Tag: terror attacks
Four Pakistanis injured in Sri Lanka Easter blasts
At least four Pakistani nationals were among the 35 foreigners who were injured in a series of blasts that targeted popular tourist spots in...
Cabinet divided over amnesty scheme
--PM calls special meeting for further discussions on scheme after ministers express reservations
--Fawad sees 'foreign hand' behind terror attacks
--Hopes cases against Sharifs and Zardari...
September terror attacks left 34 dead in KP, Balochistan: report
A total of 34 lives were claimed in 17 terrorist attacks in September, while 35 incidents of violence of different types were noted which...
Reduction in terror attacks but global threat more ‘complex’: report
WASHINGTON: The near-defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has forced a dispersal of the group that has made the global threat...
Spain remembers terror attacks that killed 16 in Catalonia
BARCELONA: Barcelona on Friday marked the first anniversary of terror attacks that killed 16 people, though the divisive local issue of whether to pursue...
Afghan president calls COAS, condoles deaths in terror attacks
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday made a phone call to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and expressed his condolences...
ECP seeks report on candidates’ security amid terror attacks
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday sought a detailed briefing from National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) officials over security threats faced by candidates...
Egypt sentences 21 to death for planning terror attacks
An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 21 suspected extremists to death, including 16 in absentia, on charges of bomb making and planning attacks on...
Ahsan Iqbal says India behind recent terror attacks in Pakistan
Interior minister stresses elections will be held on time
LAHORE: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said Pakistan will be among 20 large economies...
Saudi Arabia fights extremism with ‘5-star’ rehab centre
With its indoor swimming pool, sun-splashed patios and liveried staff, the Saudi complex has the trappings of a five-star resort, but it is actually...
956 Pakistanis killed in 736 terror attacks last year
At least 956 people were killed in 736 terror attacks in Pakistan in 2016, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) released on Wednesday.
The...
Upsurge in security gadgets’ demand
------Most of the buyers are businessmen, shop owners
The sale of security gadgets in Karachi’s Mansfield Street got momentum following the recent terror attacks across...
Will respond to terror attacks with full might: defence minister
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that attacks being launched on Pakistan from terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan would be responded with full might.
In a...
Afghan president goes after Pakistan
Says those who attacked Afghanistan “lived, were recruited and operated freely in Pakistan and no action was taken against them”
COAS rubbishes Ashraf Ghani's...
New York bomb suspect charged with attempted murder
An Afghan-born American was charged Monday with attempted murder after being shot and captured in connection with bombings in New York and New Jersey,...
NA condemns Quetta terror attacks, expresses solidarity with lawyers community
National Assembly Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution strongly condemning the terror act in Quetta.
The resolution moved by Law Minister Zahid Hamid said that the...
Multiple IS bombings in Brussels kill at least 35
Over 150 reported injured as blasts at departure lounge of Brussels airport and metro terminals trigger transport shutdown, with all flights halted in and...
