Tag: Extremists

Tension between neighbours Pakistan and India continued to escalate, as staff at offices of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in Mumbai and New Delhi were...

“US Government is expected to control and restrain American hate mongers, who have continued a crude campaign of deliberate insults and humiliation against Islam...

At least four extremists were arrested and huge cache of arms and explosives was recovered from their possession here on Saturday. According to details, the...

Pakistan's Ambassador to Germany Mr.Abdul Basit has said that the thin minority of extremist elements should not be used as a bench mark for...

Reformed one-time violent extremists and their victims on Wednesday launched a social network to halt the radicalization of youth and combat gang culture —...

About time too The over two month long tension between Pakistan and the US seems to be easing now. Domestic and American media reports indicate...

Discretion is the better part of valour Thank goodness the nationwide frenzy stirred by our super-patriotic but lazy anchors, members of establishment and others on...

At least ten extremists were killed when Jet planes bombarded at terrorists hideouts here in Upper Kurram on Saturday. Reportedly, the jet planes of the...

Security services in Norway and elsewhere in the region had recently shifted their focus to Islamist extremism, letting other forms of terror slip under...

Unknown extremists blew up a gas pipeline on Wednesday, triggering suspension of gas supply in Dera Bugti. Details revealed that the extremists had attached...

Law enforcement agencies are closely monitoring the Punjab University (PU) Residence Society and Jamia Mosque to keep a close eye on fundamental elements, which...

At least 15 miscreants were killed in a clash with ‘Aman Lashkar’ and security forces in Chinark area of Kurram Agency on Saturday, official...

MINGAWARA - The security forces killed at least five militants when they were attempting to escape in the mountainous area of Durushkhela in Matta, Swat, on the night between Sunday and Monday. According to the officials, the security forces raided the locality to recover arms and ammunition, as revealed by the already arrested militants, who had dumped the consignment in early 2009.
However, the militants positioned at the site tried to flee but the security forces shot dead

KARACHI - MQM chief Altaf Hussain, during his telephonic conversation on Friday with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, who was at Nine Zero, said that the alliance between moderate and progressive political parties is important to protect the sovereignty of Pakistan. "If a conflict between these political parties continues, religious extremists will control the country," he added. Hussain told the prime minister that the MQM wants the democratic process to continue so that the basic

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has made progress against extremist safe havens, taking action in six of seven agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a new US Afghan war review said on Thursday.
It said, "We worked jointly in the last year to disrupt the threat posed by Al Qaeda, and Pakistan has made progress against extremist safe havens." "These gains came at great cost, as Pakistan has endured thousands of casualties in their military ranks and among their civilian

WASHINGTON: Former US president George W Bush has acknowledged that Pakistan "paid a high price for taking on extremists" and said its forces were successful for several years in targeting Al Qaeda militants crossing the porous border with Afghanistan.
In his book "Decision Points" published on Tuesday, Bush said he had "complex" relations with Pakistan and former president Pervez Musharraf, who pledged to support the US after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Bush said, "Over

UMM AL-FAHM
Israeli police and stone-throwing Arabs clashed in northern Israel on Wednesday as a group of extreme right-wing Israelis tried to march through the Arab Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm.
Hundreds of police clad in riot gear fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse angry Arab youths, many with scarves wrapped around their faces, who burned tyres and hurled stones in protest ahead of an extremist rally in their town.
Tensions were high as around 20 Israeli