The first operation was conducted near Kurragi village of Basima tehsil in Washuk, a district bordering Iran and the second one was in the Shalkot area, a locality on the outskirts of Quetta.
The issue arose after President Arif Alvi invited Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja last month for a meeting to “fix an appropriate date” for general elections after the ECP expressed its inability to hold elections within the constitutionally mandated period.
According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a “motorcycle-borne suicide bomber exploded himself on a military convoy”.
Six terrorists of the proscribed outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were shot dead in two separate Intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Lakki Marwat and Balochistan's Pishin districts on Wednesday, reported The Express Tribune.
An initial probe has suggested that the terrorist organisation Daesh (ISIS) is behind the suicide attack on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl's (JUI-F) workers' convention in Bajaur, Geo News reported on Monday citing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.
According to a report submitted to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), banned outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) might seek a merger with Al Qaeda to create an umbrella organisation that incorporates all militant groups operating in South Asia, reported Dawn.