Tag: Threat
Iraq PM backs off sacking threats in political row
Iraq’s premier backed off threats to fire ministers boycotting cabinet, instead naming temporary replacements Wednesday, as the UN voiced concern over a row that...
IESCO installations a threat to people’s lives
The illegal installation of power generators and electricity boxes in residential areas, particularly in front of the houses, is posing serious threats to the...
Iran may not be ‘existential threat’ to Israel: Mossad
The head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency has said a nuclear Iran might not pose an “existential threat” to the Jewish state, in remarks...
EU to pursue Iran sanctions despite threat of strait closure
The European Union is pressing ahead with plans to impose new sanctions on Iran, an EU spokesman said Wednesday after Tehran threatened to close...
Woman makes fake bomb threat to stop husband flying to mistress
A US woman reportedly called in a bomb threat to stop her husband from getting on a plane, which she believed he was taking...
150 MPs received threats on SMS
About 150 lawmakers have received anonymous threatening messages, asking them to resign from their seats, otherwise they would be killed, Interior Affairs Minister Rehman...
No threat to govt, says Shujaat
PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat said on Wednesday relations between the civilian and military leadership would come to normalcy soon and the government faces no...
North Waziristan militant leader threatens govt
The most powerful militant leader in North Waziristan has threatened to tear up a peace accord and turn his fighters against the government. Hafiz...
Why is US mad at Iran?
Why is US so angry and upset with Iran? What leads US to think that Iran is an irresponsible state that threatens the world’s...
Iran ‘will respond with full force’ to any military threat
Iran “will respond with full force” to any attack – or even any threat of military action – the country’s supreme leader said on...
Indonesia brushes off threat of chaos
Southeast Asian Games organisers insist the event will be a roaring success, but a raft of problems including corruption and unfinished venues threatens to...
Misbah wary of Malinga threat
Rival captains Misbah-ul Haq and Tillakaratne Dilshan agreed sling-action paceman Lasith Malinga could make the difference when Pakistan and Sri Lanka play their first...
Shipping corporation under threat
Pakistan National Shipping Corporation has been exposed to a variety of financial risks that include credit risk, market risk (including foreign exchange risk, cash...
Country’s soaring population poses serious economic threat
As the world population reaches seven billion, what do we see as our own population realities and our own future? Living in 2011 we...
People reluctant to visit Taxila amidst terror threat
Abdul Qadeer, 60, has spent a major part of his life in guiding people about the ruins of Taxila, comprising Buddhist stupas, but he...
In a quagmire
On Friday, the US told Pakistan peremptorily to either join it in fighting the Haqqani network or get out of the way to let...
