A surge in religious-nationalist militancy is turning Pakistans province of Balochistan into a new hot-bed of armed conflict, with waves of new violence aimed to hit the governments plan to bring a wave of development through the China-backed Gwadar Port project
The provincial Counter Terrorism Department , after a lapse of four years, has announced the 9th addition of the “Red Book” that contains the names of terrorists wanted by the Pakistan.
CTD updates Red Book after four years
A total of 93 names have been added to the most wanted persons list, told CTD officials
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KARACHI:
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh Police notified on Thursday the issuance of the ninth edition of the Red Book - a document containing the names and details of most wanted people, after a hiatus of four years.
According to CTD officials, in the ninth edition of the Red Book details of 12 more terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 18 more terrorists of Al Qaeda, 23 of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), four of Ansar Sharia, 13 of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, two of Jundullah, 24 of Sipah-e-Muhammad, four of the Sindh Resolution Army (SRA), five of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and 33 gangsters of Lyari have been incorporated.