Tag: Karachi operation
Nawaz gives Karachi a taste of the metro
PM lays foundation stone of Rs 16.85b Green Line BRT, says it will be more beautiful than the Lahore metro
Reiterates resolve to persist with...
Memon admits meeting Uzair Baloch but denies taking gifts
Former information minister of Sindh, Sharjeel Inam Memon on Monday admitted he met Lyari gang war leader Uzair Baloch a number of times, "but...
Nisar and Qaim agree to extend Rangers’ powers after ‘mutual consultation’
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Monday held a telephonic conversation with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and suggested that the notification...
Karachi operation to continue come hell or high water, says Sindh...
Sindh Rangers Director General Maj Gen Bilal Akbar said that the Karachi operation would continue, and there are no hurdles that cannot be resolved...
Siraj wants federal, Sindh govts to avoid controversy over Rangers’ powers
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq said on Wednesday that the federal and the Sindh governments should not engage in controversy over the Rangers'...
Political parties on same page over Karachi operation: Pervaiz
Minister for Information Senator Pervaiz Rashid Tuesday said all the political parties were on the same page to continue the Karachi operation and consolidate...
Centre snubs Sindh govt over Rangers’ issue, tells it to fall...
Federal Interior Ministry rejects restrictions on Rangers’ powers, extends their special powers for 60 days only
Ministry tells Sindh govt to draft a new summary...
Chandio insists Sindh govt has full confidence in Rangers
Says approaching Sindh Assembly on Rangers’ powers was a legal obligation; says local government representatives won’t have the same powers as under Musharraf as...
Rag-tag opposition tries to put pressure on PPP govt
Sindh opposition parties agree to form grand alliance after PPP passes resolution against Rangers powers in provincial assembly; Murtaza Jatoi says PPP leadership compromising...
Rangers ‘backbone’ of operation against terrorism: Corps Commander
Corps Commander Karachi Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar visited Pakistan Rangers Sindh Headquarters on Friday where he said the paramilitary force’s role was the “backbone”...
PPP to bring resolution on Rangers’ ‘special powers’, finally!
Sindh Education Minister Nisar Khuhro has announced that he will move a resolution regarding extension in stay and policing powers for Rangers.
The minister vowed...
DG Rangers vows to restore peace in Karachi
Director General Sindh Rangers on Monday pledged to restore peace in Karachi in collaboration with police.
Speaking at a ceremony held in connection with Boxing...
‘Won’t be blackmailed into stopping Karachi operation’
State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali on Sunday said that Karachi operation would not be stopped due to blackmailing of the...
Nisar says Sindh govt making Karachi operation controversial ‘to save one...
Nisar asks provincial government to change tactics or else threatened to make public a “confidential joint investigation report and other reports by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) so that the public can decide for itself who is trying to hide what.”
Mockery in the name of ‘peace’ in Karachi must stop: Zardari
Former president and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said that mockery in the name of "peace" in Karachi...
Terrorists’ head money increased after Karachi MP attack
Interior Ministry on Monday compiled a revised list of 28 banned outfits’ operatives after attack on a Military Police (MP) vehicle claimed the lives...
Karachi operation to continue despite hiccups
Sharif unhappy with weak prosecution, investigation procedures in Karachi but says there will be no compromise on law and order
COAS says operation not targeted...