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Rangers arrest MQM London leader Dr Hasan Zafar Arif
The Rangers on Saturday took into custody Professor Dr Hasan Zafar Arif of the London-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement. Dr Hasan Zafar Arif was taken into custody outside the Karachi Press Club where he was due to address a press conference. Before he arrived at the press club’s premises, a large number of Rangers personnel had taken positions in the surrounding area and were checking the vehicles that were passing by. He was taken into custody before he could enter the press club. He was taken in a Rangers mobile vanRead More
Two policemen detained for killing cadet student in ‘encounter’
KARACHI: A First Information Report was registered against two detained police officers by family members of a cadet student who was allegedly killed in an ‘encounter’ near Nipa on Friday evening, officials said Sunday. Syed Ateequllah, a cadet student of Rangers public school was shot dead, while his cousin Azizullah was injured allegedly by the police when they did not stop their motorbike as they were travelling from Safari Park towards Nipa on University Road on Friday evening. Gulshan-i-Iqbal police apprehended Zafar and Banal, policemen of Gulistan-i-Jauhar, following the interventionRead More
Gen. Raheel Sharif visits frontline troops in Haji Pir Sector
Rawalpindi, October 9, 2016: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Raheel Sharif visited frontlines troops deployed along the line of control (LOC) in Haji Pir Sector today [Sunday]. COAS Gen. Raheel was given detailed briefing by the local formation commander on operational preparedness of the units and formation. Speaking on the occasion , Gen. Raheel showed his complete satisfaction over high state of morale, operational preparedness and vigil being maintained by troops along the LOC. Earlier on arrival, COAS General Raheel Sharif was received by the Corps Commander, Lieutenant General MalikRead More
Security forces kill 7 militants in Karachi
KARACHI: Seven militants were killed in raids by security forces in Karachi, a military official said Tuesday. Brig Gen Mohammad Khurram told reporters that the two overnight raids came after reports that militants from Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) planned to attack a security forces headquarters near the airport. Khurram said that in the first raid, three militants were trapped in a building and killed themselves by detonating explosive vests. He added that in the second raid, security forces killed three militants while a fourth blew himself up. After the Pakistani armyRead More