Two militants were killed in a clash with Police in Risalpur area of Nowshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the morning of July 12 (today), reports Radio Pakistan. According to District administration, the militants were wanted by Police in different acts of terrorism.
Separately, an Anti-terrorism court (ATC) of Sargodha District on July 11 awarded 24 years of imprisonment to an accused involved in terrorist activities. Court sources said that on September 26, 2018, Counter Terrorist Department (CTD) Faisalabad team had conducted raid at a home in Khushab and arrested an accused Mukhtar Hussain r/o Layyah and recovered a hand grenade and illegal pistol from his possession. Police registered case against the accused under terrorism act and presented challans in ATC Sargodha.
Meanwhile, Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the founder of the banned Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) which exercised control over parts of Malakand division in the 90s and 2000s, has passed away on July 11, reports Daily Times. The 86-year-old controversial cleric’s death has been confirmed by his son. The octogenarian, who was the father-in-law of former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Maulana Fazlullah, had pursued the demand for imposition of a harsh brand of sharia law in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Malakand division for almost two decades.