Peshawar- Pakistan security forces killed 22 terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an intelligence-based operation in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Military Media Wing said on Tuesday.

Security forces conducted the operation on Monday, based on the intelligence report on the presence of terrorists in Bannu district bordering north Waziristan, a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations said.

“During the conduct of the operation, the troops effectively engaged the khawarij location and after an intense fire exchange, 22 khawarij were killed,” it said.

Fitna al Khawarij is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the TTP.

It added that a sanitisation operation was being conducted to eliminate any other terrorists in the area.

The ISPR also said that the counter-terrorism campaign by security forces and law enforcement agencies would continue at“full pace” to“wipe out” the menace of terrorism from the country.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the security forces for the successful operation, saying that they were achieving“major successes” against terrorism.

“The entire nation stands with Pakistan's armed forces in the war against terrorism,” Sharif said.“We are determined to completely eradicate all kinds of terrorism from the country.”

Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities, especially in KPK and Balochistan, after the TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.

The latest in the string of terror incidents is a suicide attack on the Federal Constabulary's (FC) headquarters in Peshawar on Monday morning, in which three FC men were martyred and 12 injured.

Runaway fraudster arrested after 19 years
Latur, Nov 24 (PTI) A 53-year-old man, who had been on the run for 19 years in a fraud case, was arrested in Latur district of Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Abhang Prabhu alias Prabhakar Suryawanshi, is accused of cheating people by posing himself as the sarpanch of a village and preparing fake birth certificates for children.

A case was registered against him on June 14, 2006, at Gandhi Chowk police station under various sections of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code (IPC) for cheating and other charges, a police official said.

Suryawanshi changed his locations frequently, making it difficult for investigators to trace him. He travelled from village to village, falsely identifying himself as the sarpanch of a gram panchayat.

“He allegedly prepared fake birth certificates and cheated several citizens. He collected blank birth certificate forms of children, forged signatures and stamps, and issued fake documents”, police said.

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