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Pakistan: Terrorist, soldier killed in exchange of fire in Balochistan’s Zhob

Pakistan

Islamabad: A terrorist and a soldier were killed during an exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces in an intelligence-based operation in the Sambaza region of Balochistan’s Zhob district, Dawn reported citing the army’s media affairs wing. Two soldiers were wounded in the exchange of fire.
The incident is reported at a time when Pakistan continues to face the increasing threat of terrorism, including those involving elements and groups said to be operating from Afghanistan since the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan called off its ceasefire with the government in late November. In the statement issued on Sunday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the operation was started based on “credible information,” according to Dawn. It said that the operation continued for the past 96 hours.
According to ISPR, the operation was aimed to “deny terrorists the use of few suspected routes to move across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to sneak into KP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) along the interprovincial boundary and target citizens and security forces.”
The ISPR said that a group of terrorists was intercepted on Sunday after continuous surveillance and sanitation of the region, as per the Dawn report. It added that the terrorists opened fire on security personnel “during the establishment of blocking positions to deny the terrorists escape routes.”
In the exchange of fire, a soldier, Sepoy Haq Nawaz was killed and two others sustained injuries. The ISPR further said that a terrorist was killed and the terrorists were supported by their facilitators from across the border through firing.

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On December 24, a high-level meeting was held to review the law and order situation in Balochistan. Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo presided over the meeting, according to Dawn. During the meeting, the authorities decided to take strong measures with regards to the recent wave of terrorist attacks across Pakistan.
Security agencies have been asked to keep a vigilant eye on the activities of the banned organisations, as per the news report. Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo asserted that there would be no compromise on the law and order and no one will be permitted to stop the development in the process. During the meeting, the authorities decided to increase the number of security personnel posted in sensitive areas.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Six parties back Pushpa Kamal Dahal as next Nepal PM, says Maoist Center leader Barshaman Pun

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Nepal

Kathmandu: A coalition of six parties has decided to back Nepal’s Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal to form the next government and become the country’s Prime Minister.
“A coalition of 6 parties decide to present forward Pushpa Kamal Dahal as the Prime Minister of the next government. An agreement has been sealed. Dahal will lead the government for two and a half years and another two and half years would be led by CPN-UML,” said Barshaman Pun, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center). In the new coalition, the CPN-UML has 78, Maoist Center 32, Rastriya Swatantra Party 20, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 14, Janata Samajbadi Party 12, Janamat Party 6 and Nagarik Unmukti Party has 4 MPs in support of Prachanda. The total weightage is 166.
This comes shortly after Nepal’s Maoist Center decided to leave the ruling coalition, according to Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel. He quoted Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal who has said that the “coalition has lost its relevance”.
Confirming the decision of the Maoist Centre over the phone with ANI, Paudel said that Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda walked out of the coalition meeting on Sunday after saying that “the coalition has lost its relevance”.
After he walked out of the ruling coalition meeting, which was started with the aim to reach an agreement on government formation, Prachanda met the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) president and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and held a meeting.
Confirming the news of Dahal walkout, Maoist Center’s press secretary said, “Agreement hasn’t been reached.”
After Dahal walked out, the ruling coalition meeting ended without any conclusion. “The meeting of the ruling coalition ends. No decision has been made,” leaders, who were present in the meeting earlier said.
Meanwhile, Maoist Centre’s General Secretary Dev Gurung threatened Nepali Congress that they would “walk out” from the coalition if the latter remained adamant on their demand to hold both the president and prime minister positions.

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“If the Congress is adamant on their demand of holding the position of President and PM then there’s no need for a coalition. We would simply walk out from it,” Gurung told ANI over the phone on Sunday.
“This same statement was made in Saturday’s meeting and is also conveyed today. We have come to the conclusion in the meeting to walk out of the coalition in case the same instance is repeated. Still, the final decision would be made by the party chairman in the meeting,” he added.
Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been insisting that he should lead the government while Nepali Congress has been adamant about its position of leading the government as the largest party.

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