Tag: Extremism
Policy being devised for countering extremism in educational institutions: Ahsan Iqbal
--Minister says BRICS declaration endorses Pakistan’ stance on counterterrorism
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Monday that a policy is being drafted with the...
VC denies militant outfits’ presence in KU, says media exaggerating varsity’s...
Ajmal says university administration yet to take decision on sharing students' data with security agencies
KARACHI: Denying the presence of militant outfits in the University...
Operation Radd-ul-Fasad crucial to end terrorism: Fehmida Jamali
KARACHI:Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) Balochistan Women Wing President and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) former Vice President Fehmida Jamali on...
ISIS in Pakistan: a myth or reality?
Government remains in a state of denial
Not too long ago, Lal Masjid cleric Maulvi Abdul Aziz’s seminary Jamia Hafsa released a video in which...
How a Pakistani doctor nearly lost his life after treating a...
A Pakistani doctor, currently seeking political asylum in the US, claims he received death threats and was discriminated against at work after he saved a...
Islamic State inspired attacks aid militants at low cost
The Islamic State group has claimed several high-profile attacks in the West that it appears to have inspired rather than planned, sowing fear and...
Britain’s ruling party defends linking Muslim London mayor to extremism
Efforts by Britain’s ruling Conservative party to link the new Mayor of London to Muslim extremism during campaigning for the capital’s election were just...
Islamic states vow to defeat terrorism, extremism
Foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) pledged here on Tuesday to defeat terrorism and extremism.
"We will continue to fight against force...
Terrorism, extremism to be completely wiped out from country: PM
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed the government's resolve to defeat the evils of terrorism and extremism, saying the menaces will be completely wiped...
Pakistan’s prime minister is defying the clerics — very carefully
Sharif, 66, and his PML-N lawmakers are now challenging Pakistan’s religious community, charting a new path for their party while unsettling a constituency that includes hundreds of thousands of Islamic clerics.
Qadri’s supporters attack media, clash with police for ‘funeral blackout’
Angry protesters, mostly students of religious seminaries, vandalized shops in Karachi’s main electronics market in Saddar while a police station was attacked during a rally in Lahore’s Lower Mall area.
Govt decides to block CNIC, SIMs of members of banned outfits
The federal government has decided to crack down on members of proscribed organizations and human trafficking syndicates by canceling their travel documents, national identities...
Daesh gaining foothold in Pakistan, says top civilian spy chief
Director General Intelligence Bureau Aftab Sultan on Wednesday said militant group Islamic State’s presence is growing in Pakistan.
Addressing the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior...
More martyrs for us while we NAP
A group of terrorists on Wednesday morning attacked Bacha Khan University in Charsada, officials confirmed.
Pakistan’s ‘war on terror’ failing in fight against extremism: activists
Worshippers at the infamous Lal Masjid in Islamabad still gather in their hundreds for Friday prayers, but the fiery sermons calling for Sharia led...
Sushma’s here and she wants to talk peace
"Heart of Asia conference is very important for India because it is associated with Afghanistan. That is why I have come here to participate. Since it is happening in Pakistan it is necessary and appropriate for me to meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and hold talks with my counterpart Sartaz Aziz to talk about improving the bilateral ties and take them forward," Swaraj says.
