The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab has arrested nine suspects associated with inoperative organisations across various parts of the province, Dawn reported.
Yet despite the many military blows that Salafi jihadist entities have absorbed over the years--both ISIS and Al Qaeda--both have been able to survive and create new threats due to their ideology, which cannot be bombed out of existence.
Maulana Abdul Aziz, cleric of Lal Masjid, along with four others has been booked over terrorism charges after they opened fire on police in the country's capital, Islamabad, The Express Tribune reported.
Analysts said Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province was likely an essential agenda item. The natural resources-rich but impoverished region is central to a multibillion-dollar Chinese-funded program, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), VOA reported.
The NIA carried out searches at the hideouts of suspects in the case which was taken over by the anti-terror agency almost a month ago and it started its probe charging the "highly radicalised" arrested accused Shahrukh Safi.
Secretary (West) Sanjay Verma visited Moscow on May 3-4 for the JWG on Counter Terrorism and India-Russia bilateral consultations on UN and multilateral issues, and held discussions, the Ministry of External Affairs said in an official release today.
A police official of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station was killed after a roadside bomb went off all of a sudden in Khuzdar city of Balochistan, Dawn reported on Friday.
In two unexplained explosions that occurred on Monday at the heavily-guarded Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Kabal town of Swat district, at least 13 people--the majority of whom are thought to be policemen--were killed and 42 others were injured, The News International
As many as 12 street criminals were also killed in police encounters while 17 got injured. There were almost 300 cases of street crimes on a daily basis.
At least nine policemen were killed in explosions and more than 50 people were injured in the explosion that rocked the CTD precinct in Swat's Kabal on Monday.