Tag: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
IB, CTD bust TTP’s ‘biggest’ network: report
LAHORE: Punjab's counter-terrorism department (CTD) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) have jointly busted the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)'s "biggest network" in the province, media reports...
Former Taliban stronghold resonates with music from local artist
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Ten-year-old Maqsood Rehman always had a beautiful singing voice, and was often called upon to lead students at his primary school...
Rangers apprehend 13 alleged criminals including two TTP men
KARACHI: Sindh Rangers on Saturday claimed to have arrested 13 alleged criminals, including two members of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), from different parts of...
Jamaatul Ahraar spokesman Asad Mansoor, two aides ‘surrender’
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Banned militant outfit Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA) spokesman Asad Mansoor along with two members of the terror group have handed themselves over to the Dera Ismail...
TTP claims responsibility for year’s first target killing
KARACHI: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed the responsibility for the targeted attack near North Nazimabad’s Landi Kotal Chowrangi that took place on Friday morning, claiming...
Three suspected terrorists killed in Karachi
KARACHI: Three suspected terrorists affiliated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Ustad Aslam group were killed in an encounter with law enforcement agencies in...
Schools in Punjab put on alert after warning of terrorist attacks
LAHORE: Chief minister monitoring office on Thursday issued an alert to educational institutions, bidding them to remain cautious of possible security threats.
According to the issued...
Let’s call all victims ‘martyrs’ and just NAP
Taliban suicide bomber kills over 70 people, mostly women and children, injures over 350 in attack targeted at Christians celebrating Easter holiday at public park in Lahore
Peshawar schoolgirl arrested over ‘Taliban’ extortion calls
A schoolgirl was arrested in Peshawar for trying to extort money from wealthy men by pretending she was linked to Taliban militants, officers said...
TTP financier killed in Swat operation
Notorious militant and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) financier Bakhat Raj alias Asadullah was killed in an intelligence-led operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat region on Tuesday.
A...
Six TTP suspects arrested in Islamabad raids
ISLAMABAD –
Six suspected militants belonging to banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested Tuesday during raids in different areas of the federal capital.
The suspects were held...
US assures support to capture TTP chief, say defence officials
ISLAMABAD-
Defence officials said that the United States has assured Pakistan its full support to capture Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah.
According to officials, in case...
Two TTP men held in Karachi
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Two militant suspects belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were held on Monday in a joint raid by the police and Rangers in Karachi's Sohrab...
Security forces arrest four TTP members from Islamabad
ISLAMABAD-
Security forces on Tuesday night arrested four Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members from the area of Khanna near Islamabad following a police raid, private media...
Ex-TTP members join IS group, behead ‘Pakistani soldier’
ISLAMABAD—
An online video released Saturday purports to show former militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and beheading...
KP govt offers $100,000 bounty for TTP’s Mullah Fazlullah
ISLAMABAD-
The government of Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Monday announced a bounty worth 10 million rupees (US$100,000) for information leading to the arrest or death...
Peshawar school attack’s ‘facilitator’ killed by security forces
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The alleged facilitator of the attack on Peshawar's Army Public School was killed in a raid conducted by security forces and political administration,...
