unidentified man was shot dead near Abdullah Mor within the vicinity of Surjani Town Police Station in Gadap Town on October 24
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An unidentified man was shot dead near Abdullah Mor within the vicinity of Surjani Town Police Station in Gadap Town on October 24
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October - 24 
City’s East Zone Police arrested 33 suspects, including two proclaimed offenders and 10 fugitives during targeted operations in the past 24 hours, along with recovering arms and weapons from the accused men.
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City’s East Zone Police arrested 33 suspects, including two proclaimed offenders and 10 fugitives during targeted operations in the past 24 hours, along with recovering arms and weapons from the accused men.
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October - 24 
Hafiz Saeed, the ‘chief’ of Jama’at-ud-Dawa (JuD), the frontal organisation of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) on October 24 said that it is a thing of regret that US President Obama without making his investigation into the Indian propaganda went ahead and ‘i
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Hafiz Saeed, the ‘chief’ of Jama’at-ud-Dawa (JuD), the frontal organisation of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) on October 24 said that it is a thing of regret that US President Obama without making his investigation into the Indian propaganda went ahead and ‘issued a statement against us’, reports The News. Hafiz Saeed said that the Supreme Court of Pakistan in its judgment had already declared that no charge was proved against JuD. “India too had failed to hand over any evidence to Pakistan on Mumbai attacks in the past five years,” he continued. He said if evidence exists against his party then the same be presented before the courts instead of levelling allegations. Commenting on the meeting of PM Sharif and President Obama, he said the latter conveniently ‘sidelined’ the issue of drone attacks and instead brought up the matter of JuD during October 23’s summit at the White House. “Jama’at ud Dawa has been raising its voice against drone strikes for the past three years,” he maintained.
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In similar operations carried out on Thursday and Friday in Pishtakhara, Yakatoot and Chamkani, as many as 224 people were arrested.
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In similar operations carried out on Thursday and Friday in Pishtakhara, Yakatoot and Chamkani, as many as 224 people were arrested.
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October - 24 
Police and Rangers conducted a raid at gangster Baba Ladla’s residence during an operation in Lyari on October 24, reported The Express Tribune. Weapons, including, bullets, five Kalashnikovs, two pistols and two hand grenades were also seized during
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Police and Rangers conducted a raid at gangster Baba Ladla’s residence during an operation in Lyari on October 24, reported The Express Tribune. Weapons, including, bullets, five Kalashnikovs, two pistols and two hand grenades were also seized during the raid. However, Ladla managed to get away and was not arrested.
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October - 24 
Police personnel conducted an operation at the Fancy View Apartments near Sohrab Goth on Karachi’s Super Highway and arrested more than 20 suspects. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Nasir Aftab, suspects involved in the target
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Police personnel conducted an operation at the Fancy View Apartments near Sohrab Goth on Karachi’s Super Highway and arrested more than 20 suspects. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Nasir Aftab, suspects involved in the targeted killing of Policemen were amongst the arrested men. Arms were also seized during the raid.
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October - 24 
Rangers and Police personnel on October 24 arrested more than 50 suspects during targeted operations in different areas of Karachi, report Dawn. Rangers’ personnel conducted operations in Sango Lane, Liaquatabad, Jut Line, Burns Road, Orangi, Landhi
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Rangers and Police personnel on October 24 arrested more than 50 suspects during targeted operations in different areas of Karachi, report Dawn. Rangers’ personnel conducted operations in Sango Lane, Liaquatabad, Jut Line, Burns Road, Orangi, Landhi, Korangi and Rafah-i-Aam Society of Lyari area and arrested 29 suspects. According to a Rangers’ spokesman, the accused included Lyari gang-war suspects and some were said to have links with political parties.
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October - 24 
The Officials and former Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani on October 24 denied a report that they had approved US drone strikes on the country’s soil, reports Daily Times. Gilani, PM from 2008 until June last year, vehemently denied giving any
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The Officials and former Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani on October 24 denied a report that they had approved US drone strikes on the country’s soil, reports Daily Times. Gilani, PM from 2008 until June last year, vehemently denied giving any approval for drone strikes. “We have never allowed Americans to carry out drone attacks in the tribal areas,” Gilani said. “From the very beginning we are against drone strikes and we have conveyed it to Americans at all forums.” A diplomatic cable from then-US ambassador Anne Patterson dated August 2008 and released by WikiLeaks, indicated Gilani had agreed to the strikes in private. “I don’t care if they do it as long as they get the right people. We’ll protest in the National Assembly and then ignore it,” the leaked cable quoted him as telling US officials. In April this year former President General Pervez Musharraf told CNN that he had authorised drone strikes in Pakistan while he was in power.
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October - 24 
There will be no change in US drone policies, senior American officials said on October 24 while acknowledging that Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif had raised the issue at both private and public meetings during his four-day stay in Washington, repo
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There will be no change in US drone policies, senior American officials said on October 24 while acknowledging that Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif had raised the issue at both private and public meetings during his four-day stay in Washington, reports Dawn. The officials said that the PM also mentioned Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani-American imprisoned in the US for allegedly attacking American soldiers in Afghanistan, in one of the meetings. “But there’s no discussion on this issue as this issue is not open to discussion,” one of the officials said. The officials said the United States understood that there’s a consensus in Pakistan for holding talks with Taliban militants and the US had no objection to this decision.
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October - 24 
Three people were killed and five others were wounded when two gangster groups in Market area of Gulshan-e-Bihar area in Lyari Town fought each other on October 24, reports The Express Tribune. According to the Police and residents, the fight broke o
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Three people were killed and five others were wounded when two gangster groups in Market area of Gulshan-e-Bihar area in Lyari Town fought each other on October 24, reports The Express Tribune. According to the Police and residents, the fight broke out between Baba Ladla gang, and the criminals from Peoples Amn Committee (PAC). The victims were identified as one Abdul Ghani (40), Waseem Khalid (22) and Shahbaz Imtiaz (23), while the injured were identified as Dilbaz Iqbal (23), Asif Fayyaz (25), Manzur Karam Din (60), Nasir and Zeeshan. Lyari Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shakeel Ahmed said that none of people killed and injured belonged to either of the groups. Chairperson of Friends of Lyari, Habib Jan Baloch, denied that the encounter resulted from a gang war. “This is a conspiracy,” he said, adding, “There is no conflict between Uzair and Baba Ladla. I believe this was a joint venture of different forces against Uzair and Baba Ladla.”
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October - 24 
While any mention of the drone issue was conspicuously missing in their joint statement, the United States (US) President Barack Obama has privately assured Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif that the controversial programme will end soon, The Express
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While any mention of the drone issue was conspicuously missing in their joint statement, the United States (US) President Barack Obama has privately assured Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif that the controversial programme will end soon, The Express Tribune quoting a senior Pakistani official, reported on October 25. The official, who was accompanying the PM on his just-concluded visit to Washington, said that ‘significant progress’ has been made on the drone issue. Speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, he said Washington was considering ending the drone campaign once the “few remaining targets” had been eliminated from Pakistan’s tribal belt. According to the official, President Obama told Prime Minister Nawaz that the CIA had already eliminated most of the high-value targets (HVTs) from the region. Although the American president did not give a timeline for halting the drone campaign, Islamabad expects the unilateral strikes will end in a matter of months, he added. However, the US President Barack Obama has asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif why Pakistan had not yet started the trial of suspected Mumbai attackers, Dawn reported on October 25. The PM revealed this while talking to the media before leaving Washington after a four-day visit to the US. PM Sharif had a two-hour long meeting with Mr Obama, which covered all issues of mutual concern. “He (Obama) asked, why the trial of the (Mumbai) terrorist attack in India has not started yet,” Mr Sharif said. During the meeting, the US president also raised the issue of Jama'at-ud-Dawa (JuD), cross-border terrorism and Dr Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden and has been in prison since then. “He (Obama) has raised the issue of (Dr Shakil) Afridi. He spoke about cross-border movement. He also talked about Jamaat-ud-Dawa,” the prime minister said, without giving details. “Pakistan has to put its house in order — we have to do that — we will fulfil the responsibility entrusted to us by the people of Pakistan,” said Mr Sharif while responding to US concern on this issue.
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October - 25 
A Lyari gangster, identified as Jabbar alias Langra, who is considered a close aide of Pakistan Amn Committee (PAC) leader Uzair Baloch, was killed in a shootout with Rangers in Singho Lane of Lyari Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on
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A Lyari gangster, identified as Jabbar alias Langra, who is considered a close aide of Pakistan Amn Committee (PAC) leader Uzair Baloch, was killed in a shootout with Rangers in Singho Lane of Lyari Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 25, reports The News. Langra is reported to have controlled a large area of Lyari. Police said that Langra was wanted in a number of cases including murder, kidnapping-for-ransom, encounters and extortion cases at various Police Stations. He also carried a head money of PKR 500,000. “I can confirm that Jabbar Langra has been killed in an encounter with Rangers in the Singho Lane area of Lyari,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shakeel Ahmed. Chakiwara Station House Officer (SHO) Ishaq Lashari claimed that Langra was killed in a joint Police and Rangers operation
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October - 25 
An Afghan citizen, identified as Rasool Zaman, was killed and a Police Station partially destroyed when over a dozen heavily-armed militants attacked Howaid Police Station in Bannu District late on the night of October 24, reported The Express Tribun
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An Afghan citizen, identified as Rasool Zaman, was killed and a Police Station partially destroyed when over a dozen heavily-armed militants attacked Howaid Police Station in Bannu District late on the night of October 24, reported The Express Tribune. The victim lived close to the Police Station and got caught in the crossfire. Bannu Headquarters Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sanaullah Khan Marwat said that over a dozen militants attacked the Police Station from three sides at midnight. “At first they fired rockets and then opened fire with assault rifles,” he added. According to the DSP, the shoot-out between police and militants continued for nearly 90 minutes. The DSP added Police officials inside the station requested assistance, following which the Frontier Constabulary (FC) arrived and open retaliatory fire, forcing the assailants to flee. “Zaman got caught in the crossfire and was severely injured. He succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital,” DSP Marwat informed reporters.
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October - 25 
An ex-nazim (councillor) of a union council, identified as Ikram Siddiqi (38), associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was shot dead near Mohajir Chowk in Ghaziabad area of Orangi Town on October 25, reported The News. Investigators have t
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An ex-nazim (councillor) of a union council, identified as Ikram Siddiqi (38), associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was shot dead near Mohajir Chowk in Ghaziabad area of Orangi Town on October 25, reported The News. Investigators have termed the murder a part of the ongoing target killings of political activists.
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October - 25 
An unidentified dead body of a Baloch man was found in front of a petrol pump on Chakiwara Road in Lyari Town on October 25, reports The News.
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An unidentified dead body of a Baloch man was found in front of a petrol pump on Chakiwara Road in Lyari Town on October 25, reports The News.
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October - 25 
Former Member of National Assembly (MNA) belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Anjum Aqeel Khan, escaped a terror attack, when an explosive device planted by some terrorists at the main entrance of his house at E-11 Golra village in
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Former Member of National Assembly (MNA) belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Anjum Aqeel Khan, escaped a terror attack, when an explosive device planted by some terrorists at the main entrance of his house at E-11 Golra village in Islamabad was recovered and defused on October 25, reported The News. Khan termed the attempt as an act of terrorism, and said that he was target of the terrorists as he had no personal or political rivalry with anybody. “Terrorist outfits tried to kill me as the technology, used to target me, indicates the involvement of any section of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),” Anjum Aqeel said. The security guard of the house noticed the explosive at about 7 a.m. and reported to Anjum Aqeel’s younger brother about the suspicious material who informed the area police. Sadar Superintendent of Police (SP) Jamil Hashmi reached the scene along with the police team, anti-terrorist squad and bomb disposal unit and defused the explosive device attached with two detonators linked with a mobile phone, the Police said.
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October - 25 
In Lyari, two cadres of PAC, identified as Afzal alias Shahjee and Abdul Qadir Patni, were shot dead on Mir Mohammed Baloch Road in Lyari Town on October 25, reported The News Investigators termed the twin murder a part of the target killings as they
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In Lyari, two cadres of PAC, identified as Afzal alias Shahjee and Abdul Qadir Patni, were shot dead on Mir Mohammed Baloch Road in Lyari Town on October 25, reported The News Investigators termed the twin murder a part of the target killings as they were associated with the PAC.
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October - 25 
Law-enforcement agencies on October 25 detained a suspected al Qaeda-linked terrorist from Baloch Colony in Orangi Town for plotting an attack on the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) office in Sukkur on July 24, 2013, reported The Express Tribune qu
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Law-enforcement agencies on October 25 detained a suspected al Qaeda-linked terrorist from Baloch Colony in Orangi Town for plotting an attack on the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) office in Sukkur on July 24, 2013, reported The Express Tribune quoting officials. According to the Police, the suspect, Sheikh Adil Azeem, belongs to the Ahmad Farooq group – a militant faction linked with al Qaeda. Addressing a press conference, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) South Muneer Ahmed Shaikh said the Police on a tip-off, conducted a raid at the hideout and arrested Azeem. During interrogation, the accused confessed that he was a part of the team that planned the attack on the ISI office for releasing two associates detained by the Agency, sources said. He also revealed that two other members of his group, Talat and Zafar, had abetted the plot. According to sources, Azeem revealed that the plan was finalised in a mosque situated in Karachi.
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October - 25 
Lawmakers in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on October 25 expressed much frustration over the Federal Government’s silence on talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and said the province may have to go ahead with negotiations itself, r
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Lawmakers in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on October 25 expressed much frustration over the Federal Government’s silence on talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and said the province may have to go ahead with negotiations itself, reported The Express Tribune. “We cannot let the issue of law and order linger this way and will make our own line of action if we are not satisfied with the Federal Government’s initiative,” said Information Minister Shah Farman. “We request the federal government to expedite the peace process,” said Health Minister Shaukat Yusufzai. He added KP is a major stakeholder in the peace process and is on the receiving end of law and order problems. “The Federal Government has not shared any information about what they are actually doing in this regard.” He said Prime Ministe Nawaz Sharif’s visit to America was disappointing. “We do not need American aid, what we do need is these drones to stop. The PM has disappointed the nation on the matter.”
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October - 25 
Levies found two unidentified mutilated dead bodies in Chakal area of Panjgur District on October 25, reports Dawn. A levies official who requested anonymity said, "It seems to be targeted killing."
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Levies found two unidentified mutilated dead bodies in Chakal area of Panjgur District on October 25, reports Dawn. A levies official who requested anonymity said, "It seems to be targeted killing."
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October - 25 
Media advocacy groups on October 25 condemned the renewal of a year-old fatwa (religious edict) naming certain Pakistani media and journalists as “enemies of the Mujahideen”, reported Dawn. The fatwa was re-issued on October 19, 2013 in the form of
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Media advocacy groups on October 25 condemned the renewal of a year-old fatwa (religious edict) naming certain Pakistani media and journalists as “enemies of the Mujahideen”, reported Dawn. The fatwa was re-issued on October 19, 2013 in the form of a post on social networking site Twitter. “We condemn this explicit and targeted threat to journalists, which greatly increases the dangers to which they are already exposed,” said Reporters Without Borders. “We urge the authorities to reinforce protection for the media and journalists named in the fatwa and to ensure that those responsible for this threat are no longer able to do any harm,” said the statement issued in Washington. The fatwa designated Dewa Radio, Mishal Radio, Azadi Radio, Radio Aap ki Dunya, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as targets and included the photos of two nationally-known journalists, Hamid Mir and Hasan Nisar. “Showing pictures of Hamid Mir and Hasan Nisar may encourage the banned TTP’s followers and sympathisers to physically attack the two journalists,” one of their colleagues said. According to the fatwa’s authors, employees of the named media should be given an initial warning and “may then be pardoned if they end their hostility to Islam and their anti-Muslim propaganda”. But “actions in accordance with Mujahideen policy must be adopted with those who persist in their work”. The same fatwa was issued a year ago, shortly after the militants attacked Malala Yusufzai. A group that supports the outlawed coalition Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for reissuing it. The TTP itself has denied any role but did not dispute its message.
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October - 25 
Minister for State and Frontier Regions Lieutenant-General (retired) Abdul Qadir Baloch on October 25 said that Pakistan would not allow entry of Afghan refugees if the situation in their country deteriorated after the withdrawal of NATO forces in 20
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Minister for State and Frontier Regions Lieutenant-General (retired) Abdul Qadir Baloch on October 25 said that Pakistan would not allow entry of Afghan refugees if the situation in their country deteriorated after the withdrawal of NATO forces in 2014, reported The News. “Pakistan will not welcome fresh influx of refugees from Afghanistan and use all legal channels in collaboration with the international community to block entry of Afghans on the border,” he said when asked whether Islamabad would provide shelter to fresh refugees if there was turmoil in the neighbouring country after the NATO pullout. After meeting officials of the Afghan Commissionerate and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in Peshawar the Minister told a news conference that Pakistan would utilise all options to stop Afghan refugees from crossing over the border although there was a possibility that a small number of the people from Afghanistan made their way into Pakistan. “In case Afghanistan is unstable, then the local residents will be left with no choice but to flee to Pakistan but even then, we won’t welcome them,” he said. He further stated that Pakistan cannot afford to host Afghan refugees any longer as it has spent more than USD 200 billion in the last 30 years on them, reports The Express Tribune. Baloch said international humanitarian organisations should assist in providing protection and ensure the timely and safe return of refugees to their home country. He said initially Pakistan was hosting five million refugees and even today there are more than three million registered and unregistered refugees in the country, most of whom are living in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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October - 25 
MQM member, identified as Khurshid Abdul Majeed (45) was shot dead at Bengali Camp Korangi Town on October 25, reports The News. Majeed was associated with the MQM’s Mazafati Organising Committee (MOC).
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MQM member, identified as Khurshid Abdul Majeed (45) was shot dead at Bengali Camp Korangi Town on October 25, reports The News. Majeed was associated with the MQM’s Mazafati Organising Committee (MOC).
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October - 25 
Pakistan on October 25 renewed demands for an end to United States (US) drone strikes on its territory as two UN experts called for greater transparency in the use of the weapons, reports The Express Tribune. “In Pakistan, all drone strikes are a chi
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Pakistan on October 25 renewed demands for an end to United States (US) drone strikes on its territory as two UN experts called for greater transparency in the use of the weapons, reports The Express Tribune. “In Pakistan, all drone strikes are a chilling reminder that reprisal strikes by terrorists are around the corner,” Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Masood Khan said during a UN General Assembly rights committee debate. Khan, following up a call made by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to US President Barack Obama on October 23, 2013, said civilians had suffered “inhumane” deaths and the strikes had “radicalised” public opinion in Pakistan. “We call for the immediate cessation of drone attacks inside the territorial borders of Pakistan,” Khan said, adding, “We hope that the United States would respond to this urgent call from Pakistan anchored in international humanitarian law”. In addition, two U.N. human rights investigators said that U.S. secrecy about its drone strikes is the biggest obstacle to determining the impact on civilians, reported The News. Ben Emmerson and Christof Heyns are also calling on other countries to speak up about when they believe deadly drone strikes are acceptable. They say a lack of consensus risks creating anarchy as more countries acquire the technology. Emmerson said the U.S. has justified drone strikes against terrorist targets in other countries by arguing that it is engaged in an armed conflict against al Qaeda with no boundaries. He said few other countries have spelled out their own positions. He added, “The moment other states start to use this technology in similar ways, we will face a situation which could escalate into a breakdown of peace and security.''
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October - 25 
The Balochistan Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Doctor Abdul Malik Baloch on October 25 formed a committee to hold a All Party Conference (APC) on law and order situation in the province by December 2013, reported The Express Tribune. The panel is m
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The Balochistan Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Doctor Abdul Malik Baloch on October 25 formed a committee to hold a All Party Conference (APC) on law and order situation in the province by December 2013, reported The Express Tribune. The panel is made up of Parliamentary leaders. The Provincial Cabinet also decided to hold local body elections, in compliance with the Supreme Court’s orders and constituted separate committees for bringing qualitative changes in Provincial Departments such as fisheries, livestock, education, health and agriculture. An official statement released after the meeting stated that the committee responsible for the APC will frame the agenda for the conference whose main focus will be the province’s security situation. The Chief Minister constituted a four-member Committee to improve coordination among law enforcement agencies after the Balochistan Police Chief informed the Cabinet about the need to overhaul the Police along modern lines.
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October - 25 
The dialogue with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants may start in the next few days, said Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on October 25, reported Dawn. In an interview to Dawn, Aziz also said that while the United Stat
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The dialogue with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants may start in the next few days, said Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on October 25, reported Dawn. In an interview to Dawn, Aziz also said that while the United States (US) might not make a formal announcement for stopping the drone strikes, “we hope that the attacks will taper off”. “We are developing a comprehensive anti-terrorism policy and holding talks with TTP is part of that strategy,” he said, adding, “We are developing a national consensus on this and that’s why we held the all-party conference in Islamabad recently.” Aziz said the Government had already covered a lot of ground and “talks with the Taliban are likely to start in the next few days”. Meanwhile, Senior US officials acknowledged that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had shared with them his plan to engage the Taliban. “And we told them we have no objection to it as long as the Taliban agree to recognise the Pakistani constitution and respect the rule of law,” said one US official.
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October - 25 
The personnel of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) on October 25 arrested eight Afghan suspects during an operation in Wari area of Upper Dir District, reported Daily Times. The arrested Afghan nationals failed to prove their identity.
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The personnel of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) on October 25 arrested eight Afghan suspects during an operation in Wari area of Upper Dir District, reported Daily Times. The arrested Afghan nationals failed to prove their identity.
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October - 25 
Two people, identified as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rasool Bakhsh Khetran and his companion, were killed when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at a hotel on Masjid Road in Quetta, on October 25, reported Dawn. Commissioner
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Two people, identified as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rasool Bakhsh Khetran and his companion, were killed when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at a hotel on Masjid Road in Quetta, on October 25, reported Dawn. Commissioner Quetta, Usman Gul said that the victims belonged to Khetran tribe.
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October - 25 
Two vehicles were destroyed in a rocket attack that landed at TB Sanatorium on Brewery Road in Quetta on October 25, reports Dawn. However, there was no loss of life.
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Two vehicles were destroyed in a rocket attack that landed at TB Sanatorium on Brewery Road in Quetta on October 25, reports Dawn. However, there was no loss of life.
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October - 25 
Unidentified militants burned down a Government girl’s primary school in Shalpin village in Khwazakhela tehsil (revenue unit) Swat District in the night of October 25, reports The Express Tribune.
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Unidentified militants burned down a Government girl’s primary school in Shalpin village in Khwazakhela tehsil (revenue unit) Swat District in the night of October 25, reports The Express Tribune.
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October - 26 
A government girl’s high school was partially destroyed when a bomb planted along its boundary wall exploded in Howaid area of Bannu District on October 26, reports The Express Tribune. According to Howaid Police official Gul Rauf Khan, the incident
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A government girl’s high school was partially destroyed when a bomb planted along its boundary wall exploded in Howaid area of Bannu District on October 26, reports The Express Tribune. According to Howaid Police official Gul Rauf Khan, the incident occurred at around 2am. “In the morning, bomb disposal squad official Wasal Khan visited the area and reported an eight kilogramme bomb had been planted near the main gate, which exploded and destroyed the boundary wall, main gate and window panes,” said Khan.
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October - 26 
A peace committee member was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Ser village of Malam Jabba area in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on October 26, reports The Express Tribune. According to the Telgram Police Station, Javed Hussain, a pea
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A peace committee member was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Ser village of Malam Jabba area in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on October 26, reports The Express Tribune. According to the Telgram Police Station, Javed Hussain, a peace committee member from Parkhey Telgram, was shot dead by unidentified persons in Ser village when he was out for some work. According to locals familiar with the matter, Hussain had been a major target and had escaped several attempts on his life previously. Targeted attacks on peace committee members have increased in recent days and 10 persons have died in similar incidents during the last four months.
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October - 26 
Afghanistan will demand an explanation from Pakistan on the whereabouts of a former Taliban ‘second-in-command’ when the leaders of both countries meet next week to discuss how to end years of insurgency, an Afghan official said on October 26, report
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Afghanistan will demand an explanation from Pakistan on the whereabouts of a former Taliban ‘second-in-command’ when the leaders of both countries meet next week to discuss how to end years of insurgency, an Afghan official said on October 26, reports The Express Tribune. The whereabouts of Mullah Baradar has been the source of intense speculation since Pakistan announced his release on September 20. Pakistani sources say he is still kept in a safe house and is closely watched by his Pakistani handlers. Afghanistan believes Baradar, who was once a close friend of the reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, has enough clout to persuade the Taliban to make peace, but his prolonged stay in Pakistan may have marred his reputation among fighters. “Mullah Baradar is still under strict supervision,” said Aimal Faizi, a spokesperson for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, which Afghanistan believes is the reason why the Taliban leadership may have kept scant contact with Baradar.
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October - 26 
Around 47 persons were arrested in a search operation conducted in Badhaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, in the morning of October 26, reports The Express Tribune. The operation was jointly conducted by Security Fo
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Around 47 persons were arrested in a search operation conducted in Badhaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, in the morning of October 26, reports The Express Tribune. The operation was jointly conducted by Security Forces and Police in Bazid Khel, Kagawala, Ahmad Khel and Masho Khel villages.
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October - 26 
At least 14 persons were killed in the ongoing gang-war in Lyari Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 26, reported The Express Tribune. Bodies of nine people reached the Civil Hospital, where a state of emergency was d
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At least 14 persons were killed in the ongoing gang-war in Lyari Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 26, reported The Express Tribune. Bodies of nine people reached the Civil Hospital, where a state of emergency was declared to cope with the backlash of the violence in Lyari. “Most of them [victims] were dead by the time they reached the hospital,” said the medico-legal officer. “They were shot multiple times, some even more than ten times.” The fresh spate of gang war between Baba Ladla, and Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) began on October 24, 2013 while the law enforcers were conducting raids. Four suspected criminals were also among the dead, added Dawn. The Inspector General (IG) of Sindh, Shahid Nadim Baloch, called the latest episode the result of a dispute between two groups after the September 18, 2013 killing of PAC leader Zafar Baloch, a leader of Lyari and the former area President of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
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October - 26 
At least two Pakistani nationals, identified as Muhammad Ibrahim and Muhammad Saleem, were killed and three others, identified as Obaidullah, Shamsul Haq and Badaruddin, were wounded when Iranian Security Forces opened fire in the Chaghai District on
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At least two Pakistani nationals, identified as Muhammad Ibrahim and Muhammad Saleem, were killed and three others, identified as Obaidullah, Shamsul Haq and Badaruddin, were wounded when Iranian Security Forces opened fire in the Chaghai District on October 26, reports Daily Times. Chaghai administration sources said the incident took place in the buffer zone near the Washab area adjacent to the border. The sources said that the Iranian authorities had told Pakistani officials that the killed had entered their territory illegally and drugs were recovered from them. “The Pakistani authorities were given no evidence of recovery of narcotics,” the sources added.
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October - 26 
At least two soldiers were killed when car bomb hit a Frontier Corps (FC) van escorting a bus of Shia pilgrims in Dringarh area on the main Quetta-Taftan Highway of Mastung District on October 26, reported The Express Tribune. Frontier Corps and Balo
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At least two soldiers were killed when car bomb hit a Frontier Corps (FC) van escorting a bus of Shia pilgrims in Dringarh area on the main Quetta-Taftan Highway of Mastung District on October 26, reported The Express Tribune. Frontier Corps and Balochistan Levies convoys were escorting five passenger buses of Shia pilgrims on the highway when they found a suspected car parked on the road. “The buses were stopped from proceeding and two FC personnel got off and went near to search the car. As they got closer to the car, a huge explosion took place killing both on the spot,” Assistant Commissioner Mastung Shafqat Anwar said, adding, that it was a remotely-controlled bomb, apparently targeting the Shia pilgrims. However, all the pilgrims on the bus, who were on their way to Iran, were safe but several security personnel were wounded by the remotely triggered bomb, Syed Mehrab Shah, a Senior Government Official in Mastung said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
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October - 26 
In reference to United States (US) drone strikes, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government on October 26 said that their patience was wearing thin and that they may take a unilateral step and “we will consider the opt
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In reference to United States (US) drone strikes, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government on October 26 said that their patience was wearing thin and that they may take a unilateral step and “we will consider the option of stopping NATO supplies”, reported The Express Tribune. KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said that they were tired of picking up bodies, whether they are of victims of terror or of drone strikes and that if the Government does not take decisive steps to stop both they may take unilateral steps, including stopping the NATO supply through Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. “If they [Government] do not want to talk [with Taliban] and we keep picking up the bodies, and they [US] continue drone strikes, we will take a final step.”
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October - 26 
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on October 26 wrote a letter to the heads of all political parties, seeking their support for passage of “Protection of Pakistan Ordinance 2013” from the Parliament, reports Dawn. In the new ordinance, the minimum punishme
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on October 26 wrote a letter to the heads of all political parties, seeking their support for passage of “Protection of Pakistan Ordinance 2013” from the Parliament, reports Dawn. In the new ordinance, the minimum punishment for terrorists involved in various crimes has been set at 10-year imprisonment. The ordinance is aimed at strengthening the hands of law enforcement agencies against terrorists and ensuring speedy disposal of cases by the courts. In the letter, the Prime Minister said the proposed legislation was meant to give a strong message to the organised crime and anti-state elements regarding the will and determination of the state and the people to face and eliminate all challenges to the national integrity and sovereignty. “I am sure that you will spare some time to give it a reading and support the government in its passage through the Parliament in due course with the same spirit and determination that you exhibited during recent All Parties Conference (APC).” However, a lawyer had challenged the newly-promulgated ordinance in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on October 24, 2013, saying some of its sections are against the fundamental rights of the citizens as enshrined in the constitution. The main opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had also rejected the new ordinance a day earlier on October 23, 2013 terming it “an assault on the fundamental rights” of citizens. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister also directed Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to take all parties into confidence on peace talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Nawaz Sharif said that all political parties of the country had given the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Government the mandate to hold talks with the TTP at the September 9, 2013 APC meeting.
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October - 26 
Rangers, Police, and other agencies during a joint operation on October 26 arrested 14 suspects, reports The News. All the entry and exit points in Lyari were sealed and raids were conducted in search of gangsters of Lyari gang-war. Director General
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Rangers, Police, and other agencies during a joint operation on October 26 arrested 14 suspects, reports The News. All the entry and exit points in Lyari were sealed and raids were conducted in search of gangsters of Lyari gang-war. Director General Sindh Rangers and Karachi Police chief Shahid Hayat visited the affected areas to monitor the situation.
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October - 26 
Unidentified motorcyclists abducted an 11-year-old son of Awami National Party (ANP) activist and former nazim (secretary) of Ismaila union council Fareed Khan advocate from his school van at gunpoint when he was on his way to school in Ismaila town
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Unidentified motorcyclists abducted an 11-year-old son of Awami National Party (ANP) activist and former nazim (secretary) of Ismaila union council Fareed Khan advocate from his school van at gunpoint when he was on his way to school in Ismaila town of Mardan District on October 26, reports Dawn.
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October - 27 
A high level meeting of the Police and Sindh Rangers was held in the early hours of October 27 (today), said a statement issued by the Paramilitary force. According to the statement, the meeting held at the Rangers Headquarters reviewed law and order
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A high level meeting of the Police and Sindh Rangers was held in the early hours of October 27 (today), said a statement issued by the Paramilitary force. According to the statement, the meeting held at the Rangers Headquarters reviewed law and order situation in Lyari and decided to continue operation in the troubled neighbourhood till the arrest of all the criminals. The statement noted that civil administration will provide food to the affected people of Lyari.
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October - 27 
Law enforcers claimed to have killed an alleged member of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while arrested around 103 suspects including Lyari gangsters, targeted killers and political workers across the Karachi (Karachi District), the p
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Law enforcers claimed to have killed an alleged member of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while arrested around 103 suspects including Lyari gangsters, targeted killers and political workers across the Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh on October 27, reports Daily Times.
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October - 27 
One soldier was killed and three others were injured in a blast near the Afghan border of Miranshah, the head quarter of North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) on October 27, reports Daily Times.
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One soldier was killed and three others were injured in a blast near the Afghan border of Miranshah, the head quarter of North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) on October 27, reports Daily Times.
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October - 28 
A gunny bag body of a young man was found dead from Pir Baksh Goth, within the jurisdiction of Gulshan-e-Maymar Police Station on October 28, reports Daily Times.
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A gunny bag body of a young man was found dead from Pir Baksh Goth, within the jurisdiction of Gulshan-e-Maymar Police Station on October 28, reports Daily Times.
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October - 28 
A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench comprising of Justice Anwarul Haq and Justice Abdul Sattar Asghar on October 28 dismissed the bail application of Zubair alias Nek Muhammad, who has been accused of attacking the Sri Lankan cricket team on Mar
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A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench comprising of Justice Anwarul Haq and Justice Abdul Sattar Asghar on October 28 dismissed the bail application of Zubair alias Nek Muhammad, who has been accused of attacking the Sri Lankan cricket team on March 3, 2009, reported The Express Tribune. He had been granted bail earlier by Anti-Terrorism Court. The bench remarked that the bail granted earlier by the trial court was not ‘justified’. The court dismissed his bail on the request of the Government which had challenged his bail before the Lahore High Court. A deputy prosecutor general said Nek Muhammad had a key role in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team. He asked the court to cancel the bail granted to the alleged terrorist who is in detention under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).
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October - 28 
A private school, Al Mehran School, was attacked for refusing to pay extortion on October 28 in Ghaziabad area of Orangi Town, reports The Express Tribune. The school administration explained that they received demands to pay money to a group a while
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A private school, Al Mehran School, was attacked for refusing to pay extortion on October 28 in Ghaziabad area of Orangi Town, reports The Express Tribune. The school administration explained that they received demands to pay money to a group a while back but they admitted that they weren’t expecting an attack.
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October - 28 
A volunteer of an NGO, Seraiki Health Association, identified as Nazeer Hussain (45), was shot dead at his office in Ahsanabad, within the precincts of Sohrab Goth Police Station on October 28, reports Daily Times.
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A volunteer of an NGO, Seraiki Health Association, identified as Nazeer Hussain (45), was shot dead at his office in Ahsanabad, within the precincts of Sohrab Goth Police Station on October 28, reports Daily Times.
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October - 28 
At least three persons were killed in separate incidents in Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh on October 28, reports Daily Times. A worker associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), identified as Asif (30), was shot
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At least three persons were killed in separate incidents in Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh on October 28, reports Daily Times. A worker associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), identified as Asif (30), was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Orangi Town.
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October - 28 
Justice Mahmood Maqbool Bajwa of the LHC on October 28 refused to hear the bail plea of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader Malik Ishaq and referred the matter to the Chief Justice with the recommendation that a division bench be set up to hear the matter, repo
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Justice Mahmood Maqbool Bajwa of the LHC on October 28 refused to hear the bail plea of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader Malik Ishaq and referred the matter to the Chief Justice with the recommendation that a division bench be set up to hear the matter, reports The Express Tribune. The judge observed that the plea should be heard by a two-member bench since the First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against the petitioner contained sections of the Anti Terrorism Act. According to the FIRs, Ishaq delivered hate speeches at public gatherings on August 8, 2012, and February 2, 2013, that spread hatred against Shias and created unrest in the area.
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October - 28 
Law enforcers claimed to arrest 43 more suspects including a political worker during separate targeted raids and operations across the city on October 28, reports Daily Times.
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Law enforcers claimed to arrest 43 more suspects including a political worker during separate targeted raids and operations across the city on October 28, reports Daily Times.
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October - 28 
The LHC on October 28 sought a reply from the Federal Government to an appeal by two men convicted of spying for India for their prison term to be reduced for the time they had been detained before being sentenced, as per Section 382-B of the Code of
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The LHC on October 28 sought a reply from the Federal Government to an appeal by two men convicted of spying for India for their prison term to be reduced for the time they had been detained before being sentenced, as per Section 382-B of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), reported The Express Tribune. A military court had convicted Muhammad Afzal and Muhammad Islam of spying for India and sentenced them to four years in prison each. According to Section 382-B of the CrPC, “The length of any sentence of imprisonment imposed upon an accused person in respect of any offence shall be treated as reduced by any period during which he was detained in custody for such offence.” Justice Ayesha A Malik directed a Deputy Attorney General to submit the Government’s reply by the second week of November, when the hearing will resume.
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October - 28 
Unidentified militants bombed a transporter’s office in situated in E-Market of PECHS within the limits of Tipu Sultan Police Station in Jamshed Town on October 28, reported The Express Tribune. However, no casualty was reported. The bomb was thrown
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Unidentified militants bombed a transporter’s office in situated in E-Market of PECHS within the limits of Tipu Sultan Police Station in Jamshed Town on October 28, reported The Express Tribune. However, no casualty was reported. The bomb was thrown on the truck parked outside the office, said the Police. The transporter was identified as Anwar and he informed that he was frequently receiving extortion threats.
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October - 29 
A blast also occurred at Liberty Chowk area of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh. However, no casualties were reported from there.
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A blast also occurred at Liberty Chowk area of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh. However, no casualties were reported from there.
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October - 29 
A former area representative of the Awami National Party (ANP), identified as Qamar Shah (38), was shot dead in Mehmoodabad area of Jamshed Town on October 29, reported The News. Shah had formerly been associated with the ANP but later joined the Pak
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A former area representative of the Awami National Party (ANP), identified as Qamar Shah (38), was shot dead in Mehmoodabad area of Jamshed Town on October 29, reported The News. Shah had formerly been associated with the ANP but later joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Currently, he was not associated with any political party.
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October - 29 
A gangster, identified as Sultan Umair, was killed and another, identified as Chohta Jhengu, was injured during an exchange of fire in Baghdadi area of Lyari Town on October 29, reports The Express Tribune. According to sources, armed gangsters opene
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A gangster, identified as Sultan Umair, was killed and another, identified as Chohta Jhengu, was injured during an exchange of fire in Baghdadi area of Lyari Town on October 29, reports The Express Tribune. According to sources, armed gangsters opened fire on the paramilitary force. During the exchange of fire, an alleged gangster was killed and another wounded. Moreover, around half a dozen suspects were arrested and a huge cache of weapons were also recovered. “After last night’s encounter, there is a complete calm in Lyari,” said Lyari Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shakeel Ahmed, adding that they had also carried out a flag march and held meetings with senior residents of Lyari to request them to trust the law enforcers and stand united against the gangsters.
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October - 29 
A man, identified as Muhammad Yaseen (60), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in Ghazi Town area within the limits of Malir City Police Station in Malir Town on October 29, reports The News.
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A man, identified as Muhammad Yaseen (60), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in Ghazi Town area within the limits of Malir City Police Station in Malir Town on October 29, reports The News.
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October - 29 
A number of low intensity blasts rocked multiple cities of Sindh on October 29, killing at least one person while injuring three others including a Policeman, reported The Express Tribune. An explosion, described as a cracker blast, killed one person
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A number of low intensity blasts rocked multiple cities of Sindh on October 29, killing at least one person while injuring three others including a Policeman, reported The Express Tribune. An explosion, described as a cracker blast, killed one person at Hyder square in Hyderabad District as another cracker targeted a Police picket near Ali Palace in Qasimabad.
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October - 29 
A Police informer, identified as Kashif Khan (40), was shot dead near Bashir Chowk on MPR Road in Qasba Colony of Orangi Town on October 29, reports The News. Orangi Town Superintendent of Police (SP) Chaudhry Asad said that Khan was a Police informe
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A Police informer, identified as Kashif Khan (40), was shot dead near Bashir Chowk on MPR Road in Qasba Colony of Orangi Town on October 29, reports The News. Orangi Town Superintendent of Police (SP) Chaudhry Asad said that Khan was a Police informer.
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October - 29 
A trader, identified as Ejaz and his friend Shahid Ahmed, were shot dead near Islam Chowk in Orangi Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 29, reported The News.
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A trader, identified as Ejaz and his friend Shahid Ahmed, were shot dead near Islam Chowk in Orangi Town of Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh on October 29, reported The News.
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October - 29 
An unidentified man was shot dead by unidentified assailants near garbage dumping point of Lyari General Hospital in Lyari Town on October 29, reported The News.
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An unidentified man was shot dead by unidentified assailants near garbage dumping point of Lyari General Hospital in Lyari Town on October 29, reported The News.
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October - 29 
Chakwal District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ahmed Aziz Tarar during a meeting on October 29 said that Chakwal was one of the most sensitive Districts of the country and army troops and Rangers, along with Police, will be deployed on procession routes
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Chakwal District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ahmed Aziz Tarar during a meeting on October 29 said that Chakwal was one of the most sensitive Districts of the country and army troops and Rangers, along with Police, will be deployed on procession routes and others sensitive places to avoid any untoward incident during Muharram, reported The Express Tribune. He said comprehensive security arrangements were being finalised while heavy contingents of security personnel will be deployed to guard procession routes and Imambargahs.
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October - 29 
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on October 29 said that if the flow of smuggled arms and narcotics is restricted throughout Karachi, situation in the city would be normalised, reported The News. He appreciated Police and
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Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on October 29 said that if the flow of smuggled arms and narcotics is restricted throughout Karachi, situation in the city would be normalised, reported The News. He appreciated Police and Rangers for making efforts to arrest criminals during operation in the city and remarked that both Law Enforcement Agencies had begun to realize their responsibility. Other members of the bench were Justice Jawad S. Khuwaja and Justice Gulzar Ahmed. After flipping through the reports submitted by Rangers and Police regarding clampdown against outlaws, one member of the bench asked counsel appearing on behalf of Rangers whether arrested criminals were being put on trial in the courts. Rangers counsel told the court that Rangers handed over the culprits arrested by them to Police, who lodged First Information Report (FIR) and charge-sheeted them in the courts, adding that several culprits were also being interrogated by Joint Investigation Team. To a question regarding results of operation being conducted in the city, Advocate General Sindh Khalid Javeed Khan said that operation was yielding results and law and order situation in the city had improved tremendously. The chief justice questioned advocate general about the situation prevailing in Lyari and also asked whether Lyari was still no-go area and citizens were enjoying rights under Article 9 of the Constitution, which guaranteed security to every citizen. The Supreme Court also issued notices to Sindh Chief Secretary, Inspector General Police (IGP) and Director General (DG) Rangers over 51 identical petitions pertaining to no-go areas in Karachi. The petitions were filed by citizens in the apex court. During the hearing, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhamamd Chauhdry asked Karachi Police Chief Shahid Hyat to take across the board action and assured him of court’s backing. He asked the Chief City Police Officer (CCPO) to take apolitical measures for restoring peace in the city.
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October - 29 
Chief Minister Doctor Abdul Malik Baloch on October 29 said, “It is up to them [Baloch militants] to come to the negotiating table,” reported The Express Tribune. “I’m not sure whether the dialogue will be successful or not, but it is my desire that
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Chief Minister Doctor Abdul Malik Baloch on October 29 said, “It is up to them [Baloch militants] to come to the negotiating table,” reported The Express Tribune. “I’m not sure whether the dialogue will be successful or not, but it is my desire that they be successful … all I can do is try my best to improve the situation in Balochistan,” he added. “My first objective is to bring political and economic stability to the province. I want to provide both security and basic amenities to my people.” According to the chief minister, the All Parties Committee (APC) would focus on finding a solution to militancy and sectarian violence in the violence-wrecked province. “The main issue in Balochistan is political. As such, I want to take all political parties on board to find a solution,” he said, adding, “The APC are an attempt to bring all the issues [Balochistan currently faces] in the limelight and formulate a strategy to address them.” “The parties [attending the APC] will be asked to develop a mechanism for steering the province out of the quicksand of militancy and religious extremism,” he added. “Maybe they [the parties] will authorise me to hold talks with militants, or maybe another committee,” he added. Asked whether any militant group would be invited to the APC, Dr Malik said, “We need to develop a mechanism to approach them first … therefore, they will not be invited to attend the conference.” On the other hand, he urged the Government to address the issues of missing persons and the dumping of bullet-riddled bodies to create an environment conducive for negotiations. He, however, acknowledged that there has been a marked decrease in such incidents. “Incidents where we find the dead bodies of missing persons have gone down in Balochistan … I hope they end soon.”
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October - 29 
Explosions occurred in Nawabshah and Kotri Districts. In Kotri, unidentified assailants set a mini-truck and a bus on fire on the Indus Highway.
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Explosions occurred in Nawabshah and Kotri Districts. In Kotri, unidentified assailants set a mini-truck and a bus on fire on the Indus Highway.
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October - 29 
Federal Minister for Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) Birjis Tahir on October 29 said that all key suspects involved in the attack on foreign trekkers in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) on June 23, 2012, have been arrested, reported The Ex
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Federal Minister for Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) Birjis Tahir on October 29 said that all key suspects involved in the attack on foreign trekkers in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) on June 23, 2012, have been arrested, reported The Express Tribune. “The Nanga Parbat tragedy was for Gilgit Baltistan what 9/11 was for the rest of Pakistan, in terms of tourism. But I am sure G-B will recover after this event,” said the Minister, adding he hoped the festival will hit the headlines the way the assault on foreign tourists did.
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October - 29 
Four militants were arrested during a search operation in Matani area of Peshawar on, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, October 29, reported Daily Times. The identity of the suspects could not be immediately ascertained.
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Four militants were arrested during a search operation in Matani area of Peshawar on, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, October 29, reported Daily Times. The identity of the suspects could not be immediately ascertained.
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October - 29 
In Dadu District, unidentified assailants hurled hand grenades on Jail Road, at a bus stop and at Cinema Chowk.
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In Dadu District, unidentified assailants hurled hand grenades on Jail Road, at a bus stop and at Cinema Chowk.
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October - 29 
In Larkana District, Brohi Chowk in Karachi and Station Road in Mirpurpkhas District were attacked with cracker bombs.
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In Larkana District, Brohi Chowk in Karachi and Station Road in Mirpurpkhas District were attacked with cracker bombs.
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October - 29 
Police arrested the group responsible for the Qissa Khwani bomb blast, with clues that they have links to foreign intelligence agencies, reports The Express Tribune. Addressing a press conference at Malik Saad Police Lines on October 29, Senior Super
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Police arrested the group responsible for the Qissa Khwani bomb blast, with clues that they have links to foreign intelligence agencies, reports The Express Tribune. Addressing a press conference at Malik Saad Police Lines on October 29, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Najeebur Rehman said they arrested four people in a raid on a house in Sara Dargai, Mattani and recovered 840 kilogrammes of high-quality explosives. The men arrested include Niazbeen, Shiraz, Haji Habib and Asif, all of whom hail from Kurram Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) but have been residing in Mattani, on the outskirts of Peshawar, for the past couple of years. He said that upon interrogation it was discovered the group was directly responsible for the bomb blast in the Qissa Khwani market on September 29. One of the gang members, Suliman, had also been killed in the blast as he was too close to the device when he detonated it via remote control.
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October - 29 
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on October 29 said that his Government wants peace not only in Pakistan but the region, and asked the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to join the peace process and become part of the political process, reports Daily
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Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on October 29 said that his Government wants peace not only in Pakistan but the region, and asked the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to join the peace process and become part of the political process, reports Daily Times. In an interview with a private TV channel in London, the PM said that his Government is serious in negotiations with the TTP. He said that he has tasked Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to pursue talk’s process with the TTP. The PM said that he wants to include all stakeholders, including the TTP, in the negotiations. Nawaz said that the TTP should join the peace council and become part of the political process.
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October - 29 
Rangers claimed to have arrested 28 alleged criminals, including gang war elements and criminals affiliated with political groups, during targeted raids in Zia Colony of Korangi Town, Nusrat Bhutto Colony, Taiser Town, Surjani Town, Frontier Colony,
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Rangers claimed to have arrested 28 alleged criminals, including gang war elements and criminals affiliated with political groups, during targeted raids in Zia Colony of Korangi Town, Nusrat Bhutto Colony, Taiser Town, Surjani Town, Frontier Colony, Metroville, Model Colony and parts of Lyari on October 29, reported The Express Tribune.
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October - 29 
The Federal Minister of Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on October 29 that the process of dialogue with TTP was likely to begin in near future, reports Dawn. In this regard, the preliminary work had been completed in consultation with the stake
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The Federal Minister of Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on October 29 that the process of dialogue with TTP was likely to begin in near future, reports Dawn. In this regard, the preliminary work had been completed in consultation with the stakeholders, he said while addressing participants of the 99th National Management Course for senior officers in Islamabad. The Minister said the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA) would be revived as a major organisation and coordination among intelligence agencies would be improved by creating a joint intelligence directorate. He said a rapid response force would also be created, having an air-wing, to urgently tackle any terrorism-related emergency.
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October - 29 
The Sindh Government on October 29 decided to transfer the murder trial of Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar from an Anti- Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi to another city due to security concerns, reports The News.“The formal request for the transfe
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The Sindh Government on October 29 decided to transfer the murder trial of Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar from an Anti- Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi to another city due to security concerns, reports The News.“The formal request for the transfer of the trial will be made to the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court so that the remaining proceedings of the trial can be concluded,” Sindh Advocate General Khalid Javed Khan told a three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Babar was killed on January 11, 2011. The Advocate General said that the Government was also mulling over transferring other cases, including that of former special public prosecutor Naimat Ali Randhawa’s murder, from Karachi’s ATC to some other city of the province over security concerns. Earlier in the day, the murder trial was put off without making any progress after the defence counsel failed to appear at the Anti-Terrorism Court-III. Judge Saleem Raza Baloch accepted his request and fixed November 12, 2013 for the next hearing. Randhawa was killed on September 26, 2013.
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October - 29 
The United States has caught the Afghanistan Government secretly conniving with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an attempt to acquire a stronger position in a regional power game, The Express Tribune quoting The New York Times reported on Oct
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The United States has caught the Afghanistan Government secretly conniving with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an attempt to acquire a stronger position in a regional power game, The Express Tribune quoting The New York Times reported on October 29. According to the report, the “disrupted plan involved Afghan intelligence trying to work with the Pakistan Taliban, allies of al Qaeda, in order to find a trump card in a baroque regional power game that is likely to intensify after the American withdrawal next year, the officials said. And what started the hard feelings was that the Americans caught them red-handed.” The article comes just as a tripartite meeting between Nawaz Sharif, Hamid Karzai and David Cameron got underway in London, a meeting in which Karzai reportedly planned to push Pakistan into revealing the locations for Mullah Baradar. Afghan Government caught transporting Latif Mehsud to Kabul. Tipped off to the plan, United States Special Forces “raided an Afghan convoy that was ushering a senior TTP militant, Latif Mehsud, to Kabul for secret talks last month, and now have Mehsud in custody. “Publicly, the Afghan Government has described Mehsud as an insurgent peace emissary. But according to Afghan officials, the ultimate plan was to take revenge on the Pakistani military.” The New York Times further reported that a “favorite complaint of Afghan officials is how Pakistani military intelligence has sheltered and nurtured the Taliban and supported their insurgency against the Afghan Government.
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October - 29 
Unidentified armed militants killed nine persons, including three women and two children, in an attack at the residence of a local tribal leader in Loti Zain area of Dera Bugti District on October 29, reports Dawn. A levies official, who requested no
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Unidentified armed militants killed nine persons, including three women and two children, in an attack at the residence of a local tribal leader in Loti Zain area of Dera Bugti District on October 29, reports Dawn. A levies official, who requested not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, said that the house belonged to a pro-government tribesman.
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October - 29 
Unidentified assailants fired near Tower Market in Hyderabad District, killing a person identified as Muhammad Tufail.
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Unidentified assailants fired near Tower Market in Hyderabad District, killing a person identified as Muhammad Tufail.
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October - 29 
Unidentified assailants shot dead a man, identified as Allahdad Magsi (40), in Quaidabad area of Bin Qasim Town on October 29, reports The News.
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Unidentified assailants shot dead a man, identified as Allahdad Magsi (40), in Quaidabad area of Bin Qasim Town on October 29, reports The News.
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October - 30 
A bomb on October 30 killed five Pakistani soldiers in a village near the Afghan border in the South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Dawn. “Number of martyred soldiers due to IED explosion in South Waziristan
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A bomb on October 30 killed five Pakistani soldiers in a village near the Afghan border in the South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Dawn. “Number of martyred soldiers due to IED explosion in South Waziristan has risen up to five,” a senior security official said.
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October - 30 
A drone fired missiles at a room and vehicle in the Miranshah Bazaar of North Waziristan Agency early on October 30, killing at least three persons, reports The Express Tribune.
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A drone fired missiles at a room and vehicle in the Miranshah Bazaar of North Waziristan Agency early on October 30, killing at least three persons, reports The Express Tribune.
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October - 30 
A FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) tribunal, hearing a review petition seeking Doctor Shakil Afridi’s release on bail and a fresh trial to enable him to defend himself against the charge of supporting a banned organisation, sought on Octobe
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A FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) tribunal, hearing a review petition seeking Doctor Shakil Afridi’s release on bail and a fresh trial to enable him to defend himself against the charge of supporting a banned organisation, sought on October 30 record of the case, reports Dawn. The petition filed by Dr Afridi challenges an order of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) commissioner setting aside his earlier conviction by an assistant political agent and remanding the case back to Khyber Agency’s political agent to assess again arguments of prosecution and defence under law and Rewaj (local custom). The order said that he should not be released on bail till the conclusion of the case. Dr Afridi, who is in solitary confinement in the Peshawar Central Prison since his conviction and sentencing, said that he had challenged the order because it was vague and sought clear directives to the political agent/sessions judge.
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October - 30 
A Police official said that a nationalist party in Sindh had announced a shutter-down strike on October 30, 2013 (today) against the Pakistan Protection Ordinance promulgated by the President.
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A Police official said that a nationalist party in Sindh had announced a shutter-down strike on October 30, 2013 (today) against the Pakistan Protection Ordinance promulgated by the President.
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October - 30 
A private school teacher was shot dead in Ghundi area of Jamrud in Khyber Agency on October 30. The bullet-riddled body of Qasim Khan was found dumped.
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A private school teacher was shot dead in Ghundi area of Jamrud in Khyber Agency on October 30. The bullet-riddled body of Qasim Khan was found dumped.
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October - 30 
As part of its delimitation plans for Sindh, the Provincial Government on October 30 decided to create a new District in Karachi to give the metropolis six Districts in all, reported The Express Tribune. Currently, Karachi has five Districts, but the
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As part of its delimitation plans for Sindh, the Provincial Government on October 30 decided to create a new District in Karachi to give the metropolis six Districts in all, reported The Express Tribune. Currently, Karachi has five Districts, but the Government is considering reworking their boundaries to include Korangi Town, Landhi Town and Bin Qasim Town in a new District. Earlier, Sindh Government had announced the decision to divide Thatta into two, turning Sujawal into a separate District. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Karachi President Abdul Qadir Patel said that the Government was considering bifurcating Karachi as well. “One or two more Districts will be made in Karachi to ease the administrative matters,” he said, adding that the decision was purely administrative and not political. However, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had previously voiced strong opposition to the idea of delimitation of constituencies in Karachi. In May 2013, the MQM appealed against it in the Sindh High Court (SHC), but the SHC dismissed their appeal.
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October - 30 
At least five people were killed and 17 others were injured in a bomb explosion at a crowded car repair market on Double Road near Zarghon Road in Quetta on October 30, reported The Express Tribune.
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At least five people were killed and 17 others were injured in a bomb explosion at a crowded car repair market on Double Road near Zarghon Road in Quetta on October 30, reported The Express Tribune.
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October - 30 
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on October 30 grilled the Chief of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for not clarifying facts pertaining to the allegedly missing 19,000 NATO containers before the United States (US) Ambassador to Pakistan, r
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Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on October 30 grilled the Chief of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for not clarifying facts pertaining to the allegedly missing 19,000 NATO containers before the United States (US) Ambassador to Pakistan, reports The Express Tribune. During a hearing of the Karachi law and order case at the Supreme Court’s Karachi Registry, the bench led by the Chief Justice himself directed FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa to submit the details of the letter sent to his office by the American envoy, who had denied reports that any containers carrying supplies for NATO and US forces in Afghanistan had gone missing in Pakistan. While giving the directions, the bench members noted that the inquiry of the commission led by Shoaib Suddle had determined 19,000 containers did go missing and asked the FBR chief as to why this information was not shared with the US envoy. “You should have taken him (to US ambassador) to Peshawar’s Karkhano market and shown him how large quantities of smuggled weapons are being sold openly. The whole country has many such markets now,” Justice Chaudhry observed, adding, “We must give a clear impression that our institutions are clear and the judiciary is independent.” The Chief Justice also noted that black money was circulating openly in Karachi and, along with smuggled weapons and contraband, was fuelling violence in the metropolis. He said violence in the city was not ethnically motivated and was instead a turf-war between various mafias. “It is quite surprising for us that while all law enforcement agencies are fully aware that the mafias are responsible for the law and order situation [in Karachi], but instead of taking any preventive measures, they all try to justify why no action has been taken so far,” Justice Chaudhry observed.
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October - 30 
During a raid, the Anti-Terrorist Wing of Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested two suspects, identified as Altaf Baloch and Zubair Baloch, belonging to a new outfit, Amarat-e-Islamia Afghanistan (Emirates of Islamic Afghanistan), from Ghani
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During a raid, the Anti-Terrorist Wing of Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested two suspects, identified as Altaf Baloch and Zubair Baloch, belonging to a new outfit, Amarat-e-Islamia Afghanistan (Emirates of Islamic Afghanistan), from Ghani Chowrangi area in SITE Town on October 30, reports The News. Raja Umer Khatab said that these suspects were trained for bomb making and terrorist activities in Qilla Abdullah District of Balochistan. Security officials said that the accused had formed a new organization in Lyari Town, whose amir (chief) is Ismail Pathan. Khattab said the group was also planning to target Imambargahs and Rangers offices in Lyari using Improvised Explosive Devices. According to interrogations, the Amarat-e-Islamia Afghanistan is operating in Afghanistan, Balochistan and Karachi.
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October - 30 
Police on October 30 arrested 59 criminals, including target killers, in their ongoing crackdown against criminals in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reported The News. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) East Pir Mohammad Shah said that
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Police on October 30 arrested 59 criminals, including target killers, in their ongoing crackdown against criminals in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reported The News. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) East Pir Mohammad Shah said that the PIB Colony Police arrested an absconder, Hassan Zada alias Topi after an encounter near Sabzi Mandi area of Gushan-e-Iqbal Town.
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Police on October 30 recovered an infant during a raid at a house in Satellite Town of Quetta, reported The News. Police arrested a man and also recovered a Kalashnikov from his custody. The child was abducted from the city’s Civil Hospital on Octobe
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Police on October 30 recovered an infant during a raid at a house in Satellite Town of Quetta, reported The News. Police arrested a man and also recovered a Kalashnikov from his custody. The child was abducted from the city’s Civil Hospital on October 7, 2013.
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October - 30 
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 30 reaffirmed their continuing commitment for the Afghan peace process, reports The News. The three leaders during their trilateral me
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 30 reaffirmed their continuing commitment for the Afghan peace process, reports The News. The three leaders during their trilateral meeting held at the Downing Street discussed economic co-operation and the Afghan-led peace process to which they all reaffirmed their continuing commitment. They continued their dialogue about Afghanistan and Pakistan’s shared interest in advancing regional peace, stability and prosperity. The meeting took place following the World Islamic Economic Forum. The British Prime Minister earlier welcomed Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for the trilateral discussions. This was the first meeting of the three countries since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assumed his office.
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October - 30 
Relatives of two abducted Czech women, identified as Hana Humpalova and Antonie Chrastecka, released a new video on October 30 showing them looking exhausted, speaking of death and begging Czech authorities to take action to free them, reports The Ne
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Relatives of two abducted Czech women, identified as Hana Humpalova and Antonie Chrastecka, released a new video on October 30 showing them looking exhausted, speaking of death and begging Czech authorities to take action to free them, reports The News. The video was made in late August 2013 and had been delivered to the Czech embassy in Islamabad, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Johana Grohova said. The women were abducted on March 13, 2013, while being escorted by a tribal Policeman after crossing into Pakistan from Iran on a holiday. Humpalova is heard saying that she is "concerned about my friend who was with me as I am not sure if she is dead or alive," breaking into sobs and complaining about her poor health. "In case of my death I would like to be buried and put down in the grave of my father's family," she said. "I don't know how much time I have left because when these guys take their final action you will not hear from me again," said Humpalova, who wore a black headscarf. Chrastecka begs the Czech Government to "make the biggest pressure to the Pakistani Government to cooperate with my kidnappers. Please give them what they want. Please help me to go home soon."
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October - 30 
The Government on October 30 claimed that more than two thousand suspected terrorists have been killed in 317 drone strikes in the past five years while only 67 innocent civilians have died in these attacks, reports Dawn. The Ministry of Defence furn
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The Government on October 30 claimed that more than two thousand suspected terrorists have been killed in 317 drone strikes in the past five years while only 67 innocent civilians have died in these attacks, reports Dawn. The Ministry of Defence furnished a written reply in the Senate detailing the number of US drone strikes in the past five years. Surprisingly the Ministry of Defence data also claims that no innocent civilian was struck by the drone strikes since January 2012 while more than three hundred terrorists were targeted in the strikes. The official data negates the claims by local political and religious parties that US drone strikes in Pakistan have mostly killed innocent civilians, including women and children. According to the official data, this year has witnessed the lowest number of drone strikes which are 14 as compared to 2010 when the US hit Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) 115 times through drone attacks. Only three percent of 2,227 people killed in US drone strikes since 2008 were civilians, a surprisingly low figure that sparked criticism from groups that have investigated deaths from the attacks. The number is much lower than past Government calculations and estimates by independent organizations that have gone as high as 300. The Ministry said 317 drone strikes have killed 2,160 Islamic militants and 67 civilians since 2008. However, the Foreign Office said on October 31 that the Government was convinced that drone attacks were counter-productive and it (FO) had sought details from the Ministry of Defence about the low non-combatant casualty figure reported in Senate. “Our position on the drone strikes is very clear. We are convinced that drone strikes are counter-productive,” Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry said at the weekly media briefing.
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October - 30 
The Korangi Police arrested Ilyas alias Chippa, Furqan and Hameed in a raid on Link Road near Pulia in Korangi Town and seized two TT pistols. The spokesperson for the East Range Police they had arrested 52 criminals, including a proclaimed offender,
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The Korangi Police arrested Ilyas alias Chippa, Furqan and Hameed in a raid on Link Road near Pulia in Korangi Town and seized two TT pistols. The spokesperson for the East Range Police they had arrested 52 criminals, including a proclaimed offender, and three absconders.
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October - 30 
The Law Enforcement Agencies will start a door-to-door drive for recovery of illegal arms since the deadline for surrendering such weapons had expired and only 19 guns were collected, Sindh Advocate General Khalid Javed Khan told the Supreme Court on
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The Law Enforcement Agencies will start a door-to-door drive for recovery of illegal arms since the deadline for surrendering such weapons had expired and only 19 guns were collected, Sindh Advocate General Khalid Javed Khan told the Supreme Court on October 30, reported The Express Tribune. During the 14-day deadline, from September 27, 2013 to October 12, 2013 only 19 guns were deposited with the authorities. He conceded before the apex court’s larger bench, which was hearing the Karachi law and order suo motu case at the Karachi registry, that the first phase of the campaign had yielded no positive results as citizens did not come forward. He, however, expressed confidence that the second phase would be more successful. The Surrender of Illicit Arms Act 1991 empowers law enforcers to get publicised notices, asking the citizens to deposit the weapons they possess unlawfully to avoid legal action. Once the deadline of a certain period expires, the law enforcers can forcibly recover the illegal weapons from citizens. For this purpose, door-to-door raids can be conducted, while curfew can also be imposed in certain localities to make it a success. The Supreme Court also directed the Chief Collector Customs Prevention Nasir Masroor to submit a detailed report regarding the large number of smuggled arms and ammunitions that have been lying at the port premises since 1994. The commission, appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the Director General Rangers allegations regarding a missing shipload of arms and ammunitions, had conducted inquiry to see whether the weapons were smuggled through the sea and the role of customs authorities in the scam. According to the commission’s report, a large number of weapon consignments smuggled into the country back in 1994 were confiscated by the authorities. “The cache of arms is still lying on the port premises in the custody of the Karachi Port Trust,” the chief collector confirmed the commission’s report. “We are sitting on a volcano,” remarked the bench, citing that the whole city was full of these illicit arms and ammunitions and drugs. “But none is ready to take up the responsibility,” they added. The customs authorities were directed to submit a report about the number of arms seized on October 31 (today), when the matter would be taken up again.
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October - 30 
The Police team investigating the murder case of Abdul Rashid Ghazi on October 30 declared former President, General (retired) Pervez Musharraf, innocent according to the challan obtained by The News. The challan states that the petitioner could not
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The Police team investigating the murder case of Abdul Rashid Ghazi on October 30 declared former President, General (retired) Pervez Musharraf, innocent according to the challan obtained by The News. The challan states that the petitioner could not present any evidence or eyewitness against Musharraf and thus the former President could not be held responsible. A local court reserved its verdict in the case and will announce it on November 1, 2013. During proceedings of the case, Musharraf's lawyer argued that his client had not issued any orders for the 2007 Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation.
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October - 30 
The Prime Minister (PM) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on October 30 said that anything which hurts Pakistan’s sovereignty will not be accepted, reports The News. Talking to media persons, he said that his current visit to the United Kingdom was bearing fruit
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The Prime Minister (PM) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on October 30 said that anything which hurts Pakistan’s sovereignty will not be accepted, reports The News. Talking to media persons, he said that his current visit to the United Kingdom was bearing fruit due to the growing stronger bilateral ties. He said Pak-UK ties were on the high wave, growing stronger with each passing day. The UK accorded high importance to its ties with Pakistan, he added. Further, PM Nawaz Sharif said that a tit-for-tat policy between Pakistan and India must end now so that the condition of the people of the two countries could be ameliorated, reports Daily Times. Talking to newsmen, Nawaz said he had discussed the issue of Line of Control during his US and UK visits. He said India should have no objection to third party mediation on the Kashmir issue in line with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. “I have a realistic approach to the issue and if there is third party mediation, there should be no hesitation on part of India,” he added. The prime minister said Indian stance on the issue offered no solution as it had proved futile in resolving the issue, and caused three wars between the neighbouring countries in the last 65 years. In addition, PM Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan wanted peace in Afghanistan and was ready to offer all possible support in this regard, reports Dawn. Talking to British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who paid a courtesy call on him, he stressed the need for introducing an effective border management system between Pakistan and Afghanistan to address the issue of cross-border infiltration.
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October - 30 
Two members of Lyari gangs, identified as Abdul Rehman alias Sain and Kamran alias Baba were taken into custody from Old Sabzi Mandi area along with weapons. The accused are said to be involved in 17 acts of target killing and extortion.
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Two members of Lyari gangs, identified as Abdul Rehman alias Sain and Kamran alias Baba were taken into custody from Old Sabzi Mandi area along with weapons. The accused are said to be involved in 17 acts of target killing and extortion.
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October - 30 
unidentified armed assailants shot dead Waqar Naseer Baloch, the son of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) leader, after pulling him down from a passenger bus in Wadh area of Khuzdar District on October 30, reported The Express Tribune. The party alleged
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unidentified armed assailants shot dead Waqar Naseer Baloch, the son of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) leader, after pulling him down from a passenger bus in Wadh area of Khuzdar District on October 30, reported The Express Tribune. The party alleged that the Security Forces were behind the murder and announced a shutter down strike.
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October - 30 
Unidentified militants on October 30 attacked a house where rescue teams were stationed located in Awaran District, reports Dawn. According to military sources, two rockets were fired at a house located three kilometres away from Awaran. However, no
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Unidentified militants on October 30 attacked a house where rescue teams were stationed located in Awaran District, reports Dawn. According to military sources, two rockets were fired at a house located three kilometres away from Awaran. However, no casualty was reported.
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October - 30 
US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee member Congressman Alan Grayson speaking with the BBC has said that drone strikes in Pakistan could end tomorrow if the country wanted to and that no such attacks take place without the approval o
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US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee member Congressman Alan Grayson speaking with the BBC has said that drone strikes in Pakistan could end tomorrow if the country wanted to and that no such attacks take place without the approval of Pakistan, Dawn quoting BBC Urdu reported on October 30. The Democrat Congressman from Florida also said that he received no evidence from the Obama administration to suggest that there would be a drop in drone strikes conducted in Pakistan by the end of this year. He said that had Pakistan wanted, drone attacks on its territory could end tomorrow if the country stopped facilitating the US strikes.
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October - 31 
A mother and her daughter were strangulated to death in Nusrat Bhutto Colony, within the precincts of Shahrah-e-Noorjahan Police Station. Police said the victims were identified as Zulekha Abbas (30), and her two-year-old daughter Areeba Abbas.
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A mother and her daughter were strangulated to death in Nusrat Bhutto Colony, within the precincts of Shahrah-e-Noorjahan Police Station. Police said the victims were identified as Zulekha Abbas (30), and her two-year-old daughter Areeba Abbas.
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October - 31 
a slaughtered body of a man was found within the jurisdiction of Darakhshan Police Station. Muhammad Ali, resident of Lines Area, was abducted and later his throat was slit before dumping his body.
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a slaughtered body of a man was found within the jurisdiction of Darakhshan Police Station. Muhammad Ali, resident of Lines Area, was abducted and later his throat was slit before dumping his body.
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October - 31 
a woman Allah Wassiya, wife of Allah Ditta, was shot dead by unidentified bandits in Noor Khan Goth.
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a woman Allah Wassiya, wife of Allah Ditta, was shot dead by unidentified bandits in Noor Khan Goth.
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October - 31 
At least nine persons were killed in separate incidents of violence across Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on October 31, reports Daily TimesA man was killed near Qayyumabad, within the jurisdiction of Baloch Colony Police Station. Police s
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At least nine persons were killed in separate incidents of violence across Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on October 31, reports Daily TimesA man was killed near Qayyumabad, within the jurisdiction of Baloch Colony Police Station. Police said that Syed Zarrar Jaffar, a retired Rangers officer, along with his wife and a friend Nizam Shah, was on his way to home in a car when unidentified armed riders resorted to indiscriminate firing before escaping. All three sustained bullet injuries. Nizam Shah succumbed to his injuries later.
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October - 31 
Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Quetta Abdul Razzaq Cheema on October 31 told the Balochistan High Court (BHC) that Police had obtained the footage of the abduction of Awami National Party (ANP) leader, Arbab Zahir Kasi, and that they were conduct
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Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Quetta Abdul Razzaq Cheema on October 31 told the Balochistan High Court (BHC) that Police had obtained the footage of the abduction of Awami National Party (ANP) leader, Arbab Zahir Kasi, and that they were conducting an investigation in light of it, reported Dawn. Kasi, a former provincial President of the ANP was abducted in Quetta on Oct 23, 2013.
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October - 31 
Federal Defence Production Minister Rana Tanvir Hussain thinks it will not be prudent to shoot down drones though the country has the capability to do so, Dawn reported on November 1. “Pakistan has the capability to shoot down US drones but such deci
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Federal Defence Production Minister Rana Tanvir Hussain thinks it will not be prudent to shoot down drones though the country has the capability to do so, Dawn reported on November 1. “Pakistan has the capability to shoot down US drones but such decisions need thorough deliberation and it is not prudent to take the action (downing drones) right now,” he told the media after visiting a wireless communication equipment production unit in Lahore.
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October - 31 
Judge Mohammad Nawaz Khan Barakzai of the Anti-Terrorism Court (ACT) in Sibi on October 31 awarded double life imprisonment to two accused, identified as Mehrab Khan and Amir Rakshahni, in two bomb blast cases in Sibi District, reported Dawn. Accord
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Judge Mohammad Nawaz Khan Barakzai of the Anti-Terrorism Court (ACT) in Sibi on October 31 awarded double life imprisonment to two accused, identified as Mehrab Khan and Amir Rakshahni, in two bomb blast cases in Sibi District, reported Dawn. According to the prosecution, the convicts had planted an explosive device in the City Police Station Sibi on October 24, 2011, and a bomb in the stadium during the Sibi festival in February 2012.
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October - 31 
one Rafi Ullah was shot dead at Haji Camp, within the vicinity of Docks Police Station. According to the Police, Rafi Ullah, resident of Haji Camp, was sleeping at his home, when unidentified assailants barged into his house and shot him twice before
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one Rafi Ullah was shot dead at Haji Camp, within the vicinity of Docks Police Station. According to the Police, Rafi Ullah, resident of Haji Camp, was sleeping at his home, when unidentified assailants barged into his house and shot him twice before fleeing.
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October - 31 
Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani, once derided at home as Washington’s ambassador to Pakistan for his pro-Western views, has taken a step further, accusing the Government of directly supporting militant groups in his l
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Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani, once derided at home as Washington’s ambassador to Pakistan for his pro-Western views, has taken a step further, accusing the Government of directly supporting militant groups in his latest book “Magnificent Delusions”, Daily Times reported on November 1. Now a professor of international relations at Boston University, he was ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2011, a turbulent time in US-Pakistan relations that culminated in a raid by US special forces in May 2011 that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Even as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani was one of the most eloquent critics of Pakistan’s military. He resigned in November 2011 and left Pakistan after becoming involved in a scandal surrounding a secret memo that accused the army of plotting a coup and sought help from the United States to rein in the military. Haqqani, who has denied any connection to the memo, spoke to Reuters by telephone from the United States about his book and his views on US-Pakistan relations.
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October - 31 
Police said on October 31 that they have arrested 18 suspects over the killing of 10 foreign climbers in the Himalayas in June 22, but warned that others remain at large, reports Daily Times. Police in the northern Districts of Gilgit and Diamer in t
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Police said on October 31 that they have arrested 18 suspects over the killing of 10 foreign climbers in the Himalayas in June 22, but warned that others remain at large, reports Daily Times. Police in the northern Districts of Gilgit and Diamer in the Gilgit-Baltistan region said they have arrested 18 suspects on suspicion of planning and carrying out the attack. The officer leading the investigation said only four of those held are believed to have been directly involved in the killings at the foot of Pakistan’s second highest mountain Nanga Parbat. “We have arrested four culprits who shot the tourists at Nanga Parbat base camp while seven are still at large”, Muhammad Naveed said.
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October - 31 
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on October 31 said that dialogue with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has started and hoped that it will progress within the constitutional framework, reports Daily Times. He was talking to British Deputy Prime Minister N
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on October 31 said that dialogue with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has started and hoped that it will progress within the constitutional framework, reports Daily Times. He was talking to British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg who called on him. They discussed issues of mutual interest. The prime minister apprised Clegg on the dialogue with Taliban, relations with India, energy situation and economic reforms agenda of his government, a press release from the Pakistan’s High Commission said. Although Pakistan has started a process to initiate dialogue with the TTP, but no direct talks have yet begun, officials said.
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October - 31 
the authorities on October 31 claimed to have arrested a most-wanted kidnaper belonging to Afghanistan at Torkham border of Khyber Agency, reports The News. The Khasadar Force personnel raided a general store at Torkham border’s bazaar and arrested a
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the authorities on October 31 claimed to have arrested a most-wanted kidnaper belonging to Afghanistan at Torkham border of Khyber Agency, reports The News. The Khasadar Force personnel raided a general store at Torkham border’s bazaar and arrested an Afghan national Abdul Malik (42), official of the political administration, Miraj, said. He said Abdul Malik was allegedly involved in several kidnapping for ransom cases who was wanted to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.
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October - 31 
The Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on October 31 said that load shedding and militancy are two of the biggest challenges confronting Pakistan today and both need to be tackled on a war footing, reports The News. Speaking at a side event at
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The Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on October 31 said that load shedding and militancy are two of the biggest challenges confronting Pakistan today and both need to be tackled on a war footing, reports The News. Speaking at a side event at the World Islamic Economic Forum to appeal for investment in Punjab and rest of the country, the Punjab chief minister said that it is responsibility of the global community to help Pakistan deal with these challenges because Pakistan has suffered for the world in the ‘war on terrorism’. “We need investment, growth and jobs to counter terrorism and extremism. We need to give our youth jobs and education. For us to move forward and progress, we need help from the world. Militancy can be dealt with when we have effective and meaningful support from our allies in the world,” CM Shahbaz Sharif added.
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October - 31 
the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on October 31 issued a warning that his party will block the NATO supply line if the US made any drone strike to disrupt the talks process with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reports The Ne
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the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on October 31 issued a warning that his party will block the NATO supply line if the US made any drone strike to disrupt the talks process with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reports The News. “The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government will hold direct talks with the TTP if the Federal Government fails to hold a result-oriented dialogue,” he said while addressing a press conference at the Punjab Assembly. Imran has hinted at mobilising the party workers to block the NATO supply line if the drone attacks were not stopped by the end of this month, saying his party would initiate a mass mobilisation against the NATO supply route in any case.
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October - 31 
The Supreme Court on October 31 observed that Karachi can be saved only if the drugs and arms’ menace that plagues the city is reined in, reports Daily Times. While hearing the Karachi law and order case, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court hea
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The Supreme Court on October 31 observed that Karachi can be saved only if the drugs and arms’ menace that plagues the city is reined in, reports Daily Times. While hearing the Karachi law and order case, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry sought a detailed report by today (November 1) from Customs officials about import of arms through sea ports during the last three years. The bench remarked that extraordinary steps and measures are required to maintain peace in the city and that all government functionaries are responsible for it. It observed that the “black money” from narcotics and smuggling of different items has a major role in disturbance of peace in the city and is affecting economic activities in the commercial hub of the country. The court ordered indiscriminate action against the elements involved in disturbing peace in the city. It observed that during raids police and Rangers have recovered a huge quantity of illegal weapons from the city, and noted that back-up support from federal institutions like Customs, Anti-Narcotics Force, Coast Guards and Federal Board of Revenue is required for bringing further improvement in the situation.
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October - 31 
three including bandits were killed during a robbing bid in Gulshan-e-Latif, within the remits of Awami Colony Police Station.
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three including bandits were killed during a robbing bid in Gulshan-e-Latif, within the remits of Awami Colony Police Station.
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October - 31 
Three persons sustained injuries when an explosive device went off in a bargain centre of vehicles in Mamond tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on October 31, reports The News. The sources said uniden
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Three persons sustained injuries when an explosive device went off in a bargain centre of vehicles in Mamond tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on October 31, reports The News. The sources said unidentified persons had placed an explosive device on the rooftop of the bargain centre of tribal elder Malik Taj and triggered the explosion with a remote-control. Three persons Siraj, Fazle Rehman and Tariq sustained injuries in the blast.
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*Data till , May 03, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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