Tag: Terrorism

Multan Corps commander Lt General Shafqat Ahmad on Friday ruled out any act of terrorism in the recent helicopter crash as investigations were underway. He...

National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has summoned an all-important emergency meeting of security institutions on Friday as terrorism looms over the Parliament House...

The defence committee of the cabinet (DCC) decided on Wednesday that security, defence and law enforcement agencies “will be authorised to use all means...

Dozens of supporters have filled the oldest Miami mosque to pray for a Muslim cleric accused by US authorities of collecting and sending funds...

German prosecutors on Thursday announced terrorist-related charges against five Sikh extremists, four of them Indian and one German, including the attempted murder of a...

Punjab Police Inspector General (IG) Javed Iqbal has said that Punjab has no threat of terrorism. Addressing the passing out parade ceremony in the Elite...

The head of Pakistan Tehrik Insaf, Imran Khan has said that President Asif Ali Zardari, and PM, Yousaf Raza Gilani should immediately resign over...

A computer expert who is awaiting extradition to the United States to face terrorism charges, was beaten up by police officers during a dawn...

Pakistan's main Taliban faction on Monday threatened to attack Pakistan and the United States after the US confirmed that Osama bin Laden had been...

The radical Islamist cleric Omar Bakri said on Monday that with the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the Arab world had "lost...

The killing of Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden near Islamabad is further evidence that terrorists find "sanctuary" in Pakistan, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Friday said “terrorism and militancy” were a serious threat to the future of Pakhtuns, urging...

A bomb ripped through a bus in Karachi on Thursday, killing four naval personnel and a passing motorcyclist in the third attack on navy...

Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said the nation has to get united against drone attacks adding that the attacks could not be...

KARACHI - Speakers at the seminar linked Pakistan's existing problems, including terrorism, to the absence of democratic institutions and norms. They observed that the state itself is complicit in usurping people's rights and promoting an elite centric model of development. Denying people the right to have a say in national life has promoted divisions and frictions in the society.
The seminar titled 'Impacts of Extremism on Working Class' was organised by the Pakistan Institute

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told reporters at the Allama Iqbal International Airport before his departure to China for a five-day visit on Sunday that his visit was highly important because the spectrum of friendship (with China) needed to be broadened and matters pertaining to prevailing circumstances, especially that of terrorism and drone strikes, would be discussed with Chinese leaders.
He said that China was a sincere friend of Pakistan and had supported

PESHAWAR - Germany-based nationalist political worker Hidayat Ullah Khan Bangash has stressed upon all leading political forces to build up a consensus on the ongoing violence and terrorism in the country if they sincerely want peace and stability.
"Violence and terrorism are not focused on a particular idea, group or community but they are against the entire country," Mr Bangash remarked while addressing the Peshawar Press Club's Guest Hour on Wednesday.
He said no one can