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Roohan Ahmed

@roohanahmed.bsky.social
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Digital Journalist BBC URDU | Bilingual Reporter - Politics, Militancy, Human Rights - Ex-SAMAA, Geo, CNBC - Words in The News, Straits Times, Urdu News

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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Pakistan is “hoping for the best” but the experts say Islamabad doesn’t have sufficient leverage over Iran & US to convince them for an agreement and that the success of talks relies on how much Iran & US are willing to move from their positions www.bbc.com/urdu/article...
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امریکہ-ایران مذاکرات نتیجہ خیز بنانے میں پاکستان کیا کردار ادا کر سکتا ہے؟ - BBC News اردو
مبصرین کا کہنا ہے کہ پاکستان، ترکی، مصر اور چند دیگر ممالک کی کوششوں کے سبب ایران اور امریکہ کے درمیان دو ہفتوں کی جنگ بندی ضروری ہوئی ہے لیکن اسلام آباد کے لیے اس عارضی جنگ بندی کو کسی دیرپا معاہدے تک پہنچانا آسان کام نہیں ہوگا۔
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
On “Mutual Defence Strategic Agreement” between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
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پاکستان اور سعودی عرب کے درمیان دفاعی معاہدہ قطر پر اسرائیلی حملے کے تناظر میں کیا معنی رکھتا ہے؟ - BBC News اردو
اس معاہدے میں درج تفصیلات ابھی منظرِ عام پر نہیں آئی ہیں لیکن پاکستانی وزیرِ اعظم کے دفتر سے جاری ہونے والے اعلامیے میں کہا گیا ہے کہ ’اس معاہدے کا مقصد دونوں ممالک کے درمیان دفاعی تعاون کو فروغ دینا ...
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The only way Pakistan can still win this match is if the Indian batters are told by the umpires to bat without an actual wooden bat. #PAKvIND
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Natural disasters are not a joke and neither is the coverage of such life-threatening events. In such a time, some people, who have no other aim but to score cheap views, are turning all of it into a joke, which has nothing to do with journalism and must not be promoted.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Friendship with women, WhatsApp groups and social media: the stories of Pakistani youths arrested on blasphemy charges and allegations against those allegedly trapping them
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خواتین سے دوستی، واٹس ایپ گروپس اور سوشل میڈیا: توہینِ مذہب کے مقدمات میں گرفتار پاکستانی نوجوانوں کی کہانیاں اور الزامات - BBC News اردو
توہین مذہب کے الزام کے بعد گرفتار ہونے والے کئی نوجوانوں کی کہانیاں ملتی جُلتی ہیں اور وہ اب جیلوں میں قید ہیں۔ ان کے وکلا اور خاندان دعویٰ کرتے ہیں کہ ان نوجوانوں کی سوشل میڈیا پر چند خواتین سے دوستی...
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Iran, Israel conflict & Pakistan, India war: What US President Trump & Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir discussed at the White House lunch? Pakistan doesn’t want Iran to target the US interests & believes other issues could be diplomatically resolved
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ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ اورعاصم منیر کی ملاقات: کیا ایران، اسرائیل جنگ میں پاکستان کوئی کردار ادا کر سکتا ہے؟ - BBC News اردو
امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ اور پاکستان کی فوج کے سربراہ فیلڈ مارشل عاصم منیر کے درمیان وائٹ ہاؤس میں ملاقات برِصغیر اور مشرقِ وسطیٰ کی حالیہ صورتحال میں اس اعتبار سے کافی اہم سمجھا جا رہا ہے کیونکہ اس وقت ...
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
What happened at Karachi’s Malir prison that led over 200 prisoners to escape from it? Yours truly (who’s in the city for a few more days) is reporting from inside the prison.
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ٹوٹے شیشے، گولیوں کے نشان اور 216 قیدیوں کا فرار: پیر اور منگل کی درمیانی شب کراچی کی ملیر جیل میں کیا ہوا؟ - BBC News اردو
اندر بھی کچھ ایسا ہی حال تھا جہاں قیدیوں کی ان کے اہلخانہ سے ملاقات کے لیے بنائے گئے کمرے میں لگے ٹیلی فون، کھڑکیاں اور فرنیچر ٹوٹا پڑا ہے۔ اسی مقام سے چند قدم کے فاصلے پر جیل سپرنٹینڈنٹ کے کمرے کی کھ...
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Important post Pakistan-India war decisions Pakistan’s federal cabinet has approved PM Sharif Sharif’s suggestion to promote army chief Asim Munir as the field marshal, according to the PM house. Service tenure of air chief marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu will also be extended.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
In my not very long career, I’ve reported on militant attacks, target killings & much worse. But killings for ‘honour’ in Kotri a few days ago shattered me to the core, seeing those 9 & 4 old kids lying dead with their throats slit along with their parents. I wish I could unsee it
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خدا کی بستی میں ’غیرت‘ کے نام پر میاں، بیوی اور دو بچوں کا قتل جس کی ’اطلاع مبینہ قاتلوں نے خود دی‘ - BBC News اردو
12 مئی کو رات کا وقت تھا جب کچھ مقامی افراد پولیس اہلکاروں کے ہمراہ سندھ کے ضلع جامشورو کے علاقے 'خدا کی بستی' میں ایک مکان کے نیلے دروازے پر لگے تالے کو اینٹ اور ہتھوڑی کی مدد سے توڑنے کی کوشش کر رہ...
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Two nuclear-armed nations, Pakistan and India, are firing rockets at each other. This is a really very dangerous situation, something that our generation hasn’t witnessed in our lifetimes.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pakistani military, through its media wing ISPR, has officially confirmed that it has targeted Pathankot airfield, Udhampur airforce station and a Brahmos storage site in Beas.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pakistani military officials have conveyed to local media that “retaliation” in response to Indian attacks has begun.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pakistan has closed its airspace for all kind of air traffic till 12pm Saturday, according to the Pakistan Airport Authority.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pakistani military spokesperson says Indian fired air-to-surface missiles at Nur Khan, Murid and Shorkot airbases, adding that all the airforce assets remain safe. “Now, you just wait for our response,” he warns.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
India attacked Pakistan with over two dozen Israel made drones yesterday. How did these drones manage to enter Pakistan without being detected? I and my colleague Ammad Khaliq report for BBC Urdu
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ہروپ ڈرون کیا ہے اور فضا میں اس کی نشاندہی کرنا مشکل کیوں؟ - BBC News اردو
پاکستان اور اس کے زیرِ انتظام کشمیر کے متعدد علاقوں پر انڈیا کے میزائل حملوں کے تقریباً 36 گھنٹوں کے بعد ایک بار پھر دونوں ممالک کے درمیان کشیدگی اس وقت بڑھی جب انڈیا کی جانب سے پاکستان کے مختلف شہروں...
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Karachi port remains completely operational, no strike or attack reported at the port either till now. Check the credibility of the source before trusting any information because disinformation in the time of war could prove fatal.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Pakistan-Bangladesh growing military ties after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster has upset India. What’s happening between the two militaries? My latest
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پاکستان اور بنگلہ دیش کے بیچ بڑھتے فوجی تعاون پر انڈیا کو تشویش کیوں؟ - BBC News اردو
جمعے کو پاکستان اور بنگلہ دیش کے بیچ فوجی تعاون سے متعلق سوال پر انڈین وزارت خارجہ کے ترجمان رندھیر جیسوال نے کہا کہ ’جو بھی سرگرمیاں ہمارے پڑوس میں، خطے میں یا انڈیا کے اردگرد ہوتی ہیں، ہم ہمیشہ اس پ...
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
An accountability court has convicted former PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the £190m Al-Qadir Trust case with the PTI founder being sentenced to 14 years in prison and a seven-year prison given term to his wife.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Pakistani Taliban have abducted at least 16 employees of the country’s Atomic Energy Commission & their driver in KP’s Lakki Marwat area, their spokesman & local police officials have confirmed. The TTP spokesman says they don’t intend to kill abductees but want some demands met.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Military courts in Pakistan have announced jail sentences for 60 more individual who the military says were involved in May 9 riots, according to military's media wing. Imran Khan's nephew Hassan Khan Niazi gets 10 years jail term for his involvement in CC house attack in Lahore.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Pakistan's foreign office has confirmed the yesterday's airstrike inside Afghanistan, calling it an 'intelligence-based operation' in 'border areas'. The operation's aim was to protect Pakistani citizens from TTP and other militant groups, says FO spokesperson.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I and Shakeel Akhtar in New Delhi had a look at Pakistan and Indian navy’s growth, capabilities and challenges. www.bbc.com/urdu/article...
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پاکستانی اور انڈین نیوی کی قوت کا تقابلی جائزہ: پاکستانی بحریہ کی ’بڑھتی صلاحیتوں‘ پر انڈین نیول چیف کی تشویش کس حد تک درست ہے؟ - BBC News اردو
حال ہی میں ایک تقریب میں خطاب کرتے ہوئے انڈین بحریہ کے سربراہ نے کہا کہ انڈیا پاکستانی بحریہ کی ’حیرت انگیز ترقی‘ سے پوری طرح آگاہ ہے، جو آئندہ برسوں میں اپنے موجودہ بحری بیڑے کی صلاحیت 50 بحری جہازوں...
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Pakistan's ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed has been formally indicted "on charges of engaging in political activities, violations of Official Secret Act detrimental to safety and interest of the state, misuse of authority & govt resources and causing loss to a person(s)," says the army.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Sectarian violence in Kurram has claimed over 200 lives this year. Those close to the conflict say Zainabiyoun fighters who fought in Iraq & Syria & those who fought for Taliban and other Sunni groups in Afghanistan are making it more deadly. I & ⁦‪Riaz report for BBC www.bbc.com/urdu/article...
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زینبیون، تحریک طالبان: کیا ’بیرون ملک تربیت حاصل کرنے والے جنگجوؤں‘ کا کرّم میں ہونے والے فرقہ وارانہ فسادات سے کوئی تعلق ہے؟ - BBC News اردو
اگرچہ خیبرپختونخوا کے ضلع کُرم میں مقامی قبائل کے درمیان تنازعات کی تاریخ ایک صدی سے زیادہ پرانی ہے لیکن رواں برس جولائی سے یہ علاقہ وقفے وقفے سے ہونے والی خونریز جھڑپوں اور فرقہ وارانہ حملوں کی وجہ س...
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has approved journalist Matiullah Jan’s bail.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has approved a two-day physical remand of journalist Matiullah Jan and handed him over to the police. Meanwhile, journalists in capital will hold a protest outside National Press Club tonight, terming charges against their colleagues 'false'.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Senior Journalist Matiullah Jan was kidnapped by unidentified men from outside Islamabad’s PIMS hospital at around 11pm Wednesday night, according to his friends. Spoke with his friend Waheed Murad who says no one heard from Matiullah Jan since then. Very alarming
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Fact-Check: Protester being pushed off shipping container by Rangers during PTI protest in Islamabad www.bbc.com/urdu/article...
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رینجرز کی ڈی چوک پر کارکن کو کینٹینر سے دھکا دینے کی وائرل ویڈیو کی حقیقت کیا ہے؟ - BBC News اردو
پاکستان میں سوشل میڈیا پر ایک ویڈیو وائرل ہے جس میں پاکستان تحریکِ انصاف (پی ٹی آئی) کے احتجاجی مظاہرے کے دوران ڈی چوک پر کنٹینرز پر موجود ایک شخص کو سکیورٹی اہلکار نیچے دھکا دے رہے ہیں۔
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Rana Sanaullah says Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi and KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur have managed to disappear during Rangers and Police operation in Islamabad. PTI leader Zulfi Bukhari too has confirmed that Mr. Gandapur and Opposition Leader Omar Ayub have gone back to KP.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, Army Chief General Asim Munir and other civil-military officials attended the funeral prayers of three Rangers in Rawalpindi Garrison who were run over by a speeding vehicle in Islamabad last night - PM’s office.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Many reporters came under attack while covering the PTI protest around D-Chowk. Female journalists are also complaining they were pushed and kicked by the angry protesters.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
KP CM announces sit-in at D-Chowk, saying they won’t leave until Imran Khan orders them to. Clashes going on between protesters and security personnel in the city’s Red Zone.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
PTI protesters at Zero Point a while ago.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Army deployed in Islamabad under article 245 to maintain law and order.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Interior minister Mohsin Naqvi says the government will take strict measures, including imposing article 245 (summoning army) & a curfew, if PTI protesters crossed the ‘red line’. Meanwhile, situation around 26 number area remains tense, gun shots could be heard from a distance.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Barrister Gohar & Saif have gone to Adiala Jail to see Imran Khan half an hour ago after talks with Mohsin Naqvi led govt team, according to a PTI leader. Naqvi didn’t confirm it but said they’re waiting for an answer. Mr. Khan is directly dealing with talks from his prison cell
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
“There are talks going on at the moment,” says PTI leader Zulfi Bokhari when I asked him if his party was in negotiations with the government. He, however, didn’t any provide any details, saying they have a three-point agenda and Imran Khan’s release is their top priority.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
PTI protesters have entered Islamabad limits, eyewitnesses describe it ‘large and highly charged’. Hundreds of vehicles are part of KP CM’s caravan, they add.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
PTI protesters have managed to move past Katti Pahari - From PTI
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
PTI protesters led by KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur have entered Punjab's Hazro area, according to a PTI spokesperson. The area is just one and half hour away from Islamabad but I don't think they would be able to enter the capital anytime soon.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
A 68-member delegation of Belarus comprising many key figures, including ministers and businessmen, has arrived in Islamabad. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will arrive in Islamabad tomorrow, according to Pakistani officials.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Schools to remain closed in Islamabad. PTI protesters haven’t entered the capital, expecting them to arrive in the outskirts tomorrow.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Pakistan’s interior ministry hints at blocking mobile internet & WiFi services in areas ‘where there’re security concerns’ tomorrow because of PTI’s protest. The ministry didn’t mention the areas or duration of possible suspension. Mobile phone & internet in other areas will be business as usual.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
At least 32 people were killed after sectarian armed attacks on Sunni-dominated area of Bagan in Kurram, according to officials. Two days ago, at least 44 Shia Muslims were killed in a gun attack, triggering sectrain clashes between Sunni and Shia tribes www.bbc.com/urdu/article...
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کرّم میں جمعے کی شب فرقہ وارانہ جھڑپوں میں مزید 32 ہلاکتیں، صوبائی حکومت کا وفد ’جرگے کو دوبارہ فعال کرنے‘ کرم روانہ - BBC News اردو
خیبر پختونخوا کے ضلع کرم میں جمعرات کو گاڑیوں کے قافلے پر حملے میں 44 ہلاکتوں کے بعد جمعے کی شب اس کے ردِ عمل میں فرقہ وارانہ جھڑپوں میں حکام کے مطابق کم از کم 32 افراد ہلاک اور درجنوں زخمی ہوئے ہیں۔
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Clashes between Sunni and Shia tribes in Kurram a day after 44 Shia passengers were killed in a gun attack in Lower Kurram. Videos circulating on WhatsApp groups (some of them I managed to verify) show use of heavy weapons from both sides. Multiple injured, reports of deaths too.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Death toll in yesterday’s Lower Kurram gun attack has climbed to 44, according to the local police. All of them were Shia Muslims with families in Parachinar
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
At least 38 people, including six women, died after a convoy of passenger vehicles — protected by security personnel — came under gun attack in Lower Kurram, local deputy commissioner tells BBC. The passenger vehicles were going to Parachinar from Peshawar.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
“Protection of Pakistan’s digital borders and the digital security of the people is the responsibility of the state,” Pakistan’s state-run Radio quotes the military chief as saying. X blocked, Blue Sky blocked, VPNs blocked - what else is gonna be blocked? www.radio.gov.pk/20-11-2024/c...
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COAS expresses resolve to protect Pakistan’s digital borders
COAS expresses resolve to protect Pakistan’s digital borders
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Islamabad High Court has granted former prime minister Imran Khan bail in Toshakhana case. The judge ordered Mr. Khan be released if he's not wanted in any other case.
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Roohan Ahmed @roohanahmed.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
At least 12 security personnel were killed after a check-post came under attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district, according to the military and provincial government. Hafiz Gul Bahadur group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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