Sindh: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2022

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...