Pakistan Security & Political Review - Feb 2018

PAKISTAN Monthly Security Review FEBRUARY, 2018

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OVER VIEW – FEBRUARY 2018 In the month, as many as 39 terrorist attacks took place in Pakistan, which claimed the lives of 94 people, and wounded 123 others.

These attacks also included Four (04) suicide blasts, which took place in Mastung , Swat, Bajur Agency and Quetta. Those killed in terrorist attacks in February included 24 civilians, 40 LEA personals, and 30 terrorist. Highest number of terrorist attacks and consequent casualties for any one region of Pakistan was reported from Balochistan.

CAUSALITIES IN TERRORIST ATTACKS

Region

Civilians

SFs

Terrorists

Total

Balochistan

10

24

6

40

FATA

9

3

3

15

Islamabad Capital Territory

0

0

0

0

KPK

2

11

6

19

Punjab

0

1

5

6

Sindh

3

1

10

14

Gilgit-Baltistan

0

0

0

0

Azad Kashmir

0

0

0

0

Total

24

40

30

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LIST OF MAJOR TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN FEBRUARY 2018 Date

Type

Location

February 2

Suicide bombing, shooting

Mastung

February 2

Target Killing

D.I.Khan

February 3

Suicide bombing

Kabal Tehsil, Swat

February 3

Shooting

Mardan

February 5

Target killing

Karachi

February 5

bombing

Panjgur

IED Blast

Charmang, Bajaur Agency

February 6

Rocket attack

Mirali Tehsil, Pakistan

February 6

IED Blast

February 7

Bombing

February 6

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Gwadar

Bajaur Agency, Pakistan Khairpur (Sindh)

Details A suicide bomber blew himself up when FC personnel foiled his entrance in Sheikhwasil Check Post after hectic efforts and firing. Two security personnel were partially injured in the suicide blast.

A caretaker of an Imambargah was shot dead by unidentified armed men in an apparent incident of sectarian targeted killing in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday.

At least 11 security officials were killed and 13 injured in a suicide attack when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a military camp in Swat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Stage actress Sunbul Khan shot dead for resisting abduction bid in Mardan.

Gunmen have opened fire on two Chinese nationals in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, killing one and wounding the other A man was killed and eight other people were injured in a bomb blast targeting a progovernment at Bismillah Chowk near Panjgur bazaar in Panjgur district of Balochistan.

A tribal elder Malik Farooq, who was the leader of a local tribe was killed on Tuesday, when a vehicle he was travelling in, hit an IED installed on a roadside exploded Charmang, Bajaur Agency.

At least two security personnel were killed and four others injured when their vehicle came under attack in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan.[57][58] A man was killed and eight other people were injured in a bomb blast targeting a progovernment leader .The banned Baloch Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the bomb attack.

A tribal elder was killed in a remotecontrolled explosion in Bajaur Agency.

Several others were injured in the attack.

Attack with rocket Launcher is reported on the house of Additional Session Judge Hakim Ali,In Sodhoderoarea of Khairpur.Misccreants

Dead

Injured

0 (+1)

2

1

0

11 (+1)

13

1

0

1

1

1

8

1

0

2

4

1

8

1

Several

0

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fired rockets which damaged the wall and escape from ythe area. Luckely judge family was NOT at his residence at time of Attack.

February 8

Drone Attack

Saidgai, NWA

Drone strike at Saidgai, NWA. TTP Dy Amir, Sajna Mehsud along another TTP member killed. Loc 2 Km from the border and 65 Km SW of Miranshah. 4x msls fired, total 2x cas.

February 8

IED Blast

Bajur agency

An IED blast took place in Teh Nawagai (in KPK). 6 Security personnel got injured.

0

6

February 10

Indian Shelling

LoC (AJK)

Six people, including two children, were injured in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) due to unprovoked Indian shelling of mortars from across the Line of Control (LoC).

0

6

February 10

Target Killing

D.I.Khan (Dera Ismail Khan) KPK

Terrorists have shot and killed a Shia Muslim in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

1

0

February 14

Shooting

Quetta

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants shot dead four paramilitary soldiers in Quetta.

4

0

An IED attack has occurred near a security Kharan, checkpoint. No insurgent group has claimed Balochistan responsibility.

0

4

February 14

IED Blast

2

0

IED Blast

Bajaur Agency, Pakistan

A leading tribal elder and chief of a local peace committee was in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Bajaur Agency.

1

0

February 16

Land Mine Explosion

Orakzai Agency

Two tribal elders & members of a piece committee were blown up in their car in, while two were critically injured in a mine which was planted on a road.

2

2

February 17

Target Killing

Panjpir ,Swabi (KPK)

Armed men gunned down a police constable and fled the scene.

1

0

February 18

Suicide bombing

Gatkai ,Mamond Tehsil,Bajur (KPK)

Security forces prevented a big attempt of terrorism and shot dead a suicide bomber while another bomber blew himself up during an action.

2

0

February 18

Target Killing

One person was killed and two were wounded in firing on the Jinnah Park Road.

1

2

Suspected militants opened fire and hurled hand grenade on a police check post on the PAF Police Post.

0

0

February 16

February 19

IED Attack

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February 20

Land Mine Explosion

(LoC) Barnala (AJK)

Man killed in LoC mine blast while two others were injured in a landmine explosion in a village of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

1

2

February 21

Grenade Attack

Peshawar

Terrorists attacked a police check post with hand grenades in Peshawar.

0

7

2

0

0

7

February Ambushed 21 attack

February 21 February 23

Khoga Khel / Mohmand Agency

A Senior Anti-Pakistan Taliban Commander of Hizbul Ahrar Jamat ul Ahrar killed by “unknown” people in an ambused attack along with his local Comds Haleem Khan urf Omar Kamal & Elyas Mehsud.

In an IED Blast In Shikarpur near old Saddar Railway station 7 persons including 5 children injured in an explosion, believed to be an IED (improvised explosive device),

IED Blast

Shikarpur (Sindh)

IED Blast

Ring Road Peshawar

A blast on Ring Road in Peshawar on Friday left a government official and two others injured.

0

3

Samungli Road Quetta

Firing on police van resultant 2 x policeman died and 1 x Injured. Target was DSP Hamid Ullah however he remain safe.

2

1

2

0

4(+1)

7

35

83

February Ambushed 28 attack February 28

Indian Firing

LoC (AJK)

February 28

Suicide Attack

Nosahar , Quetta

Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred after the Indian troop’s resorted to unprovoked firing in Bhimber sector along the Line of Control (LoC).

Four FC Soldiers were martyred and seven others were injured in a suicide attack on a check-post of the paramilitary force in the mountainous area, some 30km from Quetta.

TOTAL

SUICIDE ATTACKS

S.N. Date

1

February 2

2

February 3

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Place / District Incidents

killed

Injured

Mastung

A suicide bomber blew himself up when FC personnel foiled his entrance in Sheikhwasil Check Post after hectic efforts and firing.

Two security personnel were partially injured in the suicide blast.

0 (+1)

2

Kabal /Swat

At least 11 security officials were killed and 13 injured in a suicide attack when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a military camp in

11 (+1)

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Swat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa where soldiers were playing volleyball.

3

February 18

Gatkai ,Mamond Tehsil,Bajur (KPK)

Security forces prevented a big attempt of terrorism and shot dead a suicide bomber while another bomber blew himself up during an action.

2

0

4

February 28

Nosahar , Quetta

Four FC Soldiers were martyred and seven others were injured in a suicide attack on their check-post in the mountainous area of Nosahar, some 30km from Quetta.

4 (+1)

7

20

22

killed

Injured

1

0

1

0

TOTAL

SECTARIAN VIOLENCE S.No

1

Date

Place / District Incidents

February 2

D.I.Khan

A caretaker of an Imambargah was shot dead by unidentified armed men in an apparent incident of sectarian targeted killing in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday.

TOTAL

DRONE ATTACKS Date

S.N.

Place / District

Incidents

killed

Injured

NIL

BOMB BLASTS

1

Date

Place

Killed

Injured

February 5

Bismillah Chowk near Panjgur bazaar in Panjgur district of Balochistan.

1

3

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2

February 6

A tribal elder Malik Farooq, was killed, when a vehicle he was travelling in, hit an IED installed on a roadside exploded Charmang, Bajaur Agency.

3

February 7

A tribal elder was killed in a remote-controlled explosion in Bajaur Agency. Several others were injured in the attack.

1

7

February 15

A member of the local peace committee was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Bajaur Agency on Friday, in Mamond Gat area.

1

0

5

February 21

In an IED Blast In Shikarpur near old Saddar Railway station 7 persons including 5 children injured in an explosion, believed to be an IED (improvised explosive device).

0

7

6

February 23

A blast on Ring Road in Peshawar on Friday left a government official and two others injured.

0

3

4

20

4

TOTAL

1

0

MAJOR POLITICAL & SECURITY EVENTS - FEBRUARY 2018 February 1

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A senior politician of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Sindh Planning and Development Minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani and his wife, former MPA and journalist Fariha Razaque, have been found dead at their residence in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase II Karachi on Thursday. Police suspect Sindh Planning and Development Minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani pulled the trigger on himself after killing wife Fariha Razak

February 2

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A caretaker of an Imambargah was shot dead by unidentified armed men in an apparent incident of sectarian targeted killing in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday.

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A suicide bomber blew himself up when FC personnel foiled his entrance in Sheikhwasil Check Post after hectic efforts and firing. Two security personnel were partially injured in the suicide blast.

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Eleven personnel of Pakistan Army, including an officer, embraced martyrdom whereas 13 others received injuries in a suicide attack in Swat city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday. Initial reports suggested that the bomber blew himself up in a ground where soldiers were playing volleyball in Sharifabad area of Swat’s Kabal district. The attack was carried out at a sports unit of an army camp, the military’s media wing said in a

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statement. As many as 16 people were injured in the blast.The attack was claimed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an email to journalists, a French news agency reported.

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Police on Saturday arrested a teenager accused of raping and murdering his seven-year-old brother inside a coaching center in Karachi. The body of the slain child was found from the building of a coaching centre near National Stadium on Thursday. After investigating the matter, police today arrested the victim's brother, claiming that he had murdered his sibling after their father had beaten him up. Police say the accused, who is also a drug addict, had himself informed the family of finding his brother's dead body.

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Three persons died when a goods train on Saturday hit a motorcycle rickshaw at an unmanned railway crossing in Sheikhupura. A Lahore-bound goods train hit a motorcycle rickshaw at an open rail crossing near Theriyanwala. As a result, 30year-old Shagufta, 10-year-old Komal and 6-year-old Zahra died on the spot. Two more women were injured in the incident.The rickshaw driver survived by jumping off the vehicle before the mishap and fled.

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Police took suspects into custody over alleged rape and murder charges of three minors in different cities of Punjab on Saturday. The body of a 12-year-old boy was found on Burewala’s Multan Road early Saturday morning, who was reportedly raped before being killed.he boy named Ali Manzoor, who was a resident of Azeemabad, had left his house for tuition two days ago but never came back. The victim’s family helped the police arrest the prime suspect in the case.

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A stage performer identified as Sumbul Khan was shot dead for resisting an abduction bid in Mardan on Saturday. The actress was fatally shot by three armed men who had broken into her house in Sheikh Maltoon Town and demanded that she accompany them to perform at a private event. Upon resisting, the men opened fire on her resulting in her death, police said. One of the accused identified as Naeem Khattak, who is a former police constable, has been arrested while the search for the rest of his accomplices is ongoing.

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A Chinese national was shot dead on Monday in an apparent targeted killing by armed assailants in Karachi. The incident, which took place in Karachi’s Zamzama area, was termed targeted killing as the victim was shot after being followed by armed assailants, police said. A passerby identified as Hassan Abbas was wounded in the incident.

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Three labourers died and two others injured as a building collapsed in Hyderabad’s residential area on Monday. According to reports, three laborers Irshad, Haleem and Rasheed died when the first floor of an under-construction building collapsed.

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At least one person was killed and three others sustained injuries in a blast in Panjgur district of Balochistan on Monday. The blast occurred at Bismillah Chowk Pakistanupdates@yahoo.com

near Panjgur bazaar that killed one person and injured three others. The security and law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area and started a search operation. The dead body and the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities.

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Security forces in Pishin district arrested 12 suspects, including four alleged members of Afghanistan’s secret agency National Directorate of Security (NDS), during a search operation. The operation was conducted in Surkhab area of Pishin district. According to reports, the search operation was conducted by Levies personnel in the Surkhab Afghan refugee camp and its adjacent localities a couple of days ago.

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Wazir tribesmen attack office of pro-govt militia over lawyer’s killing.Tribesmen from the Ahmadzai Wazir clan, Wana South Waziristan on Tuesday attacked the pro-government Taliban militant’s office in Dera Ismael Khan and set it on fire in protests triggered by a youths killing in the heart of the metropolitan. As a result of the fire, almost all of the Taliban office which is located in Madeena Colony was burnt along with its belongings and two vehicles parked inside. The militants, however, managed to escape before the arrival of angry tribesmen.

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Two men in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) passed away late on Monday night, after being injured during Indian shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) earlier during the day. An AJK political administration official confirmed the news of their death to the media on Tuesday.

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The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday arrested former Balochistan food minister Mir Izhar Hussain Khosa over embezzlement charges.

According to NAB sources, Khoso, a member of the ruling PML-N, has inflicted a loss of Rs280 million to the national exchequer. Khosa, who was elected from PB27 Jaffarabad, is expected to be produced before an accountability court for a remand hearing by NAB on Wednesday.

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Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) on Tuesday, apprehended 11 suspects during intelligence-based operations in different areas of the province, states a press release issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The operations were conducted in Surkhab, Kanak Valley and near Moro River. FC soldiers also recovered weapons and ammunition, including explosives, mines, detonators and fuses, mobile Sims and communication equipment. Earlier, Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) on January 30, arrested 10 suspects during multiple intelligence-based operations (IBOs). The IBOs were conducted in Dera Murad Jamali and Dera Bugti areas that resulted in the recovery of weapons and ammunition including explosives, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), antipersonnel mines, hand grenades, accessories of different weapons and ammunition, the ISPR said.

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Indian ceasefire violations are detrimental to peace, however, these or any other Indian misadventure shall be responded effectively, the Pakistan Army reiterated Pakistanupdates@yahoo.com

on Wednesday. The decision was made at the 208th Corps Commanders’ Conference (CCC) chaired by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa.

The meeting reviewed the geostrategic and security environment, especially in the context of US related policies for the region. India’s ceasefire violations were a vital part of the discussion and it was discussed that national interest shall be kept at a premium while cooperating with all other stakeholders for regional peace and stability. 

Civil Defence Department, Rawalpindi has decided to launch crackdown from March 1 against 30,000 private schools, colleges, academies, clinics and hospitals having no state-of-the-art fire-fighting arrangements throughout the district. The authorities have issued final notices in this regard. The Civil Defence Department has started setting up teams for conducting the operation.

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A huge stock of drugs was seized by a Pakistan Navy (PN) ship operating in the North Arabian Sea during maritime security operations in Pakistan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ),” said a press report from the PN. The PNS Aslat conducted a highly risky operation involving surveillance in the area, seized 5,000 Kgs of hashish that is worth millions of dollars. “After gathering credible evidence, Special Warfare teams of PNS Aslat boarded the suspected vessel, undertook a search operation and seized 5,000kgs of Hashish,” said the PN statement. The seized narcotics and suspects were later handed over to the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA).

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A tribal elder was killed on Tuesday, when a vehicle he was travelling in, hit an IED installed on a roadside exploded Charmang, Bajaur Agency. Malik Farooq, who was the leader of a local tribe, was critically injured as a result and was immediately taken to Agency Headquarters Hospital Khar for treatment.

February 7

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The anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing the murder case of university student Mashal Khan in Abbotabad announced its verdict on Wednesday, awarding the death sentence to one accused and handing life sentences to five others.

Twenty-five accused in the case were awarded sentences of four years each, while 26 suspects were acquitted by the court for lack of evidence.

February 8

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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has approved the death sentences of seven terrorists convicted by a military court for involvement in terrorist activities, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Friday. All seven convicts, who were members of proscribed organisations, admitted their offences before a magistrate and the trial court, and were subsequently awarded death sentences, the ISPR said. The convicts were identified as Atlas Khan, Muhammad Yousaf Khan, Farhan, Khalay Gul, Nazar Moon, Nek Maeel Khan and Akbar Ali.

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Islamabad Police have arrested 14 outlaws, including four drug pushers and recovered narcotics and weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said. He said that Sub-Inspector Azhar Mehmud, Muhammad Iqbal and Imtiaz

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from Bhara Kau police station arrested Sajawal, Rashid and Rashid Mehmud and recovered a total of 225 grams of heroin and 110 grams of hashish from them.

February 9

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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) Mehsud Halqa has appointed Maulvi Khatir as acting chief of their faction after TTP’s deputy chief Khan Said Sajna was reportedly killed in a US drone strike in the Pak-Afghan border region late on Thursday night. Sources said that at least nine close associates of Sajna were also killed in the strike which occurred in Kharh Tangi area of Afghanistan.

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An IED blast took place in Teh Nawagai , Bajur agency (KPK). 6 Security personnel got injured.

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An inquiry against a CSP officer, Azra Jamali, for taking gifts as well as money in return of issuing visas to Indian nationals when she was serving as counsel general (CG) in Montreal, Canada, could not be completed by the inquiry officer.

A complainant, Raja M Riaz Khan had alleged in his application that CG Azra Jamali issued 150 visas to Indian nationals when she was posted in Montreal as CG, and received cash money, free air tickets and other luxury items as a gift from Mohin Jeet Singh in reward. Upon receiving the complaint, the government called CG Jamali back and initiated an inquiry against her.

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Two children, a brother and sister, were burnt to death and 15 shanties burnt to ashes due to fire in a village hut on Saturday. Rescue sources said that fire started from a hut and spread to surrounding shanties in village Hout Jouwahan near Daulatpur Siffan in Nawabshah. The affectees belong to Mithi Tharparkar and they had come to the area to earn a livelihood by cutting sugarcane crop.

They appealed to the Sindh government for financial assistance.

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The organisers of the Pashtun sit-in on Saturday agreed to wrap up the protest after receiving a written assurance from Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi that their reservations will be allayed within a period of one month. The participants—who remained pitched outside the National Press Club, Islamabad—had vowed not to budge unless their demands, including penalisation of Rao Anwar, recovery of FATA’s missing persons, probe into extrajudicial killings of Pashtuns all over the country, removal of landmines from FATA region, and end to discrimination meted out to tribal people, were met. After assurances from the PM and a signing of an agreement with the government, the sit-in culminated when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) KP chief Amir Muqam visited venue with a written assurance from the PM. FIVE POINTS AGREEMENT:  A five-point agreement was also signed between the government and the protesters, which reads:  Naqeebullah Mehsud is the son of the whole nation, this is our duty to apprehend accused Rao Anwar as early as possible and bring him to justice.  Regarding mines in South Waziristan, the concerned quarters would be

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directed to speed up the process of clearing of mines. The prime minister also directed the KP governor that compensation should be paid to victims of mines either died or injured.  The prime minister announced that an intermediate college will be established in the name of Naqeebullah Mehsud in village Makeen, South Waziristan.  The prime minister also said that genuine grievances raised by Jirga members from different quarters would also be addressed as soon as possible.  The Jirga members thanked the prime minister and other members from the government side. They announced that they would immediately disperse after the assurance.

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Army will soon starting building fences along the Pak-Afghan border area in Balochistan, officials said. A meeting was held between the officials of Frontier Corps (FC) and tribal elders in Chaman, Balochistan along the border. The meeting was organised by FC officials, the district administration and tribal elders to discuss the matter of fencing at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman.

The officials said that fences have already been built along the PakistanAfghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and soon this project will be started in Balochistan.

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Six people, including two children, were injured in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) during different incidents of unprovoked Indian shelling of mortars from across the Line of Control (LoC), civil and military officials confirmed.

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In Kotli district, Saima, 10, was injured in Junoobi Grid village of Tatta Pani Sector and Nagina Aqsad, 36, was injured in Chattar village of Khuiratta sector, said a police official. The injured have been shifted to Kotli District Health Quarter (DHQ) hospital.

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MQM-Pakistan removes Farooq Sattar as Convener. Party’s deputy convener Khalid Siddiqui contacts ECP, gets ‘permission’ to allocate Senate nominations.

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Renowned senior lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore.

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As many as seven persons of a family fell unconscious after consuming toxic tea at their residence in Bonkan locality of Sialkot district.

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The three terrorists declared by US treasury department as specially designated global terrorists (SDGT’s) are the followers of Sheikh Aminullah, who is imprisoned in Saudi Arab from last several years. Sheikh Aminullah, who is an Afghan national but residing in Peshawar since long time runs a seminary in Ganj area of Peshawar. He travelled to Saudi Arabia in 2014 and was later on imprisoned by the Saudi government. Sheikh Aminullah has also been put on the list of wanted terrorists by the United Nations and is associated with Jamatud Pakistanupdates@yahoo.com

Dawa. He also has links with a number of Arab hardliners who participated in the Afghan war against the former Soviet Union and later assembled Al-Qaeda. 

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested an Afghan national from Islamabad who was involved in human smuggling by using fake stamps and letterheads of the Afghanistan embassy for obtaining Thai visas for Afghan government officials by showing them as private citizens.

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Three more policemen have been detained for interrogation in the murder case of Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was gunned down with three other persons in an alleged staged encounter in Shah Latif Town off National Highway on Jan 13.

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Police have arrested a four-member gang accused of illegally extracting and selling bone marrow from girls and young women from Hafizabad. According to reports, police authorities initiated the action after the father of a 17-year-old girl lodged a complaint alleging the gang members. According to the father of the victim, the gang members took her bone marrow when they called her for a ‘medical check-up’, which they said was necessary for them to financially help the family prepare her dowry.

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Security barriers outside Nawaz’s residence, 25 other buildings removed. Acting upon the directives of the supreme court, the administration removed the barriers placed around 26 buildings including Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Model Town residence, the Governor House, Jamia-al-Qadsia, houses of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) Chief Hafiz Saeed, residence of the former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, and the city police chief’s offices.

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Five policemen were arrested on Monday and cases were registered against them for allegedly killing a citizen by firing in Washbood (Panjgur- Balochistan) last night. It is said that at the time of the shooting, Muneer was standing outside his shop along with his relatives. They had arrived there upon receiving a report of theft in the shop. Police reached there in the meanwhile and opened fire on seeing people’s gathering there. As a result of this, Muneer died instantly.

February 12

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Peshawar police arrested two of the four suspects accused of raping a transgender person in Faqirabad area of the provincial capital. The suspects, one of whom has been nominated as the prime suspect, allegedly abducted the victim at gunpoint with the help of two accomplices and drove her “to an unknown place” where she was subjected to sexual abuse.

February 13

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The federal government on Wednesday issued a notification directing the authorities concerned to freeze the assets of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-eInsaniat Foundation (FIF) under the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018. On Monday, President Mamnoon Hussain promulgated the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 that enables the government to impose a ban on the entities banned by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

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One million Pakistanis suffer from Parkinson’s disease. Neurology Awareness & Research Foundation (NARF) President Prof Dr Muhammad Wasay on Wednesday said that according to a rough estimate one million Pakistanis suffer from Parkinson’s disease.

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A professor of Government College University (GCU) Lahore was gunned down during a robbery attempt near Kalma Chowk, Lahore on Wednesday. Cheema was a professor at Botany department of the University.

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Four security forces personnel were martyred during an attack on their vehicle in an area of Quetta early Wednesday.

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Five Indian soldiers were killed and many injured when Pakistani troops destroyed the Indian army post that was “targeting innocent citizens” in Tatta Pani (Hot Spring) sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s southern Kotli district, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet.

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Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Thursday confirmed that as many as 23,000 personnel of the police force were suffering from serious illnesses.

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The Counter Terrorism Department (CDT), Malakand Range, has arrested an alleged terrorist from Matta in Swat. The accused was allegedly remained involved in attacking on houses and damaging properties in 2009. The alleged terrorist was arrested from Matta in a raid, said an official, adding, the arrested accused was being questioned

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A Pakistan army contingent will be stationed in Saudi Arabia on a "training and advisory mission", a press release from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.

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Govt to change law and severely punish accusers who falsely allege blasphemy.

The Interior Ministry on Friday submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) a draft of proposed amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) 2016 which seek to equate punishments for a false accusation of blasphemy to the punishment for actually committing blasphemy. The punishment for blasphemy in Pakistan ranges from several years in prison to a death sentence.

Under existing laws, a person making a false accusation can only face proceedings under Section 182 of the PPC, which entails a maximum punishment of six months, or a mere Rs1,000 fine.

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Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday formed a threemember committee to prepare the Terms of Reference (TORs) that can help the government recover money stored in foreign accounts through illegal means, after the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) informed him that there were no legal guidelines for retrieving such money. The committee formed by the CJP will be headed by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Tariq Bajwa and comprises Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Mohammad Irshad and Federal Pakistanupdates@yahoo.com

Finance Secretary Arif Ahmed Khan.

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A member of the local peace committee was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Bajaur Agency on Friday, sources in the political administration said. Abdur Rehman was travelling in the area when his vehicle was hit by an IED planted on the roadside in Mamond Gat area. Security forces sealed the area and began an operation following the incident.

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A fresh security audit of 1,047 educational institutions in Punjab categorised as ‘A+’ has revealed that 446 security guards had been hired by them without a security clearance. Of the 1,047 educational institutions, 269 were located in the Rawalpindi region followed by 205 in Lahore, 156 and 167 in Gujranwala and Multan regions, respectively. Besides, 43 were in Sahiwal, 45 in D.G. Khan and 47 in Bahawalpur.

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Sindh Rangers claimed to have arrested 13 alleged criminals, including two members of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), from different parts of the metropolis.

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Police have registered a murder case against four policemen for allegedly killing a citizen during an encounter with robbers on main Sharea Faisal last month, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

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Doctor arrested for ‘blackmailing’ girl in Lahore. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has rounded up a man for allegedly blackmailing a girl by uploading her pictures on social media. The cybercrime wing of the investigation agency received a complaint against the accused, stating that a doctor named Dr Kaleemul Hassan was blackmailing one of his patients by uploading her personal pictures on Whatsapp and other social media sites, local media reported.

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Imran Khan marries for third time. After rejecting it on all fora and terming it a rumour, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has confirmed that party chief Imran Khan has married Bushra Bibi in a ceremony that took place in Lahore on Sunday.

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Armed men gunned down a police constable and fled the scene of crime here on Sunday. Police said that the incident took place in Panjpir area of Swabi where miscreants shot dead a police constable.

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Two tribal elders & members of a piece committee were blown up in their car in Orakzai Agency, officials said while two were critically injured in what they say is a “land mine” planted on a road. 8 tribal elders have been killed in the area in last few months.

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The Pakistan Army on Monday destroyed an Indian border post that targeted and killed an 8-year-old Pakistani boy in Jajot village along the Line of Control (LoC). At least two Indian soldiers were also killed in the swift retaliatory attack

by Pakistan armed forces.

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Police made headway in the Naqeebullah murder case on Monday after arresting Pakistanupdates@yahoo.com

former DSP Qamar Zaman, considered a close aide of absconding former SSP Rao Anwar involved in the extrajudicial killing of Waziristan youth Naqeebullah Mehsud.

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The Punjab cabinet has finally approved the witness protection bill, providing measures that would prevent elimination, intimidation or winning over of witnesses and help ensure the conviction of criminals and terrorists, according to a report by a private media outlet. “The draft has been finalised and we are going to table it in the assembly,” said a senior Punjab government official.

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Security forces here on Monday prevented a big attempt of terrorism and shot dead a suicide bomber while another bomber blew himself up during an action in the Mamond Tehsil, official sources informed. The action was taken in the Gatkai area of Mamond tehsil after reports regarding entry of suicide bombers in the area were received some two weeks back.

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Self-exiled Baloch nationalist leader and intellectual Dr Jumma Khan Marri has announced that he is no longer part of the separation movement and is launching an organisation ‘Overseas Pak­istani Balochi Commu­nity’ for the Baloch living abroad. According to media reports, he made the announce-ment at an event in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday to celebrate Pakistan Unity Day under the slogan “united we stand, divided we fall”.

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US motion to put Pakistan on terror financing watch list differed. The United States (US) has failed in its bid to put Pakistan on the global terror financing watch-list as member states could not reach consensus during an ongoing Financial Action Task Force (FATF) conference in Paris.

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Islamabad: As many as 320 fire incidents occurred in the protected Margalla Hills National Park in last seventeen years in which tree cover measuring over 500 acres were damaged despite prompt steps taken by the civic agency. According to the official record of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), 75 percent of forest fires lasted for 1-4 hours; 15 percent of fires prolonged for 4-8 hours; very few forest fires of only one percent carried on for a day or more than 24 hours.

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A four-member team of polio health workers, accompanied by Assistant Commissioner Sheikh Rafiq, was allegedly attacked by a school's administration in Karachi's Nazimabad area on Tuesday after the team attempted to vaccinate its students against polio. A first information report against the school was registered in the Nazimabad police station after the incident, with the assistant commissioner as the complainant. The institution was subsequently sealed.

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A man associated with the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan was arrested by a Mominabad police team during a raid at an undisclosed location. He is accused of involvement in six target killings.

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A man was gunned down at his shop by robbers in Shah Latif Town on Monday, police said. Abdul Rehman, 25, was working when armed robbers barged into his Pakistanupdates@yahoo.com

shop and started looting. At this, a security guard present there opened fire. The robbers shot back, injuring Rehman, and fled.

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Two lawyers gunned down by colleague over property dispute , outside Lahore session court. A lawyer opened fire outside a session court on Tuesday, killing two other lawyers. According to News, the gunman was identified as Kashif Rajput while the slain as Awais and Rana Nadeem.

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The Peshawar High Court (PHC) observed on Tuesday that Balahisar is a historic fort and it would be appropriate to open it for public if authorities concerned are not in a position to vacate the site.

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Suspected militants opened fire and hurled hand grenade on a police check post on the Ring Road near Canal Road. It was learnt that two bike riders attacked the PAF Police Post on the Ring Road-Canal Road intersection with hand grenade and firing. Police personnel deployed at the point, however, retaliated, forcing the attackers to escape.

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Nawaz Sharif removed as PML-N head after SC rules disqualified person cannot lead a party. An individual disqualified under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution cannot serve as head of a political party, a three-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar ruled on Wednesday, sending another seismic wave rippling through Pakistan's electoral system.

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The National Assembly has been informed that 122 sectarian incidents have taken place all over the country since June 2013 and 10 banned organisations have claimed responsibility, or found involved during investigations, of 91 of them.

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Two people were killed by armed men in Nasirabad area of Gulshan-e-Hadeed, said the police officials on Wednesday.

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Ashiyana-i-Iqbal housing scam: NAB arrests LDA ex-chief Ahad Cheema. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested former head of the Lahore Development Authority Ahad Khan Cheema on Wednesday to question him about his alleged involvement in Lahore’s Ashiyana-i-Iqbal Housing Society scam, causing quite a stir in the Punjab chief minister’s camp.

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Terrorists attack police check post in Peshawar, none injured. Some unidentified terrorists on Wednesday attacked a police check post with two hand grenades in Peshawar.

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SC accepts Imran Khan’s FATA-KP merger petition for hearing. Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed objections raised on a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan seeking directives for the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

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213 Pakistani prisoners detained in Bagram, Pul-e-Charkhi jails, State Minister for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal Thursday informed the Senate that some 213 Pakistanis were detained in Bagram and Pul-e-Charkhi jails (Afghanistan) and efforts were being made to set them free.

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China appreciates the measures taken by the government of Pakistan for the safety of its citizens. A spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Office Geng Shuang said at a regular news briefing that the Pakistani side has taken a series of important measures for effectively protecting the corridor projects and the safety of Chinese citizens. “China appreciates this,” he remarked.

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In an IED Blast In Shikarpur near old Saddar Railway station 7 persons including 5 children injured in an explosion, believed to be an IED (improvised explosive device), Hand grenade or cracker in the Burning Garbage which exploded, kids were playing as routine, where explosion occurred in the result 5 kids and 2 pedestrian injured. Police and Rangers have cordon off the area, as per the initial statement, it is believe to be Cracker or Hand Grenade which was dumped in the Garbage and Exploded due to the fire.

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As part of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) ongoing crackdown against human smugglers in Punjab, Gujranwala anti-human smuggling wing during a raid arrested 10 human traffickers.

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At least seven people were injured when a dumper fell off a bridge on Thursday.

Police said that a speeding dumper got out of control and fell off a bridge in Hasanabad.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Auqaf department has said that a summary was forwarded to Chief Minister Pervez for the release of Rs277 million to Maulana Samiul Haq’s seminary, Darul Uloom Haqqania, . For the year 2016-17, the KP government had allocated Rs300mn for the seminary, which also brought the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) under fire from the civil society and opposition parties.

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Anti-Pakistan Taliban Leader Killed. A Senior Commander of Hizbul Ahrar Jamat ul Ahrar who was incharge of Operation Ghazi Jahad Yar Mehsud killed by “unknown” people in an ambused attack along with his local Comds Haleem Khan urf Omar Kamal & Elyas Mehsud in border area Khoga Khel Mohmand Agency.

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Baloch leaders deny holding talks with China. Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson on Thursday said he has no knowledge of any talks between the Chinese government and Baloch militant in the restive province of Balochistan.

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Pakistan not on FATF grey-list. In spite of the media reports regarding Pakistan’s inclusion into the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey-list, Pakistan has not been included in the money-laundering watchdog’s list that pertains to countries with strategic deficiencies’.

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Indian COAS again threatens Pakistan of surgical strike. The Indian army will give Pakistan a reply “sooner rather than later” for the February 10 terror attack on a military camp in Jammu, Indian COAS General Bipin Rawat said.

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A suspect in the Shahdara blasphemy case is in critical condition after mysteriously “falling off” the fourth floor of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Punjab headquarters building during investigation, Pakistan Today learnt on Friday.

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A blast on Ring Road in Peshawar on Friday left a government official and two others injured. A motorcycle containing the explosive material was completely destroyed after the explosion occurred near a state-owned vehicle carrying Deputy Director of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Muhammad Shakeel.

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Police on Sunday took seven people into custody in Karachi in connection with the viral video of a young man firing into the air on Shahrah-e-Faisal. The development comes a day after Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) AD Khowaja and Home Minister Sohail Siyal took notice of the incident and ordered an inquiry into the matter.

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Three people, including a man and two women, were shot dead on Sunday morning, police said. The deceased’s son told the police that a relative of the family shot his father Sadiq Ghani, mother and another relative over an old property dispute. The incident occurred at their house in the Gadani Phatak area of Sukkur.

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Ashiana Scheme case: Bismillah Engineering’s CEO handed over to NAB. A court on Sunday allowed a one-day physical remand of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bismillah Engineering, Shahid Shafiq, into National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) custody. Shafiq’s company was part of the joint venture Lahore Casa Developers that NAB has said was ineligible to receive the contract

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Police on Sunday took seven people into custody in Karachi in connection with the viral video of a young man firing into the air on Shahrah-e-Faisal. The development comes a day after Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) AD Khowaja and Home Minister Sohail Siyal took notice of the incident and ordered an inquiry into the matter.

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MQM-P’s office gate was padlocked on Saturday night in Lahore by unidentified individuals. Following directives issued by the MQM-P central leaders, the Rabita Committee member Waseem Khokhar said that computers and important documents were missing when they broke the padlock with police assistance.

The perpetrators of the alleged incident have not yet been identified and an encroachment attempt case has been filed.

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Ashiana Scheme case, Bismillah Engineering’s CEO handed over to NAB. Pakistanupdates@yahoo.com

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Iranian Air Force Commander Brigadier General Hassan Shahsafi, who is heading a high-profile delegation, arrived in Islamabad on Monday.The air chief is visiting Pakistan upon the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman. The Iranian commander will also hold meetings with the high-ranking military officials during the visit. Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Iran last November upon the invitation of Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri. Iranian and Pakistani Navy forces have long-standing bilateral cooperation.

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The abduction of Afghanistan deputy governor Mohammad Nabi, who was kidnapped from Peshawar in October and subsequently released in Kunar, has turned out to be a farce as he was hiding in Afghanistan, reported a local media outlet. According to media reports, Kunar’s deputy governor and his family played a farce to malign Pakistan. The Afghan official entered Pakistan via Torkham border on October 27, 2017, but illegally returned to Afghanistan without having his name entered and later dramatised his kidnapping, the outlet quoted reports as saying.

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Shehbaz Sharif elected as PML-N’s interim president. Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday was elected as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN)’s interim president. Shehbaz Sharif will head the PML-N for up to 45 days until the party elects a leader.

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Six passengers have been severely injured as the stairs of an aircraft collapsed at the Benazir International Airport on Tuesday morning. The Passengers were using the stairs of the aircraft that was parked on the runway. The injured included women who have been transported for treatment at medical facilities.

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Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday approved the extension of Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir’s tenure for the third time, media reported.

Muhammad Bashir is currently hearing the National Accountability Court (NAB) corruption references against the Sharif family and former finance minister Ishaq Dar.

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To ensure clean surroundings, Sindh government announced to prosecute those people who are found littering public spaces. According to a notification issued by the Sindh home departments on Monday, anyone found throwing garbage on public property will be prosecuted. Legal action will also be taken against those who burn rubbish piles in public places of the metropolis, including bazaars and roads.

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The Peshawar High Court (PHC) circuit bench in Abbottabad on Tuesday suspended the sentence of 25 suspects in the Mashal Khan lynching case and released them on bail. This was announced by a two-judge bench on appeals filed by the suspects who were awarded three years of jail term in the case by an anti-terrorism court.

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his brother Khan Tareen died in a road mishap on Tuesday.

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PESHAWAR: Angry members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly Tuesday broke the quorum of the house to block the administering of oath to MPA-elect Baldev Kumar on minority seat.The MPA-elect is behind bars for the alleged murder of former advisor to chief minister Sardar Soran Singh near his house in district Buner. The accused was on the second spot on the priority list of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the minority reserved seats.

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Firing by unidentified persons on police van in area Samungli Road Quetta, resultant 2 x policeman died and 1 x Injured. Target was DSP Hamid Ullah however he remain safe.

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Police rescued 2 hostages in an operation in the Katcha area (of Kashmore) those were kidnapped earlier from Shikarpur, Police successfully arrested 50 criminals besides blazing the hideouts of Criminals. 3 Policeman got minor injuries in the rocket firing of criminals.

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Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested two terrorists of banned organization from Jhang road Faisalabad, and recovered arms from them.

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Media Reports indicate Chinese National killed earlier this month was a victim of a business dispute and prime suspect is a Pakistani who was a board member and recently removed for corruption

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Multiple sources in Afghanistan say Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh has been killed in Afghanistan. Unverified so far. Waiting for confirmation + evidence.

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Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred after the Indian troop’s resorted to unprovoked firing in Bhimber sector along the Line of Control (LoC).

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At least four people were killed in a firing incident over a property dispute in Kohat on late Wednesday evening.

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A 36-year-old woman was allegedly killed in the name of ‘honour’ by her husband in Shikarpur district on Wednesday.

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An incident of firing was reported in Islamabad, killing one person with another injured after unnamed men indiscriminately shot bullets on a car. The armed men opened fire at the rival’s car within the vicinity of Sabzi Mandi police station of Sector I-11, near Pirwadhai in the federal capital.

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The four FC men lost their lives and seven others were injured in a suicide attack on a check-post of the paramilitary force in the mountainous area, some 30km from Quetta.

Source: Compiled from news reports and are provisional

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KARACHI WEEKLY CRIME DATA Column1

Vehicles Theft 71

Street Crimes 186

1st Week 29 Jan-4 Feb Robberies 1491

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Column4

Kidnaping 2

Bank Robbery 0

Kidnaping 3

Bank Robbery 0

Kidnaping 2

Bank Robbery 0

Kidnaping 3

Bank Robbery 0

2nd Week 5-11 Feb Vehicles Theft 87

Street Crimes 122

Robberies 1241 3rd Week 12-18 Feb

Vehicles Theft 67

Street Crimes 142

Robberies 1084 4th Week 19-25 Feb

Vehicles Theft 75

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Street Crimes 150

Robberies 1272

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KARACHI CRIME DATA % – FEBRUARY 2018 Vehicles Theft

Street Crimes

Robberies

Kidnaping

Bank Robbery

448

636

3820

10

0

INURED / KILLED (Karachi)

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