Karachi: 20 arrested in Rangers search operation

After a firefight between two gangs in Orangi Town that left three people dead, a limited scale search operation was conducted in the area.

Heavy contingents of Rangers cordoned off Sector C-1 of Orangio Town and conducted a door-to-door search operation.

The Rangers authorities said that the purpose of the operation was to recover illegal weapons that were being used in gang wars.

The Ranger abandoned the operation after arresting 20 suspects.

The locals protested against the operation and chanted slogans as well.

The violent mob attacked a police mobile van and not only damaged the van but also tortured four policemen.

Meanwhile, East district police arrested a political party activist, Hikmat Khan.

Karachi: 50 arrested during Rangers’ operation

Sindh Rangers have arrested atleast 50 more people during an operation on Mangho Pir Road Karachi, trendpk.Com reported on Wednesday. Local people protested against the operation while a person died and another got injured of firing by unknown gunmen.

Rangers’ operation continued on second consecutive day after the reports of terrorists’ presence in the area of Mangho Pir road. 50 people were arrested during the operation that continued for 2.5 hours whereas media was kept away from the operation. Some people protested against the operation and closed the shops. The protesters demanded immediate release of those arrested by Rangers. On the other hand a person died while another got injured in the same area of firing by some unknown gunmen. According to sources many of those who were arrested on Tuesday have been freed.

Karachi: 50 arrested during Rangers’ operation

Sindh Rangers have arrested atleast 50 more people during an operation on Mangho Pir Road Karachi, News Trends reported on Wednesday. Local people protested against the operation while a person died and another got injured of firing by unknown gunmen.

Rangers’ operation continued on second consecutive day after the reports of terrorists’ presence in the area of Mangho Pir road. 50 people were arrested during the operation that continued for 2.5 hours whereas media was kept away from the operation. Some people protested against the operation and closed the shops. The protesters demanded immediate release of those arrested by Rangers. On the other hand a person died while another got injured in the same area of firing by some unknown gunmen. According to sources many of those who were arrested on Tuesday have been freed.

Security forces kill two terrorists in Swat

Staff Report

SWAT: The security forces have killed two terrorists in an operation in Swat on Sunday.

According to forces’ sources, the security forces received information that few terrorists are present in Sher Pallum area of Tehsil Matta.

The security forces moved immediately and launched a search operation in the area. During the operation, two terrorists attacked the forces.

Both terrorists were killed in the counter attack and their arms and ammunition were seized by the security personnel. Trend Pk

Baghdad: All attackers killed in church operation

In Baghdad, Iraq on Monday all the gunmen who stormed a church, seizing dozens of Iraqi and threatening to kill them were killed when the Iraqi police raided the church and ended the stand-off.
Minister of Defence Abdul Qader al-Obeidi who supervised the operation with Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi and a number of Iraqi military commanders said that most of the hostages were rescued and all the attackers were killed, but he stopped short of giving numbers. The US military said between seven and 10 hostages and seven members of the Iraqi security forces, as well as seven attackers, were killed in the rescue operation. Most of the people who were attending the mass were rescued and the operation was carried out with high efficiency. Witnesses reported seeing many bodies inside the church after the gunmen wearing suicide vests threw grenades or blew themselves up as Iraqi forces stormed the building. The insurgents laid siege to one of Baghdad’s biggest churches as more than 100 parishioners attended Sunday mass in a central district near the heavily fortified Green Zone, home to embassies and the Iraqi government. US military officials watched the rescue operation from cameras in hovering helicopters. Violence has fallen sharply in Iraq since the height of sectarian bloodshed in 2006-07 but attacks by Sunni insurgents linked to al Qaeda and Shi’ite militia continue daily. Some police sources said they believed the initial target was the nearby Iraqi stock exchange, a bourse that lists a couple dozen local companies.

Action plane ready for Karachi peace

Staff Report

KARACHI: The Sindh Home Department has made an action plan as peace could be revived in the city, SAMAA reported Thursday.

While talking to SAMAA, Sharfuddin Memon, the advisor on the interior, told that the government will conduct the operation for the recovery of the weapons, if they do not hand over voluntarily.

He said that the government will give reward to those who provide information about men involved in the target killings. He said that culprits would be appeared before the special courts. SAMAA

Rehman Malik says Balochistan not to face Swat-like operation

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QUETTA: The Federal Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, has said that the proposed operation in Balochistan will not be similar to the Swat and Malakand operations; the Frontier Constabulary (FC) has been put under the Balochistan Chief Minister after extending it powers of police.

Rehman Malik, talking to the journalists in Quetta, said that the CM Balochistan can hand over, any time, police powers to FC, to use for the operation against the terrorists.

He added that the operation in Balochistan will not match the operations being held in Swat and Malakand. During this operation only those terrorist will be apprehended, for whom very concrete proves are already available.

The Interior Minister declared five Baloch organizations, including Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), as banned out fits. He announced to launch an operation against

Israel admits Gaza flotilla raid ”mistakes”

TEL AVIV: An Israeli military inquiry into the naval raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla says commandos were under-prepared and mistakes were made at a senior level.

The report says the operation suffered from flawed intelligence-gathering and inadequate planning.

But it also praised the commandos involved and found the use of force had been the only way to stop the flotilla.

Eight Turks and one Turkish-American died in the naval raid in international waters, which provoked a major outcry.

The report criticised the operation”s planners for not having a back-up plan in the event of violence.

But it also said the mission had not been a failure and did not recommend any dismissals.

It said there had been a lack of co-ordination between military and intelligence bodies, and preparations for the 31 May takeover of the ships had been inadequate.

As they dropped from helicopters on to the deck of one vessel, the Mavi Marmara, Israeli forces were met with a violent reception, from some of those on board who were armed with clubs and knives and at least one gun, found the report.

Presenting the findings to media in Tel Aviv, retired general Giora Eiland, who chaired the investigating panel, had both criticism and praise.

“In this inquiry we found that there were some professional mistakes regarding both the intelligence and the decision-making process and some of the operational mistakes,” he said.

CJ sees Constitution as lacking sans intra-party polls

ISLAMABAD: The appointments against vacant positions for judges should be made only through advertisement, AK Dogar Advocate said Monday.

A 17-judge larger bench heard the constitutional petitions filed against the 18th Amendment.

Talking to media outside the court, Advocate AK Dogar said the rights of political workers have been encroached upon through abolishing the elections within the political parties, adding how can Law contain it seeing the same has been banished from the Constitution.

On this, the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry, while giving his remarks, said command of the Constitution regarding intra-party elections would be whittled down to nothing as parties’ elections were put to an end.

Advocate AK Dogar of Lawyers’ Forum said the Executive and the Legislature work for rule of Law; while, judiciary has been put aside from these pillars of the state, adding the previous method for the appointment of the judges was bogus.

He demanded the vacancies for the judges should be advertised, so that all the lawyers could have opportunities.

Earlier, AK Dogar completed his arguments against 18th Amendment. Subsequently, another petitioner High Court Bar Rawalpindi President Zulfiqar Naqvi was asked to put forward his arguments.

He said he without a demur supports the arguments of Hamid Khan Advocate and Ikram Sheikh Advocate in the case.

Supreme Court (SC) adjourned the hearing of case till tomorrow.

334 suspects arrested in KA, Nowshera, Charsadda search operation

PESHAWAR: Law enforcement agencies arrested 334 suspected persons during search operation in Khyber Agency, Nowshera and Charsadda search operation.

FC sources said security forces started search operation in Sipah area of tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency on Monday. This is an ancestral area of Mangal Bagh, a commander of outlawed outfit Lashkar-e-Islam. At least 334 suspected arrested in the operation and shifted to FC fort for investigations.

In Nowshera, law enforcement agencies imposed curfew in Azakhel camp and started search operation. Three suspected persons were arrested and large cache of automatic weapons recovered during operation. Ten more suspected arrested in Chirat, Sheikhi, Sateen Kanay and Lakrai areas in Nowshera.

On the other hand, 14 suspected persons arrested in Mandani area in North Hasht Nagar in Charsadda.

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