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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has denied that the outfit had threatened to attack the long march announced for January 14 by Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran chief Dr Tahirul Qadri. Earlier, Interior Minister Abdul Rehman Malik had said that Taliban militants have threatened to attack a rally seeking electoral reforms. He announced, “TTP has threatened to attack the […]
A senior Pakistani Taliban leader, Mulla Nazir, was killed in a U.S. drone strike in South Waziristan tribal region on Thursday, tribesmen and officials in the region said. A US spy aircraft fired missiles into South Waziristan’s Angor Adda area and killed Mulla Nazir and his five other fighters, they said. Angor Ada is very close […]
Continuing a militant campaign of violence against aid workers in Pakistan, at least seven teachers, six women and a man, working at an NGO-operated school were shot dead on Tuesday in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The incident took place in Sher Afzal Banda area in Tehsil Chota Lahore, when unidentified gunmen targeted the teachers who […]
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the government was ready to hold talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud if he renounced violence. The minister while speaking to media said action would be taken if the TTP continued on its path of violence. He added that the government and army had […]
Rejecting truce offer of the Taliban, Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday said this offer of conditional respite is unacceptable. He said that the militant outfits cannot dictate the state. Earlier, the Taliban hinted at a cease-fire with the Pakistani government tying their truce with an end to Pakistan’s participation in the Afghan war […]
Extremist commander Maulvi Abbas among five have been killed while several others injured as blast rips through near a vegetable market in South Waziristan tribal region’s Wana area, say media reports. Officials said the blast of unknown nature took place Rustam Bazaar at South Waziristan Agency headquarters, Wana. Five people were killed and many […]
As a continuity of the orchestrated attack on polio campaigning teams, the World Health Organization (WHO) has directed its field staff to stop work in Pakistan. At least two people were killed and two others were injured when three teams involved in the nationwide polio vaccination drive were attacked in Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda, in […]
The US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson has said the principles the Afghan government had set up for the reconciliation policy can be applied to all militant groups including the Haqqani network. In an interview to BBC Urdu, the US envoy said talks could be held with any individual acting against the state willing […]
Rejecting any rift among its ranks, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has said they are not mulling to replace Hakimullah Mehsud with Waliur Rehman as new chief of the banned organization. Spokesman TTP Ehsanullah Ehsan while speaking to media said that the reports have no truth and they held the main shura meeting two weeks […]
Stressing over importance of the Kalabagh dam, nuclear scientist and chief of Tehrik-e-Tahafuz Pakistan (TTP) Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan on Saturday said construction of Kala Bagh Dam has become imperative at this critical juncture when country is facing acute shortage of electricity. During an interview with a private TV channel, the father of the […]
At least one woman was reportedly killed and six others, including children, were injured in a bomb blast near the house of Kainat Riaz, one of the girls who was accompanying Malala Yousafzai when she was attacked by the Taliban. According to the media reports, a woman who had come to visit the residents […]
A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, leaving at least five people including three cops injured in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to the police, the incident took place when a bomber driving an explosive-laden vehicle ripped through the Habib police station; resultantly, five people including three policemen received […]
