Tag: Terror

Afghans barred from entering Peshawar until Muharram 10

PESHAWAR: Peshawar’s district administration has barred Afghan refugees from entering the city for ten days. Peshawar Deputy Commissioner Dr Imran Hamid Shaikh imposed the ban under...

FC foils terror bid, arrests four suspects in Balochistan

QUETTA: Frontier Corps (FC) foiled a terror bid by seizing ammunition under Radd-ul-Fasaad Operation in Kuhlu and Sanjavi area of Balochistan on Thursday. According to...

Govt plans surveillance of video streams to combat terror

IT Ministry developing automatic system in collaboration with UET Lahore at a cost of Rs 26.62m ISLAMABAD: An automatic security and surveillance system for video...

Terrorist violence claims 230 lives in election month

As many as 230 people lost their lives and 417 others injured in 22 reported terrorist attacks in Pakistan in the election month of...

Terror and talks cannot go together: Sushma Swaraj

NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday that India is ready to hold talks with Pakistan before or after the general...

IBO by Punjab Rangers concludes with arrest of three suspected terrorists

DG KHAN: At least three suspected terrorists were apprehended on Tuesday during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Punjab, confirmed the army’s media wing. According to...

China endorses Afghan reconciliation, welcomes talks with Taliban

BEIJING: China has extended their full assistance to the Afghan reconciliation and peaceful reconstruction process as they welcome President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of talks...

CTD arrests facilitator in Peshawar agricultural directorate attack case

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pukhtunkhawa (KP) Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday arrested an alleged 'facilitator' of a terror attack on the Directorate of Agriculture...

Police foil terror bid in Hyderabad, recover remote controlled bomb

HYDERABAD: Intelligence agencies and police conducted an operation in Abdullah Villas, Qasimabad, on Monday night and recovered a remote controlled bomb. Bomb disposal squad defused the...

Paris attacks suspect tried in Belgium over shootout

Belgium will be on high alert today as the last surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, stands trial in Brussels over...

Salah Abdeslam: Pot-smoking delinquent to key terror suspect

PARIS: In the Brussels neighbourhood where he lived until his capture, Salah Abdeslam was known as a pot-smoking petty criminal whose former lawyer described him...

US puts Hamas chief on terror blacklist

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday put the head of Palestinian movement Hamas, Ismail Haniya, on its terror blacklist and slapped sanctions on him...

Police search Russian journalist’s home over terror case

MOSCOW: Police in Moscow has searched the home of an independent journalist who came under fire from the state last year over an article...

Special investigation team to probe Quetta suicide bombing

QUETTA: A special investigation team has been set up to probe into Tuesday’s terror attack near the Balochistan Assembly building in Quetta, which claimed...

Two Hazaras killed in Quetta gun attack

QUETTA: At least two members of the Hazara community were killed and two others injured when unidentified gunmen targeted their vehicle Nakhailabad area of...

LEAs recover arms from Orangi

KARACHI: The law enforcement agencies’ personnel on Thursday claimed to have recovered arms and ammunition from a shop in Orangi Town. According to Orangi Town SSP...

Security alert issued for terror threats to schools, hospitals in Punjab

LAHORE: In the wake of terror threats to schools and hospitals across Punjab, the intelligence agencies have issued a security alert. Sources said that intelligence agencies in...