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    Pakistan Army Swat Operation Plan

  • No plan for army-led operation in Punjab: Sana

    LAHORE: Punjab Law Minster Rana Sanaullah says there is no plan for the army or Rangers-led operation against militants anywhere in Punjab...

    “The (operation) issue is being confused as so far there is no plan to use the Rangers or the army in tribal areas of Punjab,” he said, adding the law-enforcement agencies under the provincial government, including police and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), were well-trained and equipped...

  • Three ‘militants’ killed in Swat search operation

    MINGORA: Three suspected terrorists were killed in a joint operation of security forces and police in the Totano Bandai area of Kabal tehsil on Tuesday morning...

    According to police, the operation was launched after gunmen opened fire on a police van in the area on Monday night, leaving three policemen injured...

  • President approves plan for Swat cantonment

    ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain approved on Tuesday a plan to establish a cantonment in Swat as a permanent post for the army in the valley, which was ‘cleared’ of extremists and terrorists by the armed forces about six years ago...

    According to a local legislator, Pata’s first garrison will be established over 300 kanals in the Titabut area of Swat, which was once a terrorist stronghold...

  • Major among 4 Pakistan Army personnel martyred during operation in Upper Dir

    Four personnel of the Pakistan Army, including a major, lost their lives while attempting to foil a terrorist attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Upper Dir district in the early hours of Wednesday, said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release...

    Major Ali Salman, who belonged to an intelligence agency, along with his team carried out an intelligence-based operation (IBO) against a terrorist hideout in in Sheratkal village...

  • Pakistan Army launches 'Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad' across the country

    Pakistan Army on Wednesday launched 'Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad' across the country, Inter-Services Public Relations, the army's media wing, said in a statement...

    Radd-ul-Fasaad — which translates roughly to 'elimination of discord' — will aim at indiscriminately eliminating the "residual/latent threat of terrorism", consolidating the gains made in other military operations, and further ensuring the security of Pakistan's borders,...

  • 2 Pakistan Army soldiers martyred during operation in North Waziristan: ISPR

    Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred and five were injured during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) late last night in Khaisura and Dossali areas of North Waziristan, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)...

    On January 30, two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) on a terrorist hideout in Dattakhel, North Waziristan, according to a statement...

  • Pakistan Army continues rescue and relief operation after flooding wreaks havoc in Dadu

    The Pakistan Army, along with the civil administration and private rescue services, on Sunday continued rescue and relief operations in various parts of Sindh's Dadu district after the most recent monsoon spell in the province breached the flood protection bund of Nai Gaj Dam...

    In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said: "Pakistan Army troops busy in relief and rescue efforts in various areas of Dadu to help...

  • Terrorists thrown out of Swat for good: army chief

    MINGORA: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has said that terrorists will not be allowed to return to the Swat valley from where they have been driven out by committed soldiers of the Pakistan Army...

    Addressing a large gathering of elders of Swat and tourists from across the country on the concluding day of the Swat tourism and trade festival at Kalam on Monday, the army chief praised the sacrifices rendered by the people of...

  • Swat man seeks army chief’s help to recover brother

    ISLAMABAD: Aftab Ali Shah from Swat, who visited the National Press Club (NPC) on Saturday, has been struggling for the recovery of his brother Altaf Ali Shah for over six years...

    “In December 2009, Captain Meher, of 68 Baloch Regiment, called my father Qamar Ali Shah and said Altaf had links with Taliban so he should be handed over to the army...

  • COAS reaffirms army’s commitment to peace, security in Swat

    MINGORA: The people, security forces and police of Swat have rendered great sacrifices in fight against militancy and for restoration of peace, said Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, adding that the establishment of a cantonment in the scenic valley would play a vital role in ensuring a durable peace...

    The COAS said this while addressing elders of the area during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Swat...

  • Army keeping eye on ‘armed men’ in Swat, says ISPR

    ISLAMABAD / SWAT: Even as locals saw security personnel advancing towards the mountains to take action against “armed men” recently spotted there, the military on Saturday night rejected as baseless the reports about TTP running amok in Swat...

    However, lending credence to reports circulating in the mainstream media for the past few days, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that presence of “small number of...

  • Plan B: PIA will call navy aviators to run flight operation

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Nasser Jaffer claimed to have formulated a ‘plan B’ to run the flight operations without interruption, under which new pilots will be inducted on contract basis while Pakistan Navy’s aviators will also be called in for assistance...

    ”Also read: 95 per cent of flight operation unhindered by pilot strike: PIAIt is pertinent to mention that, benefitting from the ongoing crises...

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