Terror Financiers

PESHAWAR: In a significant crackdown on terror financing, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police have arrested 13 individuals who allegedly provided funds to terror outfits.

Moreover, these financiers reportedly funneled substantial sums of money, totaling millions of rupees, to banned terror organizations, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Authorities detained these arrested individuals, described as financiers, in various operations conducted across Swabi, Mardan, and other districts in the province.

In addition, Imran Shahid, the Director-General of the Counter Terrorism Finance Unit, stressed that individuals clandestinely providing funds to banned outfits would face charges related to terror financing.

Also, he highlighted that these arrested financiers played a crucial role in supporting the resurgence of terrorism in the province and tribal areas.

Shahid disclosed that over the past year, authorities registered 173 cases of extortion, with Afghan nationals accounting for 90 percent of the suspects.

Notably, 60 percent of those involved have already been apprehended.

PIA Lease Dispute: High-Level Team Headed To Indonesia To Address Aircraft Lease Issues

On Wednesday, sources reported that the federal government has chosen to intervene in the leasing dispute involving two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) A320 planes, which has stranded in Indonesia for two years.

The federal government chose to intervene because the PIA management had failed to resolve the leasing dispute involving these two aircraft stationed in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, for the past two years.