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Pakistan’s capital police look to military expertise to build elite SWAT force

  • A SWAT force is an elite, specially trained police unit that is deployed in high-risk and complex security situations
  • Islamabad police have requested attachment of two army majors, 16 SSG commandos for training of personnel
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

Malala returns to Pakistan hometown 13 years after being shot

By AFP ·
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Young Pakistani activist in Swat uses education, awareness campaigns to fight child marriages

By Aamir Saeed ·

Crowd in Pakistan’s Swat kills man accused of desecrating Holy Qur’an

By WASIM SAJJAD ·

Crowd in Pakistan’s northwest kills man accused of burning Qur’an – police

By AFP ·

Pakistan’s northwestern province to borrow $30 million from Saudi Fund for Malakand infrastructure rebuild

By REHMAT MEHSUD ·

Swat administration says ‘banned’ girls cricket match to be held at ‘safer place’

By WASIM SAJJAD ·
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Munition blasts kill at least 17 at counter-terrorism facility in northwest Pakistan

By REHMAT MEHSUD ·
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Provincial government in northwest ‘requests’ Pakistan Taliban to call back fighters from Swat Valley

By Arab News Pakistan ·
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Pakistan says military operation in northern areas ‘not on the cards’

By Shahjahan Khurram ·
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Thousands protest, demand restoration of peace in Swat Valley day after school van attack

By WASIM SAJJAD ·

Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan to visit flood-hit areas, spends day at Karachi government college

By NAIMAT KHAN ·
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Army, police search operation ongoing in Pakistan’s Swat Valley amid fears of Taliban comeback

By NAIMAT KHAN ·

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