Tag: Ttp

PTM says TTP video a bid to malign Pashtun movement

--Video circulating on social media shows TTP commander expressing support for PTM The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) has rejected a video circulating on the social media...

NACTA issues terrorism threat alert to Punjab govt

LAHORE: The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has issued a terrorism threat alert to the Punjab government while advising extensive security measures to avoid any...

TTP hiring recruits, collecting funds in Malir: report

KARACHI: Four suspects arrested by Karachi police, linked with banned Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), have made startling disclosures during the investigation, reported a local...

Militant commander ‘Pistol Mullah’ killed in Afghanistan drone attack

PESHAWAR: Hazrat Ali, the notorious militant commander from Khyber Agency, commonly known as 'Pistol Mullah' (Tumanchay Mullah) was killed in a US drone attack...

Ex-TTP spokesman will remain behind bars, PHC orders

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday ordered that former Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan will remain imprisoned. The...

LEAs arrest ring leader of TTP killers in Quetta: report

QUETTA: Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) arrested the leader of a gang of killers linked to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Quetta. The group was involved...

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...

Pakistan hands over dossier to Afghan embassy on TTP, Daesh hideouts

-- FO says US, Afghan forces not taking action on Pakistani intelligence about terrorists   ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday handed over a dossier to the Afghan embassy...

No terror sanctuaries exist in Pakistan: ISPR DG

--Ghafoor calls for need to peacefully resolve all disputes with India, including Kashmir issue   ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor...

US announces $5M reward for information on TTP chief

WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Thursday it is offering a $5 million reward for information on Mullah Fazlullah, the Afghanistan-based chief of...

US drone strike in Afghanistan kills 20 TTP militants, officials say

PESHAWAR:  A suspected U.S. drone strike on a training camp in an isolated part of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on Wednesday killed more...

Security forces foil major terrorist plot in FATA, KP and Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Security forces on Monday foiled a major terrorist plot in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Islamabad. According to reports, a...

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...

Senate wants to know why Pakistan is sending troops to Saudi...

Senate chair Rabbani summons defence minister on Monday to brief senators on army's announcement  PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar says 'development is tantamount to bypassing...

Mehsud group chief Sajna killed in US drone strike, TTP confirms

ISLAMABAD: The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan confirmed on Monday the death of its deputy chief Khan Said Mehsud, alias Sajna. According to a statement, Sajna was...

TTP appoints Maulvi Khatir as acting chief after Sajna’s killing

PESHAWAR: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) Mehsud Halqa has appointed Maulvi Khatir as acting chief of their faction after TTP’s deputy chief Khan Said Sajna was...

Rehman Malik demands action against author of TTP’s new book

Former interior minister Rehman Malik has come down hard on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), demanding action against the author of a book published by the...