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Police arrest five IS militants in Karachi raid
KARACHI: Five terrorists, associated with the outlawed Islamic State (IS) group were arrested during a raid in the Gulshan-e-Maymar area of the metropolitan, police said.
According to SSP Malir, the police, acting on a secret information, conducted a raid at a hideout of the terrorists in the Taiser Town.
The militants were identified as Abdullah alias Hamza, Wasim, Naveed, Waqar and Muddasir.
Explosive material, arms and ammunition and laptops were recovered from the possession of the held militants, SSP said.
The suspects were involved in radicalisation and indoctrination of people by way of social media platforms.
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Sri Lanka Easter Massacre toll rises to 310
COLOMBO: Police spokesman here told NPTV that Easter bombings death toll has risen to 310, while five hundred got injured.
President of Sri Lanka has given army war-time powers enabling them to arrest suspects. It is pertinent to mention here that the forces used such authority throughout the 26-year-long civil war that ended in 2009.
It is pertinent to mention here that despite the arrest of forty suspects (including the driver of a van allegedly used by suicide bombers), an IED was found inside a vehicle near St. Anthony’s Church, here at Jampettah Road, Kochchikade yesterday (Monday 22nd April). It was disposed of by BDU via controlled explosion.
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Sri Lanka bomb attack victims: Pak NA observes 1-minute silence
ISLAMABAD: The members of National Assembly on Monday during the session at the Parliament House observed one-minute silence in memory of the citizens of Sri Lanka who lost their lives in bomb attacks.
The house also offered fateha for the departed souls of those who were martyred in two separate attacks in different parts of Balochistan recently.
Later, Speaker National Assembly announced a six-member panel of chairpersons for conducting the proceedings of the house in the absence of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
The Speaker named MNAs Tahir Sadiq, Jaffer Khan Leghari, Khurram Dastgir, Attaullah, Naveed Qamar and Asad Mehmood as members of the panel who would chair the proceedings of the House when the Speaker and Deputy Speaker would not be present in the house.
The Speaker announced the members for the panel according to section 13(1) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of National Assembly 2007.
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Sri Lanka Govt.. declares state of emergency
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan authorities have ordered a state of emergency to be introduced from midnight Monday following the deadly Easter attacks, the president’s office said.
The special measures are being brought in “to allow the police and the three forces to ensure public security,” the statement said, referring to the army, navy and air force.
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