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The armies of India and Pakistan fired on each other’s position on the line-of-control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region, Indian officials said on Saturday. The incident took place Friday evening in Mendhar sector of frontier Poonch district, around 185 km southwest of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-occupied Kashmir. “Pakistani army violated ceasefire last […]
The security agencies claimed Saturday the arrest of five people, including three women, and foiled a terror plot in Islamabad. Official sources say the security agencies recovered heavy amount of explosives and remote-controlled fibre planes from the basement of a house in Gulshan-e-Kashmir area of Islamabad. They said the law enforcement agencies carried out […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Pakistani government to ensure that there is a full investigation into the abduction and beating of a journalist for The Friday Times. Ali Chishti, who writes on national security and counter-terrorism, told CPJ and local news outlets that he was abducted and beaten on Friday, August […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday called for amendments in anti-terrorism law in accordance with the guidelines given by superior judiciary. He was addressing a high level meeting on national security and law and order in the country at Raiwind in Lahore. The Prime Minister issued directions for immediate blocking of all illegal SIMs across […]
Pakistan Air Force observed September 7 as Martyrs’ Day at all PAF Bases throughout the country. The day started with special Du’aa and Quran Khawani for the Shuhada of 1965 and 1971 wars and those who laid down their lives in action since creation of Pakistan. A ceremony was also held at Air Headquarters Islamabad, […]
Pakistan has freed seven more Afghan Taliban detainees “to further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process,” the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. The number of freed Taliban now reached 32. Pakistan had started the process to release the Afghan Taliban prisoners on the request by Afghan government in November last year. “In order to further facilitate the […]
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, Friday paid homage to the martyrs in his remarks at the Defence Day’s reception at the GHC in Rawalpindi, the PM house said. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Khalid Shameem Wynne hosted a reception to commemorate Defence Day of Pakistan at Joint Staff headquarters. Senior officers of the three […]
A bomb blast inside a police station in Peshawar injured five policemen and two civilians Friday evening, police said. The bomb was attached to a motorcycle and parked inside the police station in Hasht Nagri police station, police said. Local media had earlier reported that three policemen were killed in the blast. The blast […]
The United States has announced the launch of the Pakistan Reading Project to boost the reading skills of 3.2 million Pakistani children, the U.S. embassy said Friday. This project will fund improvements in reading instruction and reading assessment in grades one through five throughout the Pakistani public school system. The International Rescue Committee […]
A senior most commander of the Taliban-linked Haqqani Network, Mullah Sangeen Zadran, was killed in a U.S. spy aircraft’s strike in North Waziristan tribal region early Friday, militants and security sources said. Zadran was killed along with his guards when a U.S. drone fired missiles on a house at Ghulam Khan area, close to the […]
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan says all the elected political parties have been invited to attend the all parties conference on Monday. Talking to the media persons in Islamabad on Friday after holding talks with Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam-F Maulana Fazlur Rehman‚ he said positive outcome is expected from the conference. He said […]
Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani Friday said there is no military operation anywhere in Balochistan. Addressing to cadets in Sui Military College‚ the Army Chief said that not a single solider is involved in maintaining law and order situation in the Balochistan province. “Pakistan Army is playing a constructive role in the socio-economic development […]
