Pakistan: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2022

Security Forces (SFs) raided South Kalan area of Kharan District in Balochistan in the night of January 1 and arrested a person, identified as Ahmed Mullazai son of Muhammad Ashraf Mullazai, reports The Balochistan Post. SFs transferred Ahmed Mullazai to an unknown location and whereabouts of his location are unknown since. Ahmed Mullazai is a close relative of Asif Sohail who went missing 8 years ago and Ghyas Baloch who went missing in 2021. Read less...

Two alleged terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested during a raid by the Police in Shah Latif Town in Karachi city of Sindh on January 1, reports samaa.tv. According to the Police, the suspects hailed from Afghanistan and were planning attacks on multiple security officials in the city. The investigation officer said that the Police have seized cracker bombs, fake passports, ball bearings, illegal arms, and detonators from their possession. The terrorists, identified as Razaullah alias Nasir and Habib Noor alias Sher Habib, had joined TTP in 2011 and 2008, respectively. Both were trained in Afghanistan and have been involved in multiple attacks on the Security Forces (SFs). Read less...

Unidentified assailants killed a Police official, identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Asghar, near a fruit and vegetable market in the limits of Mandan Police Station in Bannu town (Bannu District) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 1, reports Dawn. ASI Asghar had gone to the market for shopping when he was targeted near the Gate No-II of the market and escaped. ASI Asghar was posted as Muharrar (investigation officer) in the Police lines. Read less...

A Policeman sustained injuries in a grenade blast at Maripur Road of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on January 3, reports ARY News. Police officials said that unidentified motorcyclists hurled a grenade near Policeman Imran and fled from the scene. Imran sustained wounds on his hand and other parts of the body. Read less...

Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari revealed on January 3 that a bill pertaining to enforced disappearances, which was recently passed by the National Assembly (NA), had gone "missing", reports Dawn. Speaking to media persons at the Ministry of Human Rights, she said: "We had prepared the bill regarding missing persons and it was passed by the [relevant] standing committee and the National Assembly (NA). But it went missing after it was sent to the Senate." The minister said there were reports, however, that the bill was now at the Senate Secretariat. The bill, Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2021, was passed by the NA on November 8, 2021, and is aimed at making amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Code of Criminal Procedure. It was introduced in the NA by the Federal Interior minister in June 2021. While initially there was no provision related to the filing of a false complaint or false information about subjecting a person to enforced disappearance, subsequently a provision was added to the bill to declare it a penal offence punishable by up to five years imprisonment with a fine up to PKR 500,000. The proposed law provides for the insertion of a new section 52B in the PPC for defining an “enforced disappearance”. Read less...

A leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), Sardarzada Mir Zahid Khan Lehri, was shot dead in Ghazi village in Kachhi District of Balochistan on January 4, reports Dawn. Sardarzada Mir Zahid Khan Lehri was on a visit to his agricultural land near Ghazi village when unidentified assailants opened fire on him. Zahid Lehri and his guard were injured. Zahid Lehri later succumbed to his injuries at hospital. Zahid Lehri was a member of the provincial council of JUI-F, Balochistan chapter. Read less...

Dawn quoting Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) Annual Security Report (2021) reported on January 4 that though violence-related casualties in Pakistan declined at a steady rate since 2015, remained somewhat unchanged in 2020 but seemed to have accelerated dramatically during the year. With an increase of roughly 42pc in 2021, Pakistan suffered 853 fatalities (up from 600 last year) and 1,690 injuries directly linked to violence-related incidents. Nearly 75pc of all violence-related fatalities were recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) including erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan. Of the total fatalities, Punjab accounted for 8pc followed by Sindh. Compared to the fatalities in 2020, all regions except Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan suffered an exponential surge in violence with Balochistan accounting for a net 80pc increase. According to the report, commensurately, both security operations and terror attacks increased in 2021 year. A total of 146 security operations were carried out during the year leaving 298 outlaws dead, a rise of more than 40pc, against the figures of 2020. In contrast, there were 403 terror attacks compared to 2020. Four suicide attacks took place last year that left 20 people dead compared to two suicide attacks in 2020. An alarming upsurge of over 41pc was observed in 2021 in the fatalities of security personnel. In 2020, there was a decline of 18pc in security personnel’s fatalities. Outlaws (including militants, insurgents and criminals) suffered a 26.5pc increase in fatalities while the civilians accounted for the largest number of the victims of violence. As a whole, the combined losses of civilian and security personnel’s lives were 74pc of the total fatalities while the outlaws, the main perpetrators of violence, had suffered one fourth of the fatalities. Read less...

Two soldiers were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBOs) in Kot Kili village of South Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 5, reports Dawn. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was carried out by Security Forces (SFs) following reports of terrorists' presence in the area. The dead soldiers were identified as sepoy Faridullah (31), a resident of Karak District and sepoy Shuaib Hassan (29), a resident of Dera Ismail Khan District. Read less...

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Babar Iftikhar said on January 5 that the purpose of erecting the fence along the Pak-Afghan border was to provide security to people along the border, not create divisions among them, reports The Express Tribune. ISPR Director General Major General Babar Iftikhar gave an overview of the year 2021 at a press conference. During the press conference, General Iftikhar talked about the security situation along the border with Afghanistan, especially the border fencing. According to the ISPR DG, the fencing work along the Pak-Afghan border is almost completed while over 71 per cent of the work on fencing has been completed along the Pak-Iran border. Pakistan has more than 1,200 border posts along the Pak-Afghan border while there are 377 posts on the other side of the border. “This means that there is a distance of at least 7-8 km between check posts,” he said, adding that the shortage of posts has made it challenging to keep the militants in check. In 2021, 164 forts were constructed along the Pak-Afghan border and 31 forts were established along the Pak-Iran border, he said, adding that so far, a total of 673 forts/border posts have been constructed. “Pakistan has set up 67 new wings for FC Balochistan and FC KP to strengthen border security while the formation of six more wings is in the process,” he added. Speaking about the Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, General Iftikhar said the operation was different from other operations as it was not area-specific or military-specific. At least 60,000 IBOs were conducted under Radd-ul-Fasaad. The measures taken by the Security Forces (SFs) busted terrorist networks across the country, he added. Over 800 security alerts were issued during the year that managed to thwart terrorism incidents by 70 per cent, the ISPR chief added. Read less...

Two terrorists were killed and three arrested during another IBO carried out by SFs in Tank area of Dera Ismail Khan District on January 5, reports Dawn. One militant surrendered to SFs and a cache of ammunition, including improvised explosive devices and rockets, were recovered from the possession of terrorists. Read less...

Police on January 6 arrested three terrorists from Korangi District of Karachi, reports ARY News. According to Police, three terrorists associated with Lyari Gangsters were planning to attack important installations in Karachi city. Arms, hand grenades and other explosives were recovered from the possession of the terrorists. Read less...

SFs arrested a man from Bonistan area of Panjgur District on January 6 and transferred him to an unknown location, reports The Balochistan Post. The missing person was identified as Mahmood son of Rehmat Baloch, resident of Bonistan Chungi-Sar. Read less...

On January 7, two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) on Amirwanda Road within the Lakki Police Station (PS) of Bannu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. Two Kalashnikovs, six magazines, a huge amount of ammunition, two identity cards, cash, a sack full of explosive material, and other equipment were recovered from the possession of slain militants. Read less...

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on January 7 acquitted 17 workers of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), reports Samaa TV. A case against them was registered at Shahdarah Police Station of Lahore for disrupting the Government’s work and giving death threats. Police in its report had declared them not guilty. The court decided to acquit the accused in light of the Police report. In October, thousands of TLP workers were arrested and FIRs, under sections of inciting violence and terrorism, were registered at multiple Police stations in Lahore after they clashed with the Punjab Police during their march on Islamabad. Read less...

Police on January 7 foiled a terror bid by recovering 20 hand grenades stuffed in a shopper from the Garden area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports ARY News. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), City, Sarfaraz Nawaz said that they have recovered a shopper carrying 20 hand grenades from a garbage dump in the Dhobi Ghat area of Garden. “Bomb Disposal Squad is currently involved in defusing the bombs and clearing the area,” SSP Sarfaraz Nawaz added. Read less...

Dawn quoting the United Nation Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) data reported on January 8 that fifty-five journalists and media professionals, four Pakistanis among them, were killed 2021, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved. UNESCO, which collected the data, stated that nearly three-quarters of female media professionals surveyed had experienced online violence linked to their work. In Pakistan, 85 journalists have been killed since 1993, including four killed in 2021. Read less...

On January 8, three people were killed and three others were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at their convoy at the Loni Road area in Sibi city of Sibi District, reports The Nation. The convoy also included Nawabzada Baru Khan Barozai, brother of Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Barozai, the ex-interim Chief Minister of Balochistan who sustained injuries. Two soldiers who lost their lives in the attack were identified as Sepoy Naseeb Ullah and Sepoy Insha Allah. Read less...

Six terrorists of Islamic State (IS) including Asghar Samalani were killed during exchange of fire at Eastern Bypass area of Quetta of Balochistan, reports Ary News on January 9. The terrorists initially lobbed grenades and fired at Security Forces (SF) when asked to surrender. In retaliation, six terrorists were killed. Improvised explosive device, three submachine guns with 200 rounds, two 9mm pistols with 47 rounds, a hand grenade and two motorcycles were recovered from the terrorist hideout. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) allegedly arrested and forcibly disappeared a man from Mand town of Kech District, reports The Balochistan Post. The missing person was identified as Usman, the son of Liaqat, a resident of Koh-Pusht area of Mand town. According to Usman’s family, the missing man was taken into custody by the SFs. SFs also physically abused the women and children present in the house during the raid. The brother of Usman was also taken away but he was later released. Read less...

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on January 11 arrested three terrorists in Khuzdar District of Balochistan and recovered weapons and explosives from their possession, reports The Nation. Following the secret information, CTD personnel led an operation in Khuzdar and arrested three suspected terrorists including a key terrorist of the banned outfit who was planning to damage the national installations. The arrested terrorists were also involved in murder of a political leader Akram Sajidi in Hab. Read less...

An Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) of Lahore on January 12 announced nine times death sentence to four accused in the Johar Town Blast case while a female accused has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, reports Geo News. ATC court judge Arshah Hussian Bhutta put forward his verdict of the case in which at least three people were killed, while 21 others sustained injuries on June 23, 2021. Citing security reason, the proceedings of the trial was completed in Kot Lakhpat Jail of Lahore. The accused included Eid Gul, Sajjad Shah, Peter Paul, Ziaullah, and Ayesha. During the case proceedings, almost 56 statements from the witnesses were recorded. However, all the accused refused to accept the allegations levelled against them. Read less...

An Army soldier was killed after terrorists attacked a military post in Janikhel area of Bannu District in the night of January 13, reports Dawn. In a statement, the ISPR said that terrorists fired on a military post. Army troops initiated a prompt response and effectively engaged the terrorists. During the exchange of fire, 26-year-old Sepoy Sarfaraz Ali was killed. Read less...

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on January 13 arrested two Islamic State (IS) terrorists during a raid at Dargai road in Charsadda District, reports ARY News. A spokesperson for the CTD said the arrested terrorists were identified as Arif and Fazal. Explosives, a detonator, safety fuse, and prima card were recovered from their possession. The arrested terrorists were planning to target Police and other SFs with a homemade bomb, CTD spokesperson added. Read less...

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on January 13 arrested a Sunni Tehreek (ST) militant during a raid in North Karachi town area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports ARY News. According to the CTD spokesperson, Nadeem aka Sunny was involved in murdering political workers and different firing incidents on Police officials. Read less...

The Government on January 13 requested the Supreme Court to grant another three weeks to submit its report on the Peshawar Army Public School (APS) attack case, reports Daily Times. As per an earlier court directive, the Government was to furnish the report, signed by Prime Minister Imran Khan, by December 10. However, the Government had sought three weeks’ time from the apex court on December 9 to submit the report. The new request for extension made said the committee set up by Prime Minister Imran Khan had already met the parents of the deceased students once and a second meeting was expected soon to satisfy them. Read less...

Two terrorists were killed while two others were arrested during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) by Security Forces (SFs) in Miranshah of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 14, reports Dawn. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), SF conducted the IBO on the reported presence of terrorists. "Weapons and ammunition [were] also recovered from [the] terrorists. Area clearance operation in progress to hunt down any other terrorist in the area," the ISPR said. Read less...

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on January 14 arrested one Kashif Ali aka Shaheen, a most wanted terrorist named in the Sindh Police’s Red Book, during a raid in Lines Area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports ARY News. According to CTD officials, “he remained associated with al Qaeda and Jundullah; and was an accomplice of terrorists who were involved in attacking Corps Commander Karachi in 2004”. The CTD officials said that Kashif remained in hiding in various cities of the country and before arriving in Karachi, he remained in hiding in Rawalpindi for quite some time. He was trying to mobilize a sleeper cell and was planning to launch a major attack in the city. Read less...

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi on January 15 awarded 14-year imprisonment to two convicts in explosives’ possession case, reports ARY News. The convicts include Noman and Pervaiz. The State prosecutor Iqbal Meo said that the prosecution had successfully proved its allegations against the suspects. A case had been lodged against the suspects at Ferozabad Police station, he added. Read less...

On January 15, Malik Faisal Akram, a British citizen of Pakistan origin, took four people hostage in Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville city, Texas, US during Sabbat services. After a ten-hour standoff and negotiations, FBI personnel entered the synagogue and killed Faisal, who was armed with a pistol. Hostages were rescued unharmed. Al-Qaeda supporters have praised Malik Faisal Akram in their posts on social media platforms. The latest issue of Al-Qaeda-linked magazine ‘Wolves of Manhattan’ has praised Faisal, calling him a ‘martyr’ and giving him a name ‘Malik al-Britani’. Read less...

Police on January 15 recovered a cache of arms and ammunition buried under a godown floor in the Old city area of Central District in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports ARY News. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Central District, Murtaza Tabassum said that “We are investigating if the arms belong to a banned outfit”. “Details also being gathered about owner of the godown and the person that hired it on rent,” he added. “Recovered arms include machine-guns, anti-aircraft gun and sten gun,” he added further. Read less...

Two terrorists were killed in a shootout with Police on January 16 after they killed a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier on January 15 and left his body in the mountains near Karmukhel village of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Dawn. FC soldier Rafiullah, who was posted in Balochistan, had come to his native village on leave. On January 14, he left home at noon on a motorcycle, but did not return till evening and the next day his bullet-riddled body was found in the mountains near Karmukhel area. Police contingent along with armed villagers reached the Karmukhel area and during search operation a group of terrorists attacked them. Police retaliated and killed two terrorists. Later, the Police recovered the bodies of two terrorists when firing stopped and seized two AK-47 assault rifles. The slain terrorists were identified as Abdul Rauf, a resident of Sherikhel, and Suleman of Jabukhel. Read less...

Police on January 16 foiled a terrorist attack when terrorists fired two rockets at a check post at Yadgar Chowk area of Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News. After the terrorists fired two rockets at the check post, Police personnel immediately retaliated to the attack. Police retaliation forced the terrorists to flee by taking advantage of darkness. No casualty was reported in the attack. Read less...

Three persons, including a Levies man, a Policeman and a terrorist were killed in two separate incidents in North Waziristan and Lower Dir districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on January 18, reports The Express Tribune. In the first incident a Police Constable, identified as Aminullah was killed and two others sustained injuries when a Police mobile was ambushed in Mir Ali sub-division of North Waziristan District late on January 17. Police said that the mobile was on its way from Bannu to Miranshah after escorting IDPs to Bannu camp. In a separate incident in Lower Dir District, miscreants attacked a Levies check post on the border of Bajaur and Lower Dir on January 18 in which one Levies man Qaisar Mehmood was killed and another Sher Ali was injured. In the return fire, a terrorist was also killed. Read less...

Five persons were forcibly disappeared after being detained allegedly by Security Forces (SFs) in Zamuran Dashtuk area of Kech District in Balochistan on January 17, reports The Balochistan Post. A military operation had been underway for the last three days in Zamuran Dashtuk area. The missing persons were identified as Riaz son of Fateh Mohammad, Nisar s/o Fateh Mohammad, Madi s/o Kohda Sohrab and Basham while the fifth person has not been identified yet. Read less...

Two children were killed and one injured when a grenade they were playing with went off in the Nemakai village of Swat District on January 17, reports ARY News. According to Police, the children found the grenade in the fields and brought it home and started playing with it, which led to its explosion. Read less...

Two terrorists and a Policeman were killed in a firing incident in Sector G-8 of Islamabad, the Federal Capital of Pakistan, on January 17, reports ARY News. According to Police, unidentified assailants opened fire on Police officials deployed on a check post in Sector G-8, leaving one Policeman dead and two other Policemen injured. Two terrorists were also killed in Police retaliatory fire. 9mm pistol, AK-47 and bullets were recovered from the possession of terrorists. Read less...

Unidentified assailants shot dead a shopkeeper present inside his shop near Sheegal Stop in Afghan Refugees Camp of Gandaf Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate in Swabi District on January 17, reports The Nation. The dead shopkeeper was identified as Afghan national Hazrat Rehman. The assailants escaped the scene after committing the crime. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) on January 18 conducted an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in Thal area of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and killed two terrorists, reports The Nation. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said two terrorists, identified as Ghayoor and Bahauddin, were involved in terrorist activities against SFs, target killing, and kidnapping for ransom. A cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from the possession of the slain terrorists. Read less...

At least five persons were injured in an explosion near a railway track in the Mashkaf area of Bolan District in Balochistan on January 18, reports Dawn. A senior official of Pakistan Railways Muhammad Kashif said that the blast occurred when Rawalpindi-bound Jaffer Express was passing by the area. The train was coming from Quetta. Read less...

The Sindh High Court on January 19 directed the provincial authorities to constitute an enforced disappearance task force to exclusively focus on such cases, reports Dawn. A two-judge bench headed Justice Mohammad Iqbal Kalhoro said that the task force must have officers not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in every district of the metropolis for recovery of the missing persons. The bench directed an additional advocate general to meet with the chief secretary (CS) and the inspector general of police for setting up the task force. It directed the Police to use modern technology to trace out missing persons and to approach the National Database and Registration Authority for blocking the computerised national identity cards of such persons. Read less...

Three Policemen were injured in Kulachi tehsil (revenue unit) of Dera Ismail Khan District when their vehicle was ambushed, as reported on January 19. The attackers escaped after the attack. Read less...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police Chief, Moazzam Jah Ansari declared that Islamic State group’s Khorasan chapter (IS-K) a bigger threat to peace in the province than Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Dawn reports on January 21. “I see IS-K as a bigger threat to peace and security in the province compared to the TTP in near future,” Ansari stated. He said both IS-K and TTP were involved in the recent acts of terrorism in Peshawar, the provincial capital. He, however, said the IS-K’s hitmen were responsible for the recent spate of targeted killings of the police personnel in Peshawar. Read less...

Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) have identified suspects in the blast in the Anarkali Market of Lahore (January 20) using CCTV footage and had prepared their sketches, The Nation reports on January 21. According to sources, progress has been made in the Lahore blast after investigators prepared sketches of the suspects through geo-fencing and CCTV footage. “The terrorist who planted a bag at the blast site was in contact with his handler,” they said adding the terrorists have been identified using CCTV footage. Inspector General (IG) Punjab has presented the initial investigation report of the Lahore blast to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. Read less...

The first conviction in the Priyantha Kumara lynching case has come from the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) where a suspect, identified as Adnan has been awarded one-year imprisonment, The Nation reports on January 21. According to details, Adnan justified the lynching of Priyantha Kumara at the Sialkot factory on social media and later confessed to his crime before the court. The ATC judge while announcing the verdict awarded him one year of imprisonment besides also imposing a fine of PKR 10,000. Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan national, was lynched by a mob at a factory in Sialkot (Punjab) on December 3, 2021, where he worked as manager. Read less...

Three persons were killed and over 33 others injured in a bomb explosion near Pan Mandi of New Anarkali Bazar area of Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, in the afternoon of January 20, reports Dawn. The explosion left a crater at the site. A newly formed (date of formation unknown) Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) on twitter claimed the responsibility for the attack. The group was formed earlier this month when two separatist groups — Balochistan Republican Army and United Baloch Army — merged. BNA’s “spokesperson’ Mureed Baloch claimed that the target of the blast was Habib Bank employees. A detailed statement will be issued soon, added Mureed Baloch. Read less...

Four persons belonging to a family were killed in an explosion that occurred when a mortar shell or a landmine exploded inside a shack in the Gulo Tangi area in Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, reports Samma. tv on January 22. Read less...

One Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was killed and another one injured when the cadres of Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) attacked a check post on Bridge of Rakhshan River in Gramkan area of Panjgur District in Balochistan on January 23, reports Radio Zrumbesh. BNA ‘spokesman’ Mureed Baloch said in a statement our cadres attacked a check post of the occupying Pakistani forces on Bridge of Rakhshan River with a grenade. He further said that such operations of ours would continue till the independence of Balochistan. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Sarwakai area of South Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 23 and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, reports Dawn. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the SFs conducted the IBO on the reported presence of terrorists in the area. "During the search of the area, a large number of weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive device preparation material was recovered from the hideout," the ISPR said. The weapons and ammunition recovered from the hideout include submachine guns, RPG-7, hand grenades and a large quantity of ammunition of multiple calibres, the statement added. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) on January 23 arrested six people from two different areas of Kech District of Balochistan, reports Radio Zrumbesh. In Gomazi area of Tump, SFs arrested two persons during a raid and shifted them to an unknown location. They were identified as Mehboob, son of Sheraan and Saleem, son of Wali Dad. SFs arrested four persons from Kolwah. They are identified as Sudir, son of Ali Bakhsh; Nadeem, son of Saleem; Dad Rehman, son of Abdul Rehman and Karim Bakhsh, son of Waju. During the raid, the SFs also harassed and tortured women and children. Read less...

A senior journalist of a private news channel, Hasnain Shah, was shot dead outside the Lahore Press Club (LPC) near Shimla Pahari area of Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, on January 24, reports Daily Times. According to the Police, two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened firing at the vehicle of Hussnain Shah near Shimla Pahari, killing him on the spot. Hasnain Shah was a crime reporter for a local TV channel and also a member of the LPC. Read less...

Federal Minister of Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on January 24 said that the Government was ready to hold negotiations with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but warned that any group posing threat to country’s national security will be dealt with an iron fist, reports The Express Tribune. Addressing the Senate session, Minister Rashid said the number of terror incidents in the country has witnessed a surge since August 15, 2021 following the fall of Kabul to Taliban. Rashid said no talks were under way with any groups at the moment and added that negotiations with any outlawed group would be held within the ambit of Constitution. Read less...

A Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed and a proclaimed assailant was killed during a raid in Urmur village on the outskirts of Peshawar, provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa early on January 25, reports Dawn. Police identified the SPO as Samiullah, and the proclaimed assailant as Irfan. The accused was trying to flee the Police during the raid when the SPO grabbed him, and upon this, the accused opened fire, killing the Police official. Later, Irfan was also shot dead by other Policemen. Read less...

10 Army soldiers were killed after terrorists attacked a security forces’ check post in Kech District of Balochistan Province in the intervening night of January 25-26, reports Daily Times. A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said “During intense exchange of fire, one terrorist was killed and several injured. While repulsing terrorists’ fire raid, 10 soldiers embraced martyrdom.” It added that three terrorists had been apprehended in the follow-up clearance operation, which it said was still in progress to hunt down the perpetrators of the incident. Read less...

Two brothers who had been kidnapped from the Daznab area of Panjgur District of Balochistan Province were found shot dead on January 26 in the Panchi Kalg area of the District, reports Dawn. Police said that the deceased Mohammad Sameer and Mohammad Zameer were shot at close range. Police said that on January 25 evening armed men barged into their house and abducted the two brothers and when another man offered resistance, they opened fire and killed him on the spot. He was identified as Mohammad Nawaz. Read less...

A security guard was killed and a supervisor was kidnapped in a terrorist attack on the installation of an oil exploration company in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on January 26, reports Dawn. Saadat Khan, a senior Police official, told that a nearby residential colony and several solar plates were damaged in the gun attack on MOL Pakistan’s installation. He identified the dead guard as Qabil Badshah and the kidnapped supervisor as Asmatullah. Read less...

A terrorist has been killed on January 26 after security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Spinwam of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, reports Daily Times. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a terrorist identified as Saddam was killed during an intense exchange of fire. “Weapons and ammunition have also been recovered from the terrorist,” said ISPR. The statement further read that the terrorist “was an expert in planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and was involved in terrorist activities, target killings and kidnapping for ransom.” Read less...

National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf on January 27 said that Afghan soil was still being used against Pakistan, adding that organised terrorist networks were operating in the neighbouring country, reports Daily Times. Yusuf expressed the views while briefing the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on the internal and external security situation. Read less...

Four people were killed and 10 others injured in a landmine blast in Mat area of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan Province on January 28, reports Daily Times. According to officials at the Levies Control Room, the victims were passing by when their vehicle drove over a landmine. Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader SarfrazBugti claimed that Baloch Republican Army terrorists were behind the attack. He questioned how long the state would continue to tolerate such attacks on innocent people. Three Pakistani Security Force personnel and one Bugti clan elder was killed in the blast. Read less...

Gunmen killed Awami National Party (ANP) leader Malik Shah Khalid Khan and his cousin in a car attack in Bajaur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on January 28, reports Dawn. Malik Shah and Malik Samiullah, a PTI activist, were ambushed on Khar-Mardan Highway in Yousafabad area when they’re returning to their native Mata Shah area in a car after attending a case hearing at the Khar District courts, the family and party sources told. They said the two suffered critical wounds in the gun attack and died on the spot. Read less...

At least 16 persons were injured in an explosion at a thoroughfare at Sohbatpur Chowk in Jaffarabad District of Balochistan on January 30, reports ARY News. According to Police it was a hand grenade attack. Read less...

One Christian pastor was killed while another sustained injury in a gun attack near Madina Market within the jurisdiction of Gulbahar Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on January 30, reports The Express Tribune. The killed Pastor was identified as William Siraj who was a pastor at a local church that fell within the jurisdiction of Chamkani Police Station. The injured person was identified as one Patrick. Read less...

Two traffic police personnel were killed in the firing of unidentified armed motorcyclists in the Doaba area of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 31, reports The Nation. Two traffic Police personnel were engaged in routine duty when they were fired upon by unidentified assailants and managed to escape the scene. Read less...

A terrorist involved in attacks against Security Forces (SFs) as well as targeted killing and kidnapping for ransom was killed by SFs during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Dossali area of North Waziristan District on January 31, reports Dawn. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that SFs conducted the IBO in North Waziristan's Dossali area after receiving reports about the presence of terrorists. During an intense exchange of fire, the terrorist, identified as Mobeen alias Majrooh, was killed while weapons and ammunition were also recovered, the ISPR said. Read less...

The Security Forces (SFs) allegedly arrested and shifted 10 persons from Darachko area of Dasht tehsil (revenue unit) in Kech District on January 31, reports The Balochistan Post. The missing includes three elderly people, identified as Murad, Kamal and Habib. The other young abductees have been identified as Fida son of Nazar, Fida son of Ibrahim, Owais son of Rasool Bakhsh, Hanif son of Farak, Niaz son of Omid, Abid son of Bashir and Bilal son of Bashir. A military operation has been going on for the last several days in Kech District. Read less...

Two Security Forces (SFs) personnel were killed in a remote-controlled bomb attack when they are patrolling the gas pipeline from Sui to Dera Murad Jamali in Rabi area of Dera Murad Jamali District in Balochistan on January 31, reports Radio Zrumbesh. Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed the responsibility of attack. Read less...