After the death of 3 civilians and 4 soldiers in the Rajouri encounter, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) President Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that the government should also include local people to gather information in such places affected by attacks.
Advocating the necessity to counter cross-border terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasized that India has grappled with this issue since its independence, taking a pointed jab at Pakistan.
Baloch people carried out rallies and demonstrations against "state terrorism" and acts of forced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the Pakistan government at multiple locations across the country.
Pakistan is trying to revive terrorism in the Rajouri-Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir as around 25-30 Pakistani terrorists are suspected to be hiding in the forest areas of the region, defence sources said on Friday.
Meanwhile, Security personnel on Friday morning conducted a search operation in the forest area of Dera ki Gali in the Rajouri district where two Army vehicles were ambushed by heavily armed terrorists.
Hundreds of people in Balochistan's Kohlu have closed the market and have been protesting against state terrorism in the capital of Pakistan, demanding the release of those arrested in Islamabad and allowing them to march peacefully.
"The danger of terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, and illegal arms trade spreading from Afghanistan remains a direct threat to the southern borders of the CSTO's area of responsibility," said Secretary General of the CSTO.
The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Pakistan issued non-bailable arrest warrants for over 50 Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the May 9 riots, as reported by ARY News.
India on Thursday reiterated that the country faces severe threats of cross-border terrorism from Pakistan and expressed hope that other nations will also take counter-terrorism seriously in the backdrop of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Asim Munir's visit to the US.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Thursday arrested two Bangladeshi citizens living illegally in Navi Mumbai, said an official from the Maharashtra ATS.
The committee noted that the Baloch Long March against alleged Baloch genocide, illegal forced disappearance of the people, killing of missing persons by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Fake encounters and the activity of death squads across Balochistan.
The protesters vowed to march towards Islamabad despite the closure of transport and to raise their voice against the recovery of their loved ones and against the ongoing genocide and state terrorism in Balochistan, The Balochistan Yakjehti committee said.