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2023: Safety forces endure highest casualties in 8 years

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s safety forces have skilled their highest casualties in eight years, with not less than 386 personnel dropping their lives within the first 9 months of 2023, in keeping with a report launched by the Heart for Analysis and Safety Research (CRSS).

The report, overlaying the third quarter of 2023, additionally reveals a troubling 57% surge in violence nationwide.

Within the CRSS Safety Report for Q3 2023, it’s highlighted that among the many 1,087 violence-related fatalities recorded this 12 months, safety forces accounted for 36% of the casualties, marking an eight-year excessive. This determine contains 137 military personnel and 208 police personnel.

The rise in violence is especially concentrated in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Okay-P) and Balochistan. Over the previous 5 years, these areas have witnessed a constant and alarming enhance in violence, with 92% of all fatalities occurring in these two provinces within the first 9 months of 2023, in comparison with 72% in 2019.

Within the third quarter of 2023 alone, 445 lives have been misplaced, and 440 folks have been injured in 190 terror assaults and counter-terror operations. Okay-P and Balochistan bore the brunt of this violence, accounting for almost 94% of all fatalities and 89% of recorded assaults throughout this era.

 

The report additionally highlights a 57% surge in violence throughout Q3 2023, with fatalities growing from 284 in Q2 to 445. Balochistan recorded a staggering 131% enhance in violence, whereas Okay-P noticed a 28% rise. Conversely, Punjab reported a considerable 67% lower in violence, whereas Sindh witnessed a 283% rise in incidents, although the variety of fatalities in Sindh remained comparatively low.

Nearly all of casualties in Q3 2023 resulted from terrorism, with 141 terrorist assaults inflicting 318 fatalities and 381 accidents to civilians and safety personnel. Nonetheless, safety operations lagged considerably, with solely 49 operations carried out, leading to 127 outlaws killed and 59 injured.

Civilians have been the hardest-hit group throughout this quarter, accounting for almost 58% of all casualties, adopted by safety personnel at almost 23%. The outlaws constituted solely about 20% of all casualties throughout this era.

In response to the report, the primary 9 months of 2023 have revealed alarming tendencies within the safety forces’ losses, with fatalities reaching an eight-year excessive, exceeding ranges seen in 2016 and reaching the very best level since 2015.

Share of safety forces’ fatalities amongst all victims of violence this 12 months has additionally hit an 11-year excessive, standing at almost 36%. Moreover, the information since 2021 signifies a constant rise in safety forces’ fatalities, elevating issues concerning the ongoing safety challenges going through the nation.

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PTI rebuffs ‘claims’ Imran won’t contest intra-party polls

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  • Says no resolution but on present chief’s withdrawal or his alternative
  • Marwat had inform media chief had determined to not contest polls attributable to authorized prohibitions

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Tuesday rebuffed ‘claims and speculations’ that chief Imran Khan, who’s at the moment incarcerated at Adiala jail, wouldn’t contest intra-party polls for the slot of social gathering chairman.

The assertion by the PTI was issued in response to 1 by a “senior chief”. Though the social gathering didn’t title the chief, earlier within the day PTI’s Sher Afzal Khan Marwat had said that Imran had determined to not contest the election for PTI chairman attributable to authorized prohibitions and his disqualification within the Toshakhana case.

Marwat, who was appointed a senior vice chairman of the social gathering final week, had made the remarks whereas talking to PTI social media representatives outdoors Adiala jail.

“Khan sahib himself has determined that he won’t contest the polls for the workplace of PTI chairman,” he had stated, including that this resolution was taken with consensus. Marwat stated the choice could be reversed as quickly because the disqualification was put aside.

Nonetheless, hours later, the PTI issued an announcement on social media platform X stating that it “strongly denies” hypothesis within the media on the difficulty. It additionally denied the claims by a “senior social gathering chief” about Imran not operating for social gathering chairman in intra-party elections.

“Discussions are ongoing on all of the vital points concerning the holding of intra-party elections,” the social gathering stated. It stated that no resolution was taken as but concerning withdrawing Imran from the election or nominating one other chief in his place.

The social gathering stated that as quickly because the management reached a conclusion on holding intra-party elections, the date and the number of candidates, the small print could be launched to the media.

In the meantime, Marwat caught by his assertion regardless of the social gathering’s denial. In response to the assertion issued by the PTI, Marwat stated that he had “examined the paradox”.

“No matter I’ve stated in my media discuss in regards to the intra-party election is an accurate assertion. The choices had been taken by the PTI chairman within the presence of Senator Ali Zafar, Barrister Gohar, Umair Niazi and myself,” he stated.

“I fail to know who’s behind the contradiction and why the deceptive assertion was issued. The media are suggested to confirm my assertion with the above individuals if you happen to don’t thoughts,” he added.

ECP verdict

Final week, the ECP dominated that the PTI intra-party polls weren’t clear, ordering the previous ruling social gathering to carry new elections if it needs to retain its “bat” image.

The PTI was by the fee to carry recent elections inside 20 days in a reserved verdict introduced on November 23.

Within the verdict, the ECP said that the PTI failed to carry free and truthful intra-party elections, including that the polls had been objectionable and controversial.

“PTI’s intra-party elections can’t be accepted,” said the decision, directing it to carry polls and submit the file inside seven days.

“If PTI fails to carry elections inside 20 days then it should face extreme penalties. In case of failure to carry [intra-party] elections, the [PTI] won’t be eligible to safe an election image,” stated the decision.

The ECP had issued notices to the PTI for not holding intra-party polls on August 2 and reserved its verdict on the matter on September 13.

 



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Ticket Distribution: PML-N committee interviews candidates for Pindi seats

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RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) has began the method of interviews of potential candidates for the social gathering tickets for provincial and nationwide meeting constituencies for the upcoming common elections scheduled for February 8.

On this connection, the social gathering’s Divisional Coordinator Committee, headed by Senator Pervez Rashid, interviewed candidates for each the provincial and nationwide assemblies seats from Rawalpindi. The committee’s assembly happened on the residence of committee member Tahira Orangzaib.

In attendance on the assembly have been PML-N Rawalpindi Division President Malik Abrar, Ataullah Tarar, and Haneef Abbasi.

Interviews for candidates requesting social gathering tickets from 5 tehsils of Rawalpindi district, together with Metropolitan and Cantt areas, have been performed.

Yesterday, the Divisional Coordination Committee interviewed candidates for 2 nationwide and 5 provincial seats of Attock.

Later, the Divisional Coordination Committee will submit its proposals to the Central Parliamentary Board of PML-N, which resolve the ticket distribution. The committee will full the interviews of the candidates by November 29.

 

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Sindh police personnel arrested for extorting cricketer

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KARACHI: At the least 4 police personnel had been arrested for allegedly extorting cricketer Sohaib Maqsood within the Sakrand space of Sindh on the directives of Sindh Inspector Common Raffat Raja.

On Monday night time, Maqsood took to X (previously Twitter) and stated that he was stopped by the police whereas travelling from Karachi to Multan by highway and was extorted by Sindh Police officers.

He additional wrote that the provincial police is “so corrupt” and that he’s “so fortunate” to dwell in Punjab.

In line with an announcement from Sindh Police, 4 policemen of Sakrand had been discovered concerned within the incident. The police spokesperson stated that authorized motion is being taken towards them and {that a} First Data Report (FIR) has been lodged.

The station head officer (SHO) of the police station and the chief clerk have additionally been suspended for negligence, the press assertion additional added.

The cricketer additionally claimed within the put up that regardless of informing the police officers that “we’re worldwide cricketers travelling to Multan after a match in Karachi”, the police officers nonetheless extorted Rs8,000 from them.

Maqsood added that the police had threatened to take them to the police station if he didn’t pay.

IGP Sindh, taking discover of the cricket’s predicament within the province, directed DIG Shaheed Benazirabad to research the matter instantly and submit an inquiry report back to him.

The incident

In his interview with a non-public TV channel, the sportsman revealed that he was travelling with one other cricketer round midnight when he was stopped by a pair of policemen demanding official paperwork of the automobile, two kilometres forward of the toll plaza in Sindh.

Maqsood added that the officers initially warned him of a Rs100,000 penalty for the utilization of high-beam lights. To this, the cricketer on tv stated: “I knowledgeable him that checking papers was not inside their jurisdiction, and if site visitors police had been to cease us, they might sometimes impose a wonderful of as much as Rs2,500.”

After this, the cricketer was threatened by them that he can be taken to the police station. “After negotiation, we gave him Rs8,000”, he commented and added: “This incident frightened us because it was nighttime and an remoted place.”

 

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