TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan surrenders to military
Noreen Laghari was recovered in a counter-terror operation in Lahore, says DG of ISPR
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) Former spokesperson of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and key member of its splinter group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Ehsanullah Ehsan has turned himself in to security forces, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations announced in a press briefing on Monday.
DG media cell of the military cleared that the medical student named Noreen Laghari who had gone missing in Hyderabad was recovered in a counter-terror operation in Lahore late Friday.
Announcement about Ehsan’s surrender and development in Lagahri’s case came in during a press briefing by the DG of ISPR.
Major General Ghafoor said that sentences in 274 cases have been awarded by military courts so far and anti-terrorism operations are being carried out across Pakistan to eliminate residue of extremism.
Major General Asif Ghafoor Bajwa briefs the media
While talking about efforts of Pakistan Army in war on terror, he said that Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad is not the offensive of one department but all. Wherever terrorists and their accomplices would be, armed forces and LEAs would eliminate them, DG of ISPR vowed.
At least 108 terrorists belonging to different banned organisations have been killed in Radd-ul-Fasaad, 558 extremists have surrendered while 157 terrorists have been killed in Sindh.
At least 161 terrorists have been sentenced to death by army courts, he added.
He also said that 622,691 weapons of different categories have been seized in country-wide operations. Major General Ghafoor laid out that first phase of 6th population census has completed.
Government of Pakistan launched a census after 19 years in March 2017 that is scheduled to complete in two months, on May 15.
While talking about Dawn Leaks, the DG said that the report would be shared with the media whereas, Interior Minister reiterated in a reaction that Major General Bajwa is not a part of the committee and the delay is over lack of consensus.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, the splinter group whose prominent member Ehsan has surrendered today conducted a terror attack on Mall Road on February 13 claiming 14 lives including that of Traffic Police DIG Captain (r) Ahmad Mobin and SSP of Operations Wing Zahid Gondal.
Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad was launched the same month to eliminate terrorists.
A combing operation was ordered by the Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa in the aftermath of the suicide attack. A facilitator in the blast who was arrested in the days that followed revealed that the bomber was trained in Afghanistan.
Lahore was most recently hit on April 5 when a suicide attacker targeted a census team and claimed lives of three army personnel and a serviceman of Pakistan Air Force among six martyrs. The blast that ocurred at Manawala Chowk left 15 injured.
