Pak Taliban warn of more attacks against police force

K A R A C H I : Paki stan’s Tali ban warned o f m ore attacks against law enfo rcem ent officers, a day after nine people, inclu ding fiv e terrorists, were killed in a gu nfigh t w ith security fo rces who m anaged to secure back control of the h ead office build ing o f the K arachi Po lice ch ief

The police are often used on the frontline of Pakistan’s battle with the Taliban and are frequently a target of militants who accuse them of extra-judicial killings “The policemen should stay away from our war with the slave army, otherwise the attacks on the safe havens of the top police officers will c o n t i n u e , ” T e h r e e k - e - T a l i b a n P a k i s t a n (TTP) said in an English-language statement

Earlier, armed militants of the Tehreeke-Taliban (Pakistan) stormed the office of the Karachi Police chief and opened fire As many as nine people, including five terrorists, were killed in a gunfight Four other people, including two police constables, a rangers personnel and a civilian were also killed and 17 were injured in the firing, reports said As per reports, at least eight armed militants entered the police chief's office, situated on Sharea Faisal in Karachi

A senior security source said five terrorists were killed during the operation He said three were killed in the long gun battle while two blew themselves up which also caused some damage to one floor of the building

The building was under siege for nearly four hours In the videos from the spot, several rounds of gunshots can be heard A video also shows the moment an explosion took place inside the building

Bangladesh shuts down main opposition party’s newspaper

D HA KA : The Dainik Dinkal , a Benga li-l ang uage broadsheet an d the mouthpiece of t he Bangl adesh Na tion alist Party (B NP), has ha lted pr oduction after a govern me nt suspe nsion orde r was uphel d by a wat chdog, stoking fea rs about media free dom in the country It has be en in circul ation for mor e t han t hree decades It employs hundreds of journal ist s and press worker s and look aftte be eternally g blessings will

The caretaker cabinet of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in its first meeting approved the transfer of approximately two acres of government land to the Auqaf department for the construction of cremation grounds for Hindus and Sikhs in the province Cremation ground each in the Peshawar and Nowshera districts are to be constructed for the Hindu and Sikh communities and a little less than half an acre for Christian graveyards in the Kohat district of the province The caretaker cabinet approved the transfer of two acres of government land for the minority communities The communities welcomed the decision

Pet Leopard Runs Amok In Islamabad

A pet leopard escaped from a house in the Pakistan capital and roamed the streets for hours before being shot with a sedation dart, wildlife officials said In videos posted to social media, the young male cat slips between cars before knocking down a man and leaping over a garden fence “According to our initial investigation it is a pet animal and not wild at all but he is scared and is constantly roaring ” Tariq Bangash director of the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board said Pakistan last year banned the import of exotic mammals after large numbers were brought in or bred in recent years causing problems for wildlife officials

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The daily covers news stories including the frequent arrests of BNP members and what the party says are thousands of fake cases against its supporters The newspaper on Monday said the Dhaka district authorit i e s h a d o r d e r e d t h e s h u t d o w n o n December 26, but it continued to publish after filing an appeal at the Press Council headed by a top high court judge

“The council rejected our appeal yesterday [on Sunday], upholding the district magistrate’s order to stop our publication,” said Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, managing editor of the newspaper

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JAPAN DISCOVERS ALMOST 7,000 NEW ISLANDS

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The order said the printing permit of the newspaper was cancelled after it violated the country’s printing and publication laws The council said the paper ’ s publisher, Tarique Rahman – the acting chief of BNP –was a convicted criminal and was living abroad without handing over his job to another person

B i s w a s s a i d R a h m a n , n o w b a s e d i n L o n d o n , s u b m i t t e d h i s r e s i g n a t i o n a n d appointed a new publisher, but the authorities did not accept the changes “This shutdown is all part of the government crackdown on dissenting voices and freedom of speech,” Biswas said

Japan has “discovered” more than 7,000 new islands it did not know existed using advanced mapping technology in the first geographical study of the archipelago in 35 years The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan is expected to release a report on its updated map of the nation in March At present, Japan is officially made up of 6,852 islands, but that figure will rise to 14 125 islands, Kyodo News reported The previous estimate was the result of a study by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987 but that list of islands only included those with a circumference of at least 100 metres or 328 feet

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The embassy announced this on its website, refraining from providing specific information about the nature of the "technical issue" or the timeline for the closure The warning stated that starting on February 13, 2023, until further notice, "the consular section of the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad will be temporarily closed due to technical concerns "

T h e n o t i f i c a t i o n f o l l o w s l a s t w e e k ' s notice by the Chinese government, advising

Pakistan has seen a rise in terror attacks s i n c e l a t e l a s t y e a r w h e n t h e P a k i s t a n i Taliban group called off a fragile truce with the government Chinese nationals working on the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have regularly been targete d b y v a r i o u s t e r r o r i s t o r g a n i s a t i o n s i n Pakistan, putting a significant portion of Beijing's Belt and Road infrastructure programme at risk

The CPEC is a USD 65 billion network of r o a d s , r a i l w a y s , p i p e l i n e s , a n d p o r t s i n

Pakistan connecting China to the Arabian Sea