Tag: Terrorism

Two killed in shooting near Texas University

A policeman and another man were shot dead near a major US university on Monday before police shot the suspect and took him into...

Time to renew old promises

Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan on Tuesday expressed resolve to ensure the elimination of ignorance, poverty, corruption and terrorism to maintain the...

Counter-terrorism exercise concludes

Inter-Services Public Relation (ISPR) said on Monday that around 700 troops from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Rangers, Army Aviation and Police participated in...

Kayani calls for new laws to tackle terrorism

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has called for formulating news laws to deal with the menace of terrorism and said...

Pakistan faces an alien, pertinent issue of terrorism: COAS

Chief of Army Staff General Ishfaq Pervez Kayani has said that Pakistan is currently facing the most pertinent issue of terrorism; “an issue definitely...

Terrorism bid foiled: bomb defused

Civil Defence staff foiled a terrorism bid and defused 2 pound bomb planted in oil tanker in the city area of Layyah on Tuesday. As...

Pak, Iran determined to eradicate terrorism: Bukhari

Senate Chairman Nayyar Hussain Bukhari said Sunday that Tehran and Islamabad are determined to uproot all forms of terrorism. Bukhari arrived in Tehran on Thursday...

US to support Pakistan on counterterrorism: Ventrell

The US is continuing anti-terror cooperation with Pakistan, the State Department said on Thursday giving no specific word on a House of Representatives move...

Three accused of terror-training in Pakistan charged in Britain

British police on Thursday charged three men accused of travelling to Pakistan for training and a woman with terrorism offences following their arrest in...

ATC rejects commission’s report on Mumbai attack

The anti-terrorist court (ATC) on Tuesday rejected the report submitted by the commission on the Mumbai attacks case. The ATC was hearing the petition against...

APML says govt doing nothing to curb terrorism

Central Vice President of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khaskheli said on Monday that everybody knew the certainty of foreign elements...

‘We are united against terrorism’

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday said he was saddened over the loss of lives in the Rasool Park tragedy and said that...

Allies, Opp walk out from Senate over terror acts

The government’s major coalition partners, the Awami National Party (ANP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), as well as opposition parties Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),...

‘Whole nation united, determined to eradicate terrorism’

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif visited the Services Hospital on Friday to inquire after the health of the people injured in Rasool Park...

Energy crisis hurting country more than terrorism: Shahbaz

Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that loadshedding has hurt the country more than terrorism. Addressing the officials of various provincial departments at...

Seventh person arrested in British anti-terrorism operation

A woman was arrested in London Saturday on suspicion of terrorism offences in an operation that saw six men detained earlier this week but...

‘I’m a clown, but won’t become a criminal’

Karachi is a harsh city to live in. Its residents face a number of problems on a daily basis, from terrorism and a paucity...