Sixteen terrorists were neutralized, and four security personnel, including two soldiers, were killed during multiple gun battles across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and Punjab over the weekend, as law enforcement agencies repelled a series of attacks and conducted targeted operations
PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui criticised PTI for prioritising unverified claims of fatalities during the Islamabad protest while ignoring the 131 confirmed deaths in Kurram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Siddiqui expressed his concerns about PTI's selective focus on political casualties and its failure
Maulana Hidayatur Rehman Baloch, the provincial emir of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) in Balochistan, has called for a tribal jirga on December 15, consisting of Baloch and Pakhtun elders, to address the worsening law and order situation in the province and to propose potential solutions.
Tarar alleged that Saeed was hiding in the Chief Minister's House in Peshawar and had led a group of armed Afghan nationals and troublemakers during PTI's protests on November 24 in Islamabad
The terrorists, reportedly armed with heavy weapons, launched a surprise assault on the police station, which is located in the Isa Khel circle near the border between Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) spokesperson Barrister Saif on Sunday rejected the claims made by Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar regarding Murad Saeed's participation in the Islamabad protest, calling the allegations "absurd" and "completely false," The Express Tribune reported.
The intense clashes have led to the closure of the main Peshawar-Parachinar road, halting travel, and the suspension of movement at the Pak-Afghan Kharlachi border.
Pakistan's Interior Ministry confirmed that PTI's November 24 protest in Islamabad violated a court order and breached the Red Zone. Security personnel were deployed without live ammunition, and the Ministry accused the party of staging violent clashes. Alleged deaths circulated by PTI were
He called for taking strict action against political parties and organisations that took the law into their own hands and caused violence, like PTI and Tehreek-i-Labbaik.
The PPP, which is an ally of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), expressed its opposition to the idea of proscribing PTI, after a resolution was submitted to the Punjab Assembly, seeking a ban on Imran Khan-founded party.
While speaking to reporters outside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in Peshawar, he said, "Imposition of governor's rule or emergency cannot hold us back."