Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has directed that lacunas in the anti terrorism laws must be removed to ensure that culprits involved in heinous terrorist activities are fairly punished. The Prime Minister said this while chairing a meeting on Anti-Terrorism Legislation at PM’s House this afternoon. “There should be no gap and loophole in the anti […]
The Federal Cabinet on Friday approved establishment of special courts for speedy trial of terror suspects and to give more powers to the security forces to keep suspects for three months for interrogation, officials said. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presided over the Federal Cabinet meeting in Islamabad and approved certain counter terrorism measures as […]
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. Wednesday said the United Nations will continue to support Pakistan in the war against terrorism and to promote tolerance. Speaking at a joint press conference along with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after their talks in Islamabad, Ban Ki-moon acknowledged Pakistan’s sacrifices in the war against terrorism. The UN Secretary General […]
PTI Chairman Imran Khan Sunday expressed grave concern over the deteriorating security situation in the country and said that the government seems unable to formulate a viable and holistic Counter-Terrorism policy and a strategy to implement the same. “In fact the government seems least interested in giving this issue top priority,” Khan said in a […]
Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan were the three countries that bore the brunt of terrorist attacks in 2012, the U.S. State Department has said in its annual report. Of more than 11,000 deaths and over 21,600 injuries sustained in a total of 6,771 attacks worldwide in 2012, 55 percent of attacks, 62 percent fatalities and […]