The press release also revealed that Baba Ladla had, with the help of Uzair Baloch, committed the murders of Shera Pathan, Arshad Pappu and Yasir Arafat. It also stated that in March 2013, Baba Ladla had kidnapped a group of Muhajirs and murdered them. The Rangers press release also claimed the other gangster gunned down in the operation, Sikander alias Siku, was wanted in more than 15 crimes by Police. Sikander was described by Rangers as a close aide of Baba Ladla and also his facilitator. In April 2012, Sikander had committed the murder of Station House Officer (SHO) Fawad Khan while in the same year he had also killed Constable Asif, according to the press release. In 2013, he had tortured and subsequently killed two other men. Sikander had also been involved in the sale and purchase of illegal weapons. Read less...
In an effort to promote its ideology and update supporters about its latest actions in the country, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has brought out a high gloss, Vogue-style magazine, The Express Tribune reported on February 13. The Read more...
In an effort to promote its ideology and update supporters about its latest actions in the country, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has brought out a high gloss, Vogue-style magazine, The Express Tribune reported on February 13. The first issue of ‘Mujjallah’ magazine was published in November 2016 and reportedly distributed in Pakistan sometime in December 2016. The inaugural issue had 56 pages. The second issue printed a couple of weeks ago is slicker and thicker and has more pages than the first one. The paper quality of the magazine is at par with that of Vogue, besides having fine printing quality. The cover carries bulletins of the banned outfit’s activities in Pakistan and also features reports on how to make bombs and other explosives. Some experts who have known about the operations of organisation like TTP stated that the magazine has been modeled after ISIS publications which were available in Arabic and Urdu among other languages.
While declining to be named, they said, the magazine is being printed in Afghanistan, most likely in Jalalabad, and allegedly distributed throughout Pakistan amongst hardcore followers and also has a limited circulation in Afghanistan. Judging from the kind of language used in the magazine, the articles and features were probably written by non-native Urdu speakers, possibly Arabic-speaking people. The articles have not been attributed to anyone. Since TTP has lost ground in Pakistan, the magazine is most likely an attempt to spread its propaganda. It may also be an effort to defame the country, they added. To illustrate their point, they said that when TTP held a strong position in Pakistan it had never attempted to bring out such a magazine but now after it had lost ground such a publication was released.
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A joint team of Army and Police busted a hideout of the militants in Chajla forest area of Mendhar tehsil (revenue unit) in Poonch District and recovered large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives on February 14, reports Daily Excelsior Read more...
A joint team of Army and Police busted a hideout of the militants in Chajla forest area of Mendhar tehsil (revenue unit) in Poonch District and recovered large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives on February 14, reports Daily Excelsior. Recoveries included one Pika Machine Gun with 90 belted rounds, one AK-74 rifle, one AK-47 rifle, two UBGL launchers, 22 UBGL grenades, two Chinese grenades, one I Com radio set and antenna and 500 rounds of AK-47. Later, SFs also undertook search operations in Chajla forest area but the militants remained untraced.
A top LashkareToiba (LeT) militant and three soldiers were killed, while six jawans and a civilian were injured in an encounter in Bandipora District on February 14 (today), reports Daily Excelsior. On a tipoff, the Army, Special Operation Group ( Read more...
A top LashkareToiba (LeT) militant and three soldiers were killed, while six jawans and a civilian were injured in an encounter in Bandipora District on February 14 (today), reports Daily Excelsior. On a tipoff, the Army, Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a joint search operation at Parray Mohalla Hajan in the District at 0300 hrs. However, when the Security Forces (SFs) were sealing the area in the village, militants hiding there opened fire with automatic weapons and hurled hand grenades. In the ensuing encounter, nine soldiers were injured out of which three of them are reported to have succumbed to injuries. In the return fire, a militant was killed. The slain militant was identified as Abu Haris, a top commander of LeT. Read less...
The Commanding Officer of the CRPF, Chetan Kumar Cheetah, was grievously injured in the encounter and his condition is stated to be critical. The SFS returned the fire killing one militant who has been identified as Abu Haris, a top ‘commander’ of LeT. Srinagar based Defence Ministry spokesman, Lt Col Rajesh Kalia told Excelsior that one militant and three soldiers were killed and five others were injured in the encounter. He said that the condition of the injured is stated to be stable. He identified the Army men killed in the gun battle as Dharmendera Kumar of Pataliya, Uttarakhand; Rifleman Ravi Kumar of Meen Sarkar Tabela of Samba and Gunner Astosh Kumar of Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Read less...
Meanwhile, in a statement, JamaatulAhrar (JuA), the offshoot of TehreekeTaliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was a continuation of Operation Ghazi, which they had initiated against Pakistan. The group released details of two of the attackers Abdul Basit of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khairullah of Kunduz province of Afghanistan.
Earlier, the Federal Government had approved a request forwarded by the Government of Punjab for the deployment of Rangers personnel in the province, reports Dawn. The decision was taken by Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan during a highlevel meeting attended by National Security Adviser Nasir Khan Janjua, Federal Secretary Interior Arif Ahmad Khan, Punjab Chief Secretary Zahid Saeed and other officials of the Punjab Government. Punjab had requested the Federal Government to deploy over 2,000 Rangers personnel in the province, who would be given policing powers to conduct intelligencebased operations (IBOs) against militants, wherever required and with full authority. The Rangers will 'assist' Punjab Police and law enforcement agencies in their fight against terror for a period of 60 days, initial reports suggested. Read less...
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.