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Business Recorder
6 days ago
- General
- Business Recorder
14 Indian-sponsored terrorists killed in North Waziristan IBO
At least 14 Indian sponsored khawarij were killed by security forces in general area Datta Khel, North Waziristan District. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that an intelligence based operation was conducted by the security forces on reported presence of khawarij belonging to Indian proxy, Fitna al Khawarij. 4 soldiers martyred, 7 'India-backed terrorists' killed in KP operations: ISPR 'During the operation, own troops effectively engaged the Indian sponsored khawarij location, and after an intense exchange of fire, 14 Indian sponsored khwarij were sent to hell,' the military's media wing said. The ISPR said that sanitization operations were being conducted to eliminate any other Indian sponsored Khawarji found in the area, 'as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of Indian Sponsored Terrorism from the country'. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Sunday jointly addressed a Grand Jirga of tribal elders in Quetta, reaffirming the state's unwavering resolve to defeat terrorism and counter foreign-sponsored subversion. 'Our message to the enemies of peace is clear: the government, armed forces, law enforcement agencies, and administrative apparatus, with full support of the Pakistani nation, will defeat terrorism in all its forms,' the prime minister stated. Addressing the gathering, Field Marshal Munir vowed to crush every element threatening Pakistan's sovereignty. 'We have concrete proof of India's hand in supporting terrorist networks in Balochistan. These nefarious efforts will be defeated by the Pakistan Army with the full support of the nation and the brave people of Balochistan,' he said.
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Business Standard
29-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
2 police officers, 4 Taliban militants killed in shootout in PoK: Officials
At last two police officers and four Taliban militants were killed in an overnight shootout in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said on Thursday. The clash followed after the security forces, on a tip-off about the presence of militants, launched an operation in the Hussain Kot forest area in the Rawalakot district of the region. The Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Rawalakot, Riaz Mughal, told the media that the police launched a raid after a tip-off regarding the presence of terrorists in the area. He said that the terrorists were hiding in a cave and were surrounded, but when the police attempted to apprehend them, one of the terrorists hurled a grenade at the officers, prompting retaliatory fire. In the exchange, all four terrorists were neutralised, he said, adding that three were identified as Zarnosh Naseem, his brother Gibran Naseem and Ulfat, while the fourth was unidentified yet. Mughal confirmed that two police officers, Gulzar and Tariq Bashir, were killed in the clash. He said three Kalashnikov rifles, hand grenades, four suicide vests, and several rounds of ammunition were recovered from the site. The regional police chief, Abdul Jabbar, said that the killed militants belonged to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a group of rebels linking their origin to Pakistan and lambasted by authorities as Khawarji - an old expression borrowed from the Islamic history and used for a group of extremists who were declared as apostates. It was a rare incident when police killed the TTP militants in PoK. The TTP, also known as the Pakistan Taliban, was set up as an umbrella group of several militant outfits in 2007. The group has a strong presence in the tribal region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan. Jabbar claimed that the police foiled an effort by the outlawed outfit to set up a base in the region for attacks.
