According to officials, head Constable Saeed Ahmed, posted in the CTD, was sitting with his friends outside a shop in the Jail Road area when armed men riding motorcycles opened fire and fled from the spot.
Notably, the objective of the Gandiv-5 exercise is to validate the planning parameters of the commando force in the event of a terrorist attack, aircraft hijacking, or hostage situation, the release said.
The Uttar Pradesh police and the National Security Guard (NSG) on Thursday conducted mock drills at Vidhan Sabha and Lok Bhavan to enhance preparedness in tackling terror attacks effectively.
Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court has acquitted four men who were accused of having links with banned separatist outfits pertaining to possession of explosive material for want of evidence, reported The News International.
Three Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) officials in Karachi have been arrested on allegations of “corrupt practices” and wrongfully detaining a trader from Punjab province.
With the upcoming High Holidays being a peak travel time for Jews, Israel’s National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Division released its assessment of terror threats against Israelis abroad on Thursday.
A substantial cache of arms and ammunition including explosive materials, detonators, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), fuses, and a substantial amount of cash, was recovered from the apprehended terrorists.
Noticing the presence of the CTD team, the terrorists opened fire and in an exchange of fire three of them were shot dead, while two policemen were also injured.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday said politicians and state institutions should sit together and foil the nefarious designs of terrorists, Dawn reported.