Sunday 28 August 2016
Friday 26 August 2016
Pakistan Army wins international sniping competition in Beijing
Khyber Agency: Pakistan Army Ground Forces Killed 11 Terrorists And Destroyed Hideouts.
The Pakistan Army conducted an operation along the Pak-Afghan border in Rajgal valley on Tuesday, the military’s media wing said.
An Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said the operation was launched “to reinforce troop deployment in Rajgal valley to effectively check and guard against” movement across the porous border in Khyber Agency.
The operation targeted “movement on high mountains and all-weather passes in Khyber Agency,” the statement said.
ISPR chief Lt Gen Asim Bajwa claimed “nine terrorist hideouts were destroyed through aerial strikes”.
This claim, however, could not be independently verified as journalists do not have access to most parts of the restive agency.
Rajgal valley is located in northern Tirah in Khyber Agency.
Despite heavy military presence on both sides of the border, cross-border movements of militants (in both ways) have been a major area of concern. Investigation into the Bacha Khan University Attack in January established that the mastermind, planners and handlers had used Afghan soil and telecommunication network for executing the deadly strike.
The government has been under persistent pressure from the military to accelerate the steps that were required for an effective execution of its counterterrorism strategy ─ known as the National Action Plan (NAP), a policy agreed by consensus by all political parties after the December 2014 Army Public School tragedy.
Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif in a statement released by the ISPR on Friday warned that lack of progress on NAP was affecting the consolidation phase of Operation Zarb-i-Azb.
Thursday 25 August 2016
Murtaza Bhutto
Murtaza had been in Pakistan until Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government was overthrown on 5 July 1977. Along with other family members, Murtaza had returned to Al-Murtaza, Larkana, and at the time was busy helping in the preparations for the elections scheduled for October 1977. But on 16 September 1977 when Ali Bhutto was arrested at Al-Murtaza, he asked his son to leave the country. After Ali Bhutto was sentenced, Murtaza joined hands with his brother, Shahnawaz Bhutto, to initiate a campaign to muster international support to revoke the death penalty looming over his father's head. Leaders from Syria, Libya, and the PLO were particularly supportive. Mercy appeals were sent by several heads of state to General Zia-ul-Haq; however, all these appeals were disregarded and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was executed. Murtaza and Shahnawaz both cut short their respective courses of study and decided to devote themselves to avenge their father's death. Eventually they resorted to taking up arms, their main target being Zia-ul-Haq. This marked the beginning of a new and more controversial era in Murtaza's
Thursday 30 June 2016
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