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December - 1 
Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have arrested several key suspected leaders of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a crackdown on militants in and around the Manghopir area in Karachi on December 1, reports Central Asia Online. Rangers detained mo
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Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have arrested several key suspected leaders of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a crackdown on militants in and around the Manghopir area in Karachi on December 1, reports Central Asia Online. Rangers detained more than 70 people, 10 of whom are suspected of being linked with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP).The team also seized a car loaded with more than 100kg of explosives, two suicide jackets with about 8kg of explosives and three water coolers filled with explosives weighing more than 5kg.
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December - 1 
The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) Police arrested three militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) near Minar-i-Pakistan (monument) in Lahore District on December 1, and thwarted their plans of targeting Shia processions, reports Dawn. The
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The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) Police arrested three militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) near Minar-i-Pakistan (monument) in Lahore District on December 1, and thwarted their plans of targeting Shia processions, reports Dawn. The arrestees are identified as Arshid Ali, Umer Zaib and Amjad. The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Tariq Ilyas Kayani said that a special team of CIA conducted the raid in Minar-i-Pakistan area and recovered seven kilogram of explosive material, four hand grenades, a rifle, INR 150,000 in cash and bullets from their possession.
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December - 2 
An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), identified ad Mohammad Adnan (25), was shot dead in Garden area of Karachi on December 2.
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An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), identified ad Mohammad Adnan (25), was shot dead in Garden area of Karachi on December 2.
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December - 2 
An unidentified dead body of a man was found on a garbage dump near the boundary wall of a Girls’ school in Landhi area within the remit of the Awami Colony Police Station.
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An unidentified dead body of a man was found on a garbage dump near the boundary wall of a Girls’ school in Landhi area within the remit of the Awami Colony Police Station.
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December - 2 
At least five persons, including a Police Constable, went missing from Kata Kanri area of Kohat District on December 2.
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At least five persons, including a Police Constable, went missing from Kata Kanri area of Kohat District on December 2.
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December - 2 
At least two persons were killed and two others, including a Security Official were injured in a landmine blast in Saafi tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 2.
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At least two persons were killed and two others, including a Security Official were injured in a landmine blast in Saafi tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 2.
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December - 2 
In the same agency two suicide bombers were killed when their suicide vest exploded near a checkpost in Pindyali tehsil.
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In the same agency two suicide bombers were killed when their suicide vest exploded near a checkpost in Pindyali tehsil.
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December - 2 
Militants blew up the house of an official of Khasadar Force from Sepah area in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency with explosives and also abducted several relatives of many force’s officials. However, no loss of life was reported in the house attack.
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Militants blew up the house of an official of Khasadar Force from Sepah area in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency with explosives and also abducted several relatives of many force’s officials. However, no loss of life was reported in the house attack.
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December - 2 
Pakistani authorities seized nearly 14 tonne of potassium chlorate, a key ingredient in bomb-making, from a bus in Quetta. The haul was made when officials acting on a tip-off stopped a bus just outside Quetta loaded with the volatile substance hidde
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Pakistani authorities seized nearly 14 tonne of potassium chlorate, a key ingredient in bomb-making, from a bus in Quetta. The haul was made when officials acting on a tip-off stopped a bus just outside Quetta loaded with the volatile substance hidden under cartons of food, an official with the Government Paramilitary Force said. “We have seized some 13,900 kilogrammes of potassium chlorate from a bus and arrested five people,” Frontier Corps Captain Johar Sarwar said. Frontier Corps spokesman Murtaza Baig confirmed the haul and said the substance could be used to make bombs and was so dangerous that only a simple detonator was needed to make a deadly device.
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December - 2 
Police had foiled a terrorism bid by defusing a “powerful” bomb planted in a motorcycle on Grand Trunk (GT) Road, on the outskirts of Peshawar.
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Police had foiled a terrorism bid by defusing a “powerful” bomb planted in a motorcycle on Grand Trunk (GT) Road, on the outskirts of Peshawar.
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December - 2 
Relatives of eight abducted employees of Gomal Zam Dam project on the Gomal River in the South Waziristan Agency have demanded that the government help them release their loved ones. They said the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was demanding a huge
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Relatives of eight abducted employees of Gomal Zam Dam project on the Gomal River in the South Waziristan Agency have demanded that the government help them release their loved ones. They said the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was demanding a huge ransom for the release of their relatives. Government should pay the ransom to the TTP, they added.
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December - 2 
The Police raided and recovered 4,000 kilograms of explosives from a bus near Akhtarabad in Quetta on December 2, reports The News. The Police foiling a terror attack arrested five persons on the spot.
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The Police raided and recovered 4,000 kilograms of explosives from a bus near Akhtarabad in Quetta on December 2, reports The News. The Police foiling a terror attack arrested five persons on the spot.
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December - 2 
Three people, including a Policeman, sustained injuries in an explosion in Babu Market outside NADRA office in Kalat District.
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Three people, including a Policeman, sustained injuries in an explosion in Babu Market outside NADRA office in Kalat District.
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December - 2 
Two rockets were fired from surrounding mountains at the camp of a private firm, exploring oil and gas reserves in Barkahn District. The Law Enforcement Agencies cordoned off the area for tracing the terrorists.
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Two rockets were fired from surrounding mountains at the camp of a private firm, exploring oil and gas reserves in Barkahn District. The Law Enforcement Agencies cordoned off the area for tracing the terrorists.
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December - 2 
Unidentified militants shot dead a man, identified as Doctor Shamsuddin, in Jaffarabad District on December 2.
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Unidentified militants shot dead a man, identified as Doctor Shamsuddin, in Jaffarabad District on December 2.
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December - 2 
United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will meet in Brussels on December 4, 2012 on the sidelines of a NATO meeting as the United States and Pakistan rebuild their ties on a firmer footing, says t
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United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will meet in Brussels on December 4, 2012 on the sidelines of a NATO meeting as the United States and Pakistan rebuild their ties on a firmer footing, says the State Department on December 2, reports Dawn. Asked if Pakistan was seeking more funds, the department’s spokesperson Victoria Nuland said at a briefing the two countries had a number of economic projects in Pakistan and the meetings in Washington had reviewed those to ensure that they were targeted properly and on track. Both sides were looking at possibilities “to encourage increased investment and to open markets,” the department’s spokesperson Victoria Nuland said when a journalist suggested that Pakistani Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was in Washington “essentially on a fund-raising trip.”
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December - 3 
A man, identified as Usman (32), was shot dead near Habib Chorangi within the remits of SITE-A Police Station.
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A man, identified as Usman (32), was shot dead near Habib Chorangi within the remits of SITE-A Police Station.
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December - 3 
A Policeman was shot dead by two unidentified pillion riders in Bilal Colony within the jurisdiction of Korangi Industrial Area Police Station.
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A Policeman was shot dead by two unidentified pillion riders in Bilal Colony within the jurisdiction of Korangi Industrial Area Police Station.
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December - 3 
A senior teacher of the Jamia Arabia Ahsanul Uloom seminary, Maulana Mohammad Ismail, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Abul Hassan Ispahani Road in Karachi, reports The Express Tribune. As news of the assassination spread, angry students o
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A senior teacher of the Jamia Arabia Ahsanul Uloom seminary, Maulana Mohammad Ismail, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Abul Hassan Ispahani Road in Karachi, reports The Express Tribune. As news of the assassination spread, angry students of the seminary took to the streets, holding sticks and shouting slogans in protest.
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December - 3 
A Special Branch Police Officer, identified as Murad Khan (40) was shot dead in the Frontier Colony within the limits of Peerabad Police Station in Madin Basti.
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A Special Branch Police Officer, identified as Murad Khan (40) was shot dead in the Frontier Colony within the limits of Peerabad Police Station in Madin Basti.
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December - 3 
At least 15 to 20 masked militants, some of them equipped with arms, attacked the graveyard of Ahmadi community in Model Town area of Lahore District and shattered the tombstones of more than 120 graves on December 3, reports Daily Times. Ahmadiyya c
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At least 15 to 20 masked militants, some of them equipped with arms, attacked the graveyard of Ahmadi community in Model Town area of Lahore District and shattered the tombstones of more than 120 graves on December 3, reports Daily Times. Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan is under attack for last several years in Pakistan. Police said that these masked militants belonged to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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December - 3 
At least nine persons, including four activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and a Policeman, were killed in separate incidents of target killing in Karachi on December 3, reports Daily Times. A District Graveyard Officer, identified as Muha
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At least nine persons, including four activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and a Policeman, were killed in separate incidents of target killing in Karachi on December 3, reports Daily Times. A District Graveyard Officer, identified as Muhammad Aleem (42) and his nephew, an activist of MQM, identified as Jaseem (26), were killed by unidentified assailants within the precincts of Iqbal Market Police Station in Orangi Town.
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December - 3 
condemning the attack on the seminary teacher Jama’at Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on December 3 refuted that there was ‘Taliban’ movement in Pakistan, and said that the students of religious seminaries were more respectable t
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condemning the attack on the seminary teacher Jama’at Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on December 3 refuted that there was ‘Taliban’ movement in Pakistan, and said that the students of religious seminaries were more respectable than Interior Minister Rehman Malik reported The Express Tribune. He also said that the people from religious seminaries were being targeted through a planned conspiracy and Karachi is being “bathed in blood” in every way.
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December - 3 
Dead bodies of two MQM activists, identified as Mehmood (26) and Tayyab (25), were found in a gunny bag near Al-Asif Police checkpost within the jurisdiction of Sachal Police Station.
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Dead bodies of two MQM activists, identified as Mehmood (26) and Tayyab (25), were found in a gunny bag near Al-Asif Police checkpost within the jurisdiction of Sachal Police Station.
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December - 3 
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemned the destruction of over 100 tombstones at a graveyard for Ahmadis and demanded the arrest and prosecution of those responsible. “This is an unmistakable act of intimidation and escalation in the ca
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemned the destruction of over 100 tombstones at a graveyard for Ahmadis and demanded the arrest and prosecution of those responsible. “This is an unmistakable act of intimidation and escalation in the campaign of hate and violence against the Ahmadi community that has repeatedly been targeted across Pakistan because of its beliefs. Last night’s attack is shocking because it did not occur in a remote village but in the heart of the country’s second largest city. The trauma such an incident has caused to an increasingly persecuted community should not be very difficult to imagine.”
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December - 3 
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder and Jama’at-ud-Dawa (JuD) Chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed on December 3 criticized Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar for promising to take action against him if India provides evidence, saying the Pakistan government had bee
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Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder and Jama’at-ud-Dawa (JuD) Chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed on December 3 criticized Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar for promising to take action against him if India provides evidence, saying the Pakistan government had been unable to resolve outstanding issues like the Kashmir issue, reports The Times of India. Saeed, named by India as the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks (also known as 26/11), claimed that evidence against him provided by India had been "dismissed" by Pakistani courts. In the four years since the attacks in Mumbai, India "has been unable to provide any evidence against me in connection with the case. The documents provided by India as evidence could not stand in court and were dismissed by Lahore High Court (LHC) as propaganda. A similar case was also made by the Supreme Court," Saeed told the Urdu newspaper Ummat.
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December - 3 
NATO on December 3 expressed readiness for political dialogue and cooperation with Pakistan and stressed the importance of its ties with the country in the fight against “terrorism” as the military alliance prepares the way for its 2014 withdrawal fr
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NATO on December 3 expressed readiness for political dialogue and cooperation with Pakistan and stressed the importance of its ties with the country in the fight against “terrorism” as the military alliance prepares the way for its 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan, reports Daily Times. “Most urgently, we need to remain united to defeat terrorism,” NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen told visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. “At NATO we understand well that Pakistan has paid a high price in these efforts. The alliance stands together with you to combat this scourge,” Rasmussen said in a statement. It is “clear that the pursuit of peace and security in your region is in the interest of the broader international community. That includes peace in Afghanistan, where Pakistan has a particular role to play,” he said.
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December - 3 
Pakistan on December 3 asked Afghanistan to take steps to create conducive conditions for voluntary and dignified return of Afghan refugees to their country, reports Daily Times. This was discussed during a meeting between President Hamid Karzai and
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Pakistan on December 3 asked Afghanistan to take steps to create conducive conditions for voluntary and dignified return of Afghan refugees to their country, reports Daily Times. This was discussed during a meeting between President Hamid Karzai and Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Eng. Shaukatullah, who called on him. The Minister requested President Karzai to appeal Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan to return to their country and play their role in its reconstruction and rebuilding. The Afghan president thanked the people and Government of Pakistan for hosting and assisting million of Afghan refugees for more than three decades. The two sides emphasised the need for further promoting bilateral cooperation in the areas of mutual benefits, said a press release issued from Kabul. The SAFRON minister is on a three-day official visit to Afghanistan. He visited the sites where the returnees from Pakistan are residing. He visited the Kuchi Abad Township in Kabul and held a meeting with the elders of the returnees and listened to their problems.
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December - 3 
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on December 3 reiterated Pakistan’s support to an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led reconciliation process in Afghanistan, reports Daily Times. He made these remarks while commenting on the reconc
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on December 3 reiterated Pakistan’s support to an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led reconciliation process in Afghanistan, reports Daily Times. He made these remarks while commenting on the reconciliation process in Afghanistan during his address to a joint meeting of political and Security Council and the European Union Military Committee in Brussels. Ambassadors and delegations, comprising defence and military officials of 27 EU nations, participated in the interactive event, said an ISPR spokesman. The discussion encompassed situation in Afghanistan and its effects on regional peace and security. General Kayani highlighted Pakistan’s perspective on these issues with particular reference to the nation’s contribution and sacrifices in the war on terror.
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December - 3 
The investigators have fixed responsibility regarding illegal use of mobile phones by Dr Shakil Afridi on two security guards of the Peshawar Central Prison, reports The News. Official sources said that finally two security guards of Dr Shakil Afridi
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The investigators have fixed responsibility regarding illegal use of mobile phones by Dr Shakil Afridi on two security guards of the Peshawar Central Prison, reports The News. Official sources said that finally two security guards of Dr Shakil Afridi were found guilty after investigation by an intelligence agency and the police. However, both the prison cops Khalil and Asif Mughal, hailing from Dera Ismail Khan, are under suspension as the authorities have yet to decide their fate. The remaining four guards were restored on their duties in other places of the prison after being found innocent in the case. The sources close to the investigation process said the convicted Dr Shakil Afridi had used his SIM card for making about 13 calls from his place of detention. He is reported to have made about 58 national and international calls. The Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency unearthed the telephone calls’ case after the American TV channel, Fox News claimed that its correspondent had conducted more than 40-minute interview of Dr Shakil Afridi from the prison.
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December - 3 
The remote-controlled bomb targeted a Police patrol on December 3, killing two officers and injuring two others in Shahabkhel village on the Badhaber suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. “The bomb des
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The remote-controlled bomb targeted a Police patrol on December 3, killing two officers and injuring two others in Shahabkhel village on the Badhaber suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. “The bomb destroyed the police van and killed two policemen,” Imran Shahid, a Senior Police Official said. Zarshed Khan, a bomb disposal expert, said two kilogrammes of explosives were used in the device and that two policemen were also wounded.
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December - 4 
10 persons, including five Policemen, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an abandoned house near the building of Haved Police Station in Bannu District, reports The News. The sources said the Policemen g
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10 persons, including five Policemen, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an abandoned house near the building of Haved Police Station in Bannu District, reports The News. The sources said the Policemen guarding the Police Station opened fire on the vehicle. The suicide bomber, the sources said, panicked and drove his vehicle into the abandoned house situated near the building of the Police Station in Haved village. The boundary wall of the police station, building of the Veterinary Hospital and some houses in the surrounding area were damaged in the blast. Five cops including Station House Officer Gul Nawaz Khan, driver Aurangzeb, Elite Force officials Liaqat Ali and Aurangzeb, Frontier Constabulary personnel Aizazullah and five civilians identified as Abdul Baqi, Ziaullah, Mirjana Bibi, Jehan Noor Bibi and a minor, whose identity could not be confirmed, sustained injuries. The officials of BDS said about 600 kilos explosives had been used in the explosion. Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack. “The TTP would continue attacks on the police as they are the main hurdle in our way,” he stressed.
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December - 4 
a cadre of PST, Zahid Qadri (33) was shot dead near his house at Usmania Colony within the limits of Jamshed Quarters Police Station.
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a cadre of PST, Zahid Qadri (33) was shot dead near his house at Usmania Colony within the limits of Jamshed Quarters Police Station.
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December - 4 
A local leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam - Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Hafiz Mir Wali Khan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Nowshehra town of the same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 4, reports Dawn. Police said that Maulana Hafiz Mir
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A local leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam - Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Hafiz Mir Wali Khan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Nowshehra town of the same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 4, reports Dawn. Police said that Maulana Hafiz Mir Wali Khan was a teacher at Government high school Koterpan and also the administrator of a seminary, Tajdeedul Quran. He was going to the seminary after performing duty at school when the motorcyclists stopped him and opened firing on him.
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December - 4 
a man, Ashfaq was killed and his brother was injured on Airport Road near Askari Park in Quetta. The victims belonged to the Shia Hazara community.
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a man, Ashfaq was killed and his brother was injured on Airport Road near Askari Park in Quetta. The victims belonged to the Shia Hazara community.
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December - 4 
A senior advocate, Masood Abid Naqvi was shot at by some unidentified armed assailants on Farid Kot Road in Mozang Police Station in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab on December 4.
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A senior advocate, Masood Abid Naqvi was shot at by some unidentified armed assailants on Farid Kot Road in Mozang Police Station in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab on December 4.
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December - 4 
A soldier was killed in cross-border firing from Afghanistan at Sheikh Baba check post in the border area of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 4, reports Daily Times. Reports said troops from Afghanistan resorte
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A soldier was killed in cross-border firing from Afghanistan at Sheikh Baba check post in the border area of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 4, reports Daily Times. Reports said troops from Afghanistan resorted to unprovoked firing at Sheikh Baba check post, which left a troop dead. The cross-border firing stopped after retaliation by Pakistani troops, officials said. Security officials said it could not be confirmed if the attack was launched by Afghan National Army or the Afghan Taliban.
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December - 4 
another activist of MQM, identified as Muhammad Siddiq (40) was killed at Gurumandir roundabout within the jurisdiction of Jamshed Quarters Police Station.
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another activist of MQM, identified as Muhammad Siddiq (40) was killed at Gurumandir roundabout within the jurisdiction of Jamshed Quarters Police Station.
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December - 4 
At least four persons, including two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists and a Pakistan Sunni Tehreek (PST) cadre, were killed in separate acts of violence in Karachi on December 4, reports Daily Times. A person, identified as Rehan Khan (3
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At least four persons, including two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists and a Pakistan Sunni Tehreek (PST) cadre, were killed in separate acts of violence in Karachi on December 4, reports Daily Times. A person, identified as Rehan Khan (32), an owner of a printing press also affiliated with MQM, was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants at KMC Market within the limits of Gulbahar Police Station in Nazimabad.
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December - 4 
Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Aslam Raisani, seeming quite annoyed over criticisms of failure to curb worsening law and order situation of the province, offered his office to anybody who could improve law and order situation during the session of B
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Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Aslam Raisani, seeming quite annoyed over criticisms of failure to curb worsening law and order situation of the province, offered his office to anybody who could improve law and order situation during the session of Balochistan Assembly on December 4, reports Daily Times. The CM made this offer during a debate on a resolution, which demanded of the Federal Government to evolve a comprehensive strategy in collaboration with the Provincial Government for restoration of peace in the province and ensure assistance of federal institutions to provincial institutions. The CM expressed his displeasures over some remarks of Jaffar Khan Mandokhel and said, “I challenge Sheikh Jafar Khan Mandokhel or anybody else that if he could improve law and order within three months I would leave chief ministers–ship and go home.” He said that if law and order is worse in the province and people were being abducted for ransom then it was the issue of entire country since such incidents were happening throughout the country. He further said that the Chief Justice of Pakistan should also focus that the law and order situation of Balochistan was worsening not due to Provincial Government rather owing to policies of the Federal Government and foreign interference. He was also of the view that Balochistan had become a battle ground for two ideological rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran who carry out revengeful acts against each other “There is interference of United State of America and India in the province and we cannot blame Afghanistan,”
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December - 4 
Despite concrete evidence gathered against those involved in terrorist acts, conviction rates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) hover at a measly 4%, reports The Express Tribune. Accrued evidence include camera footage and confiscated suicide vests which co
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Despite concrete evidence gathered against those involved in terrorist acts, conviction rates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) hover at a measly 4%, reports The Express Tribune. Accrued evidence include camera footage and confiscated suicide vests which could count as ‘ample proof’ in court, KP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said at the Officer’s Mess following the 153rd cabinet meeting of the KP Government on December 4. Home Secretary Muhammad Azam Khan told the cabinet that the 4% conviction rate of terrorists was surprisingly low. Hussain said a large number of those arrested have been 13 or 14-year-old boys who benefit from being classified as minors under the law. He proposed not treating the minors involved in terrorist activities under the same law. He reiterated that the concerned departments were reviewing the situation to ascertain why terrorists were “escaping” due punishment.
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December - 4 
Families of Baloch missing persons, while speaking about the Supreme Court (SC) hearing on missing persons’ case, said that Baloch families are losing hope in SC as it has failed to curb human rights violations, target killings and abducting of polit
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Families of Baloch missing persons, while speaking about the Supreme Court (SC) hearing on missing persons’ case, said that Baloch families are losing hope in SC as it has failed to curb human rights violations, target killings and abducting of political activists in the Balochistan, reported Daily Times on December 4 (today). They said that the “kill and dump” policy of the forces and secret agencies continues in the province and forced disappearances and target killings of political activists have intensified. They told that in less than a year more than 100 persons have been abducted and 60 mutilated bodies of the disappeared people were dumped on busy streets and known places, and in some cases chits were put in the pockets of the victims who were tortured beyond recognition, which helped identify them. Voice for Baloch Missing Persons Chairman Qadeer Baloch said that it was astonishing for him that not even a havaldar (constable) of the FC or Security Forces was suspended, let alone a brigadier or a colonel. “We would have appreciated if any action was taken against perpetrators by the court,” he said, adding, “The Supreme Court is well aware of ‘death squads’ of Frontier Corps in the province but has still kept silent.” He said even though the Supreme Court in its interim order of October 12, 2012, on Balochistan issue had clearly said there was enough evidence of government agencies’ involvement in unconstitutional activities in Balochistan, but the court has failed to take any practical action against them. Qadeer Baloch said that the extra-judicial killings and abductions of Baloch youth have intensified because of impracticality of the Supreme Court.
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December - 4 
Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik on December 4 demanded Afghanistan to arrest and hand over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Maulvi Fazlullah who, he said, is based in Kunar province, reports Dawn. Addressing a press conference, Malik
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Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik on December 4 demanded Afghanistan to arrest and hand over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Maulvi Fazlullah who, he said, is based in Kunar province, reports Dawn. Addressing a press conference, Malik said the militants are launching attacks on Pakistani villages and security posts along the Pak-Afghan border in Bajaur, Dir and Chitral areas from inside Afghanistan. The Interior Minister said the Afghanistan Government should cooperate in sealing the Pak-Afghan border as it is necessary to control terrorism. Commenting on war against terrorism, Malik said the militants have been defeated and they are on the run now, adding that around forty thousand Pakistani nationals have sacrificed their lives for the cause. Vowing to continue the Government’s efforts against terrorism, he said that all those young man, who have been engaged by the militants, would be given employment opportunities if they end their links with them.
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December - 4 
Four power pylons were blown up near Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex in Kala Dher in Charsadda District while BDS defused another five-kilogram explosive device in the area. The bomb disposal squad officials said that one kilogram explosive device was
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Four power pylons were blown up near Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex in Kala Dher in Charsadda District while BDS defused another five-kilogram explosive device in the area. The bomb disposal squad officials said that one kilogram explosive device was planted at each of the four pylons. Police reached the area soon after the blasts and recovered another five-kilogram remote controlled bomb, planted to target law enforcers. The BDS later defused the bomb safely.
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December - 4 
Gul Ahmed (30) was stabbed to death by unidentified militants at Afghani Camp, Superhighway within the limits of Sohrab Goth Police Station.
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Gul Ahmed (30) was stabbed to death by unidentified militants at Afghani Camp, Superhighway within the limits of Sohrab Goth Police Station.
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December - 4 
KP Police Inspector General (IG) told the cabinet that although there has been an increase in terrorist acts this year, their effectiveness ratio has dwindled as compared to incidents since 2009. “However, incidents targeting police and politicians h
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KP Police Inspector General (IG) told the cabinet that although there has been an increase in terrorist acts this year, their effectiveness ratio has dwindled as compared to incidents since 2009. “However, incidents targeting police and politicians have increased overall,” said Hussain. The IG also said that due to increased planning and a more effective strategy in 2012, the number of police deaths at the hands of terrorists has decreased by 49% and civilian killings by 47%. The ratio of suicide attacks has decreased by 37%, while the ratio of foiling suicide attacks by law enforcement agencies improved by 29%, he added. In total, 73 police personnel have been killed and 218 civilians (108 in Peshawar) died of terrorist acts from January 1 this year till November 31.
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December - 4 
Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants blew up the houses of two peace lashkar (militia) members, Qadir Khan and Jahangir, in Shalobar area of Bara in Khyber Agency, reports Central Asia Online. Sources said dozens of LI militants planted explosives inside t
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Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants blew up the houses of two peace lashkar (militia) members, Qadir Khan and Jahangir, in Shalobar area of Bara in Khyber Agency, reports Central Asia Online. Sources said dozens of LI militants planted explosives inside the houses of the two Shalobar lashkar members and detonated them, administrative official Muhammad Khalid said. "Successive explosions, which were heard far and wide, destroyed most parts of the houses of Qadir Khan and Jahangir, who had vacated their houses some time ago for fear of militant attack," Khalid added. LI recently had warned all peace committee members to break ties with Government-sponsored peace bodies.
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December - 4 
Militants blew up a boys’ primary school at the Tog Sarai School in Hangu town of same District, reports Central Asia Online. Homemade bombs damaged two rooms but killed nobody at the Tog Sarai School, which educates more than 350 students, District
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Militants blew up a boys’ primary school at the Tog Sarai School in Hangu town of same District, reports Central Asia Online. Homemade bombs damaged two rooms but killed nobody at the Tog Sarai School, which educates more than 350 students, District Police Officer Dr. Mian Saeed said. Militants have destroyed 11 schools so far in the District, said District Education Officer Hassan Badshah.
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December - 4 
Muhammad Asif, the brother of Finance Minister Mir Asim Kurd Gailo was shot injured by unidentified armed assailants in Muhammad Asif, the brother of Finance Minister Mir Asim Kurd Gailo was shot injured by unidentified armed assailants in Panjgur to
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Muhammad Asif, the brother of Finance Minister Mir Asim Kurd Gailo was shot injured by unidentified armed assailants in Muhammad Asif, the brother of Finance Minister Mir Asim Kurd Gailo was shot injured by unidentified armed assailants in Panjgur town of same District.
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December - 4 
Security Forces (SFs) foiled a terrorist plan of a suicide attack on an Imambargah, by arresting two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) militants near the Karachi Academy in Azizabad, reports Dawn. According to Police sources, Azizabad Police resorted to counte
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Security Forces (SFs) foiled a terrorist plan of a suicide attack on an Imambargah, by arresting two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) militants near the Karachi Academy in Azizabad, reports Dawn. According to Police sources, Azizabad Police resorted to counter-firing when suspects in a highroof van refused to stop at a security check-point and opened fire on officials near the Karachi Academy in Azizabad. Subsequently, two suspects, Hanif and Chiragh Deen, were arrested with two riffles and a bomb-detonator. However, three others Qari Ghulam, Riaz and Qari Ghulam Akbar managed to escape from the site. Police said the arrested militants belong to the banned LeJ and were trained in Afghanistan’s Qandahar area.
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December - 4 
Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to Secretary Interior Ministry, Sindh Home Secretary, Director General Rangers, Inspector General of Police Sindh, and other law-Enforcers in identical petitions seeking whereabouts of missing persons.
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Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to Secretary Interior Ministry, Sindh Home Secretary, Director General Rangers, Inspector General of Police Sindh, and other law-Enforcers in identical petitions seeking whereabouts of missing persons.
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December - 4 
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) faction leader Mullah Nazir of the Ahmedzai Wazir tribe has ordered all Mehsud tribesmen, including loyalists to the rival Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) led by Hakimullah Mehsud, to leave Wana of South Waziristan i
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) faction leader Mullah Nazir of the Ahmedzai Wazir tribe has ordered all Mehsud tribesmen, including loyalists to the rival Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) led by Hakimullah Mehsud, to leave Wana of South Waziristan in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), by December 5, reports Central Asia Online. Those who fail to leave, and any locals aiding them, will face action, he said. Officials reported that some Mehsud militants have already started vacating. Nazir was injured in a suicide bombing November 29 in Wana that killed at least eight others. The TTP is one rival faction that is suspected of being behind the attack. The TTP, though, said it had nothing to do with the attack, TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said on December 4. He said the TTP and Mullah Nazir faction are ideologically on the same page. Shahid Ali Khan, the assistant political agent for South Waziristan, said officials will be taking care of the law-and-order situation and will protect the civilians in any emergency situation. He also said a peace jirga (tribal council) will be called upon to negotiate between the warring militant factions. Nazir’s warning went out on mosque loudspeakers after a grand jirga of the Nazir group, a 120-member peace committee formed in 2007 and representing the Ahmedzai Wazir clan and the elders of all nine Ahmedzai tribes and their sub-tribes. The jirga convened at the site of the bombing, Rustam Bazaar, December 1 to discuss the situation. The group warned all internally displaced Mehsud tribesmen who had taken refuge from fighting in the Mehsud area between Security Forces and militants to vacate their houses in the Ahmedzai Wazir area.
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December - 4 
The Federal Ministry of Interior, Rehman Malik requested court to grant permission to publish the investigation report of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on December 4 reports Daily Times. The Government says it has already compl
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The Federal Ministry of Interior, Rehman Malik requested court to grant permission to publish the investigation report of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on December 4 reports Daily Times. The Government says it has already completed investigation process and filed the challan in the court. “The prior permission of the court is required to make the report public,” Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. He said the killers of Benazir Bhutto would not be spared and brought to justice. Malik said the investigation document is “very important” as people wanted to know about those who were behind the assassination. He said as part of the probe, former President Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf was written a letter but he hired a lawyer and termed the case “political”.“We had written back that this case is not a political [case],” he added.
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December - 4 
The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since September 11, 2001, a study released by Global Terrorism Index – published on December 4 by the US – and Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace think ta
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The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since September 11, 2001, a study released by Global Terrorism Index – published on December 4 by the US – and Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace think tank said, with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected, reports Daily Times. The number of annual deaths in attacks, however, peaked in 2007 – the height of the Iraq conflict – and has been falling ever since. The survey reported 7,473 fatalities in 2011, 25 percent down on 2007. That figure included dead suicide bombers and other attackers. Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Yemen were the five countries most affected by terrorism in descending order, it said, based on a measure giving weightings to number of attacks, fatalities and injuries and level of property damage. The Global Terrorism Index ranked countries based on data from the Global Terrorism Database run by a consortium based at the University of Maryland, a commonly used reference by security researchers. The US military interventions pursued as part of the West’s anti-al Qaeda “war on terror”, the researchers suggested, may have simply made matters worse – while whether they made the US homeland safer was impossible to prove. “After 9/11, terrorist activity fell back to pre-2000 levels until after the Iraq invasion, and has since escalated dramatically,” Steve Killelea, founder and executive chairman of the Institute for Economics and Peace, told Reuters in an e-mail interview. “Iraq accounts for about a third of all terrorist deaths over the last decade, and Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan account for over 50 percent of fatalities.” The study says terrorism incidents numbered 982 in 2002, causing 3,823 deaths, rising to 4,564 terrorist incidents globally in 2011, resulting in 7,473 deaths. The researchers used the University of Maryland definition of “terrorism”: “the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation”.
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December - 4 
The Supreme Court has formed a commission, headed by Federal Shariat Court Justice Shahzado Sheikh, for fixing the responsibility of Lal Masjid 2007 incident and asked to submit recommendations within 45 days, reports Daily Times. The legal experts b
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The Supreme Court has formed a commission, headed by Federal Shariat Court Justice Shahzado Sheikh, for fixing the responsibility of Lal Masjid 2007 incident and asked to submit recommendations within 45 days, reports Daily Times. The legal experts believe that the SC move to probe the Lal Masjid assault, may also irk Pakistan Army, which conducted the operation in 2007. A three member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhary, has asked the commission to probe the reasons of Lal Masjid incident, how many people including men, women and from law enforcement agencies were killed. It also said that whether the state had paid the compensation to the heirs of killed people, whether the dead bodies were identified and handed over to their heirs, whether the action has been taken against the people who are responsible for the tragedy, whether the people who are responsible for the tragedy could be marked with the available evidences and facts. During the hearing, Islamabad Police officer Tahir Alam submitted a report pertaining to the operation in the court. He said that 103 people were killed in the operation, in which 11 law enforcement agencies, four innocents and 88 terrorists were murdered. To which, the CJP questioned that how Capital Police could declare the 88 deceased as terrorists as it was a one-sided version and no one had proved them terrorists. He said that it should be open in the public that who was the responsible of this incident and if the state could not handle that small issue than what would be the benefit of it.
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December - 4 
Unidentified militants blew up two power pylons in Khairabd area of Nowshehra, reports Dawn. Police said that four remote controlled bombs were planted at the pylons. Three of the bombs exploded that destroyed two power pylons, they added. The fourth
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Unidentified militants blew up two power pylons in Khairabd area of Nowshehra, reports Dawn. Police said that four remote controlled bombs were planted at the pylons. Three of the bombs exploded that destroyed two power pylons, they added. The fourth unexploded bomb was defused by bomb disposal squad (BDS).
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December - 4 
Unidentified militants killed a driver, Muhammad Khalid and injured two others, Qari and Muhammad Faisal in Kanchogi area of Muslim Bagh tehsil (revenue unit) in Quilla Saifullah District on December 4.
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Unidentified militants killed a driver, Muhammad Khalid and injured two others, Qari and Muhammad Faisal in Kanchogi area of Muslim Bagh tehsil (revenue unit) in Quilla Saifullah District on December 4.
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December - 5 
A Government school for boys in Yakaghund tehsil of Mohmand Agency was destroyed in a bomb blast, reports Dawn. No causalities were reported in the incident. Some 113 schools in Mohmand Agency have been destroyed by suspected militants, thus deprivin
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A Government school for boys in Yakaghund tehsil of Mohmand Agency was destroyed in a bomb blast, reports Dawn. No causalities were reported in the incident. Some 113 schools in Mohmand Agency have been destroyed by suspected militants, thus depriving more than 20,000 pupils of their right to basic education. Only six school buildings have been rebuilt so far.
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December - 5 
A man was killed when he stepped over a landmine planted by unknown persons in Chamarkand in Safi tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohmand Agency, reports The News. The sources said that Sheikh Khalifa was coming to Mamogat from Chamarkand when the incident
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A man was killed when he stepped over a landmine planted by unknown persons in Chamarkand in Safi tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohmand Agency, reports The News. The sources said that Sheikh Khalifa was coming to Mamogat from Chamarkand when the incident happened.
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December - 5 
A prayer leader, identified as Peshimam Ahsanullah (38) was shot dead by three armed assailants inside a mosque in Sector 5-C within the remit of the Bilal Colony Police Station of New Karachi on December 5, reports Dawn. One of the assailants, iden
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A prayer leader, identified as Peshimam Ahsanullah (38) was shot dead by three armed assailants inside a mosque in Sector 5-C within the remit of the Bilal Colony Police Station of New Karachi on December 5, reports Dawn. One of the assailants, identified as Mohammad Kashif alias Bilal, was caught by area people when trying to flee told Police. He worked for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and killed the Peshimam because the latter was an ‘informer’. The suspect told Police that he had undergone 21-day militant training at a camp in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was getting PKR 15,000 a month.
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December - 5 
An anti-terrorism court convicted the mastermind of two suicide attacks in Dera Ismail Khan on different counts and sentenced him to 339 years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of PKR 150,000. The court presided over by Mr Khwaja Wajihuddin pronounce
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An anti-terrorism court convicted the mastermind of two suicide attacks in Dera Ismail Khan on different counts and sentenced him to 339 years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of PKR 150,000. The court presided over by Mr Khwaja Wajihuddin pronounced that the prosecution proved the cases against 28-year-old Ahmad Nawaz alias Dhallu, a resident of Dera Ismail Khan. The court also declared five of the absconding accused, Qari Abdul Zahir alias Qari Zafar, Fazalur Rehman, Mohammad Iqbal, Qari Asif and Imran alias Khitab, proclaimed offenders and issued their perpetual arrest warrants.
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December - 5 
At least six militants were killed and eight others sustained bullet injuries when Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants attacked pro-government Lashkar (militia) Tauheedul Islam (TI) post in Bukar area of Zakhakhel in Khyber Agency of Federally Administere
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At least six militants were killed and eight others sustained bullet injuries when Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants attacked pro-government Lashkar (militia) Tauheedul Islam (TI) post in Bukar area of Zakhakhel in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), on December 5, reports The News. The sources said that dozens of LI militants attacked the Satani bunker with heavy and automatic weapons post situated on the Bukar hills top. The gun battle was continued for hours long in which both sides used heavy and automatic weapons. TI volunteers repulsed the attack and killed six LI militants. Eight TI volunteers also sustained injuries.
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December - 5 
At least three militants, identified as Hakim Shahsawar, Rasool Bukhsh and Maula Bukhsh, were killed in an exchange of fire with FC in the Gebon area of Turbat District on December 5.
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At least three militants, identified as Hakim Shahsawar, Rasool Bukhsh and Maula Bukhsh, were killed in an exchange of fire with FC in the Gebon area of Turbat District on December 5.
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December - 5 
At least three militants, identified as Hakim Shahsawar, Rasool Bukhsh and Maula Bukhsh, were killed in an exchange of fire with Frontier Corps (FC) in the Gebon area of Turbat District on December 5, reports Daily Times. Two militants were arrested
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At least three militants, identified as Hakim Shahsawar, Rasool Bukhsh and Maula Bukhsh, were killed in an exchange of fire with Frontier Corps (FC) in the Gebon area of Turbat District on December 5, reports Daily Times. Two militants were arrested in the incident.
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December - 5 
Frontier Corps of Balochistan (FCB) recovered five kilogrammes of explosives, a sub-machine gun, four magazines, 91 rounds and a remote-controlled device from Piropoll area in Dera Murad Jamali District. Two perpetrators escaped from the scene and tw
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Frontier Corps of Balochistan (FCB) recovered five kilogrammes of explosives, a sub-machine gun, four magazines, 91 rounds and a remote-controlled device from Piropoll area in Dera Murad Jamali District. Two perpetrators escaped from the scene and two others were arrested.
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December - 5 
Hearing the Balochistan target killing case, the Supreme Court (SC) said that the Provincial Government is ruling at its own risk on December 5, reports Daily Times. A three-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, said th
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Hearing the Balochistan target killing case, the Supreme Court (SC) said that the Provincial Government is ruling at its own risk on December 5, reports Daily Times. A three-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, said the Government is responsible for providing security to people but federal and Provincial Governments have failed to do so. “Those who are responsible will be held accountable according to law and constitution,” the court ruled.
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December - 5 
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam - Fazl (JUI-F) expressed concern over closure of roads to different villages in Khyber Agency due to military operation and demanded of the Government to stop the operation and ensure supply of food, medicines and other necessary
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Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam - Fazl (JUI-F) expressed concern over closure of roads to different villages in Khyber Agency due to military operation and demanded of the Government to stop the operation and ensure supply of food, medicines and other necessary items to the residents. Speaking at a press conference at Peshawar Press Club, JUI-F’s Khyber Agency Naib Amir Haji Shamsuddin said that patients had been dying due to restriction on movement of people. Referring to problems being faced by residents of Tirah valley due to prolonged curfews, he said that they had been forced to keep their movement to their localities and they were not allowed to keep contact with rest of the country.
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December - 5 
Karachi Police recovered 65 mobile vans reports Daily Times. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sindh, Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari instructed that such vehicles be equipped with the surveillance cameras at the earliest so that these could be used for mo
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Karachi Police recovered 65 mobile vans reports Daily Times. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sindh, Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari instructed that such vehicles be equipped with the surveillance cameras at the earliest so that these could be used for monitoring those areas in the city which are not covered by the Command and Control Centre.
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December - 5 
Police arrested two militants in Matta area in Swat District, reports The News. Police said that two militants identified as Naimat Ali and Gul Nazim had been arrested on a checkpoint in Matta. The arrested militants were wanted to the Police in terr
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Police arrested two militants in Matta area in Swat District, reports The News. Police said that two militants identified as Naimat Ali and Gul Nazim had been arrested on a checkpoint in Matta. The arrested militants were wanted to the Police in terrorism-related incidents in Swat District.
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December - 5 
Police Constable was shot dead on Gachero link road in Karachi in the night of December 5. Police said one Nisar Ahmed Bughio and his son were going in a car to their native Phull Bhugio village. When they reached Gachero link road, near the Moro byp
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Police Constable was shot dead on Gachero link road in Karachi in the night of December 5. Police said one Nisar Ahmed Bughio and his son were going in a car to their native Phull Bhugio village. When they reached Gachero link road, near the Moro bypass, four gunmen tried to stop their car and opened fire on it. On hearing the gunshot, constables Ghulam Mohammad Korie, resident of Moro, and Yaqeen Ali Mangenhar posted on the bypass rushed to the spot. In the ensuing encounter, Constable Ghulam Muhammad and Nisar Ahmed Bhugio were wounded. Ghulam Mohammad died later.
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December - 5 
Police on December 5 arrested 61 accused, including 15 proclaimed offenders, during raids in the provincial metropolis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, reports Dawn. A Police spokesman said that Police had arrested the accused during night raids and
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Police on December 5 arrested 61 accused, including 15 proclaimed offenders, during raids in the provincial metropolis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, reports Dawn. A Police spokesman said that Police had arrested the accused during night raids and also recovered 23 pistols, two rifles and contraband from their possession.
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December - 5 
Police thwarted a major terrorism bid as it confiscated a truck loaded with explosives in a raid at a godown at Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the night of December 5, Daily Times reported. The Police on a tip-off raided a
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Police thwarted a major terrorism bid as it confiscated a truck loaded with explosives in a raid at a godown at Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the night of December 5, Daily Times reported. The Police on a tip-off raided a warehouse in the Chamkani area of Peshawar. During the raid, 31,000-metre prima card, 150 bags of chemicals, wireless receivers and sets, remotes and batteries were recovered.
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December - 5 
Stressing on a collective effort for peace in Karachi, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif said that the political parties with militant wings are involved in unrest of the city and are also part of the Government on December
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Stressing on a collective effort for peace in Karachi, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif said that the political parties with militant wings are involved in unrest of the city and are also part of the Government on December 5, reports Daily Times. Answering different queries regarding daily bases target killing in Karachi, Nawaz Sharif said that the Supreme Court (SC) in its verdict had named the parties having militant wings but these parties are sitting in the coalition Government so how the situation of Karachi could improve under these conditions.
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December - 5 
The Lahore High Court on December 5 adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jamaat-u-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed seeking Government assistance in his defence in a US court hearing a lawsuit moved by relatives
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The Lahore High Court on December 5 adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jamaat-u-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed seeking Government assistance in his defence in a US court hearing a lawsuit moved by relatives of Americans killed in the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai attacks, reports The Express Tribune. The court adjourned the hearing because amicus curie (friend of the court) Advocate Ahmar Bilal Sufi was out of the country and unable to attend. The hearing will resume on December 31. At the last hearing, the court had sought a reply to the petition from the Ministry of Defence. Saeed in his petition has said that the Government had announced on December 31, 2010, shortly after the lawsuit was filed in the US, that it would defend then Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General Pasha in court. Saeed said that under Article 25 of the Constitution, all citizens were equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law, so the Government should also defend him in the US court. The plaintiffs in the US court have filed nine claims, seeking a total of USD 675,000 (PKR 65.27 million), against Saeed, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Azam Cheema and Sajid Majid, of the LeT, as well as former ISI chiefs Lieutenant General Nadeem Taj and Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha and alleged ISI members Major Iqbal and Major Sameer Ali. They are alleged to have provided material support to the Mumbai attackers.
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December - 5 
The Mehsud elders have requested the political administration to extend the deadline set for expulsion of the tribe from South Waziristan Agency. Scores of Mehsud elders submitted a written application with political agent of South Waziristan Agency
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The Mehsud elders have requested the political administration to extend the deadline set for expulsion of the tribe from South Waziristan Agency. Scores of Mehsud elders submitted a written application with political agent of South Waziristan Agency through the assistant political agent, seeking extension in the December 5 deadline, which expired on Wednesday. In the application the tribal elders said that thousands of Mehsuds were residing in South Waziristan and their expulsion in such a short span of time was not possible. They said that sufficient time should be given to them to leave the area.
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December - 5 
three soldiers were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in a suicide blast near the Ziari Noor Camp on the Angoor Adda Road in South Waziristan Agency. The sources said that two suicide bombers detonated their explosive-laden vehicle after they w
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three soldiers were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in a suicide blast near the Ziari Noor Camp on the Angoor Adda Road in South Waziristan Agency. The sources said that two suicide bombers detonated their explosive-laden vehicle after they were stopped for checking by the soldiers at the checkpoint, some 100 metres away from Ziari Noor Camp on Angoor Adda Road. Three soldiers were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in the blast, the sources said, adding that 16 soldiers were injured when some of the residential quarters collapsed due to the intensity of the blast.
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December - 5 
Two persons, identified as Muhammad Iqbal and Abdul Khaliq, were killed when their vehicle rolled on a landmine in Kohlu District.
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Two persons, identified as Muhammad Iqbal and Abdul Khaliq, were killed when their vehicle rolled on a landmine in Kohlu District.
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December - 5 
Two persons, including a Policeman, were shot injured in firing incident in Quetta.
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Two persons, including a Policeman, were shot injured in firing incident in Quetta.
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December - 6 
21 suspects, including a target killer, were arrested following an encounter by the Sohrab Goth Police in Karachi. The officials also recovered three repeaters, six TT pistols, 12 kilograms of chars, two rickshaws and six motorcycles from their posse
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21 suspects, including a target killer, were arrested following an encounter by the Sohrab Goth Police in Karachi. The officials also recovered three repeaters, six TT pistols, 12 kilograms of chars, two rickshaws and six motorcycles from their possession. After receiving information about the whereabouts of the target killer involved in more than 50 murder cases a Police team raided his hideout in Indus Society on Super Highway. On seeing the Police, the suspects opened fire, which was replayed by the Police, leading to an encounter. After an hour-long shootout, the Police arrested the target killer, Ahmed Zia, in an injured condition, while his 10 accomplices managed to flee. During the search operation, the police held another 20 suspects.
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December - 6 
A cache of arms, ammunition and explosives were seized during a routine checking of vehicles at the entry point of Ghotki District, reports Dawn. The seized cache included six suicide jackets, 39 launchers, a rocket, three Kalashnikov rifles, 62 hand
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A cache of arms, ammunition and explosives were seized during a routine checking of vehicles at the entry point of Ghotki District, reports Dawn. The seized cache included six suicide jackets, 39 launchers, a rocket, three Kalashnikov rifles, 62 hand-grenades, detonators, a pistol and three rolls of wire. The cache was recovered from a truck coming from Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and was destined to Karachi.
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December - 6 
A complete shutter-down strike was observed in various Baloch dominated Districts of Balochistan on December 6 against the killing of three alleged militants by Frontier Corps (FC) in the Gebon area of Turbat District on December 5, reports Daily Tim
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A complete shutter-down strike was observed in various Baloch dominated Districts of Balochistan on December 6 against the killing of three alleged militants by Frontier Corps (FC) in the Gebon area of Turbat District on December 5, reports Daily Times. The Baloch National Front (BNF), an alliance of several nationalist parties, had given the strike call to condemn the killing.
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December - 6 
A dead body, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found on Abul Hasan Ispahani Road in Karachi. The victim had been shot in the head, the officials said, adding that the body also bore torture marks.
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A dead body, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found on Abul Hasan Ispahani Road in Karachi. The victim had been shot in the head, the officials said, adding that the body also bore torture marks.
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December - 6 
Four suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a house in Mir Ali tehsil (revenue unit) of North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 6, reports Dawn. Local people said missiles hit t
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Four suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a house in Mir Ali tehsil (revenue unit) of North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 6, reports Dawn. Local people said missiles hit the house of one Shaheedullah in the Mubarak Shahi village at around 5am, killing four suspects. The house was destroyed. A security official in Miranshah confirmed the air strike and casualties. The identities of the militants remain unclear, but the area is dominated by militant ‘commander’ Hafiz Gul Bahadur.
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December - 6 
In the Agency, the security officials closed the crossing at Torkham border, two hours ahead of its scheduled time, and arrested at least 30 suspects during checking. Twenty of the arrested men were later released after initial investigations. Offici
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In the Agency, the security officials closed the crossing at Torkham border, two hours ahead of its scheduled time, and arrested at least 30 suspects during checking. Twenty of the arrested men were later released after initial investigations. Officials said that the border was closed at around 5pm after they received a high alert order from the high-ups. In routine, the border is closed at 7pm.
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December - 6 
Margalla and Shalimar Police Stations arrested a total of 24 suspects during search operations in their respective areas, the Police spokesman said, according to The News. The search operation was conducted in various places, including slums, Afghan
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Margalla and Shalimar Police Stations arrested a total of 24 suspects during search operations in their respective areas, the Police spokesman said, according to The News. The search operation was conducted in various places, including slums, Afghan habitats, under-construction buildings, houses and hotels.
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December - 6 
One of the persons injured in the suicide blast at a mourning procession taken out from the Imambargah (Shia place of commemoration) Qasar-e-Shabbir in Dhok Syedan area on Misrial Road in Rawalpindi District in the night of November 21, succumbed to
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One of the persons injured in the suicide blast at a mourning procession taken out from the Imambargah (Shia place of commemoration) Qasar-e-Shabbir in Dhok Syedan area on Misrial Road in Rawalpindi District in the night of November 21, succumbed to his injuries on December 6 raising the death toll to 21, reports Dawn. As reported earlier, at least 20 mourners, including two minors, were killed and more than 30, including three Police personnel and five children, were wounded in the blast.
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December - 6 
One person, identified as 24-year-old Bilal Madni, was shot dead under a bridge in Nazimabad in Karachi on December 6.
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One person, identified as 24-year-old Bilal Madni, was shot dead under a bridge in Nazimabad in Karachi on December 6.
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December - 6 
Security Forces defused an explosive device along with two mortar shells, planted along the roadside in Sheikhwal area of Landi Kotal in Khyber Agency. Officials said that the explosives were planted along the road to target security forces and NATO
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Security Forces defused an explosive device along with two mortar shells, planted along the roadside in Sheikhwal area of Landi Kotal in Khyber Agency. Officials said that the explosives were planted along the road to target security forces and NATO vehicles.
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December - 6 
Security officials on December 6 closed the crossing at Torkham border, two hours ahead of its scheduled time, and arrested at least 30 suspects during checking, reported Dawn. Twenty of the arrested men were later released after initial investigatio
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Security officials on December 6 closed the crossing at Torkham border, two hours ahead of its scheduled time, and arrested at least 30 suspects during checking, reported Dawn. Twenty of the arrested men were later released after initial investigations. Officials said that the border was closed at around 5pm after they received a high alert order from the high-ups. In routine, the border is closed at 7pm.
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December - 6 
soon after the Frontier Corps (FC) vacated two check posts in Akakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency on December 6, the militants came to the area and blew up an overhead tank at one of the abandoned check posts. Similarly, the militants plunde
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soon after the Frontier Corps (FC) vacated two check posts in Akakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency on December 6, the militants came to the area and blew up an overhead tank at one of the abandoned check posts. Similarly, the militants plundered the gates and furniture from the Government Middle School for Boys in Gandaw area of Sepah in the same tehsil, where also the FC had vacated one check post. The FC abandoned these check posts and returned to its nearby bases. An unnamed security official confirmed the vacation of the posts by the FC and said it was just relocation and adjustment of the posts. He added that relocation was not an unusual step by the force and was done as part of the overall security plan.
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December - 6 
The FC personnel claimed that during a raid at a house in the Gebon area, some 20 kilometers away from Turbat city, they had killed three alleged militants and arrested two others following an exchange of fire. Sources, however, said that relatives o
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The FC personnel claimed that during a raid at a house in the Gebon area, some 20 kilometers away from Turbat city, they had killed three alleged militants and arrested two others following an exchange of fire. Sources, however, said that relatives of the three deceased, Hakim Shahsawar, Rasool Bukhsh and Maula Bukhsh, insisted that they were unarmed and were asleep when they were targeted.
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December - 6 
The Shalober Amn (peace) Committee volunteers clashed with the militants in Qamberabad area of Bara, The News reported. The peace body claimed to have killed two militants in the clash but this could not be verified from militant and independent sour
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The Shalober Amn (peace) Committee volunteers clashed with the militants in Qamberabad area of Bara, The News reported. The peace body claimed to have killed two militants in the clash but this could not be verified from militant and independent sources.
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December - 6 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is preparing for a leadership change which could see more moderate deputy leader of the group, Waliur Rehman, likely to succeed Hakimullah Mehsud, whose extreme violence has alienated enough of his fighters to sig
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is preparing for a leadership change which could see more moderate deputy leader of the group, Waliur Rehman, likely to succeed Hakimullah Mehsud, whose extreme violence has alienated enough of his fighters to significantly weaken him, military sources told Reuters, Daily Times reported on December 7. An unnamed senior Pakistan Army official based in the South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the group’s stronghold, said that Mehsud, who led the TTP for the last three years, has lost operational control of the movement and the trust of his fighters. “Rehman is fast emerging as a consensus candidate to formally replace Hakimullah. Now we may see the brutal commander replaced by a more pragmatic one for whom reconciliation with the Pakistani government has become a priority.” The change of leadership could mean less violence against the state but more attacks against US-led forces in Afghanistan.
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December - 6 
Two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists were shot dead in the remit of the Napier Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports Dawn. Police said that the two men were passing through the Old Haji Camp on Syed Mehmood Shah
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Two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists were shot dead in the remit of the Napier Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports Dawn. Police said that the two men were passing through the Old Haji Camp on Syed Mehmood Shah Road on a motorbike when they were targeted in a drive-by shooting. The victims were identified as Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Owais, MQM activists of the party’s Lyari sector.
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December - 7 
A man, identified as Jahanzeb, was killed in Gulshan-i-Maymar’s Jhanjhar Goth. Another man was gunned shot dead in Manghopir.
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A man, identified as Jahanzeb, was killed in Gulshan-i-Maymar’s Jhanjhar Goth. Another man was gunned shot dead in Manghopir.
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December - 7 
A Police official, Sub-Inspector (SI) Manzoor Hussain, was killed in Pishin and three people suffered bullet injuries near Sub-jail of Pishin town of same District in Balochistan on December 7, reports Dawn. Gunmen riding a motorcycle attacked Sub-In
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A Police official, Sub-Inspector (SI) Manzoor Hussain, was killed in Pishin and three people suffered bullet injuries near Sub-jail of Pishin town of same District in Balochistan on December 7, reports Dawn. Gunmen riding a motorcycle attacked Sub-Inspector Manzoor Hussain near Sub-jail Pishin. He received several bullets and died while being taken to hospital. “It could be an incident of targeted killing on sectarian grounds as the deceased belonged to Shia community,” a Police official said. The slain official is a native of Kabirwala in Punjab. Last month, Sub-Inspector Mujahid Hussain was gunned down in Pishin.
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December - 7 
Five persons were injured when an explosion occurred at Jan Mohammad Road in Quetta. The exact nature of the blast could not be ascertained as yet.
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Five persons were injured when an explosion occurred at Jan Mohammad Road in Quetta. The exact nature of the blast could not be ascertained as yet.
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December - 7 
In separate incidents of firing, at least four people were injured in Clifton, Korangi and Kati Pahari areas.
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In separate incidents of firing, at least four people were injured in Clifton, Korangi and Kati Pahari areas.
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December - 7 
Police and the Bomb Disposable Squad on December 7 foiling an attempt of terrorist attack, defused a seven-kilogramme bomb planted near Oskai checkpost in Lower Dir area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports Daily Times. The Police officials said that
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Police and the Bomb Disposable Squad on December 7 foiling an attempt of terrorist attack, defused a seven-kilogramme bomb planted near Oskai checkpost in Lower Dir area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports Daily Times. The Police officials said that remote control bomb was prepared locally, as the explosive material was packed in a bucket, concealed in a sack and planted near the checkpost. The Police taking action on a tip off reached on the spot along with bomb disposable squad and defused it successfully.
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December - 7 
Police recovered 6,000kg of chemicals being used in making explosives as well as illegal wireless devices during a raid on a warehouse in Chamkani area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, reports Central Asia Online. Police raided the godown w
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Police recovered 6,000kg of chemicals being used in making explosives as well as illegal wireless devices during a raid on a warehouse in Chamkani area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, reports Central Asia Online. Police raided the godown while acting on a tip and found the explosives in a truck, Deputy Superintendent of Police Waqar Ahmad said. The officers also recovered a wireless base set, 52 receivers, prima cord (wire) and safety fuses in the truck, he said. Police arrested the owner of the warehouse, but the individual running the warehouse escaped.
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December - 7 
Seven persons killed and at least four injured on December 7 as the wave of violence and killings continued in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports Dawn. Sporadic firing by unknown miscreants took lives of two persons in Machar Colony an
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Seven persons killed and at least four injured on December 7 as the wave of violence and killings continued in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports Dawn. Sporadic firing by unknown miscreants took lives of two persons in Machar Colony and Orangi Town’s Sabri Chowk areas.
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December - 7 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has set up a page on Facebook to recruit enthusiasts to write for a quarterly magazine and to edit video, spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan confirmed on December 7, reports Daily Times. The Umar Media TTP page, which has
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has set up a page on Facebook to recruit enthusiasts to write for a quarterly magazine and to edit video, spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan confirmed on December 7, reports Daily Times. The Umar Media TTP page, which has more than 270 likes, appears to have been created in September and have just a handful of messages written in English. “Umar Media is proud to announce online jobs opportunities (sic),” says the first post on the networking website, written on October 25. “Job description (sic) is video editing, translations, sharing, uploading, downloading and collection of required data,” it says, giving an email address and asking readers to “plz spread it. This Facebook account may be deleted.” TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan confirmed to AFP by telephone that the faction was “temporarily” using the page “to fulfil its requirements” before launching its own website. US-based organisation SITE Intelligence Group says the TTP uses Facebook as “a recruitment centre”. “Through its official media arm, Umar Media, the TTP has taken to Facebook to recruit contributors for their media work and the group’s forthcoming publication ‘Ayah-E-Khilafat’ (Sign of the Caliphate),” it said in a statement.
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December - 7 
Three bodies were recovered from a rickshaw in Garden’s area. Police reports said that the rickshaw was stolen from Nabi Bhaksh locality a day ago and the deceased were kidnapped before being shot dead. However, all three men were yet to be identifie
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Three bodies were recovered from a rickshaw in Garden’s area. Police reports said that the rickshaw was stolen from Nabi Bhaksh locality a day ago and the deceased were kidnapped before being shot dead. However, all three men were yet to be identified.
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December - 7 
Three persons, Mohammad Islam, Mohammad Hussain and Sajjad, were injured when armed men on a motorbike opened fire on them in Panjgur town of same District.
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Three persons, Mohammad Islam, Mohammad Hussain and Sajjad, were injured when armed men on a motorbike opened fire on them in Panjgur town of same District.
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December - 8 
A Police Constable (PC) Saqib Zuberi, was killed by unidentified armed assailants in Aziz Bhatti area.
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A Police Constable (PC) Saqib Zuberi, was killed by unidentified armed assailants in Aziz Bhatti area.
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December - 8 
A woman belonged to Bohra community, identified as Munira Banu, was killed in Sadder area under Sadder Police Station.
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A woman belonged to Bohra community, identified as Munira Banu, was killed in Sadder area under Sadder Police Station.
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December - 8 
Another worker affiliated with MQM, was shot dead in Jahangirabad area under Rizvi Police Station.
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Another worker affiliated with MQM, was shot dead in Jahangirabad area under Rizvi Police Station.
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December - 8 
Rangers Sindh carried out a targeted operation in Bilal Colony area of Korangi, arresting 15 suspects, including three wanted criminals, reports Daily Times. A spokesman for the paramilitary force said that the Rangers had also arrested two dozen sus
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Rangers Sindh carried out a targeted operation in Bilal Colony area of Korangi, arresting 15 suspects, including three wanted criminals, reports Daily Times. A spokesman for the paramilitary force said that the Rangers had also arrested two dozen suspects, including a target killer and an arms supplier, from Surjani and Ghas Mandi areas. The spokesman added that a Sub-Machine Gun (SMG), an MP-5 rifle and 19 other fire arms with satellite phone and telescope were recovered from the possession of suspects during the operation.
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December - 8 
The body of a young man was found from bushes within the limits of Malir Cantonment Police Station. Police believe that the victim was abducted and later shot dead.
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The body of a young man was found from bushes within the limits of Malir Cantonment Police Station. Police believe that the victim was abducted and later shot dead.
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December - 8 
Unidentified gunman on December 8 killed two activists of Mutthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in different parts of the city, reports Daily Times. In the first incident, an activist of MQM, Muhammad Abid (40), was killed near Gol market situated in Paposh
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Unidentified gunman on December 8 killed two activists of Mutthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in different parts of the city, reports Daily Times. In the first incident, an activist of MQM, Muhammad Abid (40), was killed near Gol market situated in Paposh Nagar under Nazimabad Police Station.
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December - 9 
A person, identified as Mairaj Qureshi (30), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in New Karachi area on December 9.
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A person, identified as Mairaj Qureshi (30), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in New Karachi area on December 9.
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December - 9 
A security man was killed and his colleague received injuries when they tried to defuse a bomb in Sheen Qamar area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency, reports Dawn. Officials said that soldier Hashim Khan and his colleague Zafar Ali spotted a bomb along
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A security man was killed and his colleague received injuries when they tried to defuse a bomb in Sheen Qamar area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency, reports Dawn. Officials said that soldier Hashim Khan and his colleague Zafar Ali spotted a bomb along the road during routine patrol in Sheen Qamar area. They were trying to detach the wires of the bomb when it went off, killing Hashim Khan on the spot and injuring Zafar Ali.
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December - 9 
A US drone attack killed four militants, including a senior al Qaeda ‘commander’ Muhammad Ahmed Almansoor, in Tappi village in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 9, reports Daily Times. The drone fir
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A US drone attack killed four militants, including a senior al Qaeda ‘commander’ Muhammad Ahmed Almansoor, in Tappi village in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 9, reports Daily Times. The drone fired missiles at a house with Almansoor inside, destroying two rooms and a car. Four drones were seen flying over the area during the attack, residents and Government officials said. Military intelligence official sources said that it’s the second al Qaeda leader to be killed in strikes by the unmanned aircraft in three days. A similar attack on December 6 in North Waziristan killed another senior al Qaeda commander, Abu Zaid, who replaced Abu Yahya al-Libi as one of the militant group’s most powerful figures, intelligence sources said.
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December - 9 
Hundreds of people, including local residents, ulema and students of religious seminaries, staged a protest demonstration at the 9th Avenue Chowk Islamabad, on December 9, demanding registration of an FIR against Dr Iftikhar Khan, a writer, under Bla
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Hundreds of people, including local residents, ulema and students of religious seminaries, staged a protest demonstration at the 9th Avenue Chowk Islamabad, on December 9, demanding registration of an FIR against Dr Iftikhar Khan, a writer, under Blasphemy law, reports Daily Times. Dr Khan has been accused by his nephew, Shaikh Usman, a resident of Rawalpindi, of writing objectionable comments in his book on Islam. Earlier, accompanied by local residents and clerics, Usman made repeated visits of sector 1-9 Police Station asking the police to lodge an FIR against Dr Khan. But the Police said they would not register a case without investigating the allegation. However, they said the writing of Dr Khan could be interpreted as blasphemous.
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December - 9 
the body of one of the two abducted soldiers of the Frontier Corps (FC) was found on the Miranshah-Ghulam Khan Road. The two soldiers, Havaldar Adil Hussain and Sepoy Niaz Ali, were abducted by unidentified militants in an attack on their checkpoint
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the body of one of the two abducted soldiers of the Frontier Corps (FC) was found on the Miranshah-Ghulam Khan Road. The two soldiers, Havaldar Adil Hussain and Sepoy Niaz Ali, were abducted by unidentified militants in an attack on their checkpoint in Ghulam Khan Tehsil (revenue unit) of North Waziristan Agency on December 7. The body of Havaldar Adil Hussain was found on the Miranshah-Ghulam Khan Road.
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December - 9 
The Governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have reaffirmed their commitment that voluntary and dignified repatriation is the best solution to end protracted Afghan refugee situation in Pakis
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The Governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have reaffirmed their commitment that voluntary and dignified repatriation is the best solution to end protracted Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan, during the 22nd Tripartite Commission meeting on December 9, reports Daily Times. The participants of the Tripartite Commission meeting supported and emphasised the proposal to enhance assistance for voluntarily returns from $150 to $200. Afghan Minister, Dr Anwary said, “The Government of Afghanistan supports the dignified and voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees, and recognises the need to increase efforts to facilitate voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan.” UNHCR’s representative, Neill Wright said, “Efforts should be made to ensure that the Afghan refugee issue is not politicized,” There are 1.66 million registered Afghans currently living in Pakistan. This year, nearly 83,000 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan under the UNHCR facilitated voluntary return programme from Pakistan and Iran.
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December - 9 
The office of an international NGO, Marie Stopes Society (MMS), was damaged in a blast in Swabi town of same District, reports Dawn. The office is located a few yards away from the offices of District Coordination Officer and District Police Officer
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The office of an international NGO, Marie Stopes Society (MMS), was damaged in a blast in Swabi town of same District, reports Dawn. The office is located a few yards away from the offices of District Coordination Officer and District Police Officer on Swabi-Topi Road. Officials said that the explosive material weighing at least five kilogram was packed in a canister and left outside the main gate of MSS office. The explosive material went off at around 5:20am and damaged the main gate and boundary wall of the office, they added.
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December - 9 
The Principal of Al Salfia Residential College, identified as Habibullah Mujahid, who had been missing on July 26 2012, on Airport Road of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, returned home on December 9.
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The Principal of Al Salfia Residential College, identified as Habibullah Mujahid, who had been missing on July 26 2012, on Airport Road of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, returned home on December 9.
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December - 9 
Unidentified assailants shot dead five persons and injured three others near Shaikh Yousaf Chowk in Dera Ismail Khan town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 9, reports Daily Times. According to the local Police, armed assailants attac
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Unidentified assailants shot dead five persons and injured three others near Shaikh Yousaf Chowk in Dera Ismail Khan town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 9, reports Daily Times. According to the local Police, armed assailants attacked a vehicle near Shaikh Yousaf Chowk while it was on its way to Dera Ismail Khan from Bannu Road, killing five and injuring three in the post-dawn attack.
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December - 10 
A Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) official, identified as Syed Ali Abbas (35) was killed by two unidentified armed assailants in Khajji Ground in the precincts of Rizvia Police Station.
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A Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) official, identified as Syed Ali Abbas (35) was killed by two unidentified armed assailants in Khajji Ground in the precincts of Rizvia Police Station.
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December - 10 
A man belonging to Hindu community, identified as Aakash (23) was shot dead in Hasan Owlia village within the limits of Pak Colony Police Station.
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A man belonging to Hindu community, identified as Aakash (23) was shot dead in Hasan Owlia village within the limits of Pak Colony Police Station.
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December - 10 
A man, Hajan (35), a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist was killed in Quaidabad area within the precincts of Shah Latif Police Station. Victim was activist of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
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A man, Hajan (35), a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist was killed in Quaidabad area within the precincts of Shah Latif Police Station. Victim was activist of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
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December - 10 
A man, identified as Imdadullah, was killed and two others, a prayer leader Maulana Rashid Ahmed Sherodi and Zainul Abidin, were injured in a remote-controlled blast in Kechibaig area of Sariab in Quetta, the Provincial capital of Balochistan on Dece
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A man, identified as Imdadullah, was killed and two others, a prayer leader Maulana Rashid Ahmed Sherodi and Zainul Abidin, were injured in a remote-controlled blast in Kechibaig area of Sariab in Quetta, the Provincial capital of Balochistan on December 10.
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December - 10 
A man, Zaheer was shot dead and Hashim was shot injured in Orangi Town within the limits of Iqbal Market Police Station.
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A man, Zaheer was shot dead and Hashim was shot injured in Orangi Town within the limits of Iqbal Market Police Station.
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December - 10 
A man, Zahid (32) was shot dead and his friend Humayun was injured in Garden area in Garden Police Station. Victims were activist of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
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A man, Zahid (32) was shot dead and his friend Humayun was injured in Garden area in Garden Police Station. Victims were activist of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
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December - 10 
A person, identified as Nadeem (40) was shot dead at Usmania Colony in Jamsheed Quarters Police Station.
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A person, identified as Nadeem (40) was shot dead at Usmania Colony in Jamsheed Quarters Police Station.
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December - 10 
A person, identified as Sami Shahzad Masi (34), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in Sharifabad.
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A person, identified as Sami Shahzad Masi (34), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in Sharifabad.
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December - 10 
A Police Constable, Altaf who had sustained injury in a firing incident on December 5, 2012, died at the Combined Military Hospital in Quetta on December 11, reports The News. The victim belonged to the Hazara community.
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A Police Constable, Altaf who had sustained injury in a firing incident on December 5, 2012, died at the Combined Military Hospital in Quetta on December 11, reports The News. The victim belonged to the Hazara community.
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December - 10 
A Policeman, Saqib Zubairi, was shot dead near Baitul Mukaram Mosque situated in Gulshan-e-Iqbal in Aziz Bhatti Police Station.
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A Policeman, Saqib Zubairi, was shot dead near Baitul Mukaram Mosque situated in Gulshan-e-Iqbal in Aziz Bhatti Police Station.
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December - 10 
A suspected terrorist recorded his confessional statement before the court of a judicial magistrate in the Orangi Town twin blasts case reports Dawn. At least two people were killed and over a dozen others were injured in the explosions at an hour-lo
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A suspected terrorist recorded his confessional statement before the court of a judicial magistrate in the Orangi Town twin blasts case reports Dawn. At least two people were killed and over a dozen others were injured in the explosions at an hour-long interval outside an Imambargah in Orangi Town on November 21, 2012.
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December - 10 
an activist of MQM, identified as Nadeem Abbasi (38), belonged to Shia community, was killed by unidentified armed assailants in Jamshed Quarters area within the precincts of Jamshed Quarters Police Station.
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an activist of MQM, identified as Nadeem Abbasi (38), belonged to Shia community, was killed by unidentified armed assailants in Jamshed Quarters area within the precincts of Jamshed Quarters Police Station.
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December - 10 
At least 10 persons, including two Rangers personnel, a Bomb Disposal Squad Official and a Policeman, were killed in separate acts of violence on December 10, reports Daily Times. Two Rangers personnel, identified as Hatim and Enayat were killed whil
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At least 10 persons, including two Rangers personnel, a Bomb Disposal Squad Official and a Policeman, were killed in separate acts of violence on December 10, reports Daily Times. Two Rangers personnel, identified as Hatim and Enayat were killed while two traffic constables and a passerby were injured by two unidentified armed assailants at a temporary checkpost situated at Super Highway in the precincts of Sachal Police Station.
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December - 10 
At least five persons, including an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were killed in separate acts of targeted violence in Karachi on December 11, reports Daily Times. Two persons, Nadeem (42) and Aslam Qiamkhani (40) were killed by unident
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At least five persons, including an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were killed in separate acts of targeted violence in Karachi on December 11, reports Daily Times. Two persons, Nadeem (42) and Aslam Qiamkhani (40) were killed by unidentified armed assailants in near Allah Wala Chowk within the jurisdiction of Bilal Colony Police Station. Police said that victims were affiliated with a local weekly newspaper.
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December - 10 
Body of a young man was found from Sarmast Bazaar in the precincts of Shershah Police Station.
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Body of a young man was found from Sarmast Bazaar in the precincts of Shershah Police Station.
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December - 10 
Chief Justice (CJ) of Balochistan High Court (BHC), Justice Qazi Faez Esa, said that the Judiciary had been determined to protect human rights enshrined in the Constitution on December 10, reports The News. He said that since the Judiciary had taken
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Chief Justice (CJ) of Balochistan High Court (BHC), Justice Qazi Faez Esa, said that the Judiciary had been determined to protect human rights enshrined in the Constitution on December 10, reports The News. He said that since the Judiciary had taken up the issue of missing persons, the number of cases pertaining to missing persons had reduced with the recovery of 75 people. “No institution has authority to cross its constitutional limits. However, protection of human rights is the responsibility of the judiciary.”
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December - 10 
Eight persons were injured in a remote-controlled blast close to the venue of Awami National Party’s (ANP) political meeting in Peshawar where party chief Asfandfyar Wali Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti were present, repo
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Eight persons were injured in a remote-controlled blast close to the venue of Awami National Party’s (ANP) political meeting in Peshawar where party chief Asfandfyar Wali Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti were present, reports Daily Times. The blast took place in a parking area, more than a kilometer from the venue where the meeting took place despite the terrorist attack, according to an ANP spokesman. The Bomb Disposal Squad officials said the bomb was placed by the roadside and injured eight people who were walking towards the venue. The TTP ‘spokesman’, Ehsanullah Ehsan, made telephone calls to media offices in Peshawar to make the claim, saying the attack was “just the beginning.”
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December - 10 
Facebook over the weekend deleted the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)’s recruiting page, Central Asia Online reported December 10. The TTP had been using the social media outlet to seek contributors for a new quarterly magazine. Facebook’s reason fo
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Facebook over the weekend deleted the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)’s recruiting page, Central Asia Online reported December 10. The TTP had been using the social media outlet to seek contributors for a new quarterly magazine. Facebook’s reason for deleting the page was not reported.
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December - 10 
Nine persons - three Policemen, a soldier, two civilians and three suicide bombers - were killed while five others, including a Station House Officer (SHO), sustained injuries in a suicide attack targeting the Kakki Police Station in Bannu Districts
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Nine persons - three Policemen, a soldier, two civilians and three suicide bombers - were killed while five others, including a Station House Officer (SHO), sustained injuries in a suicide attack targeting the Kakki Police Station in Bannu Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 10, reports The News. The sources said three suicide bombers tried to enter the Police Station, 17 kilometers away from the Bannu city. When the guard at the entrance resisted, one of them blew himself up while another bomber went to hide in the nearby mosque and the third one was killed by the Policemen. Hearing the blast, armed civilians in the area reached the spot to assist the Police. The bomber, who was hiding in the mosque, attacked the civilians with a hand-grenade and then opened fire, killing three Policemen, two civilians and a soldier. In the retaliatory fire, the Police killed the bomber inside the mosque. Those killed included Police constables Imranullah, Bashir Khan and Ziauddin, Pakistan Army soldier Naeemullah Khan and civilians Hayatullah and Balqiaz Khan. The injured included SHO of the Police Station, Abdul Hameed Marwat, Police constables Aqib, Naeemullah and Said Rehman and civilian Noor Ali Khan.
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December - 10 
One person, Noor Jamal, was killed and three others, Ehsanullah, Noor Jana, and Gohar Zaman, were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a vehicle at Kaka Waka area of Parachinar, the headquarter of Kurram Agency, in Federally Administer
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One person, Noor Jamal, was killed and three others, Ehsanullah, Noor Jana, and Gohar Zaman, were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a vehicle at Kaka Waka area of Parachinar, the headquarter of Kurram Agency, in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 10, reports Dawn. Tribal leader Bakht Jamal, who was travelling in the vehicle, narrowly escaped. The attackers fled after his guards retaliated. The political administration in a crackdown after the incident arrested over 30 people under the Collective Territorial Responsibility Act.
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December - 10 
Rangers personnel detained 24 suspects, including 17 belonging to a Political Party, and seized 26 pistols, five MP-5 rifles, two 8MM rifles, two repeaters, one 222 rifle, 952 bullets, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a snatched car and other st
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Rangers personnel detained 24 suspects, including 17 belonging to a Political Party, and seized 26 pistols, five MP-5 rifles, two 8MM rifles, two repeaters, one 222 rifle, 952 bullets, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a snatched car and other stuff in Mehmoodabad and Pak Colony areas.
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December - 10 
Rangers were detained more than half a dozen suspects and recovered arms and ammunition during the operation cordoned off some localities in Sohrab Goth, reports Dawn. Rangers conducted a door-to-door search operation following the killing of its two
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Rangers were detained more than half a dozen suspects and recovered arms and ammunition during the operation cordoned off some localities in Sohrab Goth, reports Dawn. Rangers conducted a door-to-door search operation following the killing of its two personnel in an armed attack on December 10, 2012.
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December - 10 
Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack on the Kakki Police Station. “We wanted to avenge the recent killing of late TTP ‘chief’ B
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Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack on the Kakki Police Station. “We wanted to avenge the recent killing of late TTP ‘chief’ Baitullah Mehsud’s nephew Ibrahim Mehsud by the Police.” Ibrahim Mehsud was killed in Bannu.
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December - 10 
Unidentified militants blew up a Government girls’ primary school in the Aka Khel area of Bara Tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 11, reports Daily Times. The total number of the destroyed
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Unidentified militants blew up a Government girls’ primary school in the Aka Khel area of Bara Tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 11, reports Daily Times. The total number of the destroyed Government schools in Khyber Agency has gone beyond 80.
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December - 10 
Unidentified militants blew up a mobile tower of Telenor company in the Kassai area of Mian Mandi in Mohmand Agency, disconnecting hundreds of customers from the network, Assistant Political Agent Jamshed Khan said, reports Central Asia Online. Nobod
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Unidentified militants blew up a mobile tower of Telenor company in the Kassai area of Mian Mandi in Mohmand Agency, disconnecting hundreds of customers from the network, Assistant Political Agent Jamshed Khan said, reports Central Asia Online. Nobody was killed, he added.
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December - 11 
A member of the Afghan delegation welcomed the proposal of Pakistan to convene ulema conference. He suggested that interactions of academia, media and other sections of the society should also be encouraged for better understanding between the two co
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A member of the Afghan delegation welcomed the proposal of Pakistan to convene ulema conference. He suggested that interactions of academia, media and other sections of the society should also be encouraged for better understanding between the two countries. The PM assured the Afghan delegation that he will look into the complaint regarding delay in clearance of Afghan goods at Karachi seaport and welcomed the proposal for interaction of all sections of the society of the two countries. The premier expressed the hope that the delegation will have useful discussions during its present visit to Pakistan.
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December - 11 
A soldier working with the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) on the Bannu-Ghulam Khan Highway was killed and three labourers were injured when unidentified militants opened fire on them in Mir Ali of North Waziristan Agency.
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A soldier working with the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) on the Bannu-Ghulam Khan Highway was killed and three labourers were injured when unidentified militants opened fire on them in Mir Ali of North Waziristan Agency.
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December - 11 
A volunteer of peace committee was killed when unidentified assailants attacked him with a hand grenade at Mazari Cheena of Baizai tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 12, reports Daily Tim
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A volunteer of peace committee was killed when unidentified assailants attacked him with a hand grenade at Mazari Cheena of Baizai tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 12, reports Daily Times. According to political authorities, the volunteer of the peace committee whose name could not be ascertained immediately was on his way home when the miscreants attacked him with a hand grenade at Mazari Cheena, killing him on the spot.
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December - 11 
Dera Ismail Khan Health Executive District Officer (EDO) Dr Ashiq Saleem went missing along with his driver and paramedical official Ataullah in area between Kohat and Darra Adamkhel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 12, reports Daily Times. Dr Ashiq
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Dera Ismail Khan Health Executive District Officer (EDO) Dr Ashiq Saleem went missing along with his driver and paramedical official Ataullah in area between Kohat and Darra Adamkhel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 12, reports Daily Times. Dr Ashiq Saleem went missing as he was on his way back home from Peshawar. According to Police, the EDO contacted his family at 9pm on December 11 and said that he was passing through Darra Adamkhel. Later, the contact with him discontinued with no report if he was abducted as the phone numbers of Dr. Ashiq and his two associates are closed.
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December - 11 
Militants blew up a tube-well in Haider Kor area of Haleemzai tehsil in Mohmand Agency, cutting off the water supply to local tribesmen and the local population of the area, reports Central Asia Online. The bombing destroyed the water facility, Assis
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Militants blew up a tube-well in Haider Kor area of Haleemzai tehsil in Mohmand Agency, cutting off the water supply to local tribesmen and the local population of the area, reports Central Asia Online. The bombing destroyed the water facility, Assistant Political Agent Jamshed Khan confirmed.
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December - 11 
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif said on December 11 that repeated martial laws in the country had increased the sense of deprivation among the Baloch while the present Government did nothing to redress their grievances, re
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif said on December 11 that repeated martial laws in the country had increased the sense of deprivation among the Baloch while the present Government did nothing to redress their grievances, reports Daily Times. He was talking to leaders of Balochistan National Party (BNP), including its Vice President Jehanzeb Jamal Deeni, Joint Secretary Jehanzeb Baloch and Rauf Mengal, who called on the PML-N chief in Raiwind. The PML-N chief and BNP leaders exchanged views on national and political situation, especially with reference to Balochistan. Nawaz said that a solution to the problems of Balochistan and arrest of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s murderers was essential for removing the sense of deprivation among the Baloch. It is national responsibility that complaints of the people of Balochistan are addressed, he said, adding that the present Government, instead of resolving their problems, had aggravated them.
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December - 11 
Policeman, Mukhtiar (44), was killed at Ittehad Town in Baldia Town police Station.
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Policeman, Mukhtiar (44), was killed at Ittehad Town in Baldia Town police Station.
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December - 11 
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on December 11 said Pakistan is making all out efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan, because “we are neighbours and our generations will have to live together”, reports Daily Times. Talking to an 18-member
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Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on December 11 said Pakistan is making all out efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan, because “we are neighbours and our generations will have to live together”, reports Daily Times. Talking to an 18-member Afghan Parliamentary delegation in Islamabad, Premier Raja said exchange of delegations between the two countries would enhance mutual trust, understanding and help in better relations. Referring to the recent visit of High Peace Council Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani and Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul, he expressed pleasures that the relations are on the right direction.
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December - 11 
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf urged the Afghanistan Government to refrain from unfounded accusations against Pakistan on December 12, reports Daily Times. Terming as “baseless” the allegations leveled by Afghanistan regarding Pakistan’s involveme
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Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf urged the Afghanistan Government to refrain from unfounded accusations against Pakistan on December 12, reports Daily Times. Terming as “baseless” the allegations leveled by Afghanistan regarding Pakistan’s involvement in the attack on the head of National Directorate of Security, the Prime Minister said the Afghan Government should provide solid proofs about the incident. In his opening remarks at the Cabinet’s weekly meeting, Raja said Pakistan is a peaceful country and gives value to its relations with neighbouring states in particular. He said the world and the neighbouring countries must realise that Pakistan considers terrorism and extremism as major challenges. “Instead of blame game, we should join hands to defeat the nefarious designs of terrorists,” he said and assured that the Pakistan Government would fight extremists at all fronts.
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December - 11 
The body of a peace committee volunteer was found at Takhta Beg checkpost in Khyber Agency. The volunteer was killed by unidentified assailants somewhere else and dumped his body near the checkpost.
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The body of a peace committee volunteer was found at Takhta Beg checkpost in Khyber Agency. The volunteer was killed by unidentified assailants somewhere else and dumped his body near the checkpost.
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December - 11 
The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) arrested two terrorists and seized suicide jackets and explosive material on Canal Road, Lahore on December 11.
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The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) arrested two terrorists and seized suicide jackets and explosive material on Canal Road, Lahore on December 11.
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December - 11 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government is taking measures to increase terrorism-related convictions, reports Central Asia Online. "We have prepared a draft bill aiming to safeguard police, prosecutors and judges involved in terrorism cases," Secretar
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government is taking measures to increase terrorism-related convictions, reports Central Asia Online. "We have prepared a draft bill aiming to safeguard police, prosecutors and judges involved in terrorism cases," Secretary of Home and Tribal Affairs Azam Khan told Central Asia Online December 11. "The draft has been dispatched to the federal government to strengthen the Anti-Terrorism Court." "Presently, the conviction rate in anti-terrorism court is only 4%, which is surprisingly low," he said. "We are taking a number of measures, including strengthening (our) Forensic Science Laboratory to constitute solid and science-based cases against the terrorists and convict them in courts," he said. The new initiative also aims to remove the fear factor from the minds of judges, prosecutors and police involved in dealing with terrorists, Khan said: "We have also drafted steps to protect witnesses against terrorists," he said. Under the current system, the Taliban walk free from the court because of lack of solid evidence against them, he said, adding that the new law will improve the conviction rate in terrorism-related cases. As many as 914 terrorism-related cases were filed in the Swat courts during the last five years. Judges convicted the suspects in only nine of those cases, media reported.
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December - 11 
The Peshawar High Court on December 11 directed the principal staff officer at the General Headquarters to form a board for looking into the suspected custodial killing of a missing person and observed that if any official of the armed forces or inte
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The Peshawar High Court on December 11 directed the principal staff officer at the General Headquarters to form a board for looking into the suspected custodial killing of a missing person and observed that if any official of the armed forces or intelligence agencies was found involved in it, he should be tried by court martial. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth took exception to the killing of Anar Gul, who had gone missing in May 2011, and observed that his death appeared to be the custodial killing. It also directed the Provincial Home Secretary, the Provincial Police Officer (PPO) and the DIG (investigation) to constitute a committee to probe the incident and submit comprehensive report as to who was responsible for whisking him away and killing him. The bench directed the principal staff officer at GHQ to form an inquiry board under the Army Act to find in whose custody Anar Gul was and under what law he was held.
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December - 11 
Three persons were killed and seven other were injured in sectarian clash in the Konodas area of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on December 12, reports Dardistan Times. Students of Karakoram University belonging to different sects clashed over a religious fun
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Three persons were killed and seven other were injured in sectarian clash in the Konodas area of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on December 12, reports Dardistan Times. Students of Karakoram University belonging to different sects clashed over a religious function at the University. Protesters also ran into the law enforcement agencies and the law enforcement agencies attempted to stop and quell them with tear-gasses. The Karakoram University was closed immediately for indefinite days. Section 144 of Penal Code of Pakistan was imposed whereby any unlawful assembly and pylon riding is banned.
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December - 11 
To promote girls’ education in Pakistan and other countries with the support of the international community, Pakistan and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) December 10, 2012, established The Malala Fund for Gir
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To promote girls’ education in Pakistan and other countries with the support of the international community, Pakistan and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) December 10, 2012, established The Malala Fund for Girls’ Education.
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December - 11 
Unidentified militants blew up a Government girls' primary school at the Nazir Shah Kaley area of Akkakhel in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. The school sustained severe damage, but authorities reported no casualties.
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Unidentified militants blew up a Government girls' primary school at the Nazir Shah Kaley area of Akkakhel in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. The school sustained severe damage, but authorities reported no casualties.
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December - 12 
28-year-old Abdul Ghaffar was killed in Rasheedabad. Tasleem was shot dead at Gulbahar near Patel Gali.
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28-year-old Abdul Ghaffar was killed in Rasheedabad. Tasleem was shot dead at Gulbahar near Patel Gali.
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December - 12 
A body packed in a gunny bag was found from Orangi Town.
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A body packed in a gunny bag was found from Orangi Town.
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December - 12 
A jirga (tribal council) of Mehsud elders on December 12 said that the Mehsud can’t spend life as IDPs anymore, reports Dawn. The jirga said “Enough is enough. Mehsuds can no more spend life as IDPs out of their own territory. The security forces sh
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A jirga (tribal council) of Mehsud elders on December 12 said that the Mehsud can’t spend life as IDPs anymore, reports Dawn. The jirga said “Enough is enough. Mehsuds can no more spend life as IDPs out of their own territory. The security forces should clear the tribal areas forthwith as they can’t live in camps any longer”. The political agent and other Government functionaries were also in attendance. Elders Malik Mehsud Ahmad, Malik Sayedur Rehman, Malik Syed Anwar, Malik Rapa Khan, Malik Haji Mohammad, Malik Mohammad Rafiq, Malik Azizullah, Malik Attaullah, Malik Ayaz and others addressed the jirga. They said Mehsuds had vacated their houses on the directives of the Security Forces and political administration for great national interest. An elder said that “Enough is enough. After passage of three long years, Mehsuds are forced to live as IDPs. The Government and security forces have failed to clear our region.” He further said that “We have exhausted, now. We want to return to our homes. The life in camps and tented houses is very difficult. We want free movement and independent life in our own territory.” The other elders said the Government had stated in the past that their areas would be cleared soon but after passage of three years, the situation was still unclear. They said Mehsuds won’t live as IDPs anymore. Mehsuds had migrated from Sara Rogha, Makeen, Ladha, Tiarza and Sarokai tehsils. Until now, 20 to 25 per cent of Sara Rogha and Sarokai displaced residents have returned to their homes. The rest of the areas have yet to be cleared from militants despite a lapse of three years.
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December - 12 
A man was stabbed to death in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
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A man was stabbed to death in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
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December - 12 
A person, identified as Dr Lakhvi Chand, a Hindu spiritual leader was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in Mastung market of same District. Dr Chand was abducted a few months back after which Hindus had started leaving the area. Later, he wa
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A person, identified as Dr Lakhvi Chand, a Hindu spiritual leader was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in Mastung market of same District. Dr Chand was abducted a few months back after which Hindus had started leaving the area. Later, he was released by the abductors.
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December - 12 
A person, identified as Naib Qasid Shabbir Hussain, was killed on Jinnah Road, Quetta on December 13, reports Daily Times. Separately, a tailor, Gul Sherin was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants on Sarki Road, Quetta.
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A person, identified as Naib Qasid Shabbir Hussain, was killed on Jinnah Road, Quetta on December 13, reports Daily Times. Separately, a tailor, Gul Sherin was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants on Sarki Road, Quetta.
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December - 12 
A worker of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Abid (35), was shot dead in Kharadar.
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A worker of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Abid (35), was shot dead in Kharadar.
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December - 12 
An anti-terrorist court awarded life imprisonment and fine of three hundred thousand rupees each to two terrorists, Hussain and Muhammad Hashim in a bomb explosion case. According to the prosecution, a case was registered against the two on October 2
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An anti-terrorist court awarded life imprisonment and fine of three hundred thousand rupees each to two terrorists, Hussain and Muhammad Hashim in a bomb explosion case. According to the prosecution, a case was registered against the two on October 22, 2011, for blowing up a NATO oil tanker in Bakhtiarabad, Domki.
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December - 12 
At least 15 persons, including political workers and a Police Inspector were killed in separate act of violence on December 12, reports Daily Times. At least two persons included a local leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Sadiq Shah and
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At least 15 persons, including political workers and a Police Inspector were killed in separate act of violence on December 12, reports Daily Times. At least two persons included a local leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Sadiq Shah and a Policeman, Zahid, were killed and eight others were injured when a three-kilogramme Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted near a makeshift restaurant in Muzafarabad Colony Landhi, exploded within the precincts of Quaidabad Police Station in Karachi. Police officials suspected the involvement of terrorist outfits, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and an extortion mafia behind the incident. Also, two blasts were reported within a couple of hours in Mianwali Colony, Manghopir area.
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December - 12 
At least four persons, including two Police men killed in separate incidents in Karachi on December 13, reports Dawn. A Police Constable, identified as Shamim Ahmed (45), was killed close to the Malir District Courts within the remit of the Malir Cit
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At least four persons, including two Police men killed in separate incidents in Karachi on December 13, reports Dawn. A Police Constable, identified as Shamim Ahmed (45), was killed close to the Malir District Courts within the remit of the Malir City Police Station. The other Police Constable, Mohammad Kaleem was shot dead near Baitul Maymar mosque in Kunwari Colony. With these two killings, the total number of Policemen killed in targeted attacks on Policemen in Karachi in 2012 rose to 109.
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December - 12 
At least, two teenage brothers, identified as, Tauqeer Abbas (16) and Zaheer Abbas (14), were injured when a bomb exploded at Dhoke Inayat in Pindigheb town on December 12 .
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At least, two teenage brothers, identified as, Tauqeer Abbas (16) and Zaheer Abbas (14), were injured when a bomb exploded at Dhoke Inayat in Pindigheb town on December 12 .
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December - 12 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prisons Department on December 12 announced the termination of 11 jail wardens for "gross misconduct" after declaring them responsible for a Bannu jailbreak on April 15. On April 15, more than 200 militants stormed the prison, free
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prisons Department on December 12 announced the termination of 11 jail wardens for "gross misconduct" after declaring them responsible for a Bannu jailbreak on April 15. On April 15, more than 200 militants stormed the prison, freeing 384 inmates, including Adnan Rashid, who allegedly masterminded an attempt to kill then-President General Pervez Musharraf in 2003. The disciplinary action, under Rule 14 of the Efficiency and Discipline Rules 2011, came after a hearing and assessment of employees’ responses to the show-cause notices served to them.
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December - 12 
Mir Bakhtiar Domki, Member of Balochistan Assembly, was attacked near the Bolan area of same District, in which he remained safe on December 12, reports Daily Times. Some of Domki’s guards were injured in the incident. In February, Domki’s wife and d
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Mir Bakhtiar Domki, Member of Balochistan Assembly, was attacked near the Bolan area of same District, in which he remained safe on December 12, reports Daily Times. Some of Domki’s guards were injured in the incident. In February, Domki’s wife and daughter were shot dead in Karachi by armed motorcyclists.
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December - 12 
Munir Shah was gunned down on Tariq Road. An MQM supporter was killed inside his shop at Mithadar.
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Munir Shah was gunned down on Tariq Road. An MQM supporter was killed inside his shop at Mithadar.
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December - 12 
one of the two victims of December 11, 2012, sectarian attack, Hashmat Ali who was under treatment at a private hospital, passed away on December 13. Police said that Zaheer Hussain and Hashmat Ali were injured in an attack outside Salman Farsi mosqu
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one of the two victims of December 11, 2012, sectarian attack, Hashmat Ali who was under treatment at a private hospital, passed away on December 13. Police said that Zaheer Hussain and Hashmat Ali were injured in an attack outside Salman Farsi mosque in Toori Bangash Colony of Orangi Town. While Mr Hussain had died on the spot, Mr Ali was rushed to the hospital where he was admitted.
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December - 12 
Pakistan Custom’s Sub-Inspector, identified as Syed Bahawal Shah (50) and his nephew, Bakar Shah (25), were shot dead in Quaidabad Police Station.
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Pakistan Custom’s Sub-Inspector, identified as Syed Bahawal Shah (50) and his nephew, Bakar Shah (25), were shot dead in Quaidabad Police Station.
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December - 12 
Peace talks between the Taliban and Afghanistan authorities should be held in Kabul and not on foreign soil, Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar said on December 12, reports Daily Times. She also told France’s Le Monde daily that Islamabad did not wi
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Peace talks between the Taliban and Afghanistan authorities should be held in Kabul and not on foreign soil, Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar said on December 12, reports Daily Times. She also told France’s Le Monde daily that Islamabad did not wish to control the Afghan peace process. “It’s up to the Afghans to choose which method they think is good,” she said. “If they want to go to Washington, they can. “But we think that the best solution is to hold the talks on Afghan soil, in Kabul,” she said in remarks translated in French. “The talks and negotiations cannot be held in Paris or in Berlin.” “The national reconciliation between the Taliban and the Government, as well as the capability of the Afghan forces to control their territory, is two key points,” she said. “Otherwise, the hypothesis of civil war is not ruled out.”
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December - 12 
Police neutralised a rocket found in a graveyard in Chakarkot village in Kohat District, reports The News. The sources said the Police were tipped off that a rocket was dumped by unidentified person in the graveyard. The police and personnel of the b
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Police neutralised a rocket found in a graveyard in Chakarkot village in Kohat District, reports The News. The sources said the Police were tipped off that a rocket was dumped by unidentified person in the graveyard. The police and personnel of the bomb disposal unit took the RPG-7 rocket into possession.
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December - 12 
Richard G. Olson, US Ambassador to Pakistan, on December 12 said in an interview with the BBC that talks with Haqqani Group could also be initiated, reports The News. He also expressed the strong possibility that US latest reconciliation policy could
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Richard G. Olson, US Ambassador to Pakistan, on December 12 said in an interview with the BBC that talks with Haqqani Group could also be initiated, reports The News. He also expressed the strong possibility that US latest reconciliation policy could be applied to all extremist groups, and as such Haqqani Group also stood a chance to benefit. However, regarding the Pakistani chapter of Haqqani Group, he said that taking any further action against the ‘most bothersome’ Haqqani network was the responsibility of Pakistan’s Government. “We understand that Pakistan faces challenges similar to America in fight against terrorism, besides the challenge of terrorism; tackling which was the foremost duty of Government and masses of Pakistan, added Olson.
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December - 12 
Security Forces (SF) was foiled a terrorism bid in the area of Mach in Quetta and recovered a huge cache of weapons and explosive material.
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Security Forces (SF) was foiled a terrorism bid in the area of Mach in Quetta and recovered a huge cache of weapons and explosive material.
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December - 12 
Security Forces (SFs) arrested 15 militants in a three-day search operation in the Ublan and Bezot areas of Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Central Asia Online reported on December 13. The SFs also recovered heavy arms and ammunition during the
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Security Forces (SFs) arrested 15 militants in a three-day search operation in the Ublan and Bezot areas of Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Central Asia Online reported on December 13. The SFs also recovered heavy arms and ammunition during the raid.
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December - 12 
Superintendent of Taluka Hospital Mirokhan, Dr Abdul Wahab Wadho, and his driver, Musarrat Abro, were abducted on the Indus Highway near Thariri Hashim village, within the remit of the Wagan Police Station of Larkana District in Sindh.
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Superintendent of Taluka Hospital Mirokhan, Dr Abdul Wahab Wadho, and his driver, Musarrat Abro, were abducted on the Indus Highway near Thariri Hashim village, within the remit of the Wagan Police Station of Larkana District in Sindh.
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December - 12 
The Intelligence Agencies have urged the senior officials of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to be alert and restrict their movements or to go on leaves to save them from ongoing target killing spate
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The Intelligence Agencies have urged the senior officials of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to be alert and restrict their movements or to go on leaves to save them from ongoing target killing spate
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December - 12 
The MQM chief had asked the people of Pakistan to decide whether they wanted to live in a Pakistan being run by the Taliban or the one that was envisioned by the Quaid-i-Azam. The MQM subsequently announced on October 18 that it would hold a national
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The MQM chief had asked the people of Pakistan to decide whether they wanted to live in a Pakistan being run by the Taliban or the one that was envisioned by the Quaid-i-Azam. The MQM subsequently announced on October 18 that it would hold a national referendum after Eidul Azha. Days after the speech, the question was also featured on billboards across Karachi. Almost two weeks later, on November 1 Altaf Hussain announced in another address to his workers that he has directed the MQM’s Coordination Committee to give an earliest possible date for holding the referendum. A few days later, calling the threat of religious extremism the biggest challenge faced by Pakistan, MQM’s deputy convener Farooq Sattar announced that the party has finally decided to hold the nationwide referendum on November 8. Reacting sharply to the MQM’s formal announcement to hold the referendum, the TTP ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan announced on November 3 that the Taliban had decided to target the MQM activists in Karachi. In an email message to several media outlets, Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed that the TTP was following the teachings of Islamic Shariah and it is obligatory on the TTP militants to fight against the MQM which is spreading secularism. Ehsan said to avenge the killing of innocent citizens of Karachi, the TTP will kill MQM members.
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December - 12 
There are clear indications to suggest that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) abandoned its much trumpeted plan of holding a countrywide referendum to determine whose Pakistan the people wanted, Quaid-e-Azam’s or Taliban’s, following a threat by Teh
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There are clear indications to suggest that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) abandoned its much trumpeted plan of holding a countrywide referendum to determine whose Pakistan the people wanted, Quaid-e-Azam’s or Taliban’s, following a threat by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to target MQM in Karachi, the provincial capitall of Sindh, reports The News. MQM circles close to Altaf Hussain claim that the plan had only been put off and not discarded. The referendum idea was floated by Altaf Hussain in a telephonic speech from London on October 14, 2012 following the failed assassination attempt on Malala Yusufzai by a TTP shooter.
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December - 12 
Two persons, Ali Khan and Muhammad Taj were shot injured in Qandhari Bazaar of Quetta.
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Two persons, Ali Khan and Muhammad Taj were shot injured in Qandhari Bazaar of Quetta.
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December - 12 
Young man, Syed Sheraz Abbas Rizvi (35) was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants on Sir Shah Suleman Road near Bakra Peeri in Liaquatabad.
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Young man, Syed Sheraz Abbas Rizvi (35) was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants on Sir Shah Suleman Road near Bakra Peeri in Liaquatabad.
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December - 12 
Zubair, member of Bengali Action Committee (BAC) was killed in Zia Colony.
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Zubair, member of Bengali Action Committee (BAC) was killed in Zia Colony.
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December - 13 
At least six persons were injured in a blast near the Sariab Grid Station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan
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At least six persons were injured in a blast near the Sariab Grid Station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan
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December - 13 
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed responsibility for the killing of Hindu doctor in Mastung on December 13.
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Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed responsibility for the killing of Hindu doctor in Mastung on December 13.
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December - 13 
The dead bodies of Farooq (25) and his friend Zohaib, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists, were found near KPT Quarters situated near the ICI Bridge in the Docks Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
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The dead bodies of Farooq (25) and his friend Zohaib, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists, were found near KPT Quarters situated near the ICI Bridge in the Docks Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
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December - 13 
The Police arrested a man after recovering a cache of arms and ammunition from his vehicle near Matiyal Chowk on Kohat-Pindi Road in the Attock District on December 14, reports Dawn. The Police intercepted the Rawalpindi-bound coach coming from Kohat
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The Police arrested a man after recovering a cache of arms and ammunition from his vehicle near Matiyal Chowk on Kohat-Pindi Road in the Attock District on December 14, reports Dawn. The Police intercepted the Rawalpindi-bound coach coming from Kohat which was being driven by Sanaullah Khan Afridi of Kohat. During checking of the vehicle, a rifle, two magazines, a repeater, two 12-bore pistols and 400 rounds were recovered.
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December - 13 
There are 600 terrorism cases pending in the Sindh courts, it was pointed out at a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on December 14, reports The News. The participants of the meeting were informed that overall there we
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There are 600 terrorism cases pending in the Sindh courts, it was pointed out at a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on December 14, reports The News. The participants of the meeting were informed that overall there were 1,438 pending criminal cases.
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December - 14 
A man, identified as Anwar was killed in Kali Pahari area within the limits of Orangi Town Police Station.
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A man, identified as Anwar was killed in Kali Pahari area within the limits of Orangi Town Police Station.
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December - 14 
An unidentified dead body, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found form Kashti Chawk, Lyari within the limits of Nippier Police Station.
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An unidentified dead body, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found form Kashti Chawk, Lyari within the limits of Nippier Police Station.
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December - 14 
An un-named official of the CID investigation said that both the victims were close friends and had performed their duties in CID investigation since 2009. He added that both the victims were kidnapped from Hub River Road in the city. It is pertinent
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An un-named official of the CID investigation said that both the victims were close friends and had performed their duties in CID investigation since 2009. He added that both the victims were kidnapped from Hub River Road in the city. It is pertinent to mention here that since the inception of Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC), over two dozen personnel have been killed in the city.
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December - 14 
Bullet-riddled body of another CID official, Muhammad Sohail was recovered from SPARCO Road within the vicinity of Mauripur Police Station.
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Bullet-riddled body of another CID official, Muhammad Sohail was recovered from SPARCO Road within the vicinity of Mauripur Police Station.
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December - 14 
Five persons, including three Policemen, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Karachi, Provincial capital of Sindh, on December 15, reports Daily Times. Dead body of a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) official, identified as Khurr
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Five persons, including three Policemen, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Karachi, Provincial capital of Sindh, on December 15, reports Daily Times. Dead body of a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) official, identified as Khurram was found in a gunny bag form Lyari Naddi within the precincts of Garden Police Station.
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December - 14 
Pakistan and Afghanistan are pursuing a new peace initiative that would permit some Taliban leaders to be removed from a UN list of terrorists, Dawn reported on December 15 quoting a senior Afghan official. Azizullah Din Mohammad, a senior member of
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Pakistan and Afghanistan are pursuing a new peace initiative that would permit some Taliban leaders to be removed from a UN list of terrorists, Dawn reported on December 15 quoting a senior Afghan official. Azizullah Din Mohammad, a senior member of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, said that the draft plan would allow the Taliban to join the Afghan Government or take part in national, parliamentary or provincial elections. But before doing so, they must sever any ties to al Qaeda, renounce violence, and respect the Afghan Constitution.
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December - 14 
Pakistan has sent a second letter to Interpol asking it to arrest former President Pervez Musharraf, who had been declared a fugitive by an anti- terrorism court for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bh
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Pakistan has sent a second letter to Interpol asking it to arrest former President Pervez Musharraf, who had been declared a fugitive by an anti- terrorism court for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reports Times of India. The Federal Investigation Agency, which is probing the assassination, attached arrest warrants for Musharraf and some pieces of evidence to the letter, which was sent to Interpol on December 14. The Interpol office in France had earlier returned a similar request by the FIA as no evidence against Musharraf had been provided. The evidence sent with the letter on December 14 includes a statement by US Journalist Mark Siegel and records of emails sent by Musharraf to former premier Bhutto. FIA special prosecutor Chaudhary Zulfiqar Ali confirmed that the letter had been dispatched.
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December - 14 
Shah said the Provincial Government would provide 200 drivers trained at Benazir Youth Training Centres to the Police Force. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari informed that 186 vehicles had been deployed for patrolling in the
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Shah said the Provincial Government would provide 200 drivers trained at Benazir Youth Training Centres to the Police Force. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari informed that 186 vehicles had been deployed for patrolling in the city, 100 new vehicles were engaged with surveillance cameras and 1,300 policemen inducted into the force after a passing-out parade. “We are awaiting better results now,” he added.
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December - 14 
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base inside the Bacha Khan International Airport of Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was attacked by militants, with a simultaneous rocket barrage, resulting in the killing of seven people, including fi
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The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base inside the Bacha Khan International Airport of Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was attacked by militants, with a simultaneous rocket barrage, resulting in the killing of seven people, including five militants, and injuries to 40 others on December 15, reports Dawn. Spokesman for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ehsanullah Ehsan, accepted responsibility of the attack, saying that the target was the Air Force base. He further said all 10 militants who attacked the base were suicide bombers. Five of them had managed to get inside the base. Five rockets were fired at the airport. Two of them landed inside the premises, which also house the Army aviation and Air Force base used against militants in the adjoining tribal areas.
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December - 14 
Two Policemen, Mohsin and Rizwan of Orangi Town Police Station were attacked by some unidentified culprits, who opened fire on them near Banaras Bridge within the limits of Pirabad Police Station. Resultantly, Mohsin died and Rizwan was injured.
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Two Policemen, Mohsin and Rizwan of Orangi Town Police Station were attacked by some unidentified culprits, who opened fire on them near Banaras Bridge within the limits of Pirabad Police Station. Resultantly, Mohsin died and Rizwan was injured.
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December - 14 
US officials, while talking to Dawn, rejected the suggestion that the plan would reduce America’s role in the Afghan peace process. They said Washington would support any plan that brought peace to Afghanistan and had always encouraged direct talks b
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US officials, while talking to Dawn, rejected the suggestion that the plan would reduce America’s role in the Afghan peace process. They said Washington would support any plan that brought peace to Afghanistan and had always encouraged direct talks between Islamabad and Kabul.
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December - 15 
A dead person, identified as Munsif Ali (40), was found from Sector U of Gulshan-i-Maymar, in the limits of Maymar Police Station.
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A dead person, identified as Munsif Ali (40), was found from Sector U of Gulshan-i-Maymar, in the limits of Maymar Police Station.
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December - 15 
A person was shot dead in New Karachi area in percipients of the Khawaja Ajmair Nagri Police Station.
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A person was shot dead in New Karachi area in percipients of the Khawaja Ajmair Nagri Police Station.
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December - 15 
A teenage girl, who suffered serious injuries in the bomb blast in Makan Bagh area of Mingora town in Swat District on December 4, died at a hospital in Peshawar on December 15. Sixteen-year-old Savera was a victim among the six injured in the blast
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A teenage girl, who suffered serious injuries in the bomb blast in Makan Bagh area of Mingora town in Swat District on December 4, died at a hospital in Peshawar on December 15. Sixteen-year-old Savera was a victim among the six injured in the blast at her house. The unidentified assailants had planned to plant the bomb at the house of Kainat, one of the two friends of Malala Yusufzai, but had mistakenly placed it near another house in the neighbourhood.
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December - 15 
At least four persons, identified as Adeel Abbasi, Nasir Ahmed Abbasi, Mohammad Arif and Mohammad Ashiq, were injured in a hand grenade attack at a hotel near Jinnah Road, Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
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At least four persons, identified as Adeel Abbasi, Nasir Ahmed Abbasi, Mohammad Arif and Mohammad Ashiq, were injured in a hand grenade attack at a hotel near Jinnah Road, Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
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December - 15 
At least three persons were killed and one was injured in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 16, reports Dawn. A shopkeeper, identified as Mohammad Irfan (45) was killed and his brother, Mohammad Imran (42) was injured by unidentif
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At least three persons were killed and one was injured in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 16, reports Dawn. A shopkeeper, identified as Mohammad Irfan (45) was killed and his brother, Mohammad Imran (42) was injured by unidentified armed assailants in North Nazimabad, within the remits of Taimuria Police Station.
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December - 15 
Militants blew up two CD shops with explosives and damaged adjacent shops in Saddar and main bazaar of Nowshera but no loss of life was reported on December 16, reports Daily Times. The two CD shops were destroyed and several adjacent shops were part
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Militants blew up two CD shops with explosives and damaged adjacent shops in Saddar and main bazaar of Nowshera but no loss of life was reported on December 16, reports Daily Times. The two CD shops were destroyed and several adjacent shops were partially damaged in the explosions. Shop owners said that they had been repeatedly receiving threats from militants to “look for alternative source of livelihood” or face “dire consequences”.
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December - 15 
Security Forces (SFs), with the help of the local peace committee, arrested five militant suspects and recovered many weapons and explosives in a search operation in Salarzai and Mamond tehsils (revenue unit) of Bajaur Agency on December 16, reports
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Security Forces (SFs), with the help of the local peace committee, arrested five militant suspects and recovered many weapons and explosives in a search operation in Salarzai and Mamond tehsils (revenue unit) of Bajaur Agency on December 16, reports Central Asia Online. The troops demolished the houses of two alleged militants. SFs and volunteers launched a joint operation after the troops learned about a militant presence in various border villages of Salarzai and Mamond. Meanwhile, elders and members of the Salarzai tribal peace committee assured the local administration of continued support for restoring peace in their area.
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December - 15 
Unidentified militants blew up the building of PTCL exchange in Lachi town of Kohat District, reports Dawn. Police said that militants planted explosives at the boundary wall of the telephone exchange building and blew it up. The blast damaged the bo
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Unidentified militants blew up the building of PTCL exchange in Lachi town of Kohat District, reports Dawn. Police said that militants planted explosives at the boundary wall of the telephone exchange building and blew it up. The blast damaged the boundary wall and the building. Nobody was injured in the explosion.
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December - 16 
Another man was killed at Saiful Goth. One man was shot dead in Ayub Goth.
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Another man was killed at Saiful Goth. One man was shot dead in Ayub Goth.
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December - 16 
Anti-Extremism Cell (AEC) of the Karachi Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on December 16 arrested four suspected militants, including a leader of Lashkar-e-Islami Mohammadi (LIM), a little-known militant outfit, in a raid in the Shers
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Anti-Extremism Cell (AEC) of the Karachi Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on December 16 arrested four suspected militants, including a leader of Lashkar-e-Islami Mohammadi (LIM), a little-known militant outfit, in a raid in the Shershah area, reports Central Asia Online. The arrested suspects, who are accused of involvement in the 2002 slaying of nine Christian charity workers and two Ahmadi doctors, were trained in Waziristan, said SSP Chaudhary Aslam adding that the suspected leader and his supporters founded LIM. Nine employees of the Christian charity Idara Aman-o-Insaf were killed in a militant attack on their office in Karachi September 25, 2002. The AEC team also has recovered several weapons and ammunition from the suspects, Aslam added.
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December - 16 
At least 19 persons, among them women and children, were killed and 71 others injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through the Jamrud bazaar in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 17, reports Dawn. More than a
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At least 19 persons, among them women and children, were killed and 71 others injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through the Jamrud bazaar in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 17, reports Dawn. More than a dozen shops and almost an equal number of vehicles were damaged. Some vehicles and shops caught fire after the explosion. Twenty-one cars and seven shops were destroyed in the blast. According to local sources, explosive material had been placed in a car which had reportedly been parked in front of a market near the compound of the political administration at about 10am. Officials feared the death toll might increase as condition of some victims was critical.
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December - 16 
At least three soldiers were killed and three others sustained injuries in clashes between Security Forces (SFs) and militants in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 17, reports Daily Times. Dozens of militants with guns and rocke
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At least three soldiers were killed and three others sustained injuries in clashes between Security Forces (SFs) and militants in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 17, reports Daily Times. Dozens of militants with guns and rockets stormed a security checkpost in Lakki Marwat. Three soldiers were killed while three others, including a Major rank officer, were injured in the attack. The SFs retaliated, however Army did not give any information about the number of militants killed or injured in the exchange of fire.
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December - 16 
Basic humanitarian services for more than 771,000 displaced people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are facing discontinuation by the end of the year due to a USD 78 million funding shortfall among humanitarian partners, UN Office for the Coordinatio
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Basic humanitarian services for more than 771,000 displaced people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are facing discontinuation by the end of the year due to a USD 78 million funding shortfall among humanitarian partners, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) said in a report on December 17, reports Dawn. According to the report, over 18,000 families living in three camps for temporarily displaced people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA will not receive tents and other shelter items through harsh winter as planned in the fall. “Humanitarian partners will discontinue the provision of return packages comprising basic relief items to more than 390,000 people returning to their houses in safe areas in FATA. Around 20,000 families returning to either uninhabitable damaged houses or severely damaged houses in five FATA agencies will not receive shelter support unless more funds were immediately secured.” The report said at the end of 2012, thousands of families in conflict-affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and, flood-affected areas of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab remained in need of humanitarian assistance. It said while donors made generous contributions of over USD 290 million to Humanitarian Operational Plans for both complex emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and flood-affected areas during the year, the humanitarian community still needed another USD 160 million to continue assisting people.
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December - 16 
In a bid to show full support to the reconciliation process, Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached a deal for the release of senior Afghan Taliban leaders, including their former ‘deputy chief’ Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Afghan official sources said
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In a bid to show full support to the reconciliation process, Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached a deal for the release of senior Afghan Taliban leaders, including their former ‘deputy chief’ Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Afghan official sources said on December 17, reports Daily Times. The agreement was not made public until now, but according to the sources Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Zalmai Rassoul and Pakistani side discussed in details the pros and cons of releasing the Afghan Taliban leaders and agreed that all the leaders, including Baradar who was a former Taliban military chief and was arrested in Karachi in 2010, would be released at the right time. Pakistan and Afghanistan have already activated a joint commission on the prisoners’ release. “There are several factors that Pakistan and Afghanistan want to assess,” the sources said. A senior Afghan official who was not authorised to speak to media told Daily Times on condition of anonymity that President Hamid Karzai is planning a visit to Pakistan to finalise all matters. “He would soon visit Pakistan.” The Afghan Embassy in Islamabad earlier confirmed the visit of Karzai, but said that the two sides were working on fixing a date.
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December - 16 
Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have failed to control the proportional increase in various sorts of target killing in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, that claimed over 2,400 lives in 2012, Daily Times reported on December 17. A record killi
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Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have failed to control the proportional increase in various sorts of target killing in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, that claimed over 2,400 lives in 2012, Daily Times reported on December 17. A record killing of LEA personnel has also been reported 2012 in which personnel of Rangers, Police, special cells have been targeted in different areas. The areas where most incidents of LEA personnel’s killing took place included Gadap Town, District West and a part of the District South, where criminal elements and militants outfits are getting strength day by day. Despite claiming arrest of target killers, paid killers, extortionists, gangsters, members of banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) every day by Police and other Security Officials, the crime rate and target killing has been increasing in the port city. Security Forces(SF) were unable to combat Lyari gangsters and have failed to take action against sectarian and militants groups in Gadap Town, Manghopir, Sultanabad and other Pashtun dominated areas. Moreover, the alarming incidents of snatching, robbery, and other street crimes have witnessed a sharp rise. The attacks on the LEA, shrines, Imambargahs, public places, Police Stations, railway tracks, trading areas, business community centers and other incidents are the matter of great concern. A large number of traders, businessmen and notables of the city were killed over non-payment of ransom; some of them were released after payment of extortion demanded by organised criminal gangs.
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December - 16 
Police foiled a terrorist attack designed to blow up Shama cinema near Bacha Khan Chowk of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and neutralised a two-kilogramme bomb there, reports Daily Times. Police informed BDU staff following i
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Police foiled a terrorist attack designed to blow up Shama cinema near Bacha Khan Chowk of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and neutralised a two-kilogramme bomb there, reports Daily Times. Police informed BDU staff following information about presence of suspicious stuff placed close to Shama Cinema on Pajaggi Road.
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December - 16 
Security forces on December 16 killed five more militants – said to be Uzbeks – in a fierce encounter in Pawaki village, just one kilometer from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airbase in Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), clearing the
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Security forces on December 16 killed five more militants – said to be Uzbeks – in a fierce encounter in Pawaki village, just one kilometer from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airbase in Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), clearing the area off miscreants after the December 15 night’s attack on the Bacha Khan International Airport and PAF base, reports The News. All together 10 militants, two civilians and two SFs were killed in the two days operation. The airport was cleared 16 hours after the assault. Officials said that 10 militants armed with suicide jackets, two explosive-laden vehicles, hand-grenades, rocket launchers and automatic weapons stormed the airbase at around 8:15pm and tried to enter the airport building on Saturday night. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had sent 10 attackers to accomplish the mission. The TTP ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan called different media organisations to announce that their target was the PAF installations at the airbase.
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December - 16 
Seven persons, including an employee of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and two Shia persons were killed in different parts of the Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
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Seven persons, including an employee of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and two Shia persons were killed in different parts of the Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
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December - 16 
SFs neutralised a massive terror bid and recovered arms and ammunition from Maidan tehsil (revenue unit) of Lower Dir District. Operations Commander Colonel Zulfiqar said that on the basis of an intelligence report, SFs conducted raid in Maidan and r
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SFs neutralised a massive terror bid and recovered arms and ammunition from Maidan tehsil (revenue unit) of Lower Dir District. Operations Commander Colonel Zulfiqar said that on the basis of an intelligence report, SFs conducted raid in Maidan and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, rockets, three suicide jackets and several mines.
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December - 16 
The Balochistan Government’s public relations Director and two Policemen were shot dead near Shahrah-i-Iqbal area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan in the morning of December 17, reports Dawn. Mirza Khadim Hussain Noori (56) was going
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The Balochistan Government’s public relations Director and two Policemen were shot dead near Shahrah-i-Iqbal area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan in the morning of December 17, reports Dawn. Mirza Khadim Hussain Noori (56) was going to his office when unidentified militants riding motorcycle opened fire at his car near Shahrah-i-Iqbal. The official, who was driving the car himself, died on the spot. When attackers tried to flee the place, Policemen gave a chase. But the assailants opened fire on them, killing Assistant Sub-Inspector Sangeen Khan and Constable Rajab Khan. Another constable was injured. Police quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the policemen were shot at when they were about to capture the assailants who had boarded a rickshaw after leaving their motorcycle. Police said Mirza Noori’s murder appeared to be an act of sectarianism, adding that he belonged to the Shia community. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed responsibility for the killings.
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December - 17 
Basic humanitarian services for more than 771,000 displaced people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are facing discontinuation by the end of the year due to a USD 78 million funding shortfall among humanitarian partners, UN Office for the Coordinat
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Basic humanitarian services for more than 771,000 displaced people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are facing discontinuation by the end of the year due to a USD 78 million funding shortfall among humanitarian partners, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) said in a report on December 17, reports Dawn. According to the report, over 18,000 families living in three camps for temporarily displaced people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA will not receive tents and other shelter items through harsh winter as planned in the fall. “Humanitarian partners will discontinue the provision of return packages comprising basic relief items to more than 390,000 people returning to their houses in safe areas in FATA. Around 20,000 families returning to either uninhabitable damaged houses or severely damaged houses in five FATA agencies will not receive shelter support unless more funds were immediately secured.” The report said at the end of 2012, thousands of families in conflict-affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and, flood-affected areas of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab remained in need of humanitarian assistance. It said while donors made generous contributions of over USD 290 million to Humanitarian Operational Plans for both complex emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and flood-affected areas during the year, the humanitarian community still needed another USD 160 million to continue assisting people. The report said medical aid at 225 primary health care facilities in camps and host communities would cease beyond December, raising the risk of disease outbreaks. “Some 15,000 malnourished children and 15,000 pregnant and lactating women will no longer receive specialist assistance when nutrition activities stop at the end of the year. Further, reproductive health care services to 2,800 women and new-born will be discontinued.” According to the report, agriculture and livestock support to 70,000 IDPs in camps, off-camp and to returnees in need of critical livestock and agricultural livelihood support may stop beyond December and this could result in increased food insecurity and erosion of coping capacities. It said the education of more than 43,902 children in camps and 59,948 in host communities would stop when funding ran out by the end of December and that a gap in schooling for these children might result in the permanent termination of the children’s education.
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December - 17 
18 persons, among them seven security personnel, were injured when two masked men on a motorcycle hurled grenades at them near the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy at Risalpur in Nowshehra District,, reports Dawn. Official sources said a large number
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18 persons, among them seven security personnel, were injured when two masked men on a motorcycle hurled grenades at them near the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy at Risalpur in Nowshehra District,, reports Dawn. Official sources said a large number of job-seekers were waiting at Gate No 3 of the academy for interview when the attack took place. The injured security men were identified as Akbar, Parvez, Amjad, Mir Hassan, Atif, Aurangzeb and Abdullah. Other victims came from Karak, Rawalpindi, Attock and Mardan Districts.
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December - 17 
A Policeman was shot dead in Orangi Town.
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A Policeman was shot dead in Orangi Town.
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December - 17 
An unidentified dead person, stuffed in a gunny bag was found in a Korangi locality within the remit of the Zaman Town Police Station.
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An unidentified dead person, stuffed in a gunny bag was found in a Korangi locality within the remit of the Zaman Town Police Station.
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December - 17 
At least six persons, including four women polio workers, were killed in separate incidents in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December 18, reports Daily Times. Four female workers of the anti-polio campaign, identified as, Nasima, Kaneez
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At least six persons, including four women polio workers, were killed in separate incidents in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December 18, reports Daily Times. Four female workers of the anti-polio campaign, identified as, Nasima, Kaneez, Fehmida and Madiha, were shot dead and two others were injured by unidentified armed assailants in UC-7 Orangi Town, UC-2 Baldia Town and UC-1 Landhi respectively. Following the attacks on the vaccination workers, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) anti-polio campaign has been stopped in the Karachi.
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December - 17 
Banned militant outfits in Punjab have contacts with Uzbek militants who charge USD 40,000 for carrying out terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Federal Minister Sheikh Waqas Akram told the National Assembly on December 18, reports Dawn. During December 18
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Banned militant outfits in Punjab have contacts with Uzbek militants who charge USD 40,000 for carrying out terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Federal Minister Sheikh Waqas Akram told the National Assembly on December 18, reports Dawn. During December 18’s session, Federal Minister Sheikh Waqas Akram told the assembly that the Uzbek militants were in contact with the banned outfits in Punjab, adding that the members of these banned organisations could be seen wearing shirts of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). “These (Uzbek) militants demand a payment of USD 40,000 to perform terrorist attacks on Pakistani soil,” he told the assembly. Akram, who belongs to ruling coalition partner the Pakistan Muslim League - Qaida (PML-Q), said Interior Minister Rehman Malik should stop “spinning tales” and take definitive action against these banned militant outfits.
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December - 17 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain on December 17 ruled out the need for a military operation against terrorists in Peshawar after attack on the Pakistan Air Force base inside Bacha Khan International Airport on
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain on December 17 ruled out the need for a military operation against terrorists in Peshawar after attack on the Pakistan Air Force base inside Bacha Khan International Airport on December 15-16, saying the security situation in the district is under control, reports Dawn. “There is no need for the start of a military action in Peshawar because the law and order situation is under control. Police can take necessary steps against terrorism on their own if a need arises,” Mr Hussain told a news conference at Officers Mess in Peshawar. The Minister said the PAF base attackers were Uzbeks with heavily tattooed bodies. “Involvement of foreigners in the attack means that terrorist groups are not getting local support any longer and thus, using terrorist trainers for attacks,” he said. The Minister further said the Government was committed to continuing the fight against terrorists, who wanted to carry out attacks like those of Mehran and Kamra airbases, but the personnel of law-enforcement agencies deserved praise for foiling such attempts.
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December - 17 
The death toll in Jamrud bazaar bomb blast of December 17 raised to 21 as two more people succumbed to their injuries. Around 66 injured are currently receiving medical care, while the condition of seven people is stated to be critical.
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The death toll in Jamrud bazaar bomb blast of December 17 raised to 21 as two more people succumbed to their injuries. Around 66 injured are currently receiving medical care, while the condition of seven people is stated to be critical.
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December - 17 
The locals found two bullet-riddled bodies from a deserted house in Nala area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 18, reports The News. The sources said the bodies of Mullah Jan and
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The locals found two bullet-riddled bodies from a deserted house in Nala area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 18, reports The News. The sources said the bodies of Mullah Jan and Jamroz were dumped in a house vacated by its owner Pir Muhammad a few months back. The Government had asked the local population to leave the area ahead of the operation. The sources said that Mullah Jan and Jamroz of Malikdinkhel tribe had been missing for the last one month.
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December - 17 
The Pentagon quietly notified Congress this month that it would reimburse Pakistan nearly USD 688 million for the cost of stationing 140,000 troops on the border with Afghanistan, an effort to normalise support for the Pakistani military after nearly
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The Pentagon quietly notified Congress this month that it would reimburse Pakistan nearly USD 688 million for the cost of stationing 140,000 troops on the border with Afghanistan, an effort to normalise support for the Pakistani military after nearly two years of crises and mutual retaliation, The News quoting The New York Times reported on December 18. According to the report, the United States (US) also provides about USD two billion in annual security assistance, roughly half of which goes to reimburse Pakistan for conducting military operations to fight terrorism. Until now, many of these reimbursements, called coalition support funds, have been held up, in part because of disputes with Pakistan over the Osama bin Laden raid, the operations of the CIA, and its decision to block supply lines into Afghanistan last year. The USD 688 million payment - the first since this summer, covering food, ammunition and other expenses from June through November 2011 - has caused barely a ripple of protest since it was sent to Capitol Hill on December 7. The absence of a reaction, American and Pakistani officials say, underscores how relations between the two countries have been gradually thawing since Pakistan reopened the NATO supply routes in July after an apology from the Obama administration for an errant NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November 26, 2011.
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December - 17 
Unidentified assailants on motorbike opened fired on two sisters working on polio vaccination, killing one, in the Tirayee Payanin area, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Unidentified assailants on motorbike opened fired on two sisters working on polio vaccination, killing one, in the Tirayee Payanin area, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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December - 18 
A Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) cadre was shot dead and his nephew wounded at petrol station bridge within the jurisdiction of Nazimabad Police Station. Police said that the victims Asif (35), son of Abdul Sami and his nephew Mateen (19), son of Abdu
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A Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) cadre was shot dead and his nephew wounded at petrol station bridge within the jurisdiction of Nazimabad Police Station. Police said that the victims Asif (35), son of Abdul Sami and his nephew Mateen (19), son of Abdul Wasi were going to a workplace on a motorbike while unidentified assailants also riding a bike intercepted them and opened indiscriminate fire and fled.
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December - 18 
A man affiliated with MQM was shot dead near Hyder Chowk area within the remits of Orangi Town Police Station in Orangi Town. Police said that the victim identified as Alamgir (30) alias Guddu, son of Ahmed Jan, was going back to home when unidentifi
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A man affiliated with MQM was shot dead near Hyder Chowk area within the remits of Orangi Town Police Station in Orangi Town. Police said that the victim identified as Alamgir (30) alias Guddu, son of Ahmed Jan, was going back to home when unidentified assailants riding a motorbike waylaid him and opened fire. Resultantly, he sustained multiple bullet injuries and died on the spot.
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December - 18 
A man was shot dead within the precincts of Manghopir Police Station. Police said that the victim identified as Zafer Imam, was shot to death by unidentified assailant.
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A man was shot dead within the precincts of Manghopir Police Station. Police said that the victim identified as Zafer Imam, was shot to death by unidentified assailant.
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December - 18 
A worker of garments factory was gunned down near Fawara Chowk within the limits of Garden Police Station. Police said that the victim identified as Mohammad Shahid (32), son of Raza Khan was working at a factory when unidentified armed men barged in
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A worker of garments factory was gunned down near Fawara Chowk within the limits of Garden Police Station. Police said that the victim identified as Mohammad Shahid (32), son of Raza Khan was working at a factory when unidentified armed men barged into the factory and opened targeted fire. As a result, Khan died on the spot.
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December - 18 
Around 700 victims of target killings in Karachi have been verified in 2012 so far for the purpose of providing compensation to their legal heirs, says Justice (retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi, head of the compensation commission for the victims of target ki
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Around 700 victims of target killings in Karachi have been verified in 2012 so far for the purpose of providing compensation to their legal heirs, says Justice (retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi, head of the compensation commission for the victims of target killings on December 18, reports The News. Some political parties or groups and individuals had provided more names of victims whose verification would be finalised by December 31, 2012 and subsequently a summary would be moved to provide compensation to the heirs of the deceased, added Zahid Qurban Alvi. According to Justice Alvi, the majority of the victims belonged to three ruling parties. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Awami National Party (ANP), Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H), Sunni Tehreek (ST), Katchi Rabita Committee and Jaffria Alliance provided the lists of the deceased belonging to their parties. However, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) did not provide a list of its workers. Of the 700 victims, 170 belonged to the PPP, 150 to the MQM, 100 to the Jafria Alliance, 97 to the ANP, 31 to the Katchi Rabita Committee, 28 to the ST, four to the MQM-H, while six people lost their lives in a Haidery bomb blast, which Alvi described as an individual case. “Since the issue of targeted killings has now become a matter of concern for everyone, the commission is also trying to ascertain the causes of the killings from the political parties concerned as well as from other sources in order to suggest ways to possibly stop it,” said Justice Alvi. He further said that the heirs of some of the victims who were killed in the year 2011 did not get the cheque and most of them belonged to the Awami National Party (ANP). He said the ANP informed the commission that the families of the slain people had migrated to their native places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and that it (the party) was facing difficulties to locate them. Justice Alvi said that last year 476 persons were identified and verified as victims of target killings. Justice Alvi, who is also chairman of the Sindh Zakat Council, said that they had decided to provide free education to two children of each victim of target killing from Zakat funds. Similarly, he added, they held successful talks with Bait-ul-Maal, which had promised to provide Rs 300,000 to 400,000 to each injured or disabled person, while the Provincial Government provided only Rs50,000 to each injured person.
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Karachi Police arrested 59 accused on December 18-19. A Police Officials said that those arrested included 37 absconders. Four mobile phones were recovered from the possession of the accused, the Police added.
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Karachi Police arrested 59 accused on December 18-19. A Police Officials said that those arrested included 37 absconders. Four mobile phones were recovered from the possession of the accused, the Police added.
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December - 18 
Khairpur Police claimed to have arrested three alleged terrorists and recovered weapons from their possession, reports The News. Addressing a press conference, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Sukkur, Dr Ameer Shaikh, flanked by Senior Superintendent
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Khairpur Police claimed to have arrested three alleged terrorists and recovered weapons from their possession, reports The News. Addressing a press conference, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Sukkur, Dr Ameer Shaikh, flanked by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Khairpur, Irfan Mukhtiar Bhutto, said that the police had arrested alleged terrorists who belonged to Waziristan from the Gambat National Highway. Police said Zeeshan Masood, child Hilal and Farooq were arrested and two Kalashnikovs, 26 explosive shells, 11 jackets, 400 bullets, 16 rockets and other ammunition recovered from their possession. The terrorists were planning to smuggle these weapons to Karachi.
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December - 18 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Government December 18 informed the Peshawar High Court that it has transferred about 260 suspected militants to internment centres and that 86 others would undergo four months of de-radicalisation starting in January, 2
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Government December 18 informed the Peshawar High Court that it has transferred about 260 suspected militants to internment centres and that 86 others would undergo four months of de-radicalisation starting in January, 2013. Most of the suspects were arrested in Swat District and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in 2009. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, heard from the Provincial Home Secretary, Azam Khan, that it has complied with a Peshawar High Court order to move detained suspects to internment centres or to release them if evidence is lacking, Dawn reported. The authorities released 45, Khan said. Authorities transferred suspects to centres in Lakki Marwat and in Fizza Ghut and the Pak-Austrian Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, both in Swat, Khan said. After workers finish building the Kohat internment centre by January 15, authorities will move another 200 suspected hard-core militants there, he said. The Frontier Corps (FC) has moved about 71 suspects to five internment centres, FC spokesman Major Farrukh said.
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December - 18 
Militants blew up two compact disc (CD) shops in Sardheri Bazaar in Charsadda town of same District, reports Geo News. No loss of life was reported in the incident.
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Militants blew up two compact disc (CD) shops in Sardheri Bazaar in Charsadda town of same District, reports Geo News. No loss of life was reported in the incident.
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December - 18 
Militants freed Dera Ismail Khan Health Executive District Officer Dr. Ashiq Salim, along with his driver and a medical technician, reports Central Asia Online. The men were abducted December 12 near Bannu while coming back from Peshawar. Under Gover
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Militants freed Dera Ismail Khan Health Executive District Officer Dr. Ashiq Salim, along with his driver and a medical technician, reports Central Asia Online. The men were abducted December 12 near Bannu while coming back from Peshawar. Under Government pressure, militants freed all the three captives. The authorities paid no ransom, instead raiding the militants' suspected hideouts, leading to the release of Ashiq, his driver Javed Khan, and the District General Secretary of the paramedical association, Attaullah. Police found the three in the Frontier Region Bannu area and took them home.
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December - 18 
Six persons, including two suspected militants and an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were shot dead in different areas of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 19, reports Daily Times. Two suspected militants were ki
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Six persons, including two suspected militants and an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were shot dead in different areas of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 19, reports Daily Times. Two suspected militants were killed and more than two dozen were taken into custody during a raid in Sohrab Goth and other surrounding areas against the militants involved in the attack on polio vaccination team. Police also recovered huge cache of weapons and stolen vehicles during operation. According to details, at least 300 personnel of Karachi Police and Rapid Response Force were trying to get inside the areas considerably dominated by Karachi chapter of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) when militants offered resistance near Decent Heights Apartment and Malik Agha Hotel. During exchange of fire, two unidentified militants were shot dead during the raid continued for one hour only. Witnesses said that Police team entered inside of different areas of Sohrab Goth including Asma Apartments, Qayyumabad, Sona Gali and Junejo Colony. As Police reached Supermarket area, unidentified militants resorted firing to avoid arrest where during encounter two militants sustained bullet wounds and rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced them as dead. Police claimed to arrest at least 25 suspect militants. Residents of the area when contacted said that militants had had left the areas before the arrival of police, therefore police concluded the operation within an hour. Police claimed to have recovered 5 TT pistols, two shotguns, five cars and four motorbikes.
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December - 18 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has submitted the “categorised lists” of missing persons in the Peshawar High Court as per the court’s direction, according to Home Secretary Azam Khan, Daily Times reported on December 19. “The list has been submitt
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has submitted the “categorised lists” of missing persons in the Peshawar High Court as per the court’s direction, according to Home Secretary Azam Khan, Daily Times reported on December 19. “The list has been submitted as per the court’s directive,” he said after the hearing at the Peshawar High Court where applications about missing persons are being heard. The Home Secretary informed a division bench, comprising of Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, that heads of security agencies, police and other law enforcing agencies held a meeting on December 14 in the office of KP Chief Secretary in which the lists were prepared. According to the fresh report of missing persons in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal agencies, security agencies so far released 45 missing persons after declaring them as “white” as no proofs and evidence of their involvement in terrorist activities were found. About 261 detainees were named hardcore militants and declared as “black” in the lists and were shifted to internment centers, including 56 detainees to Lakki Marwat Internment Centre, 54 to Fizagat Internment Centre and 80 to Patham Internment Center in Swat District. Secretary Home Azam Khan told the court that about 71 detainees were shifted to various internment centres in tribal areas, including Ghalanai in Mohmand Agency, Fort Salop in Khyber Agency and Parachinar in Orakzai Agency. It was stated in the lists that 88 militants would be de-radicalised and they would be transferred to rehabilitation centres, run under the Pakistan Army in Swat District. He submitted in the court that the security agencies would also shift more than 200 hardcore militants to Kohat Internment Centre by January 15, as the internment centre in Kohat district prison was under-construction and would be ready for shifting the militants in separate blocks on the above mentioned date. The bench fixed January 22, 2013, for next hearing of the missing persons cases. The bench took up 153 cases of missing persons.
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December - 18 
Unidentified militants abducted a Hindu trader, Roop Chand, on December 19 from Arif Street near the Sariab area of the provincial capital, Quetta, reports Daily Times. Police sources said that Roop Chand was on way home from his shop when four armed
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Unidentified militants abducted a Hindu trader, Roop Chand, on December 19 from Arif Street near the Sariab area of the provincial capital, Quetta, reports Daily Times. Police sources said that Roop Chand was on way home from his shop when four armed men took him away to unidentified destination on gunpoint. Police have registered a case and started efforts for his recovery.
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December - 19 
A cadre of the ASWJ, Muhammad Rehan (40), was died near Zain-ul-Abideen Hospital in Rizvia Society. Station House Officer (SHO) of Rizvia Society, Rashid said that police recovered six shells of a 9mm pistol from the crime scene.
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A cadre of the ASWJ, Muhammad Rehan (40), was died near Zain-ul-Abideen Hospital in Rizvia Society. Station House Officer (SHO) of Rizvia Society, Rashid said that police recovered six shells of a 9mm pistol from the crime scene.
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December - 19 
A local journalist and two other persons were shot dead when a group of armed assailants intercepted a bus coming from Quetta on its way to Punjab and opened fire on the passengers and abducted six passengers on Quetta-Sukkur highway in the Machh are
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A local journalist and two other persons were shot dead when a group of armed assailants intercepted a bus coming from Quetta on its way to Punjab and opened fire on the passengers and abducted six passengers on Quetta-Sukkur highway in the Machh area of Bolan District on December 20.
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December - 19 
A woman was killed when a mortar shell fired from an unidentified location hit a house in Shinkamar area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 20, reports The News. The sources said t
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A woman was killed when a mortar shell fired from an unidentified location hit a house in Shinkamar area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 20, reports The News. The sources said that the mortar shell fell on the house of one Neel Akbar in Shinkamar area populated by Zawdin, a sub-branch of Zakhakhel Afridi, in which a woman was critically injured. The injured woman died on way to the hospital, the sources added. Zakhakhel tribe is running an armed Lashkar (tribal militia) named as Tauheedul Islam against its rival Lashkar-e-Islam for the last two years.
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December - 19 
At least three persons, including an activist of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), a Shia community member and an Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wal-Jama’at (ASWJ) cadre were shot dead, while five people were injured in hand grenade attack in Karachi, the provincial capi
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At least three persons, including an activist of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), a Shia community member and an Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wal-Jama’at (ASWJ) cadre were shot dead, while five people were injured in hand grenade attack in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December 20, reports The News. An activist of PPP, identified as AIjaz (40) alias Malook, was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants near Bangla Bazar in Orangi Town of Pakistan Bazar Police.
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December - 19 
East and West zones of Police arrested at least 49 accused, including absconders, proclaimed offender, during last 24 hours and recovered heavy cache of weapons from their possession.
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East and West zones of Police arrested at least 49 accused, including absconders, proclaimed offender, during last 24 hours and recovered heavy cache of weapons from their possession.
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December - 19 
Hearing the Balochistan target killing case, the Supreme Court (SC) questioned as to why the Provincial Government is not finding a political solution to the Balochistan issue, adding that fundamental rights of providing protection to citizens are no
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Hearing the Balochistan target killing case, the Supreme Court (SC) questioned as to why the Provincial Government is not finding a political solution to the Balochistan issue, adding that fundamental rights of providing protection to citizens are not being enforced, reports Daily Times. The court, expressing concern over the killing of Shias in Balochistan, asked why the Provincial Government had been failed to arrest any culprit, involved in the killing of Shias.
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December - 19 
India, however, rejected the determination, saying that the US affidavit was “a matter of deep and abiding concern” and contradicted Washington’s public commitment to bringing “those responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks to justice”. Six American
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India, however, rejected the determination, saying that the US affidavit was “a matter of deep and abiding concern” and contradicted Washington’s public commitment to bringing “those responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks to justice”. Six Americans were among the 166 killed in the November 26, 2008, terrorist attacks in the Indian city and later their relatives filed a case in a New York court, listing two former ISI chiefs among the accused. Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) leaders, Mohammed Hafiz Saeed, Zakiur Rahman, Sajid Mir and Azam Cheema are on the same list. The complainants claimed that since the ISI was involved in the planning and execution of the attack, Mr Pasha and Mr Taj should be asked to appear before the court.
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December - 19 
Jackson Police arrested two alleged accused, Ameen and Shahid, involved in killing of two Policemen and recovered one Kalashnikov and one TT pistol from their possession.
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Jackson Police arrested two alleged accused, Ameen and Shahid, involved in killing of two Policemen and recovered one Kalashnikov and one TT pistol from their possession.
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December - 19 
More journalists were killed doing their job in 2012 than in any year since monitoring started 17 years ago, with Syria and Somalia seeing a particularly heavy toll, Daily Times quoting Reporters without Borders reported on December 20. Pakistan Rank
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More journalists were killed doing their job in 2012 than in any year since monitoring started 17 years ago, with Syria and Somalia seeing a particularly heavy toll, Daily Times quoting Reporters without Borders reported on December 20. Pakistan Ranked third in the list with 10 killings. Eighty-eight journalists were killed, a third more than last year, as Security Forces in various conflict zones cracked down on a new crop of citizen journalists attempting to document their activities, the Paris-based rights group said. “The high number of journalists killed in 2012 is mainly due to the conflict in Syria, the chaos in Somalia and to violence by the Taliban in Pakistan,” Christophe Deloire, the head of RSF, said in a statement.
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December - 19 
People’s Health Movement (PHM) Sindh secretariat held a protest demonstration to support the humanitarian cause, outside at the Karachi Press Club to condemn the brutal killing of anti-polio vaccination campaign workers in Pakistan.
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People’s Health Movement (PHM) Sindh secretariat held a protest demonstration to support the humanitarian cause, outside at the Karachi Press Club to condemn the brutal killing of anti-polio vaccination campaign workers in Pakistan.
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December - 19 
Personnel of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) arrested two men, Naqeebullah and Namiatullah, allegedly involved in a number of extortion cases in the Peerabad Police Station. The officials also recovered two TT pistols from their possession.
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Personnel of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) arrested two men, Naqeebullah and Namiatullah, allegedly involved in a number of extortion cases in the Peerabad Police Station. The officials also recovered two TT pistols from their possession.
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December - 19 
Syed Alam Khan, Muhammad Javed, Masood, Nazeer and Maroof were injuried when unidentified miscreants, riding five motorcycles, threw a hand grenade on Dua Hotel near Mauripur Road in Kalri Police Station. SHO claimed that the People’s Aman Committee
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Syed Alam Khan, Muhammad Javed, Masood, Nazeer and Maroof were injuried when unidentified miscreants, riding five motorcycles, threw a hand grenade on Dua Hotel near Mauripur Road in Kalri Police Station. SHO claimed that the People’s Aman Committee (PAC) activists lobbed the grenade on the hotel after its owner refused to pay them extortion money.
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December - 19 
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan called over phone and once again distanced his organisation from the attacks on polio teams. The previous day also he had denied the involvement of the TTP in the attacks on the anti-polio
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan called over phone and once again distanced his organisation from the attacks on polio teams. The previous day also he had denied the involvement of the TTP in the attacks on the anti-polio workers.
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December - 19 
The All Pakistan Ulema Council (APUC) issued a fatwa (religious edict) declaring the killing of anti-polio workers by terrorists as un-Islamic on December 20, reports Daily Times. The decree is supported by Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Karachi, Jamai-e-Ne
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The All Pakistan Ulema Council (APUC) issued a fatwa (religious edict) declaring the killing of anti-polio workers by terrorists as un-Islamic on December 20, reports Daily Times. The decree is supported by Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Karachi, Jamai-e-Neemia Lahore, Jama-e-Ashrafia Lahore, Darul-Ifta wal Irshad Karachi, and Jama-e-Muntazir Lahore. The authority of APUC says that accused of murder can only be punished by the state; no one has the authority to take the law into one’s hand. It is un-Islamic and hence illegal to kill people brutally in streets or markets.
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December - 19 
The dead body of Ashiq Abbas (45), a Shia community member was found near Thanvi Masjid in Lines Area of Brigade Police Station.
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The dead body of Ashiq Abbas (45), a Shia community member was found near Thanvi Masjid in Lines Area of Brigade Police Station.
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December - 19 
The Police claimed to have arrested an accused allegedly involved in the firing incident that scared and forced female members of a polio team at Shah Faisal Colony of Multan city of same District on December 20, reports The News. Police said that th
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The Police claimed to have arrested an accused allegedly involved in the firing incident that scared and forced female members of a polio team at Shah Faisal Colony of Multan city of same District on December 20, reports The News. Police said that the rifle had been recovered. Police added that raids were being conducted to arrest the accused’s accomplice.
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December - 19 
The United States (US) State Department has informed a New York court on December 19 that Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and two of its former Directors General “enjoy immunity” and cannot be tried in the Mumbai terror attacks case, reports Dawn.
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The United States (US) State Department has informed a New York court on December 19 that Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and two of its former Directors General “enjoy immunity” and cannot be tried in the Mumbai terror attacks case, reports Dawn. “Upon consideration of this matter, and after a full review of the pleadings, the Department of State has determined that defendants Ahmed Shuja Pasha and Nadeem Taj are immune from suit in this case,” said an official letter sent to the US Department of Justice. The State Department also pointed out that its determination was “not subject to judicial review”.
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December - 19 
The United States on December 19 asked Pakistan to dismantle Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the outfit responsible for several terrorist attacks inside India including 26/11 and attack on the Parliament, reports NDTV. "We continue to strongly condemn the 200
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The United States on December 19 asked Pakistan to dismantle Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the outfit responsible for several terrorist attacks inside India including 26/11 and attack on the Parliament, reports NDTV. "We continue to strongly condemn the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. We also continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to dismantle Lashkar-e-Toiba and to support regional and global efforts to combat terrorism," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said. So far the United States has been urging Pakistan to take action against LeT and its leaders. This is for the first time probably that the US has urged Pakistan to dismantle LeT. The strong US statement came a day after the State Department told the Department of Justice that the two former chiefs of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) - Ahmed Shuja Pasha and Nadeem Taj - have immunity in 26/11 case filed in a New York court. "It is important to note that this submission is based on one specific case and should not be viewed as a US Government determination on the merits of the Plaintiffs' claims," Nuland said, when asked about the determination made in this regard by the State Department and the Department of Justice affidavit filed before a New York court.
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December - 19 
The US Government has informed Federal Court in New York court that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and its former Director Generals "enjoy immunity" in the case related to November 26, 2008 (26/11) attack on Mumbai (Maharashtra) and as
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The US Government has informed Federal Court in New York court that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and its former Director Generals "enjoy immunity" in the case related to November 26, 2008 (26/11) attack on Mumbai (Maharashtra) and asked Pakistan to dismantle Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and support India's efforts to counter terrorist threat, reports Outlook on December 19. Stuart Delery, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General told on December 17, "In the view of the United States, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is entitled to immunity because it is part of a foreign state within the meaning of the FSIA (Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act). "Furthermore, the Department of State has determined that former Director Generals Ahmed Shuja Pasha and Nadeem Taj are immune because plaintiffs' allegations relate to acts that these defendants allegedly took in their official capacities as directors of an entity that is undeniably a fundamental part of the Government of Pakistan," Delery said in his 12-page affidavit.
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December - 19 
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on December 19 suspended polio operations in Pakistan and called back their field workers due to security threats after the killing of two more people associated with the
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on December 19 suspended polio operations in Pakistan and called back their field workers due to security threats after the killing of two more people associated with the anti-polio drive in Charsadda District and simultaneous attacks on polio teams in Peshawar and Nowshera, reports The News. Senior WHO officials felt the remaining polio workers would have remained safe had the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government accepted their recommendation to suspend the ongoing three-day anti-polio campaign in the province. The WHO had recommended to the KP Government to postpone the anti-polio drive due to the deteriorating security situation and growing threats to the vaccinators. On WHO’s recommendation, the Government cancelled the vaccination campaign in Sindh and in Quetta, Pishin and Qilla Abdullah Districts in Balochistan, but the KP Government turned down its proposal and decided to continue the campaign. It also made commitment to ensure security of the polio teams.
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December - 19 
Three more health workers, vaccinating children against polio, were shot dead in two separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 19, bringing the total killed this week to eight, reports The Guardian. While one killing happened just outside
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Three more health workers, vaccinating children against polio, were shot dead in two separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 19, bringing the total killed this week to eight, reports The Guardian. While one killing happened just outside the city of Peshawar and two others in the town of Charsadda. Two men and a woman have been killed. The volunteers were taking part in a three-day Government-led drive, supported by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, to vaccinate tens of millions of children at risk from polio in Pakistan.
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December - 19 
Two dead girls were found at the railway track in the Faizabad area of Sariab in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on December 19 2012
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Two dead girls were found at the railway track in the Faizabad area of Sariab in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on December 19 2012
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December - 19 
Underscoring the need to engage Kashmiris in dialogue process, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on December 19 that her country was willing to settle the Kashmir-Issue peacefully through negotiations, reports Kashmir Times. “Kashmir i
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Underscoring the need to engage Kashmiris in dialogue process, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on December 19 that her country was willing to settle the Kashmir-Issue peacefully through negotiations, reports Kashmir Times. “Kashmir is the core issue for Pakistan and there is no question to compromise on our stand,” she told the visiting Hurriyat Conference (M) delegation led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who met her on December 19 evening on dinner at foreign office in Islamabad. During the more than one and a half hour meeting, the Hurriyat delegation discussed the prevailing situation in Kashmir with the Foreign Minister Khar, and stressed upon her that both the countries should take Kashmiris on board while negotiating on the issue. “We are not only the part of the dispute but also the sufferers. Without the participation of Kashmiris, no solution should be expected,” the delegation told Khar.
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December - 20 
A doctor, Dr Yaseen, was abducted from Ring Road in limits of Paharipura Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, reports Dawn. A Police source said Dr Yaseen of Muslim City had come to a restaurant for dinner, but he disappeared som
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A doctor, Dr Yaseen, was abducted from Ring Road in limits of Paharipura Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, reports Dawn. A Police source said Dr Yaseen of Muslim City had come to a restaurant for dinner, but he disappeared somewhere near the Ring Road while on way to his residence in Pabbi town of Nowshera District. It was learnt that he had a dental clinic in Pabbi.
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December - 20 
A man, identified as Muhammad Hanif (22), was shot dead in Baldia Town.
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A man, identified as Muhammad Hanif (22), was shot dead in Baldia Town.
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December - 20 
A three-member Indian delegation is arriving on December 20 (today) to set terms of reference for the visit of a Pakistan Judicial Commission to India in connection with 26/11 Mumbai terror attack probe, reports Geo News. The team led by Joint Secret
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A three-member Indian delegation is arriving on December 20 (today) to set terms of reference for the visit of a Pakistan Judicial Commission to India in connection with 26/11 Mumbai terror attack probe, reports Geo News. The team led by Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Dharmendra Sharma will interact with Pakistani officials for four days and look into the purpose of the visit of the Commission, which wants to cross examine four Mumbai- based witnesses of 26/11 cases. Islamabad has been insisting that the Pakistani panel's India visit is key to early completion of the 26/11 trial in Rawalpindi as the court had refused to accept the findings of the Commission's earlier visit as it did not get the chance to cross examine the four witnesses. New Delhi has agreed to Islamabad's request but put two conditions --- it sought an assurance from Pakistan that this would be the final visit by the panel and New Delhi wanted Pakistani law officers to certify its admissibility in Pakistani courts. The visiting Indian delegation will also set modalities for the Pakistani panel's Mumbai visit.
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December - 20 
A tortured body was recovered from Brewery Road area of Quetta.
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A tortured body was recovered from Brewery Road area of Quetta.
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December - 20 
An anti-polio worker succumbed to his injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar on December 20 to raise the death toll of anti-polio workers to four in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports The News. The 22-year-old anti-polio vaccinator Hilal
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An anti-polio worker succumbed to his injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar on December 20 to raise the death toll of anti-polio workers to four in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports The News. The 22-year-old anti-polio vaccinator Hilal Khan was shot in the head on December 19 in Peshawar by two unidentified teenaged assailants. The Government has suspended the polio campaign and announced three-day mourning over the killing of the anti-polio workers. KP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain termed all the attacks on polio teams as acts of the ‘terrorists’ who were trying to tarnish Pakistan’s image. The KP Government has announced Rs300,000 compensation for each polio worker killed during the recent campaign; Rs80,000 for every seriously injured person and Rs50,000 for those suffering minor injuries.
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December - 20 
An anti-terrorism court indicted a suspected militant in shrine and Seaview bomb blast cases. Mohammad Dawood alias Waleed alias Ishaq, said to be associated with the banned TTP, has been charged with masterminding the bombings on the shrine of Abdu
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An anti-terrorism court indicted a suspected militant in shrine and Seaview bomb blast cases. Mohammad Dawood alias Waleed alias Ishaq, said to be associated with the banned TTP, has been charged with masterminding the bombings on the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in October 2010 and near Seaview in November 2011.
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December - 20 
An office-bearer of a local market association, Abdul Razzaq (55) was shot dead in Orangi Town.
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An office-bearer of a local market association, Abdul Razzaq (55) was shot dead in Orangi Town.
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December - 20 
Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC) of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) claimed to have arrested three men allegedly affiliated with banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and three grenades, two Kalashnikovs and a TT pistol were recovered from their
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Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC) of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) claimed to have arrested three men allegedly affiliated with banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and three grenades, two Kalashnikovs and a TT pistol were recovered from their possession.
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December - 20 
At least 11 persons, including six Pakistanis and five Afghan nationals were killed in Pothan area near Pakistan-Iran border in Gwadar District while trying to illegally cross into neighbouring Iran in three vehicles on .
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At least 11 persons, including six Pakistanis and five Afghan nationals were killed in Pothan area near Pakistan-Iran border in Gwadar District while trying to illegally cross into neighbouring Iran in three vehicles on .
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December - 20 
At least 293 people were killed and 937 injured in bombings, suicide attacks, rocket barrages and other militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the first 11 months of 2012, compared to 718 deaths and 1,378 injuries during the same period i
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At least 293 people were killed and 937 injured in bombings, suicide attacks, rocket barrages and other militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the first 11 months of 2012, compared to 718 deaths and 1,378 injuries during the same period in 2011, Central Asia Online quoting Police documents reported on December 21. Those killed this year include 67 policemen, seven Frontier Constabulary (FC) troops, one soldier and 218 civilians. In 2011, 131 policemen, 143 FC troops, 45 army soldiers and 399 civilians were killed during the corresponding period, according to the documents. The number of terrorist attacks grew slightly, 361 compared to 338 last year.
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December - 20 
At least four persons, including an Awami National Party (ANP) activist, were killed in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December 21, reports Dawn. An ANP activist, identified as Ramzan Kakar was shot dead in Saddar area of Bohri Bazaar. P
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At least four persons, including an Awami National Party (ANP) activist, were killed in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December 21, reports Dawn. An ANP activist, identified as Ramzan Kakar was shot dead in Saddar area of Bohri Bazaar. Police said that during the evening rush hour, assailants riding a motorbike emerged at a teashop near Peshawari Ice Cream in Bohri Bazaar where ANP leader was sitting with his associates. The assailants fired shots at Mr Kakar and tried to escape.However, the ANP leader’s associates returned fire and bullets hit one of the assailants who was shot dead. Two passers-by were injured in the firing.
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December - 20 
Awami National Party leader and former town nazim (secretary) Mohammad Ilyas was injured after being shot at by unidentified motorcyclists at a local market in Nowshera town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on December 21, reports Daily Ti
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Awami National Party leader and former town nazim (secretary) Mohammad Ilyas was injured after being shot at by unidentified motorcyclists at a local market in Nowshera town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on December 21, reports Daily Times. Police said two men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the ANP leader when he was returning home from a local market.
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December - 20 
Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted in cement block containing over 10 kilogrammes of explosive material outside a closed restaurant near Cheel Chowk within the precincts of Kalakot Police Station.
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Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted in cement block containing over 10 kilogrammes of explosive material outside a closed restaurant near Cheel Chowk within the precincts of Kalakot Police Station.
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December - 20 
Dead bodies of two young women were found from a rail track in the Sariab area of Faizabad in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
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Dead bodies of two young women were found from a rail track in the Sariab area of Faizabad in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
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December - 20 
Following intense parleys between treasury and opposition, the National Assembly on December 20 passed the “Fair Trial Bill 2012”, which is devised to give the Government more powers to fight terrorism, reports Daily Times. There were some objections
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Following intense parleys between treasury and opposition, the National Assembly on December 20 passed the “Fair Trial Bill 2012”, which is devised to give the Government more powers to fight terrorism, reports Daily Times. There were some objections by the opposition over giving state security apparatus more powers to fight the menace of terrorism in the country. Although the Government agreed to incorporate most the of amendments proposed by the opposition PML-N, and its ally MQM, however, there were a few that were rejected by the treasury side on the back of its numerical strength in the House, whose proceedings spanned over four hours as it took up clause-by-clause reading of the bill and amendments introduced in it. The bill is perceived to be breach of privacy of an individual in the shape of intercepting private communications on phones, SMS and emails. The opposition, however, claimed that it tried to protect the fundamental rights of citizens through the amendments it proposed. Leader of the opposition Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan yet termed the bill “not ideal one” to fight terrorism, and emphasised that it must be implemented. Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, who remained in the House for a large part of the proceedings, called the passage of the bill a big achievement in efforts to combat terrorism and vowed to not let terrorism disgrace the country. A key part of the bill is that the number of agencies who can request warrants of surveillance or interception has been reduced to six. The treasury side did not submit to whole of the amendment of PML-N which wanted the applicants to be restricted only to police, Intelligence Bureau and Inter-Services Intelligence. Under the agreement, government withdrew FIA from the applicants, however it succeeded in getting included the intelligence agencies of the three armed services along with ISI, IB and police. The House also rejected with a majority vote PML-N amendment in schedule 1 of the bill which deals with offences to be dealt though this bill. PML-N wanted that only offences under Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 should fall in the purview of this bill. The government, on the other hand, stuck to offences that fall in the domain of Private Military Organisations Abolition and Prohibition Act 1974, Prevention of Anti-National Activities Act 1974, Anti-Terrorism Act, Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority Ordinance 2001 and National Command Authority Act 2010.
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December - 20 
Nabeel Rehman (18), resident of Martin Quarters, who had gone missing on December 9, 2012, was found shot dead near the Aga Khan Jamaat Khana in Garden area.
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Nabeel Rehman (18), resident of Martin Quarters, who had gone missing on December 9, 2012, was found shot dead near the Aga Khan Jamaat Khana in Garden area.
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December - 20 
President Asif Ali Zardari on December 20 said Pakistan firmly believes in a meaningful, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India that could lead to a permanent solution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with aspirations of i
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President Asif Ali Zardari on December 20 said Pakistan firmly believes in a meaningful, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India that could lead to a permanent solution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with aspirations of its people. He was talking to the delegation of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, at the Bilawal House in Karachi. Spokesperson to the President, Senator Farhatullah Babar, said the President remarked that finding an amicable and just solution to all outstanding issues, including Kashmir dispute, was important for Pakistan and India to ensure lasting peace, stability and development in the region.
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December - 20 
Two dead bodies of abducted passengers were found by Security Forces (SFs) from a mountainous area in Bolan District, reports Daily Times. According to details, three persons, identified as Jamshed, Atta and Siddiqui were killed when unidentified mis
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Two dead bodies of abducted passengers were found by Security Forces (SFs) from a mountainous area in Bolan District, reports Daily Times. According to details, three persons, identified as Jamshed, Atta and Siddiqui were killed when unidentified miscreants opened fire at a Bolan-Quetta passenger bus near Mach area on December 20, 2012. The attackers also abducted two passengers along with them whose bodies were recovered.
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December - 20 
Unidentified militants blew up a Government girls’ school in Sro Killay area of Shabqadar tehsil (revenue unit) in Charsadda District, reports The News. Further, Police foiled a bid to blow up another girls’ school in Dosehra village.
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Unidentified militants blew up a Government girls’ school in Sro Killay area of Shabqadar tehsil (revenue unit) in Charsadda District, reports The News. Further, Police foiled a bid to blow up another girls’ school in Dosehra village.
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December - 21 
At least four suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike on December 21-afternoon in the Hisukhel area of Mir Ali in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Daily Times. The drones fired two missiles,
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At least four suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike on December 21-afternoon in the Hisukhel area of Mir Ali in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Daily Times. The drones fired two missiles, destroying a house and killing four militants inside, said the sources on condition of anonymity.
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December - 21 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour and at least eight other persons were killed and 17 injured in a suicide bomb explosion in Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar, reports Dawn. The dead also included Station House Officer (SHO)
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour and at least eight other persons were killed and 17 injured in a suicide bomb explosion in Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar, reports Dawn. The dead also included Station House Officer (SHO) of Kabali Police Station, Sattar Khan, and the late minister’s personal secretary Noor Muhammad. Police said around 100 people had gathered at the place when the bomber detonated his suicide vest. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack on Bashir Ahmed Bilour whose outspokenness had made him a lot of enemies among the militants. TTP’s ‘spokesman’ for Dara Adamkhel and Khyber Agency, Mohammad Afridi, said over phone that the suicide bomber belonging to his group. He said the TTP had set up a new ‘revenge wing’ that had carried out the attack. Afridi warned that leaders of the ANP and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were the prime targets of his group.
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December - 21 
Pro-Uzbek Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘commander’ Maulvi Abbas was among three killed in a bomb blast in Wana bazaar of South Waziristan Agency. Sources said that a bomb at the office of ‘commander’ Maulvi Abbas’s brother in the vegetable market
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Pro-Uzbek Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘commander’ Maulvi Abbas was among three killed in a bomb blast in Wana bazaar of South Waziristan Agency. Sources said that a bomb at the office of ‘commander’ Maulvi Abbas’s brother in the vegetable market went off, killing Abbas and two others, including his son. Four people sustained injuries in the blast. Maulvi Abbas was recently allowed to resettle in Ahmedzai Wazir areas after he was expelled in a popular uprising led by moderate TTP ‘commander’ Maulvi Nazir, in spring 2007. “He (Abbas) was the apparent target of the blast,” said a Government official in Wana, headquarters of South Waziristan. Maulvi Abbas, who had close links with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), was a close confidant of senior TTP ‘commander’ Nek Muhammad, who was killed in a US drone strike in 2004. Muhammad and Abbas had come under sharp criticism in the past for harbouring Uzbek, Tajik and other Central Asian militants. Abbas and his fighters left South Waziristan after Maulvi Nazir became commander of militants in the region and launched a campaign against them for harbouring the “foreigner”. Nazir opposes Uzbek fighters and has had awkward relations with TTP, which is dominated by members of the rival Mehsud tribe.
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December - 22 
A dead body, identified as Mukhtiar, was found near Raxer Bridge within the limits of Pak Colony Police Station.
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A dead body, identified as Mukhtiar, was found near Raxer Bridge within the limits of Pak Colony Police Station.
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December - 22 
A man was killed at Korangi Road within the limits of Korangi Police Station.
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A man was killed at Korangi Road within the limits of Korangi Police Station.
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December - 22 
A man was shot dead at Hawksbay Road within the limits of Mauripur Police Station.
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A man was shot dead at Hawksbay Road within the limits of Mauripur Police Station.
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December - 22 
A man, identified as Shakeel, was killed while other, Ghulam Mustafa, was injured in an armed attack near Jehangir Road within the jurisdiction of Jamshed quarter Police Station
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A man, identified as Shakeel, was killed while other, Ghulam Mustafa, was injured in an armed attack near Jehangir Road within the jurisdiction of Jamshed quarter Police Station
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December - 22 
A Policeman was shot dead and one person was shot injured when some unidentified persons opened fire on him in Kutchlak in the outskirt of Quetta.
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A Policeman was shot dead and one person was shot injured when some unidentified persons opened fire on him in Kutchlak in the outskirt of Quetta.
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December - 22 
An oil-tanker was destroyed and another caught fire when unidentified militants fired a rocket shell at the Nashpa Oil Plant in Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 23, reports The News. However, no loss of life was reported in the incide
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An oil-tanker was destroyed and another caught fire when unidentified militants fired a rocket shell at the Nashpa Oil Plant in Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 23, reports The News. However, no loss of life was reported in the incident.
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December - 22 
At least nine aspiring candidates, applying for the posts of Constable and Assistant Sub inspector (ASI) in Sindh Police Department met a terrible fate when they were injured in a hand grenade attack at Khawaja Ajmernagri Police headquarters that evi
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At least nine aspiring candidates, applying for the posts of Constable and Assistant Sub inspector (ASI) in Sindh Police Department met a terrible fate when they were injured in a hand grenade attack at Khawaja Ajmernagri Police headquarters that evidently targeted the Law Enforcement Personnel.
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December - 22 
At least seven persons, including a Policeman and a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist, were killed in separate incidents in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December23, reports Daily Times. An activist of MQM, identified as Muhammad
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At least seven persons, including a Policeman and a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist, were killed in separate incidents in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December23, reports Daily Times. An activist of MQM, identified as Muhammad Amir (25) was shot dead near Shoe Market in Garden area within the precincts of Garden Police Station.
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December - 22 
At least three persons, including a militant ‘commander’, Ahmad Khan, were killed in a firing incident in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 23, reports Dawn. Sources said that a member of Tirah-ba
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At least three persons, including a militant ‘commander’, Ahmad Khan, were killed in a firing incident in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 23, reports Dawn. Sources said that a member of Tirah-based militant outfit Ansarul Islam opened firing on its local ‘commander’ after an exchange of hot words with him. Other cadres of the outfit, present on the occasion, overpowered the attacker identified as Said Umar and killed him immediately. Later, the members of Ansarul Islam also killed the father of Said Umar in Khatu Cheena area.
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December - 22 
At least two persons were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Khan Shaheed Street area in Pashtunabad of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on December 23, reports The News.
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At least two persons were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Khan Shaheed Street area in Pashtunabad of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on December 23, reports The News.
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December - 22 
In a sectarian incident, a Shia trader, identified as Azmat Ali, was killed inside the area of Shah Faisal Colony within the limits of Shah Faisal colony Police Station.
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In a sectarian incident, a Shia trader, identified as Azmat Ali, was killed inside the area of Shah Faisal Colony within the limits of Shah Faisal colony Police Station.
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December - 22 
Three soldiers were injured in a roadside blast on Miranshah Road in Khwajdarkhel village in the limits of the Bakkakhel Police Station in Frontier Region (FR) Bannu.
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Three soldiers were injured in a roadside blast on Miranshah Road in Khwajdarkhel village in the limits of the Bakkakhel Police Station in Frontier Region (FR) Bannu.
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December - 22 
Unidentified militants blew up a boys’ school in Sarukhel village in Doaba area of Hangu District. Police said that it was the 4th school blown up in Doaba during the last two months.
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Unidentified militants blew up a boys’ school in Sarukhel village in Doaba area of Hangu District. Police said that it was the 4th school blown up in Doaba during the last two months.
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December - 23 
A passerby was shot at 2 Mint Chowrangi North Karachi within the jurisdiction of Bilal Colony Police Station. He was also targeted by motorcyclists and died on the spot.
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A passerby was shot at 2 Mint Chowrangi North Karachi within the jurisdiction of Bilal Colony Police Station. He was also targeted by motorcyclists and died on the spot.
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December - 23 
A Policeman, Muhammad Aslam was shot dead near Napier Road within the limits of Napier Police Station.
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A Policeman, Muhammad Aslam was shot dead near Napier Road within the limits of Napier Police Station.
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December - 23 
A scrap dealer, Khalid Pervez, was shot dead in Gulshan-e-Sikandarabad, while a security guard was gunned down during a robbery at Kyabane-e-Rahat.
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A scrap dealer, Khalid Pervez, was shot dead in Gulshan-e-Sikandarabad, while a security guard was gunned down during a robbery at Kyabane-e-Rahat.
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December - 23 
A Sunni prayer leader was gunned down outside a mosque in North Karachi. The deceased was on his way to a mosque when two armed riders fired at him.
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A Sunni prayer leader was gunned down outside a mosque in North Karachi. The deceased was on his way to a mosque when two armed riders fired at him.
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December - 23 
An elderly man was killed and a policeman injured in an armed attack in Ayub Goth. The two were hit when armed motorcyclists fired at a teashop.
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An elderly man was killed and a policeman injured in an armed attack in Ayub Goth. The two were hit when armed motorcyclists fired at a teashop.
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December - 23 
An MBBS student of a private university was shot dead at Northern Bypass. An official said that the victim, 28-year-old Zohaib, was shot in the head and hand, and died instantly.
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An MBBS student of a private university was shot dead at Northern Bypass. An official said that the victim, 28-year-old Zohaib, was shot in the head and hand, and died instantly.
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December - 23 
Bodies of two young men were discovered from bushes in China Wada.
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Bodies of two young men were discovered from bushes in China Wada.
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December - 23 
One motorist was shot dead near Garden Police headquarters.
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One motorist was shot dead near Garden Police headquarters.
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December - 23 
Sectarian and targeted violence claimed twelve more lives in separate acts of violence in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 24, reports Daily Times. Three Shia traders were killed within a couple of minutes in Nazimabad No 2. An o
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Sectarian and targeted violence claimed twelve more lives in separate acts of violence in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 24, reports Daily Times. Three Shia traders were killed within a couple of minutes in Nazimabad No 2. An official said that two pillion riders fired at a shop, injuring two men, 50-year-old Hasnain Hussain and his younger brother, 45-year-old Qamar Hussain. The assailants then fired at a shop in another street and killed a man before escaping.
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December - 23 
Two Army personnel were killed and two others injured as their convoy was attacked in a targeted bomb explosion on Sakran Road in Kalat town of same District in Balochistan on December 24, reports Daily Times. The military convoy was returning from M
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Two Army personnel were killed and two others injured as their convoy was attacked in a targeted bomb explosion on Sakran Road in Kalat town of same District in Balochistan on December 24, reports Daily Times. The military convoy was returning from Mushkai Forte when it was attacked. The area was cordoned off and a search operation was initiated following the incident.
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December - 23 
Two Police personnel were killed and as many sustained injuries in a gun attack on their picket in Eastern Bypass area under the precincts of New Sariab Police Station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
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Two Police personnel were killed and as many sustained injuries in a gun attack on their picket in Eastern Bypass area under the precincts of New Sariab Police Station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
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December - 23 
Unidentified assailants fired in Rizvia, Golimar, Gulbahar, Incholi and other Shia-dominated areas. Armed men forced shopkeepers to shut down their businesses. Miscreants pelted stones on passing vehicles, hampering flow of traffic for hours.
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Unidentified assailants fired in Rizvia, Golimar, Gulbahar, Incholi and other Shia-dominated areas. Armed men forced shopkeepers to shut down their businesses. Miscreants pelted stones on passing vehicles, hampering flow of traffic for hours.
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December - 23 
Unidentified militants attacked a checkpost in Panjgur town of same District. However, no casualties were reported. Miscreants fled after attacking the checkpost.
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Unidentified militants attacked a checkpost in Panjgur town of same District. However, no casualties were reported. Miscreants fled after attacking the checkpost.
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December - 23 
United Nation (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon and United State (US) Ambassador Richard Olson have condemned the suicide bombing in Peshawar on December 22, 2012 that killed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa senior minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour and eight other pe
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United Nation (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon and United State (US) Ambassador Richard Olson have condemned the suicide bombing in Peshawar on December 22, 2012 that killed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa senior minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour and eight other persons. “The secretary general reiterates the strong support of the United Nations for the efforts of the Government and people of Pakistan to combat the scourge of terrorism,” said a statement issued by Ban Ki-moon’s spokesperson. In a statement, Olson also praised Bilour as a courageous man.
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December - 24 
A cadre of the ASWJ was injured in firing by the Law Enforcers in Gulshan-e-Hadeed.
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A cadre of the ASWJ was injured in firing by the Law Enforcers in Gulshan-e-Hadeed.
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December - 24 
A man was killed at Shaheen Hotel. He was also abducted and tortured before being killed, said Police.
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A man was killed at Shaheen Hotel. He was also abducted and tortured before being killed, said Police.
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December - 24 
A man was killed while other injured in an armed attack in Azeempura, Shah Faisal Colony. A man, Mazhar Zahir (26) was killed at Radio Pakistan.
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A man was killed while other injured in an armed attack in Azeempura, Shah Faisal Colony. A man, Mazhar Zahir (26) was killed at Radio Pakistan.
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December - 24 
A man was shot dead in New Karachi area, while a tortured body of a man was recovered from the Timber Market. Eidgah Police found a dead body. Similarly, the body of a man who had been shot dead was found near Aero Club in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
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A man was shot dead in New Karachi area, while a tortured body of a man was recovered from the Timber Market. Eidgah Police found a dead body. Similarly, the body of a man who had been shot dead was found near Aero Club in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
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December - 24 
A press release issued by the FC said that terrorists associated with the banned Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) attacked an FC convoy near Mahi village on December 24, 2012 and “martyred two FC personnel in the assault.” After this, the Frontier
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A press release issued by the FC said that terrorists associated with the banned Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) attacked an FC convoy near Mahi village on December 24, 2012 and “martyred two FC personnel in the assault.” After this, the Frontier Corps obtained permission from the Provincial Government and took action by launching an operation in the area surrounding Mashkay. Consequently, many terrorists were killed and two of their camps were destroyed.
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December - 24 
A Shia man, identified as Shahid Hussain (28) was killed in his vegetable stall in Raees Amrohi Colony in Orangi Town.
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A Shia man, identified as Shahid Hussain (28) was killed in his vegetable stall in Raees Amrohi Colony in Orangi Town.
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December - 24 
A son of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was killed in the Defence Housing Authority of Chishti Nagar.
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A son of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was killed in the Defence Housing Authority of Chishti Nagar.
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December - 24 
Amid deteriorating law and order situation, the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on December 24, decided to launch a targeted operation to collect illegal weapons from key locations of the capital, reports The Ex
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Amid deteriorating law and order situation, the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on December 24, decided to launch a targeted operation to collect illegal weapons from key locations of the capital, reports The Express Tribune. The de-weaponization operation is aimed to eradicate sectarianism. The decision to deal the issue immediately was taken in recent meetings held in GB’s Force Commander Office, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister G-B Syed Mehdi Shah. According to a police officer, intelligence reports reveal that huge catches of sophisticated weapons have been smuggled to Gilgit, through different entry points of the area, particularly during summers when borders remain opened. The officer further said that the authorities “know where the ammunitions are, and how to reach them.”
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December - 24 
An Ansarul Islam (AI) militant killed his colleague Farooq Khan and injured another in Maidan area of Tirah valley. Sources said that the cadres of the outfit were posted at a bunker situated on a hilltop near the border of Orakzai Agency. Reason beh
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An Ansarul Islam (AI) militant killed his colleague Farooq Khan and injured another in Maidan area of Tirah valley. Sources said that the cadres of the outfit were posted at a bunker situated on a hilltop near the border of Orakzai Agency. Reason behind the firing incident could not be immediately known. The killer managed to escape after the incident.
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December - 24 
At least 20 persons, including four Policemen, were killed in separate incidents in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December 25, reports Daily Times. Information Secretary of the Ahl-e- Sunnat- Wal-Jama’ at (ASWJ), Maulana Aurangzeb
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At least 20 persons, including four Policemen, were killed in separate incidents in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December 25, reports Daily Times. Information Secretary of the Ahl-e- Sunnat- Wal-Jama’ at (ASWJ), Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqi, survived an armed attack at Moti Mahal of Gulshan-e-Iqbal area in which his driver, a private security guard and four Policemen were killed.
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December - 24 
BNM Central Chairman Khalil Baloch shared a different view. While speaking to the media, he said that the operation carried out in Awaran was a large scale one and even made use of helicopters. “Security forces set the houses of people, and relatives
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BNM Central Chairman Khalil Baloch shared a different view. While speaking to the media, he said that the operation carried out in Awaran was a large scale one and even made use of helicopters. “Security forces set the houses of people, and relatives of Baloch revolutionary leader, Dr. Allah Nazir, on fire,” he said. Baloch appealed to human rights organizations to actively take a stance to halt the alleged “genocide” in the Province.
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December - 24 
Dead body of a man was found from a garbage dump within the jurisdiction of Nabi Baksh Police Station. Police said that unidentified assailants had abducted the victim and dumped his body after killing him.
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Dead body of a man was found from a garbage dump within the jurisdiction of Nabi Baksh Police Station. Police said that unidentified assailants had abducted the victim and dumped his body after killing him.
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December - 24 
Officials in Balochistan also confirmed that action was taken in some areas of Awaran by Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA), but did not provide any details about losses or damages.
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Officials in Balochistan also confirmed that action was taken in some areas of Awaran by Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA), but did not provide any details about losses or damages.
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December - 24 
One Frontier Corps (FC) official was killed and two others were injured during a search operation against militants in the Awaran District on December 25, reports The Express Tribune. According to the Baloch National Movement (BNM), this was “a plann
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One Frontier Corps (FC) official was killed and two others were injured during a search operation against militants in the Awaran District on December 25, reports The Express Tribune. According to the Baloch National Movement (BNM), this was “a planned, full-fledged operation in which houses of residents were set on fire.”
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December - 24 
President of the National Party (NP), Dr. Malik Baloch said that the Federal and Balochistan Governments have failed miserably in resolving the longstanding Balochistan problem, speaking at a press conference at the end of a two-day executive committ
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President of the National Party (NP), Dr. Malik Baloch said that the Federal and Balochistan Governments have failed miserably in resolving the longstanding Balochistan problem, speaking at a press conference at the end of a two-day executive committee meeting of his party in Quetta on December 25, reports Dawn. He said the country, particularly Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Karachi, were confronted with violence and innocent people were being killed there but the Government’s inaction had made the situation worse. The NP president asserted that approximately 500 mutilated bodies had been dumped while hundreds of Baloch youths were missing. Besides, a large number of people had moved to other areas of the country due to military operation in Kohlu and Dera Bugti Districts.
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December - 24 
SFs’ convoy was targeted with a remote-controlled bomb, planted by militants, on the roadside in Sepah area of Bara. Two FC troops, identified as Nauman Ahmad and Shaman Gul, were injured. A tank was also destroyed in the explosion.
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SFs’ convoy was targeted with a remote-controlled bomb, planted by militants, on the roadside in Sepah area of Bara. Two FC troops, identified as Nauman Ahmad and Shaman Gul, were injured. A tank was also destroyed in the explosion.
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December - 24 
Three children were injured when an explosive device placed near the resident of a tribesman, Gohar, went off in the Shahkas area of Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit).
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Three children were injured when an explosive device placed near the resident of a tribesman, Gohar, went off in the Shahkas area of Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit).
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December - 24 
Two cadre of ASWJ were killed by unidentified armed assailants in Orangi Town.
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Two cadre of ASWJ were killed by unidentified armed assailants in Orangi Town.
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December - 24 
Two men were killed while another was injured in an armed attack near Sadder Parking Plaza.
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Two men were killed while another was injured in an armed attack near Sadder Parking Plaza.
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December - 24 
Two militants were killed and four persons, including two security men, received injuries in separate incidents in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 25, reports Dawn. Sources said that a militant was killed a
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Two militants were killed and four persons, including two security men, received injuries in separate incidents in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 25, reports Dawn. Sources said that a militant was killed and another injured in a firing incident in Loe Shalman area of Landi Kotal. Militants holed up in Ranay Parchaw, a border village of Afghanistan across the Kabul River near Torkham, wanted to hire some boats to cross the river into Pakistan. The boat owners refused to lend them boats as Security Forces (SFs) had imposed a ban on ferry service owing to movements of militants, they said. The refusal by the boat owners infuriated the militants, who started firing at them from across the border. In retaliatory firing by the boat owners from Shalman Khula village, one militant was killed and another received injuries. The SFs, stationed at a nearby hilltop, also reached the spot and took positions along the riverside to stop militants from crossing over into Pakistan.
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December - 24 
Unidentified militants blew up the house of a known tribal businessman and former parliamentarian, Haji Muhammad Shah, in Sepah area in Bara, reports The News. The sources said that around a dozen militants placed explosives close to the house of Muh
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Unidentified militants blew up the house of a known tribal businessman and former parliamentarian, Haji Muhammad Shah, in Sepah area in Bara, reports The News. The sources said that around a dozen militants placed explosives close to the house of Muhammad Shah and triggered the explosions with a remote control device. The sources added the militants also took away material including the gates, bricks, furniture and iron rods from the house.
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December - 25 
A Police Constable, identified as Amjed Ali (30), was shot dead by two unidentified armed assailants near Rexer Lane in Pak Colony Police Station of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December 26.
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A Police Constable, identified as Amjed Ali (30), was shot dead by two unidentified armed assailants near Rexer Lane in Pak Colony Police Station of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh on December 26.
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December - 25 
A teenage girl was killed when Security Forces (SFs) raided a house in Ghundi Abdalkhel area in Jamrud. Local sources said that forces raided the house of Tila Baz to arrest him for his alleged contacts with the militants. A teenage daughter of Tila
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A teenage girl was killed when Security Forces (SFs) raided a house in Ghundi Abdalkhel area in Jamrud. Local sources said that forces raided the house of Tila Baz to arrest him for his alleged contacts with the militants. A teenage daughter of Tila Baz was killed in gunfight between the inmates of the house and SFs, they added.
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December - 25 
A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) targeted killer, Abid alias Chhotu, escaped from the Peerabad Police Station jail in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 26, reports Central Asia Online. According to media reports Abid asked a con
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A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) targeted killer, Abid alias Chhotu, escaped from the Peerabad Police Station jail in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 26, reports Central Asia Online. According to media reports Abid asked a constable if he could use the restroom. As the constable let him out of the lock-up, Abid pushed him aside and fled. Abid was arrested after a December 13 encounter in Kanwari Colony. Police reportedly recovered five hand grenades, a Kalashnikov and explosives from his possession. Deputy Inspector General of Police Asif Ijaz Shaikh confirmed the escape and said that Abid was involved in more than 25 murders, including 14 Police constables.
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December - 25 
At least two persons, including a Security man and a teenage girl were killed and four others, including two children were injured in separate incidents in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) on December 26, reports Dawn.
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At least two persons, including a Security man and a teenage girl were killed and four others, including two children were injured in separate incidents in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) on December 26, reports Dawn. A trooper of Mehsud Scouts was killed when militants attacked a check post in Sial Khan Kallay of Akkakhel area in Bara tehsil (revenue unit).
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December - 25 
Blast took place on Canal Road near Pawaka village in the limits of Peshtakhara Police Station. The blast did not cause any loss to people.
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Blast took place on Canal Road near Pawaka village in the limits of Peshtakhara Police Station. The blast did not cause any loss to people.
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December - 25 
Five persons were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast outside Gul Agha Mosque in Jannat Gul Town, behind Al-Asif Square in Sohrab Goth.
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Five persons were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast outside Gul Agha Mosque in Jannat Gul Town, behind Al-Asif Square in Sohrab Goth.
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December - 25 
Militants blew up the vacant house of a former Parliamentarian in Sipah area of Bara tehsil.
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Militants blew up the vacant house of a former Parliamentarian in Sipah area of Bara tehsil.
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December - 25 
Police claimed to have recovered four suicide jackets, 59 hand grenades and 541 Kalashnikovs during the 2012 in Peshawar. A Police spokesman said that 5,383 dynamites, 223,329 detonators, 136 rockets, 141 fuses, 329 Explosive Devices and over 0.6mill
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Police claimed to have recovered four suicide jackets, 59 hand grenades and 541 Kalashnikovs during the 2012 in Peshawar. A Police spokesman said that 5,383 dynamites, 223,329 detonators, 136 rockets, 141 fuses, 329 Explosive Devices and over 0.6million rounds, 6,444 pistols, 102 Kalakovs, 230 rifles and 1,096 shotguns were recovered in the 2012. He said that 1,439 proclaimed offenders were arrested during raids.
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December - 25 
Suspected militants blew up a Government primary school for boys at Mushtarzai village on the outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 26, reports Dawn. However, the blast caused no loss of life.
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Suspected militants blew up a Government primary school for boys at Mushtarzai village on the outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 26, reports Dawn. However, the blast caused no loss of life.
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December - 25 
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has made a conditional ceasefire offer to the Pakistan Government which envisages an end to Pakistan’s participation in the Afghan war and the reshaping of the Constitution and foreign policy according to the Quran an
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has made a conditional ceasefire offer to the Pakistan Government which envisages an end to Pakistan’s participation in the Afghan war and the reshaping of the Constitution and foreign policy according to the Quran and Sunnah, reports The News. The offer was made to this correspondent in a letter sent by Punjab TTP Amir Asmatullah Muawiya and was endorsed by the spokesman of the TTP Ehsanullah Ehsan in a telephonic call from an unknown place. The letter says TTP was dragged into a war with Pakistan from the Afghanistan and Kashmir fronts and the Government and the army were responsible for this. The war with the TTP was started by the army and they are only defending themselves which is their religious right, the TTP letter said. “Instead of taking out guns against Muslims (Ahle Islam), the Pakistan Army should prepare to take revenge for the 1971 war (with India). This will also add the potential of Kashmiri mujahideen to our forces,” the TTP said. The TTP letter revealed that it was not targeting the Jama’at-e-Islam and JUI of Maulana Fazlur Rehman but these parties should also revise their positions and statements. It said the TTP had taken a quiet approach towards the PML-N and Tehreek-e-Insaf but the ANP had sold itself for the glitter of American dollars. The MQM, the letter claimed, had also adopted a similar position. “If the ANP changes its policies and apologies for its past mistakes, the TTP is prepared to forgive them,” the TTP statement said. The TTP letter said Pakistan was its country and “we love its streets and even plains and deserts but we cannot sacrifice our faith for this love.” The TTP letter said any fresh operation in North Waziristan would be a failure as America with its 42 allies has not been able to achieve any success. “If we are attacked even those who are now away from the fighting will take up arms and many more fronts will open,” the TTP said. The TTP said now the Government of Pakistan should decide what it wanted to do.
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December - 25 
The house of a Khasadar, identified as Sarfaraz was badly damaged when four mortar shells fell on it in Malikdinkhel area. No one was present in the house when the incident took place.
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The house of a Khasadar, identified as Sarfaraz was badly damaged when four mortar shells fell on it in Malikdinkhel area. No one was present in the house when the incident took place.
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December - 25 
Two women and two children were injured when a mortar shell hit a house in Sipah area of Bara tehsil.
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Two women and two children were injured when a mortar shell hit a house in Sipah area of Bara tehsil.
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December - 26 
A man, Sadiq Ali, was shot at by unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle on Toghi Road of Quetta. Police said it was a sectarian attack and it was probing further.
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A man, Sadiq Ali, was shot at by unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle on Toghi Road of Quetta. Police said it was a sectarian attack and it was probing further.
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December - 26 
A woman was killed and two others were injured when mortar shells fell on two different houses in Bara in Khyber Agency. Local sources said that the wife of Mohammad Ashraf was killed when his house was hit by a mortar shell in Yousuf Talab area of B
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A woman was killed and two others were injured when mortar shells fell on two different houses in Bara in Khyber Agency. Local sources said that the wife of Mohammad Ashraf was killed when his house was hit by a mortar shell in Yousuf Talab area of Bara. Two more women were injured in Dro Adda area of Akkakhel in a similar incident.
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December - 26 
Police foiled a terror bid and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a grid station on the Canal Road. The bomb disposal squad defused the IED.
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Police foiled a terror bid and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a grid station on the Canal Road. The bomb disposal squad defused the IED.
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December - 26 
Three bullet-riddled bodies of militants were found in Kakary Bagh area in Kurram Agency on December 27, reports Dawn. Local people suspected that the deceased, who belonged to Bagan village, had links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Islami Pakistan, a splint
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Three bullet-riddled bodies of militants were found in Kakary Bagh area in Kurram Agency on December 27, reports Dawn. Local people suspected that the deceased, who belonged to Bagan village, had links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Islami Pakistan, a splinter group of TTP. The deceased were identified as Jamil, Arif and Nabil. The residents of the area said that it was fifth incident of its kind in the area during the last one week.
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December - 26 
Two Levies Force personnel, identified as Zaheer Ahmed and Abdul Samad, were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at their vehicle on Wali Khan Road in Mastung town of same District, reports Daily Times. According to Levies sources, the a
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Two Levies Force personnel, identified as Zaheer Ahmed and Abdul Samad, were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at their vehicle on Wali Khan Road in Mastung town of same District, reports Daily Times. According to Levies sources, the assailants opened fire at a Levies’ vehicle which was patrolling on Wali Khan Road, and managed to escape from the scene.
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December - 26 
Two personnel of an intelligence agency, identified as Naib Subedar Mohammad Ishaq and Abdul Rehman, were shot dead near Barrach market in Satellite Town of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on December 27, reports Dawn. The personnel we
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Two personnel of an intelligence agency, identified as Naib Subedar Mohammad Ishaq and Abdul Rehman, were shot dead near Barrach market in Satellite Town of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on December 27, reports Dawn. The personnel were on their way on a motorbike when unidentified assailants, also riding a motorcycle, opened fire on them near Barrach market. The victims had received bullet injuries in their heads.
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December - 26 
Unidentified militants on December 26 blew up a Government Primary School for Boys in Mushtarzai village in the Badaber suburb of Peshawar, reports Central Asia Online. The School building was destroyed. However, no casualties were reported.
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Unidentified militants on December 26 blew up a Government Primary School for Boys in Mushtarzai village in the Badaber suburb of Peshawar, reports Central Asia Online. The School building was destroyed. However, no casualties were reported.
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December - 27 
A gas pipeline was blown up in Sardaryab area, resulting in suspension of gas supply to a number of areas in Charsadda District.
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A gas pipeline was blown up in Sardaryab area, resulting in suspension of gas supply to a number of areas in Charsadda District.
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December - 27 
At least three persons, including a Policeman, were shot dead and another was injured by unidentified armed assailants in Garmkan area on the outskirts of Panjgur town of same District on December 28, reports Dawn. The Policeman was identified as Con
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At least three persons, including a Policeman, were shot dead and another was injured by unidentified armed assailants in Garmkan area on the outskirts of Panjgur town of same District on December 28, reports Dawn. The Policeman was identified as Constable Abdul Qadir and the two other persons were vegetable sellers Gul Mohammad and Mohammad Abbas.
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December - 27 
Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik said that cellular phone service was suspended in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, due to terrorism threat and security concerns on December 28, reports Daily Times. The Government shut wireless serv
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Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik said that cellular phone service was suspended in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, due to terrorism threat and security concerns on December 28, reports Daily Times. The Government shut wireless service in the city of nearly 18 million people, for seven hours. Mobile companies say that they suspended the service on the instructions of the state-owned Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. The Federal Minister of Interior also claims that 90 percent of the bombs planted by militants have been detonated using cell phones.
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December - 27 
Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik said TTP leader Ismatullah Muavia, through his offer of a conditional truce, had tried to dictate to the Government which is totally unacceptable. Talking to media persons at Sukkur airport, Rehman Malik said
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Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik said TTP leader Ismatullah Muavia, through his offer of a conditional truce, had tried to dictate to the Government which is totally unacceptable. Talking to media persons at Sukkur airport, Rehman Malik said if the TTP ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud offered peace talks, the Government would consider his offer. “Muavia is a by-product of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Lal Masjid. I had challenged Hakimullah Mehsud that if he acknowledges Ehsanullah Ehsan as his spokesman then as to why he himself does not come to open,” he held. “I dismiss every claim of Ehsanullah Ehsan unless Hakimullah Mehsud authenticates his claim of being his representative,” he declared.
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December - 27 
Federal Ministers Qamar Zaman Kaira, Khurshid Shah and Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that the Government was prepared to hold talks with the TTP in accordance with the law and Constitution, reports The News. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar
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Federal Ministers Qamar Zaman Kaira, Khurshid Shah and Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that the Government was prepared to hold talks with the TTP in accordance with the law and Constitution, reports The News. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira and Minister for Religious Affairs Khurshid Shah talking to media persons said Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has challenged the terrorists and extremist elements like his mother and given them a clear message that the PPP will continue its fight against that mindset.
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December - 27 
More than 400 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants stormed security checkpoints in Frontier Region (FR) Peshawar in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) late in the night of December 27, killing two Levies personnel and abducting 22 other
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More than 400 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants stormed security checkpoints in Frontier Region (FR) Peshawar in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) late in the night of December 27, killing two Levies personnel and abducting 22 others, reports The News. The militants destroyed two checkposts and also took away weapons, a double cabin pick-up, besides setting a vehicle ablaze. Assistant Political Agent (APA) FR Peshawar Naveed Akbar confirmed the abduction of 22 Levies men by the TTP, who also killed two personnel and injured another. “We had deployed 30 Levies personnel at two checkpoints in the Hassankhel and Janakor areas of FR Peshawar and 22 of them went missing after the Taliban attack on Wednesday night,” the APA added. ‘Spokesman’ for the Darra Adamkhel chapter of TTP, Mohammad, claimed responsibility for the attacks on the checkpoints and the kidnapping of the Levies soldiers. However, he claimed the kidnapping of 33 Levies personnel, adding that arms and ammunition were also snatched. TTP ‘central spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan also claimed responsibility for the attack and the kidnapping of the security personnel.
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December - 27 
One person was injured in a hand grenade attack outside the office of the Mohajir Organisation Committee in the Khwaja Ajmer Nagri Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 28, reports The News.
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One person was injured in a hand grenade attack outside the office of the Mohajir Organisation Committee in the Khwaja Ajmer Nagri Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 28, reports The News.
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December - 27 
Seven militants were killed and three others injured when missiles fired by drones hit a militant compound at Gurbaz town in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 28, reports Dawn. Sources said that six dro
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Seven militants were killed and three others injured when missiles fired by drones hit a militant compound at Gurbaz town in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 28, reports Dawn. Sources said that six drones fired two missiles each into the house in Shawal area, 65 kilometers to the west of Miranshah near the border with Afghanistan. The dead and the injured are believed to be local militants. Officials said the death toll could increase.
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December - 27 
Seven persons were injured, two among them critically, when an explosive device went off in Omarzai area in Charsadda District, reports Dawn. Local sources said that the explosive device was planted along a road leading to Hajiabad locality in Omarza
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Seven persons were injured, two among them critically, when an explosive device went off in Omarzai area in Charsadda District, reports Dawn. Local sources said that the explosive device was planted along a road leading to Hajiabad locality in Omarzai area. Two real brothers were among the injured. The injured were identified as Anwar Shah, Sajjad Ali and his brother Nowsher Ali, Aizaz, Fazl Rabi, Syed Mudassar Shah and Mohammad.
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December - 27 
The driver of a container carrying supplies for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Afghanistan was seriously injured when armed assailants attacked him at Quetta-Chaman national highway in Dhadar town of Bolan District.
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The driver of a container carrying supplies for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Afghanistan was seriously injured when armed assailants attacked him at Quetta-Chaman national highway in Dhadar town of Bolan District.
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December - 27 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government on December 27 welcomed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) offer for conditional talks but said it would not deter it from its principled stand against terrorism and violence, reports Dawn. “We welcome the TTP’s
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government on December 27 welcomed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) offer for conditional talks but said it would not deter it from its principled stand against terrorism and violence, reports Dawn. “We welcome the TTP’s offer of truce and consider this a positive development,” Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said. “Let the TTP come to the table and present its conditions. It is for the state to decide what conditions are acceptable and what are unacceptable,” he said. Mian Iftikhar said his party had been attacked because of its principled stand. “Our role is very clear. We have a principled stand against terrorism and violence. Those who are willing to renounce violence are welcome to sit down with us and negotiate,” the Minister added.
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December - 27 
The United States (US) drone strikes against Islamist militants decreased in the tribal regions of Pakistan for the second year in a row but intensified in Yemen, The News reported on December 28 quoting figures compiled by a Washington think tank Ne
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The United States (US) drone strikes against Islamist militants decreased in the tribal regions of Pakistan for the second year in a row but intensified in Yemen, The News reported on December 28 quoting figures compiled by a Washington think tank New America Foundation. In Pakistan, 46 strikes were carried out in 2012, compared to 72 in 2011 and 122 in 2010, the New America Foundation said, based on its compilation of reports in international media. The vast majority of the strikes in Pakistan hit in and around the North Waziristan Agency’s headquterer, Miranshah. These strikes, with Reaper or Predator drones, killed between 189 and 308 militants and at least seven civilians. But Yemen saw an equally drastic increase in the clandestine attacks, with strikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants rising from 18 in 2011 to 53 in 2012. This "drone war" is officially classified, and the US does not provide any information on the strikes.
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December - 28 
A man was killed in Sher Shah area within the limits of Sher Shah Police Station. According to Police, the victim, Haji Noor Muhammad, was going to work and when he reached near Shar Shah Kanta, armed bandits waylaid him for mugging. Upon showing res
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A man was killed in Sher Shah area within the limits of Sher Shah Police Station. According to Police, the victim, Haji Noor Muhammad, was going to work and when he reached near Shar Shah Kanta, armed bandits waylaid him for mugging. Upon showing resistance, bandits shot him dead, looted all his valuables and escaped.
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December - 28 
A man, identified as Kashan, was gunned down near Sector 5 of Orangi Town within the limits of Orangi Town Police Station. According to Police, Kashan was going somewhere on his motorcycle when two armed pillion riders intercepted him and sprayed him
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A man, identified as Kashan, was gunned down near Sector 5 of Orangi Town within the limits of Orangi Town Police Station. According to Police, Kashan was going somewhere on his motorcycle when two armed pillion riders intercepted him and sprayed him with bullets and fled.
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December - 28 
A shot dead body of a man was found from Officers colony within the limits of Nabi Bux Police Station. According to sources, unidentified armed culprits shot multiple bullets and threw his body near bungalow no D-41 of the Officers colony and escaped
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A shot dead body of a man was found from Officers colony within the limits of Nabi Bux Police Station. According to sources, unidentified armed culprits shot multiple bullets and threw his body near bungalow no D-41 of the Officers colony and escaped.
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December - 28 
At least six persons, including a woman and a child, were killed and 50 others were injured in a mysterious blast in an intercity bus near Cantonment Station of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh .
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At least six persons, including a woman and a child, were killed and 50 others were injured in a mysterious blast in an intercity bus near Cantonment Station of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh .
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December - 28 
Four persons including a cadre of Sunni Tehreek (ST) were shot dead in different areas of Karachi city (provincial capital of Sindh) on December 29, reports Daily Times. According to details, a ST cadre, identified as Muhammad Akber, was gunned down
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Four persons including a cadre of Sunni Tehreek (ST) were shot dead in different areas of Karachi city (provincial capital of Sindh) on December 29, reports Daily Times. According to details, a ST cadre, identified as Muhammad Akber, was gunned down at his shop situated in Baber Market, Landhi area falling within the precincts of Landhi Police Station.
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December - 28 
Pakistan received USD 688 million on December 28 under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF), as reimbursement for the expenses of supporting over 150,000 coalition forces deployed on Pak-Afghan border reports The Express Tribune. Minister of State for Fi
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Pakistan received USD 688 million on December 28 under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF), as reimbursement for the expenses of supporting over 150,000 coalition forces deployed on Pak-Afghan border reports The Express Tribune. Minister of State for Finance and Senator Saleem H Mandviwala confirmed the release of funds, along with spokespersons of the State Bank of Pakistan and the foreign office. “After the Pentagon’s notification to the US Congress, it was quite obvious that the US would soon release the CSF amount to reimburse Pakistan’s expenses incurred during the war on terror… on Friday the amount has been received by our side,” a source in the foreign office said. In August 2012, Pakistan had received USD 1.12 billion from the US under the fund. Sixty per cent of the fund is apportioned to the Pakistan Army while the remaining amount is used to meet the fiscal deficit of the economy. According to an official source, Pakistan was under immense pressure as a result of its balance of payments schedule, and that the USD 688 million would help relieve the balance of payments position.
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December - 28 
The chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud said that his militia is willing to negotiate with the Government but not disarm, a message delivered in a 40-minute video given to Reuters on December 28. “We believe in dialogue but it
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The chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud said that his militia is willing to negotiate with the Government but not disarm, a message delivered in a 40-minute video given to Reuters on December 28. “We believe in dialogue but it should not be frivolous,” Hakimullah Mehsud said. “Asking us to lay down arms is a joke.” In the video, Mehsud sits cradling a rifle next to his deputy, Waliur Rehman. Military officials say there has been a split between the two men but Mehsud said that was propaganda. “Waliur Rehman is sitting with me here and we will be together until death,” said Mehsud, pointing at his companion. “We are against the democratic system because it is un-Islamic,” Mehsud said. “Our war isn’t against any party. It is against the non-Islamic system and anyone who supports it.” Mehsud said in his interview that although he was open to dialogue, the Pakistani Government was to blame for the violence because it broke previous, unspecified deals. “In the past, it is the Pakistani government that broke peace agreements,” he said. “A slave of the US can’t make independent agreements; it breaks agreements according to US dictat.” Mehsud said that the TTP would follow the lead of the Afghan Taliban when it came to forming policy after most NATO troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014. “We are Afghan Taliban and Afghan Taliban are us,” he said. “We are with them and al Qaeda. We are even willing to get our heads cut off for al Qaeda.”
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December - 28 
The Defence Secretary Lieutenant General, Asif Yaseen Malik, said on December 28 that the United State (US) is using the spy agencies of other countries against Pakistan, reports Daily Times. He said that Pakistan had complete information about the C
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The Defence Secretary Lieutenant General, Asif Yaseen Malik, said on December 28 that the United State (US) is using the spy agencies of other countries against Pakistan, reports Daily Times. He said that Pakistan had complete information about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents working in the country. Pakistan has been informed by the US regarding presence of the CIA agents, he added. Nevertheless, he said no objection could be raised if the civilian Government takes action against them. The secretary clarified that there is no political cell in the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). To a question on operation in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), Malik said that Pakistan has the capacity to launch an operation in the area but doing so without sealing the Afghanistan border is not fruitful.
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December - 29 
A woman was killed and four children sustained injuries after a mortar shell hit the house of one Asadullah in Gandaw area.
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A woman was killed and four children sustained injuries after a mortar shell hit the house of one Asadullah in Gandaw area.
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December - 29 
Hassanabdal Police failed to trace a notorious abductor, who allegedly “escaped” from Hassanabdal Police Station of Punjab, on October 16, 2012. The abductor allegedly had links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and was a native of Swat valley, K
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Hassanabdal Police failed to trace a notorious abductor, who allegedly “escaped” from Hassanabdal Police Station of Punjab, on October 16, 2012. The abductor allegedly had links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and was a native of Swat valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The abductor was arrested by Hassanabdal Police in connection with abducting and murder of a 21-year-old, who was abducted for ransom, on September 29, 2012, from the village of Pind Mehri, in the limits of the Hassanabdal Police Station. The ransom being demanded was Rs25 million. A Police team led by Superintendent of Police (SP) investigations arrested the four-member gang, on October 16, 2012 through mobile phone data. During interrogation, the gang disclosed that they had killed the boy and thrown his body in a well, near Pind Mehri village, as his relatives had failed to arrange the ransom money.
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December - 29 
on December 29, a soldier was killed when the militants fired on security checkpost with a sniper gun in Kohi area. Following the attack, SFs shelled the suspected positions of the militants and asked the dwellers of Nala and Kohi to leave the area.
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on December 29, a soldier was killed when the militants fired on security checkpost with a sniper gun in Kohi area. Following the attack, SFs shelled the suspected positions of the militants and asked the dwellers of Nala and Kohi to leave the area. The sources said one Muhammad Askar was shot and injured by SFs for violating the curfew in Nala area when he was shifting his family to a safe place.
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December - 29 
SFs demolished four houses of suspected militants in Malikdinkhel and Sepah areas during search operation.
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SFs demolished four houses of suspected militants in Malikdinkhel and Sepah areas during search operation.
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December - 29 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants executed 22 Levies personnel on December 29 – three days after they were abducted during synchronised attacks on three security checkpoints in the Frontier Region Peshawar of Federally Administered Triba
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants executed 22 Levies personnel on December 29 – three days after they were abducted during synchronised attacks on three security checkpoints in the Frontier Region Peshawar of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports The Express Tribune. 400 heavily-armed militants stormed the checkpoints in Koi Hassan Khel, Zakhi Sar Musa Darra and Jani Khwar areas of FR Peshawar late December 26-night, killing two Levies Force personnel and abducting 22 others. The bodies of 21 Levies personnel were found dumped in a nullah near Koi Hassan Khel area Saturday night. “Yes, 21 of them were found dead and one seriously wounded,” Naveed Akbar Khan, the assistant political agent (APA), said. The 22nd injured personnel succumbed to his injuries on December 30. TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attacks. “We killed all the kidnapped men after a council of senior clerics gave a verdict for their execution. We didn’t make any demand for their release because we don’t spare any prisoners who are caught during fighting,” he said.
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December - 29 
Three women were killed and six children sustained injuries when mortar shells struck three houses in Sepah area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency on December 30, reports The News. The sources said that two shells landed at the houses of
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Three women were killed and six children sustained injuries when mortar shells struck three houses in Sepah area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency on December 30, reports The News. The sources said that two shells landed at the houses of Alfat Khan and his nephew Bagh Wali in the Yousaf Talab area in Bara in which their wives were killed and two children were critically injured.
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December - 29 
Two bullet-riddled bodies were found in Malikdinkhel area. The sources said the bodies of Ijaz and Najibullah were found in Kohi area of Bara tehsil inhabited by Malikdinkhel Afridi tribe. However, the bodies could not be shifted due to curfew and se
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Two bullet-riddled bodies were found in Malikdinkhel area. The sources said the bodies of Ijaz and Najibullah were found in Kohi area of Bara tehsil inhabited by Malikdinkhel Afridi tribe. However, the bodies could not be shifted due to curfew and search operation by Security Forces (SFs) in the area.
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December - 29 
Two soldiers were killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Gherlamai area of North Waziristan Agency, reports Dawn. Helicopter gunships fired at residential compounds after the bomb attack and, according to local people, a house
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Two soldiers were killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Gherlamai area of North Waziristan Agency, reports Dawn. Helicopter gunships fired at residential compounds after the bomb attack and, according to local people, a house caught fire and several others were damaged.
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December - 30 
A car bomb exploded on December 30 near a convoy of buses taking Shia pilgrims to Iran, killing 20 persons and injuring 25, on the RCD Highway in the Dringer area in Mastung District of Balochistan, reports Daily Times. Police said that the blast occ
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A car bomb exploded on December 30 near a convoy of buses taking Shia pilgrims to Iran, killing 20 persons and injuring 25, on the RCD Highway in the Dringer area in Mastung District of Balochistan, reports Daily Times. Police said that the blast occurred as the three buses were overtaking a car, site of many sectarian attacks, near the Iranian border. Balochistan Home Secretary, Akbar Durrani said that remote-controlled explosive was used to target the buses. Talking to the media, he denied reports that a suicide bomber attacked the buses. Jaish-e-ul-Islam claimed the responsibility for the Mastung bombing. A Jaish-e-ul-Islam spokesperson, Ghazi Haq Nawaz, said that the attack on pilgrim buses by the “Mujahideen” was in response to an attack on Sunni clerics in Quetta and Karachi. Nawaz asked the Mastung Administration not to help Shias “otherwise it would be their next target”. He also warned CD shop owners in Quetta to destroy all those CDs which contain blasphemous material.
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December - 30 
According to a report of the South Asia Media Commission (SAMC), in 2012, Pakistan remains in the lead with the killing of 13 journalists while South Asia mourns the murder of 25 media persons so far, reports Daily Times. The report of the SAMC, 13 j
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According to a report of the South Asia Media Commission (SAMC), in 2012, Pakistan remains in the lead with the killing of 13 journalists while South Asia mourns the murder of 25 media persons so far, reports Daily Times. The report of the SAMC, 13 journalists lost their lives in Pakistan followed by five in India, three in Bangladesh and two each in Nepal and Afghanistan in 2012. Last year, 17 journalists were killed in South Asia out of which 12 were Pakistanis. Pakistan had also been the most dangerous country for journalists in 2010 and 2011, according to the reports of international media monitoring organisations.
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December - 30 
Law Enforcers arrested over 24 of suspects in separate targeted raids in different parts of the Karachi on December 31, reports Daily Times. Law Enforcers in Raja Tavneer Colony in Orangi Town arrested over a dozen of suspects besides recovering a l
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Law Enforcers arrested over 24 of suspects in separate targeted raids in different parts of the Karachi on December 31, reports Daily Times. Law Enforcers in Raja Tavneer Colony in Orangi Town arrested over a dozen of suspects besides recovering a large cache of ammunitions from their possession.
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December - 30 
Law Enforcers carried out a raid in Ittehad town, Baldia area and detained at least a dozen of suspects affiliated with an outlawed organisation and recovered weapons from their possession.
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Law Enforcers carried out a raid in Ittehad town, Baldia area and detained at least a dozen of suspects affiliated with an outlawed organisation and recovered weapons from their possession.
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December - 30 
Law Enforcers conducted a targeted raid in Daryaabad area, arrested an alleged member of outlawed Lyari gang war and recovered SMG, M16 and a large quantity of mixed weaponry from his possession.
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Law Enforcers conducted a targeted raid in Daryaabad area, arrested an alleged member of outlawed Lyari gang war and recovered SMG, M16 and a large quantity of mixed weaponry from his possession.
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December - 30 
New York-based Human Rights Watch has noted more than 320 Shias killed year 2012 in Pakistan and said attacks were on the rise .It said the Government’s failure to catch or prosecute attackers suggested it was “indifferent” to the killings. Pakistan
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New York-based Human Rights Watch has noted more than 320 Shias killed year 2012 in Pakistan and said attacks were on the rise .It said the Government’s failure to catch or prosecute attackers suggested it was “indifferent” to the killings. Pakistan has banned several militant groups that openly call for attacks on Shias. Rights groups alleged that some groups have ties to Pakistani Security Agencies. Balochistan is also rife with militancy and home to a regional insurgency which began in 2004.
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December - 30 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly lost four of its members, including a senior minister, to terrorism during these four and a half years – the highest for a house of elected representatives in Pakistan in this Awami National Party (ANP) Government’s te
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly lost four of its members, including a senior minister, to terrorism during these four and a half years – the highest for a house of elected representatives in Pakistan in this Awami National Party (ANP) Government’s tenure, The Express Tribune reported on December 31. Lawmakers expressed their disappointment over this trend during the assembly’s final session on December 31 just days after the assassination of Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour in a suicide attack on December 22. Bilour was the senior most member of the incumbent assembly and was one who had survived two earlier attempts as well. On November 11, 2008, Bilour was targeted by a suicide bomber at the gate of Qayyum Stadium Sports Complex. Another attempt was made on March 11, 2009 but he emerged unscathed both times. Alamzeb Khan, an ANP lawmaker from Peshawar, was the first victim of militancy. He was killed in a bomb attack on February 10, 2009, in the Dalazak Road area of Peshawar. Another ANP lawmaker, Dr Shamsher Ali Khan from Swat, was also killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body in Khan’s hujra on December 1, 2009. Legislator Mohammad Ali Khan was seriously injured in March. His struggled with his injuries persisted and he succumbed to them by November. In addition to the loss of four members, MPAs have had to contend with a running threat. The most recent person to survive a suicide attack was Qaumi Watan Party chief Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao who was targeted by a bomber during a march in Kangra area of Shabqadar tehsil of his native Charsadda district earlier in March. The former interior minister and his son Sikandar Sherpao, who is a member of the assembly, had a narrow escape. Minister for Prisons Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel was injured when his convoy was attacked in the semi-tribal Darra Adamkhel, south of the provincial capital. Nisar suffered bullet wounds and three of his guards were killed on June 11, 2009.
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December - 31 
A man was killed when militants blew up a Government primary school for girls in Bakarabad locality of Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency. Sources said that unidentified militants planted explosive material in the building of the school an
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A man was killed when militants blew up a Government primary school for girls in Bakarabad locality of Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency. Sources said that unidentified militants planted explosive material in the building of the school and detonated it with a remote control device at around midnight. The explosion damaged a major portion of the school building. A young man identified as Akhtar Munir, who was asleep inside the building, was killed in the explosion, sources added. Officials of the education department said that after the fresh incident, the total number of schools destroyed in Khyber Agency during the last over three years reached 61.
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December - 31 
A person, identified as Salahuddin (16), a MQM activist, was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants near the People’s Chowrangi in the Water Pump area.
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A person, identified as Salahuddin (16), a MQM activist, was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants near the People’s Chowrangi in the Water Pump area.
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December - 31 
A person, Javed Hassan Naqvi (40), was killed by unidentified armed assailants near the Qureshi Market in Orangi Town.
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A person, Javed Hassan Naqvi (40), was killed by unidentified armed assailants near the Qureshi Market in Orangi Town.
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December - 31 
According to Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) report published on December 31, as many as 502 Shias, including their leaders, were shot dead in targeted attacks in 2012 in Pakistan, reports Daily Times. It said the year 2012 remained another dangerous
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According to Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) report published on December 31, as many as 502 Shias, including their leaders, were shot dead in targeted attacks in 2012 in Pakistan, reports Daily Times. It said the year 2012 remained another dangerous year for Shias living in Pakistan. “These 502 deaths have brought miseries. Several modest women were made widows and several children lost their fathers,” it concluded. The report stated that Balochistan Province ranked first with 156 casualties as far as killings of Shiites is concerned. 145 were shot dead in Sindh followed by 55 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 81 in Punjab, nine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 56 in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) – 44 in Parachinar (Kurram Agency) and 12 in Orakzai Agency. As per details, 136 were killed in Karachi alone, 119 in Quetta, 55 in Gilgit, 44 in Parachinar, 25 in Rawalpindi, 21 in Khanpur, 16 in Dera Ismail Khan, 12 in Orakzai Agency, 29 in Mastung, seven each in Lahore and Mach, six in Sargodha, four in Peshawar, three each in Hangu and Larkana, two each in Faisalabad, Khairpur and Nawabshah, one each in Ali Pur, Chaman, Dadu, Hub, Noshera, Shahdad Kot and Sialkot. Terrorists shot dead 42 Shiites in January, 37 in February, 36 in March, 34 in April, 24 in May, 30 in June, 35 in July, 42 in August, 51 in September, 28 in October, 80 in November and 63 in December 2012.
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December - 31 
Awami National Party (ANP) ‘chief’ Asfandyar Wali Khan said that the Government should hold talks with the TTP following which if the terrorism problem was not resolved, other avenues should be explored. Asfandyar said the centre of terrorism was FAT
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Awami National Party (ANP) ‘chief’ Asfandyar Wali Khan said that the Government should hold talks with the TTP following which if the terrorism problem was not resolved, other avenues should be explored. Asfandyar said the centre of terrorism was FATA which was under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government. He added that the ANP could only play a role in the dialogue process with the TTP when they are given the authority. According to the ANP chief, change can only come through the ballot box and those who were advocating a change by other means had a different agenda.
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December - 31 
Eight militants were killed as a clash erupted following an attack by SFs on a militant hideout in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency. Acting on prior information about the presence of an important militant ‘commander’ and a dozen other militants, the
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Eight militants were killed as a clash erupted following an attack by SFs on a militant hideout in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency. Acting on prior information about the presence of an important militant ‘commander’ and a dozen other militants, the SFs targeted the location and killed eight of them. Army fighter jets pounded the militant hideouts in the Tirah Valley.
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December - 31 
Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik said on December 31 that the Government was ready to hold talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud if he renounced violence, reports Daily Times. “The TTP has given no response r
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Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik said on December 31 that the Government was ready to hold talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud if he renounced violence, reports Daily Times. “The TTP has given no response regarding renouncing violence. When a reply is received all stakeholders will be consulted and the nation’s emotions will be taken into consideration before implementing any policy regarding the TTP”. Malik said action would be taken if the TTP continued on its path of violence. In a video message, Hakimullah Mehsud had said that the TTP were ready to negotiate with the Government but unwilling to surrender arms.
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December - 31 
In the agency, nine persons were injured critically when a mortar shell hit a moving passenger pick-up in Kalanga area of Akkakhel in Bara tehsil, reports Dawn.
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In the agency, nine persons were injured critically when a mortar shell hit a moving passenger pick-up in Kalanga area of Akkakhel in Bara tehsil, reports Dawn.
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December - 31 
Investigations to find out the nature of the explosion taken place in an inter-city bus are still inconclusive as Police and other Agencies do not have a clear answer regarding what caused the massive blast, reports Dawn. Although the Police refraine
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Investigations to find out the nature of the explosion taken place in an inter-city bus are still inconclusive as Police and other Agencies do not have a clear answer regarding what caused the massive blast, reports Dawn. Although the Police refrained from calling the incident ‘an act of terrorism’, they were also unable to find credible signs to declare the blast an accident. “Still there is no consensus over the nature of the blast that took place in the bus. The material collected from the crime scene will be send for a forensic examination on December 31 (today) and it will be clear once the report is issued,” said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) South, Shahid Hayat. “We are going to register an FIR under the Explosive Substance Act since people have been killed. However, if results come otherwise, the FIR can be cancelled later,” the DIG said.
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December - 31 
One Mushtaq (40) was shot dead and Nawaz was injured when their milk van was ambushed by unidentified motorcyclists near the Punjab Colony in the Gizri Police Station.
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One Mushtaq (40) was shot dead and Nawaz was injured when their milk van was ambushed by unidentified motorcyclists near the Punjab Colony in the Gizri Police Station.
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December - 31 
One Niaz (40) was shot dead, while Gulzar was injured in the Gallaher area of the Rizvia Society Police Station. According to the Police, Gulzar was the owner of the shop, while Niaz was a customer.
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One Niaz (40) was shot dead, while Gulzar was injured in the Gallaher area of the Rizvia Society Police Station. According to the Police, Gulzar was the owner of the shop, while Niaz was a customer.
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December - 31 
Pakistan on December 31 released another four Afghan Taliban prisoners, including former Justice Minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, as part of a process designed to kick-start peace efforts, Daily Times quoting a Government official reported on Januar
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Pakistan on December 31 released another four Afghan Taliban prisoners, including former Justice Minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, as part of a process designed to kick-start peace efforts, Daily Times quoting a Government official reported on January 1. “Four Taliban prisoners have been released. They include former Taliban justice minister Nooruddin Turabi and ex-governor of Helmand province, Abdul Bari,” the Pakistani official said on condition of anonymity. Two sources close to the Afghan Taliban in northwestern Pakistan confirmed that four prisoners had been released but said they did not include Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Baradar was captured in 2010 and Pakistani officials have said in the past that no decision has been taken for his release. Turabi is said to be suffering from poor health. According to the UN website, he was appointed a Taliban military commander in Afghanistan in mid-2009 and was a deputy to Taliban ‘supreme leader’ Mullah Omar. Pakistan in November released at least nine Afghan Talibans, officials added. At follow-up talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Islamabad agreed to release more Taliban prisoners to facilitate efforts to end the 11-year conflict between the Taliban and the Afghan Government.
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December - 31 
The bullet-riddled bodies of nine Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were found dumped on the side of the road in Peer Kaley village in North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 31, reports Daily Times.
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The bullet-riddled bodies of nine Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were found dumped on the side of the road in Peer Kaley village in North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 31, reports Daily Times. “Unidentified people threw away these nine bodies. No one knows who killed them,” a security official based in Miranshah said. But Ehsanullah Ehsan, TTP spokesman said that all nine were TTP cadres and accused Security Forces (SFs) of killing them. “We are proud of their martyrdom, soon we will take revenge for this killing,” he told from an undisclosed location.
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December - 31 
The dead body of a person, identified as Bilal (16), was found in the Pak Colony Police Jurisdiction. Superintendent of Police (SP), Orangi Nasir Aftab told that unidentified people abducted the victim before killing him and dumping the body.
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The dead body of a person, identified as Bilal (16), was found in the Pak Colony Police Jurisdiction. Superintendent of Police (SP), Orangi Nasir Aftab told that unidentified people abducted the victim before killing him and dumping the body.
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December - 31 January - 1
Three bombs went off in Dodani village of Dadu District of Sindh on December 31 and another one was defused on January 1, reports Dawn. All the bombs were planted in high-tension lines pylons. Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and the Shaheed Makhdoom Bilwal
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Three bombs went off in Dodani village of Dadu District of Sindh on December 31 and another one was defused on January 1, reports Dawn. All the bombs were planted in high-tension lines pylons. Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and the Shaheed Makhdoom Bilwal Police said that they defused a bomb which was planted in a pylon in the village, after three bombs, planted in two other pylons within the same village.
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*Data till , March 27, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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