Washington Post exposes India’s nefarious designs in carrying out terrorism activities, target killings in Pakistan

Islamabad: The Washington Post in its latest edition has reported India's nefarious designs in carrying out terrorism activities and target killings in Pakistan, exposing its dark face before the world.

Indian agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) targeted at least six people in Pakistan through professional killers using Afghani weapons, the Washington Post reported.

Two masked men killed Aamir Sarfraz alias Tamba in Lahore and escaped in April 2024, according to the newspaper.

'This incident is a continuation of India's covert assassination campaign, similar to operations in other countries,' it further reported.

RAW has targeted several individuals in Pakistan and evidence also clearly indicates India's involvement in the killing of Pakistani individuals, it added.

'Since 2021, India's intelligence agency RAW has reportedly been running a secret operation to assassinate several individuals in Pakistan, targeting a score of Pakistani citizens', it said.

The interior minister of Pakistan has also revealed the direct involvement of India in the target-killing incidents. In 2014, National Security Advisor of India Ajit Doval said, 'Attacking Pakistan directly is unrealistic, but we can achieve our objectives through covert means,' it added.

India has already faced severe international criticism due to RAW's assassination campaigns in the US, Canada, and other Western countries.

The Indian intelligence carried out extrajudicial killings in the US, Canada, and Western countries and RAW killed Sikh leaders in Canada and the US, it further reported.

'RAW officer Vikash Yadav, in New Delhi, directed his agent to hire a local professional killer for an attack on a Sikh leader in New York,' the newspaper said.

The Canadian authorities also exposed the involvement of Indian diplomats and RAW in terrorist activities, the Newspaper further said.

According to diplomatic experts, the evidence of India's involvement in the targeted killings of Pakistani citizens Muhammad Riaz and Maulana Shahid Latif also came to the fore.

Earlier, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had also presented evidence exposing Indian terrorism on Pakistani soil, they said.

The diplomatic experts urged the international community to take serious notice of India's aggression, terrorism, and violations of international laws. India's interference, terrorism, and target killings in other countries posed a severe threat to global peace, the experts said.

Rescue 1122 DIKhan responds to 8914 emergencies in 2024

Dera ismail khan: The district's emergency service rescue 1122 on Wednesday issued an annual performance report, featuring a total of 8914 emergencies tackled by the rescue service last year.

During these emergencies, the rescue emergency service provided first medical aid to about 8905 patients under the leadership of the District Emergency Officer Eng.Fasihullah.

Sharing an yearly performance report, the spokesman of the rescue emergency service said that the rescue emergency teams promptly tackled all these emergencies and the emergency response time was recorded at seven minutes and 15 seconds.

During this period the rescue service responded to different kinds of emergencies which include 6643 medical, 1701 road traffic accidents, 199 fire eruption, 174 bullet injury or fight, five building collapse, four cylinder blast, 31 drownings and 157 different recovery incidents.

In 2024, the spokesman said a total of 766231 calls were received by the emergency service, but only 8914 were emergency calls.

During this period, the rescue 1122 handled a total of 908 referral-related emergencies, in which 829 patients shifted within the district while in 79 emergency cases, 954 patients were taken to hospitals in other districts in 2024.

He said the rescue 1122 teams were fully equipped with all necessary equipment and they had been efficiently rendering their services during emergencies.

He said that rescue teams also arranged several training sessions on first aid or tackling other emergencies for employees of different departments.

Ayub Medical College announces schedule for computer-based recruitment test

Abbottabad: Ayub Medical College (AMC) Abbottabad on Wednesday has announced the schedule for the Computer-Based Test (CBT) to recruit candidates for various positions. The test, advertised in November 2024, is scheduled to take place on January 4 and 5, 2025.

According to the AMC notification, the candidates who applied for the advertised positions are advised to visit the official website of the Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA) for detailed information, including test timings, venues, and important instructions.

The college administration has urged all applicants to carefully review the guidelines provided on the ETEA website and ensure their timely attendance on the day of the examination.

Four dacoits nabbed, cash, weapons seized

Islamabad: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police's Shahzad Town station team apprehended four wanted members of a notorious dacoit gang involved in numerous criminal activities, recovering cash, valuables, and weapons used in their crimes, on Wednesday.

According to police spokesperson, the Shahzad Town team used technical and human resources and succeeded in apprehending four wanted members of the snatcher gang.

He said the gang was involved in numerous snatching activities in various areas of twin cities. Police team also recovered cash, six motorbikes, mobile phones and weapons with ammunition used in crime from their possession.

The accused were identified as Usman Ali, Muhammad Tayyab, Bilal Abbasi and Sadam Hussain. Cases were registered against the nabbed accused and further investigation is underway.

DIG Syed Ali Raza also directed officers for an effective crackdown against the accused involved in criminal activities and to take all possible measures to protect the life and property of the citizens.

DIG Raza further said that no criminal element will be allowed to disturb the peace of the people.

Fire incidents took 11 lives during 2024

Rawalpindi: During the year 2024, a total of 1,768 fire incidents occurred in which 98 people were victimized.

According to the year ender statistics released by the District Emergency Service, Rescue 1122 here on Wednesday, out of the total 98 victims, 11 were died, 36 were seriously injured and 51 were slightly injured.

Rescue firefighters took timely actions in a professional manner and controlled these fire incidents. Rescue service saved a total of about Rs. 1,718.0 million worth of potential damage in these fire incidents.

The major causes of fire incidents included short circuit, carelessness in using cigarettes, gas leakage and gas cylinder explosions.

Rescue Rawalpindi also reported 100 forest fire incidents in the year 2024, the majority of which were controlled by the rescue's timely response.

IRSA releases 28,000 cusecs water


Islamabad: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Wednesday released 28,000 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 39,400 cusecs.



According to the data released by IRSA, water level in River Indus at Tarbela Dam was 1472.53 feet and was 74.53 feet higher than its dead level of 1,398 feet. Water inflow and outflow in the dam was recorded as 16,600 cusecs and 6,000 cusecs respectively.



The water level in River Jhelum at Mangla Dam was 1132.85 feet, which was 82.85 feet higher than its dead level of 1,050 feet. The inflow and outflow of water was recorded 4,800 cusecs and 4,000 cusecs respectively.



The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa , Guddu and Sukkur was recorded as 22,300, 17,200, 17,300 and 1,100 cusecs respectively. Similarly, from River Kabul, a total of 11,700 cusecs of water released at Nowshera and 6,300 cusecs released from River Chenab at Marala.