Pakistan’s denial over the terrorism issue poses the single greatest threat to establishing peace in South Asia, says a US expert pointing to Islamabad’s lack of action against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit.
‘Pakistan’s failure to shut down the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) more than one year after its attacks in Mumbai-and with knowledge that the group is planning [...]
Washington, Jan.1 (ANI): Contrary to the Pakistani army’s claim of reportedly having killed four militants and arresting several others during a raid on a private hospital in South Waziristan, the Taliban’s stronghold, eyewitnesses said that those who have been taken into custody were not extremists but rather [...]
Islamabad, Dec.20 (ANI): The United States has stringed the reimbursement of over a billion dollars in aid in the shape of Coalition Support Fund (CSF) to Pakistan during the next six months with granting of visas to American defence auditors, who are supposed to keep track of where the aid money is being used.
According to [...]
Islamabad, Dec 18 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and over 20 wounded Friday in a massive blast near the police headquarters in Lower Dir district of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, police said.
The explosion occurred near a mosque in Khurshid police lines in Timar Gira area in Lower Dir, Geo TV reported.
‘For now we [...]
Rawalpindi, Dec 4 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed in a terror attack at a mosque Friday in this Pakistani garrison city where the army headquarters are located.
The suicide attack took place at the mosque near Chohar Chowk in Westridge area of Rawalpindi.
At least 10 people were killed as two blasts ripped through the [...]
Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) A guard was killed and three people were injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber struck at the heavily fortified Naval Headquarters in the Pakistani capital.
The suicide bomber, who was on foot, blew himself up at about 1.30 p.m. when Navy guards stopped him at the entrance of the complex, Geo News [...]
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) The terrorists who carried out a brazen attack on the Pakistani Army Headquarter in the garrison city of Rawalpindi in October had chalked out a plan to hold generals hostage, a probe report has said.
The investigation report on the Oct 10 terror strike on the heavily fortified army headquarters has been [...]
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) With Islamists finally turning against the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), their creator, no one is safe in Pakistan any more, a leading daily said Sunday.
The Daily Times said in an editorial: ‘ISI’s role in the past as a supporter of militancy is no secret, but now the tables have turned. The ISI [...]
Paris, Nov.14 (ANI): The Pakistani Army ran training camps for a Muslim extremist group, at least until recently, with the acceptance of the US Central Intelligence Agency, according to France’s foremost anti-terrorist expert.ean-Louis Brugui
Islamabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Militants Wednesday bombed some shops selling Compact Discs (CD) in the restive North West Frontier Province, a media report said.
Shops in Dir Bala area of NWFP were targeted, Geo TV said.
No casualties have been reported.
The Taliban is known to be against various forms of entertainment, including film songs and movies.
The Pakistani [...]
Srinagar, Oct 30 (IANS) Pakistani Army troops fired several mortar rounds at the Indian positions in the Keran sector of Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district Thursday, an Indian defence spokesman said here Friday.
This is the first major ceasefire violation on the LoC this year.
Pakistani Army fired 14 mortar rounds at [...]
Washington, Oct 30 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said during her trip to Pakistan that she finds it difficult to believe that Pakistani officials do not know the whereabouts of Al Qaeda operatives, reports the New York Times.
‘I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are, [...]
Islamabad, Oct 27 (DPA) The Pakistani army said Tuesday that 42 Taliban militants and one soldier were killed in the ongoing offensive in South Waziristan district near the Afghan border.
The latest casualties came as the UN reported the assault had displaced at least 250,000 people from the rugged, mountainous district.
The military launched a three-pronged operation [...]
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday released 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guards who had been detained Monday for trespassing into the country’s territory, a media report said.
The guards had been arrested in the Mashkhel area near the border with Iran, the Dawn newspaper reported.
The report quoted the Fars news agency as saying that the group was [...]
Islamabad, Oct. 20 (ANI): Following the launch of the Pakistani Army’s offensive against militants in South Waziristan, people living in the tribal region of Southern Punjab are panic-stricken over the prospects of fleeing Taliban militants infiltrating into their areas.
“Taliban may take refuge in the tribal areas of Southern Punjab in the aftermath of the army [...]
Islamabad, Oct 20 (ANI): Two bomb explosions on a university campus in Islamabad have reportedly killed 15 persons and left 10 injured.
“It was a bomb blast. It was inside the Islamic university building. There was another one a few minutes later,” a police official was quoted as saying.
According to reports, ten persons were injured in [...]
Islamabad, Oct. 20 (ANI): Following the launch of the Pakistani Army’s offensive against militants in South Waziristan, people living in the tribal region of Southern Punjab are panic-stricken over the prospects of fleeing Taliban militants infiltrating into their areas.
“Taliban may take refuge in the tribal areas of Southern Punjab in the aftermath of the army [...]
New York, Oct.16 (ANI): Thursday’s blatant spree of terror attacks in Lahore has made it clear that the terror groups such as the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which the Pakistan government had once nurtured to fulfill its own [...]
Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) Dispelling fears raised by the Pakistan Army that the Kerry Lugar bill is a compromise on the country’s sovereignty, US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley said ‘we are not going to impose US solutions on Pakistani problems’.
The bill provides unconditional non-military US aid to Pakistan but imposes [...]
Karachi, Oct.8 (ANI): The Pakistan Army’s top brass, while objecting to the terms and conditions attached with the Kerry Lugar Bill, has also raised apprehensions regarding the presence of some persons within the Gilani government who are trying to weaken [...]
Islamabad, Oct.8 (ANI): Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has rejected reports regarding a rift between the government and the Army over the Kerry Lugar Bill issue.
Responding to queries about altercations between the government and the Pakistan Army over the ’severe’ terms and conditions attached with the US aid bill, Kaira said: [...]
Islamabad, Oct.7 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakeemullah Mehsud is dead and the man who appeared in a recent video claiming to be Mehsud might be his look-alike.
Talking to reporters after visiting the persons who were injured in the suicide attack on the UN building here, [...]
London, Oct.6 (ANI): The suicide bomber, who blew himself up inside the premises of a UN building on Monday, had entered the building by pretending that he needed to use the lavatory, The Telegraph reports.
The attacker, who was dressed as a Pakistani Army soldier, was allowed to pass through security at the heavily guarded United [...]
Islamabad, Oct.3 (ANI): The United States has reportedly established a secret military training camp just a few kilometers away from Islamabad.
According to The Nation, just 30 kilometers away from Islamabad, situated in the heart of an industrial estate, exists a creepy structure surrounded by high walls. The board outside the building reads: ‘auto repair shop’, [...]
London, Sep. 11 (ANI): Mehdi Ghezali, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee of Swedish origin has been arrested in Pakistan.
Before being arrested at a checkpoint in the southern town of Dera Ghazi Khan, Ghezali was travelling with a group [...]
Washington, Aug.11 (ANI): The United States has rejected theTaliban’s claim of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud being alive.
US National Security Adviser General James Jones said there is sufficient evidence and proof that Mehsud has been killed.
“The Pakistani government believes that he is (dead), and all evidence that we have suggests that,” General Jones said.
On [...]
London: Pakistanis are very determined people. Once they set their eyes on something they will go for it all the way. They wanted to get Jammu and Kashmir, not because they wanted to ‘liberate them’ but because that suited their [...]
