1- Karachi violence: ‘Operation not targeted, but selective’
The targeted operation in Karachi began on September 5, and since then more than 300 suspects have been arrested. The Rangers are leading the operation which, they claim, is being conducted across the city – not just in the political strongholds of one party. Separately, the police have conducted 975 raids and arrested 1,232 criminals.
These numbers do not illustrate the efficacy or success of the targeted operation under way as the law-enforcement agencies have still not raided many of the ‘no-go’ areas, including Sohrab Goth and Manghopir. These areas are ungoverned territories where law-enforcers have no writ.
2- High-profile case: Judgment reserved on Benazir murder case retrial
Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday reserved its judgment in the Benazir Bhutto murder case as attorneys for defence and prosecution completed their arguments.
When the hearing started, the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer Ilyas Siddiqi urged the court to re-record the statements of the witnesses. “Musharraf was abroad when the statements were recorded. It is his legal right that statements of the witnesses be recorded in front of him,” he said.
3- Contempt of court application: IHC issues notice to DG ISI Zaheerul Islam
Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notice to director general (DG) Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in response to a contempt application filed by an inspector of the authority seeking contempt of court proceedings against the spy-agency chief for not complying with a court order.
Chief Justice IHC Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi issued notice to DG ISI Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam and sought his reply on September 23. The court passed the order in response to contempt application filed by Inspector Abdul Rahim.
4- Vote fraud claims: PTI files for re-poll in Mianwali
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to declare by-elections in NA-71 Mianwali null and void, accusing the federal and Punjab governments of committing vote fraud in the constituency.
PTI’s deputy parliamentary leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Ayla Malik on Tuesday submitted evidence of alleged rigging and filed a petition in the ECP.
5- Wave of terror: Over 1,600 killed in terror attacks since Jan 2012
Pakistan was hit by the worst wave of terrorism in the last 20 months with more than 1,600 people killed and over 5,600 injured in over 2,100 attacks, the interior ministry told the National Assembly.
The death toll was the highest in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Lower and Upper Dir districts, where more than 300 people lost their lives in terror attacks, including a two-star military general, Sanaullah Khan Niazi, who died in a mine-blast last week.
6- No licence to kill: Penal code section offers relief
On August 25 at 7:30 pm, she lay in a pool of blood in a date garden in a remote part of Sindh. As Shabana* breathed her last, she was next to the man she loved most. Her alleged ‘crime’ was that she had left her home and family to get married to someone of her own choice. The man who killed her and her husband was none other than her brother who pulled the trigger in the name of honour.
For exercising her right to choose a husband, Shabana, like many other Pakistani women, was accused of ‘dishonouring’ the family name. The ritualistic murder claimed two young lives.
7- PHC halts troops withdrawal from Malakand
The Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), Dost Muhammad Khan, observed on Tuesday that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government should not take the troops withdrawal decision in haste and take all the stakeholders, including the federal government and Pakistan Army, into confidence and prepare a proper strategy before pulling the troops out of the Malakand Division.
8- Attacks on troops will continue: TTP
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Tuesday insisted the Taliban are still at war with the Pakistan Army troops because peace talks have yet to start and the military is still launching multiple offensives against them.
The announcement came two days after two senior military officers were killed by a Taliban bomb in Upper Dir.“War is continuing, it was started by the government and they will have to stop it,” Shahidullah Shahid, main spokesman for the TTP, told AFP from an undisclosed location.
9- NA vows to support army in fight against terror
The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution condemning the attack on the army officers and expressing the resolve to support the armed forces in the fight against terrorists. The resolution also expressed deep sympathies with the bereaved families.
10- Opposition casts doubt on govt-IMF accord
The agreement between the PML-N government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) came under strong criticism by the opposition members who demanded discussion on the terms and conditions of the agreement in the National Assembly.
The targeted operation in Karachi began on September 5, and since then more than 300 suspects have been arrested. The Rangers are leading the operation which, they claim, is being conducted across the city – not just in the political strongholds of one party. Separately, the police have conducted 975 raids and arrested 1,232 criminals.
These numbers do not illustrate the efficacy or success of the targeted operation under way as the law-enforcement agencies have still not raided many of the ‘no-go’ areas, including Sohrab Goth and Manghopir. These areas are ungoverned territories where law-enforcers have no writ.
2- High-profile case: Judgment reserved on Benazir murder case retrial
Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday reserved its judgment in the Benazir Bhutto murder case as attorneys for defence and prosecution completed their arguments.
When the hearing started, the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer Ilyas Siddiqi urged the court to re-record the statements of the witnesses. “Musharraf was abroad when the statements were recorded. It is his legal right that statements of the witnesses be recorded in front of him,” he said.
3- Contempt of court application: IHC issues notice to DG ISI Zaheerul Islam
Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notice to director general (DG) Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in response to a contempt application filed by an inspector of the authority seeking contempt of court proceedings against the spy-agency chief for not complying with a court order.
Chief Justice IHC Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi issued notice to DG ISI Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam and sought his reply on September 23. The court passed the order in response to contempt application filed by Inspector Abdul Rahim.
4- Vote fraud claims: PTI files for re-poll in Mianwali
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to declare by-elections in NA-71 Mianwali null and void, accusing the federal and Punjab governments of committing vote fraud in the constituency.
PTI’s deputy parliamentary leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Ayla Malik on Tuesday submitted evidence of alleged rigging and filed a petition in the ECP.
5- Wave of terror: Over 1,600 killed in terror attacks since Jan 2012
Pakistan was hit by the worst wave of terrorism in the last 20 months with more than 1,600 people killed and over 5,600 injured in over 2,100 attacks, the interior ministry told the National Assembly.
The death toll was the highest in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Lower and Upper Dir districts, where more than 300 people lost their lives in terror attacks, including a two-star military general, Sanaullah Khan Niazi, who died in a mine-blast last week.
6- No licence to kill: Penal code section offers relief
On August 25 at 7:30 pm, she lay in a pool of blood in a date garden in a remote part of Sindh. As Shabana* breathed her last, she was next to the man she loved most. Her alleged ‘crime’ was that she had left her home and family to get married to someone of her own choice. The man who killed her and her husband was none other than her brother who pulled the trigger in the name of honour.
For exercising her right to choose a husband, Shabana, like many other Pakistani women, was accused of ‘dishonouring’ the family name. The ritualistic murder claimed two young lives.
7- PHC halts troops withdrawal from Malakand
The Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), Dost Muhammad Khan, observed on Tuesday that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government should not take the troops withdrawal decision in haste and take all the stakeholders, including the federal government and Pakistan Army, into confidence and prepare a proper strategy before pulling the troops out of the Malakand Division.
8- Attacks on troops will continue: TTP
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Tuesday insisted the Taliban are still at war with the Pakistan Army troops because peace talks have yet to start and the military is still launching multiple offensives against them.
The announcement came two days after two senior military officers were killed by a Taliban bomb in Upper Dir.“War is continuing, it was started by the government and they will have to stop it,” Shahidullah Shahid, main spokesman for the TTP, told AFP from an undisclosed location.
9- NA vows to support army in fight against terror
The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution condemning the attack on the army officers and expressing the resolve to support the armed forces in the fight against terrorists. The resolution also expressed deep sympathies with the bereaved families.
10- Opposition casts doubt on govt-IMF accord
The agreement between the PML-N government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) came under strong criticism by the opposition members who demanded discussion on the terms and conditions of the agreement in the National Assembly.
