Tag: Militancy
Key Baloch rebel gives up militancy
Wali Mohammad alias Haji Qalati Marri – a key commander of one of Balochistan’s feared outfits – surrendered his weapons on Thursday.
Speaking at a...
Operations will continue until militancy is eliminated, says army chief
Gen Sharif says TDPs to return to their homes by Mar 15
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited the Corps Headquarters in Peshawar...
Explosion in Khyber Agency’s Zakakhel bazaar kills four
Two more security personnel were injured when another blast occurred in Zakakhel bazaar shortly after the first one.
Mengal admits foreign involvement in Balochistan
Balochistan has been bleeding since 2004. Successive governments tried to stem the bleeding – but to no avail so far. Government and intelligence officials...
Two pro-govt. tribal elders killed near Khar
Militants armed with guns and rockets killed two members of a pro-government militia and wounded two policemen in a tribal district on the Afghanistan...
FC should be subservient to Balochistan govt: Raza Rabbani
Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) senior leader, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani said on Wednesday that Frontier Corps must be subservient to Balochistan government in order...
Three arrested in Quetta search operation
At least three people were arrested and arms were seized from their possession on Tuesday during a search operation carried out by security forces...
Five more killed in Khyber Agency clashes
At least five more militants of banned organizations were killed and several others injured in fresh clashes raising week-long death toll to 97.
According...
ANP vows to continue struggle against militancy
Despite losing a senior leader, leadership of Awami National Party vowed to continue their struggle against militancy, saying they would root out terrorism from...
Education must not be made victim of militancy: Bakhtawar
Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari has said that Pakistan needs world attention for its courage against the forces of extremism.
Bakhtawar in a message on her Twitter...
Afghans doubt Pakistan’s sincerity to fight militancy
There are no clear signs that Pakistan is honestly trying to combat insurgency on its soil because it is not changing a failing strategy,...
Militants fire 11 rockets after Israel raids Gaza
Gaza militants fired 11 rockets over the border overnight in response to two late-night Israeli air raids, ending several days of calm after a...
Imran Khan stresses political solution to militancy
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday stressed the need to find a political solution to the war against terrorism.
He condemned the attack...
Going to Pakistan with ‘serious intent’ to discuss militancy: Krishna
As Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday said the visa agreement between Pakistan and India will be finalized on Indian External Affairs Minister SM...
TTP commander arrested from Nowshera
An important Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Wajihuddin Mehsud was arrested here on Saturday.
According to a private TV channel, the TTP commander was arrested from...
US hopes for coordination in stamping out militancy on Pak-Afghan border
Seeing improvement in US-Pakistan ties since the resumption of key Pakistani supplies corridor into Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has voiced the hope...
Drone attacks promoting militancy: Sherry
Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Sherry Rehman on Saturday called for an end to CIA drone strikes ahead of an intelligence summit in...