Tag: TTP
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Pakistan rejects talks with TTP, says Foreign Office
Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has said that Pakistan has rejected any suggestion to negotiate with the terrorist organisation Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). In the FO’s weekly media briefing, Baloch said, “As i said in the past, Pakistan has no plans to engage in any talks with TTP. We believe that such offers are…
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TTP chief’s intercepted call reveals sinister plan to attack govt schools, hospitals
A call made by Noor Wali Mehsud, the head of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has revealed a sinister plot by the terrorist organisation to attack government schools and hospitals in Pakistan. Talking to his henchmen Ahmad Hussain Mehsud alias Ghat Haji, and Saqib Gandapur, Noor says that one method of creating instability in Pakistan…
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TTP launches Azm-e-Shariat as retaliation to Pakistan’s Azm-e-Istehkam
Following the government’s announcement of launching the new security operation Azm-e-Istehkam, a counter-terrorism campaign against the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), the terrorist organisation has also announced its own retaliatory operation Azm-e-Shariat, the Khorasan Diary reported. Earlier this week, journalist Iftikhar Firdous raised alarms over the “clarity of policy” that the TTP holds against a confused and ambiguous…
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LEAs stop TTP from establishing footprint in Balochistan
Law enforcement agencies have foiled a Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attempt to establish a foothold in Balochistan by arresting a most wanted commander and several other members of the banned outfit in different areas of the province. The security situation in Pakistan has been deteriorating since the past few months, especially in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
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Pakistan calls on Afghanistan to hand over TTP terrorists involved in attack on Chinese
Pakistan on Sunday demanded that the Taliban government in Afghanistan hand over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists involved in the Besham attack on Chinese nationals. “Whether Afghanistan try the terrorists [in the court of law] or not, it should hand over the militants to Pakistan,” said Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in a press conference. Pakistan has…
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Arrested target killer of police among four killed in encounter
A suspected serial-killer of the police and alleged member of the banned militant group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Faizan Butt, who was reportedly involved in three attacks on police officials in Lahore within a week, was killed along with three other terrorists during an encounter in Karol Ghatti on Sunday night. The counter-terrorism department’s spokesperson told…
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70 people lost lives in militant attacks in April
Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), an Islamabad-based think-tank, published its monthly security assessment report in which it was revealed that militant attacks claimed 70 lives in April 2024. According to the monthly report, Pakistan experienced at least 77 militant attacks during the month of April which resulted in 70 deaths, including 35…
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Hapless KP government paid Rs 5 crore to TTP for freeing abducted judge
Sessions Judge Shakirullah Marwat, who was abducted by unidentified kidnappers on Dera Ismail Khan’s Tank Road, returned home safely on Monday. However, senior journalist Azaz Syed has revealed that the “Judge was released after the KP government paid five crores to terrorists as extortion.” According to Syed, “The Marwat clan played a positive role in…
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Two TTP terrorists killed in Punjab while crossing over from KP
The Khorasan Diary has reported that two terrorists were killed in Bhakkar, Punjab while entering the province from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Their post read, “Two militants have been killed in Bhakkar, Punjab in an exchange of firing with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab, according to officials the militants were trying to cross over from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:…
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CM KP Gandapur says negotiations with terrorists ‘is the only solution’
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has stated that ‘negotiations’ is the only way to move forward in dealing with terrorism. Addressing a press conference, the CM KP said, “Imran Khan stated that we should not become a part of somebody else’s war and that negotiations are the only solution.” Gandapur also added that…