Counter-terrorism officials in Islamabad have confirmed that the remaining terrorist sought in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl has been taken into custody. Azim Jan, a commander of the TTP, the Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan, an offshoot of al-Qaeda, was apprehended on Friday in a joint operation headed …
Read More »Pakistan dismisses Indian terror dossier as mostly 'social media content'
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Pakistan on Thursday dismissed a dossier handed over by India in the wake of a suicide attack that nearly sparked a full-blown conflict earlier this month, saying the allegation that Pakistani groups were involved was unsubstantiated. At least 40 Indian security personnel were killed when a …
Read More »Pakistan, China Slam Fresh US Anti-Terror Move in UN
Iran is doubling down on its explosive investment in Gaza: Islamic Jihad. An impoverished Hamas faces a militant, rejectionist and increasingly untamable rival, flush with cash and determined to trigger war with Israel ISLAMABAD — China and Pakistan are criticizing the United States for bypassing established mechanisms and submitting a …
Read More »Pakistan Seeks More Proof From India in Kashmir Attack Probe
Pakistan said Wednesday it has sought more evidence from India to determine whether any Pakistani nationals had played a role in last month’s deadly Kashmir bombing that pushed the nuclear-armed rival nations to the brink of war. New Delhi submitted its dossier of evidence to Islamabad a month ago, linking …
Read More »Pakistan PM: Afghan Peace Within Reach
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said Friday that peace in Afghanistan is “around the corner,” citing ongoing negotiations between the United States and Taliban insurgents.
Read More »China Blocks U.N. Vote to Blacklist Pakistani Militant Leader
China on Wednesday blocked a United Nations Security Council measure that would have blacklisted the Pakistani founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed, the militant group that nearly brought South Asia to the brink of war last month after one of its suicide bombers attacked Indian forces.
Read More »Pakistan PM’s political party welcomes Harakat-ul-Mujahideen emir into ranks
Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil and his supporters voice their support for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party in July 2018, and not today as originally reported. Paragephs 1 and 3 have been updated to reflect the change.
Read More »Pakistan seizes religious schools in intensified crackdown on militants
Pakistan intensified its crackdown against Islamist militants on Thursday, with the government announcing it had taken control of 182 religious schools and detained more than 100 people as part of its push against banned groups.
Read More »The Kashmir Question:Made in India
It has been stated before that when there is no political will to resolve a long pending dispute then ‘all roads can lead to hell’. Loss of 49 CRPF soldier’s lives in a sucide attack augurs ill. Despite massive military and security apparatus deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, no one …
Read More »India Promises Strong Response to Kashmir Attack
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed a strong response to a deadly attack on security personnel in Indian Kashmir as New Delhi said that there was “incontrovertible evidence” that Pakistan had a “direct hand” in the assault and called for its complete isolation.
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