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Multiple fatalities, dozens injured in Peshawar Imambargah explosion
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that the entire nation was united to defeat the menace of terrorism and the nefarious designs of terrorists to destabilise the country would never succeed.
The premier made these remarks while chairing a meeting of the Apex Committee on National Action Plan (NAP) in Islamabad, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
The meeting took place two days after at least 63 people were killed and nearly 200 others injured in a suicide attack at an Imambargah in Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar area during Friday prayers. The Islamic State in a statement claimed responsibility for the deadly bomb blast.
Today's meeting, among others, was attended by National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yousaf, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, chief ministers of all four provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan, chief secretaries, inspector generals of police and other senior civil and military officers.
The apex committee strongly condemned the attack and offered condolences for the martyrs who lost their lives in the incident.
Addressing the participants, PM Imran said people could now realise that terrorist elements were trying to create disharmony on the basis of sectarianism and hate speech, but the state will never allow such designs to succeed.
He reiterated that the government had zero tolerance for terrorists and swift persecution was required to set an example out of the elements.
The premier stressed that a multi-pronged approach, full spectrum and vigorous implementation of NAP was also necessary to thwart the threat of terrorism, and stressed upon taking proactive measures to tackle such incidents in future.
The committee stressed upon the need to strengthen the role of National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) to coordinate the measures essential for countering terrorism and build the capacity of the counter terrorism departments.
It was also highlighted during the meeting that provinces need to allocate more resources for conducting effective investigations by adopting scientific techniques and setting up modern forensic labs. The need to accord conclusive end to terrorism cases in courts of law was emphasised.
On the occasion, Secretary Interior Division presented a detailed briefing on the implementation status of NAP including measures taken to choke terror financing, countering violent extremism, investigation and prosecution of terrorism cases, intolerance towards militancy, capacity building of law enforcement agencies, regulation and registration of seminaries, merger of formerly FATA areas, reforms in criminal justice system, eliminating sectarian terrorism, curbing smuggling, narco-traffic and human trafficking, reconciliation process in Balochistan and issues related to refugees.
The meeting was briefed that satisfactory implementation has been achieved on majority action points, however, support from provincial governments is required for inter-provincial issues.
Federal Ministers including Fawad Chaudhry, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Asad Umer were also present in the meeting.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2346843/nation-united-to-defeat-elements-creating-disharmony-pm
The premier made these remarks while chairing a meeting of the Apex Committee on National Action Plan (NAP) in Islamabad, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
The meeting took place two days after at least 63 people were killed and nearly 200 others injured in a suicide attack at an Imambargah in Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar area during Friday prayers. The Islamic State in a statement claimed responsibility for the deadly bomb blast.
Today's meeting, among others, was attended by National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yousaf, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, chief ministers of all four provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan, chief secretaries, inspector generals of police and other senior civil and military officers.
The apex committee strongly condemned the attack and offered condolences for the martyrs who lost their lives in the incident.
Addressing the participants, PM Imran said people could now realise that terrorist elements were trying to create disharmony on the basis of sectarianism and hate speech, but the state will never allow such designs to succeed.
He reiterated that the government had zero tolerance for terrorists and swift persecution was required to set an example out of the elements.
The premier stressed that a multi-pronged approach, full spectrum and vigorous implementation of NAP was also necessary to thwart the threat of terrorism, and stressed upon taking proactive measures to tackle such incidents in future.
The committee stressed upon the need to strengthen the role of National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) to coordinate the measures essential for countering terrorism and build the capacity of the counter terrorism departments.
It was also highlighted during the meeting that provinces need to allocate more resources for conducting effective investigations by adopting scientific techniques and setting up modern forensic labs. The need to accord conclusive end to terrorism cases in courts of law was emphasised.
On the occasion, Secretary Interior Division presented a detailed briefing on the implementation status of NAP including measures taken to choke terror financing, countering violent extremism, investigation and prosecution of terrorism cases, intolerance towards militancy, capacity building of law enforcement agencies, regulation and registration of seminaries, merger of formerly FATA areas, reforms in criminal justice system, eliminating sectarian terrorism, curbing smuggling, narco-traffic and human trafficking, reconciliation process in Balochistan and issues related to refugees.
The meeting was briefed that satisfactory implementation has been achieved on majority action points, however, support from provincial governments is required for inter-provincial issues.
Federal Ministers including Fawad Chaudhry, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Asad Umer were also present in the meeting.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2346843/nation-united-to-defeat-elements-creating-disharmony-pm
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An explosion in Balochistan's Sibi killed at least four people and injured more than 35 on Tuesday during President Arif Alvi's trip to the city.
Soon after the incident, security forces cordoned off the area and rescue services shifted the injured to nearby medical facilities.
According to police, evidence is being collected and an initial investigation to determine the nature of the blast is being conducted.
The blast took place reportedly during President Arif Alvi's visit to the annual Sibi Mela.
Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo strongly condemned the blast and directed the authorities to provide the best possible aid to the injured.
He vowed to thwart "all conspiracies" and directed law enforcement agencies to arrest those involved in the attack.
Condemning the attack ANP Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan said that a series of terrorist acts is a wake-up call for the government.
He said that ANP had repeatedly demanded full implementation of the National Action Plan.
“Action must be taken against terrorists without any discrimination,” he said. “They have repeatedly shown that terrorist groups have re-organized. Serious and concrete steps should be taken to avoid further destruction and bloodshed.”
On Friday, at least 62 worshippers were martyred and nearly 200 injured when a suicide bomber targeted an imambargah in the city of Peshawar.
In the attack, a lone suicide bomber shot the police guards at the entrance to a packed mosque at Peshawar's historic Qissa Khwani Bazar before detonating his explosives-laden vest in the middle of worshippers offering Friday prayers.
The bombing followed a string of similar incidents in war-torn Afghanistan, whose border lies just about an hour away, where several imambargahs were targeted after the Taliban took control of the country last August.
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Soon after the incident, security forces cordoned off the area and rescue services shifted the injured to nearby medical facilities.
According to police, evidence is being collected and an initial investigation to determine the nature of the blast is being conducted.
The blast took place reportedly during President Arif Alvi's visit to the annual Sibi Mela.
Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo strongly condemned the blast and directed the authorities to provide the best possible aid to the injured.
He vowed to thwart "all conspiracies" and directed law enforcement agencies to arrest those involved in the attack.
Condemning the attack ANP Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan said that a series of terrorist acts is a wake-up call for the government.
He said that ANP had repeatedly demanded full implementation of the National Action Plan.
“Action must be taken against terrorists without any discrimination,” he said. “They have repeatedly shown that terrorist groups have re-organized. Serious and concrete steps should be taken to avoid further destruction and bloodshed.”
On Friday, at least 62 worshippers were martyred and nearly 200 injured when a suicide bomber targeted an imambargah in the city of Peshawar.
In the attack, a lone suicide bomber shot the police guards at the entrance to a packed mosque at Peshawar's historic Qissa Khwani Bazar before detonating his explosives-laden vest in the middle of worshippers offering Friday prayers.
The bombing followed a string of similar incidents in war-torn Afghanistan, whose border lies just about an hour away, where several imambargahs were targeted after the Taliban took control of the country last August.
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The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police with the help of other law enforcement agencies killed three terrorists in a shootout at Regi Lalma area of the Peshawar-Khyber border in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, officials said.
According to CTD insiders, the three terrorists were part of a network involved in the suicide attack on Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar imambargah that left 63 dead and dozens more injured on Friday. The militants were also responsible for other terrorist attacks on law enforcement agencies including killing police personnel, they added.
According to sources, the terrorists were entering Peshawar with the intention of carrying out terrorist activities in Khyber district before being killed in the encounter.
Moreover, automatic weapons, grenades and ammunition were also recovered from the terrorists.
Also read: Mastermind of Peshawar attack was arrested last year
According to initial reports, the three terrorists have been identified. However, further details about them will be shared today (Wednesday) during a press conference.
On Monday, intelligence officials said they had arrested the mastermind of the terrorist group that orchestrated Friday’s Kocha Risaldar attack last year and kept constant tabs on the group’s activities in the country.
The group first registered an alarm in the intelligence radar during its attempts to launch an assault on last year’s Christmas celebrations – an attack that was successfully averted after strict measures were put in place on the prior information obtained from the mastermind under the custody.
The group’s motive behind the attack was to discredit the country’s global image, the officials privy to the developments shared, adding that security agencies had been looking out for the suicide bomber since December.
“Intelligence officials were everywhere — as per information of the man under security officials’ captivity — but the bomber reached directly to the handler after coming from Afghanistan,” the official told The Express Tribune.
During the interrogation, the accused had revealed that a suicide bomber had arrived in Pakistan for an attack in Peshawar during the Christmas celebrations on December 25.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/234702...eshawar-imambargah-attack-killed-in-encounter
According to CTD insiders, the three terrorists were part of a network involved in the suicide attack on Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar imambargah that left 63 dead and dozens more injured on Friday. The militants were also responsible for other terrorist attacks on law enforcement agencies including killing police personnel, they added.
According to sources, the terrorists were entering Peshawar with the intention of carrying out terrorist activities in Khyber district before being killed in the encounter.
Moreover, automatic weapons, grenades and ammunition were also recovered from the terrorists.
Also read: Mastermind of Peshawar attack was arrested last year
According to initial reports, the three terrorists have been identified. However, further details about them will be shared today (Wednesday) during a press conference.
On Monday, intelligence officials said they had arrested the mastermind of the terrorist group that orchestrated Friday’s Kocha Risaldar attack last year and kept constant tabs on the group’s activities in the country.
The group first registered an alarm in the intelligence radar during its attempts to launch an assault on last year’s Christmas celebrations – an attack that was successfully averted after strict measures were put in place on the prior information obtained from the mastermind under the custody.
The group’s motive behind the attack was to discredit the country’s global image, the officials privy to the developments shared, adding that security agencies had been looking out for the suicide bomber since December.
“Intelligence officials were everywhere — as per information of the man under security officials’ captivity — but the bomber reached directly to the handler after coming from Afghanistan,” the official told The Express Tribune.
During the interrogation, the accused had revealed that a suicide bomber had arrived in Pakistan for an attack in Peshawar during the Christmas celebrations on December 25.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/234702...eshawar-imambargah-attack-killed-in-encounter
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A Da'ish suicide bomber who killed 64 people at an imambargah Peshawar last week was an Afghan exile who returned home to train for the attack, police said on Wednesday.
There have been warnings Afghanistan could become a recruiting ground and staging post for militants since the Taliban returned to power last year following the hasty withdrawal of US-led forces.
The Taliban have pledged they will not allow Afghan soil to be used to plot attacks on other nations, but last month the UN Security Council said "terrorist groups enjoy greater freedom there than at any time in recent history".
Read more: Three terrorists involved in Peshawar imambargah attack ‘killed in encounter’
Two senior police officials told AFP that the suicide bomber responsible for Friday's Peshawar blast had prepared the attack in Afghanistan.
It was claimed by Da'ish, whose affiliate has been active for years in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The officials said that the attacker was an Afghan national in his 30s who moved to Pakistan with his family decades ago.
"The bomber went to Afghanistan, trained there and returned without informing his family," one of the senior police officials told AFP.
"Islamic State-Khorasan is becoming a strong threat for us, they are operating from Afghanistan but they have sleeping cells here," he added.
Taliban officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Police said they had killed three facilitators of the attack in an overnight operation, and arrested 20 others suspected of involvement.
Since the Taliban's return to power, Islamabad has acted as a key broker between the hardliners and the international community.
Pakistan was one of three nations to officially recognise their first regime from 1996 to 2001.
Its own version of the Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, have also staged attacks from hideouts in Afghanistan, testing their current diplomatic relationship.
Express Tribune
There have been warnings Afghanistan could become a recruiting ground and staging post for militants since the Taliban returned to power last year following the hasty withdrawal of US-led forces.
The Taliban have pledged they will not allow Afghan soil to be used to plot attacks on other nations, but last month the UN Security Council said "terrorist groups enjoy greater freedom there than at any time in recent history".
Read more: Three terrorists involved in Peshawar imambargah attack ‘killed in encounter’
Two senior police officials told AFP that the suicide bomber responsible for Friday's Peshawar blast had prepared the attack in Afghanistan.
It was claimed by Da'ish, whose affiliate has been active for years in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The officials said that the attacker was an Afghan national in his 30s who moved to Pakistan with his family decades ago.
"The bomber went to Afghanistan, trained there and returned without informing his family," one of the senior police officials told AFP.
"Islamic State-Khorasan is becoming a strong threat for us, they are operating from Afghanistan but they have sleeping cells here," he added.
Taliban officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Police said they had killed three facilitators of the attack in an overnight operation, and arrested 20 others suspected of involvement.
Since the Taliban's return to power, Islamabad has acted as a key broker between the hardliners and the international community.
Pakistan was one of three nations to officially recognise their first regime from 1996 to 2001.
Its own version of the Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, have also staged attacks from hideouts in Afghanistan, testing their current diplomatic relationship.
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At least two terrorists, including the alleged mastermind of deadly Peshawar imambargah attack in March, were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) by the security forces on Saturday, officials said.
The operation was conducted by the security forces on a tip-off that the mastermind who brought the suicide bomber of the imambargah attack to the site was hiding in Kocha-e-Risaldar area of the city.
Upon seeing the security forces, the terrorists opened firing resulting in retaliatory firing from the forces. The exchange of fire continued for a while but when it stopped, two terrorists had been killed while three to four others managed to flee.
The officials said that one of the killed terrorists was identified as Hasan Shah s/o Armaan Shah while the identity is being ascertained of the second terrorist who is suspected of being a suicide bomber.
Hasan Shah was wanted by the authorities for the martyrdom of police officials Noman, Imtiaz Khan, Fayyaz Khan, Sajjad Ali Shah, renowned scholar Abdul Majeeb and trader Mehboobullah among other victims of terrorist attacks.
The officials revealed that the terrorist was also involved in the target killings of Hakeem Satnaam Sindh, Pastor Patrick William and many other heinous acts.
CTD and other law enforcement agencies have started a search operation for the arrest of terrorists who managed to flee during the raid.
On March 3, at least 66 people were martyred and nearly 200 others injured in a suicide attack at an imambargah in Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar area during Friday prayers.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police Moazzam Jah Ansari confirmed that it was a suicide attack.
The CCTV footage showed an attacker, donning black clothes, walking towards the police personnel and opening fire at them before entering the mosque.
The Islamic State in a statement claimed responsibility for the deadly bomb blast.
Express Tribune
The operation was conducted by the security forces on a tip-off that the mastermind who brought the suicide bomber of the imambargah attack to the site was hiding in Kocha-e-Risaldar area of the city.
Upon seeing the security forces, the terrorists opened firing resulting in retaliatory firing from the forces. The exchange of fire continued for a while but when it stopped, two terrorists had been killed while three to four others managed to flee.
The officials said that one of the killed terrorists was identified as Hasan Shah s/o Armaan Shah while the identity is being ascertained of the second terrorist who is suspected of being a suicide bomber.
Hasan Shah was wanted by the authorities for the martyrdom of police officials Noman, Imtiaz Khan, Fayyaz Khan, Sajjad Ali Shah, renowned scholar Abdul Majeeb and trader Mehboobullah among other victims of terrorist attacks.
The officials revealed that the terrorist was also involved in the target killings of Hakeem Satnaam Sindh, Pastor Patrick William and many other heinous acts.
CTD and other law enforcement agencies have started a search operation for the arrest of terrorists who managed to flee during the raid.
On March 3, at least 66 people were martyred and nearly 200 others injured in a suicide attack at an imambargah in Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar area during Friday prayers.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police Moazzam Jah Ansari confirmed that it was a suicide attack.
The CCTV footage showed an attacker, donning black clothes, walking towards the police personnel and opening fire at them before entering the mosque.
The Islamic State in a statement claimed responsibility for the deadly bomb blast.
Express Tribune
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