Tag: Ttp

Pakistani Taliban call for ‘jihad’ in Myanmar

TTP’s Jamaatul Ahrar offers resources and training facilities to Rohingya Muslims to help them ‘to take up the sword’

End rifts or talks won’t take off, Pakistan tells Afghan Taliban

ISLAMABAD: Days after word leaked that the Afghan Taliban had signalled willingness to enter talks to end Afghanistan's long war, senior representatives of the...

Punjab govt denies CM sought peace deal with Qaeda, TTP

A spokesman for the Punjab government has strongly rebutted a news item published in the press with reference to a report appearing in The...

Shahbaz Sharif sought peace deal with Qaeda, TTP: Long War Journal

Report says Punjab CM allegedly proposed peace deal to al Qaeda and TTP as long they didn't conduct operations in his province Files recovered from...

Wagah blast ‘mastermind’ among 3 TTP terrorists killed in Lahore‎ raid

Intelligence agencies had been on a hunt for Roohullah alias Asadullah, the alleged mastermind of the Wagah attack since the Nov 2 bombing that killed at least 60 people.

TTP Jamaatul Ahrar claims attack on Rawalpindi imambargah

“We claim responsibility of the attack on the imambargah and vow to continue such attacks,” spokesman of Jamatul Ahrar, Ehsanullah Ehsan, said in an email.

‘We know who we’re killing’ – Nisar says in response to...

Interior minister says execution of Shafqat Hussain halted   Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday said that it is the state's responsibility to ensure...

Terrorist leader Ehsanullah Ehsan networking on LinkedIn: report

The disclosure that Ehsan has an open profile on LinkedIn is potentially embarrassing for the networking site

Alleged facilitator of APS massacre killed

The political administration of Khyber Agency on Friday claimed to have killed the commander of the defunct Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) Tariq Geedar group. Known as...

‘More Peshawar-like attacks possible’

Nisar rubbishes Taliban claims that Pakistan Army has killed terrorists’ families in counter-terrorism efforts, says army does not attack non-combatants Says Taliban sympathisers present...

More terrorists bite the dust

Mustafa is reportedly a brother of Umar Mansoor alias Umar Naray— the alleged mastermind of the Peshawar school massacre.

Lal Masjid protest moves to Melody chowk

ISLAMABAD- Security was beefed up on Friday outside Islamabad's Lal Masjid following a call of protest by civil society members, private media reported. Roads leading to...

‘Down with Taliban apologists’

While the nation is mourning the massacre of minor students in Peshawar at the hands of bloodthirsty Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and is looking up to the Pakistan Army for avenging the carnage, Lal Masjid’s cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz is adamant that use of force against Taliban is not the “wise option”.

COAS demands Fazlullah, warns Afghans of hot pursuit

During a daylong visit to Kabul on Wednesday, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif separately met Afghan President Dr Ashraf Ghani and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander General John F Campbell and sought immediate arrest and repatriation of banned Tehreek-e-Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah, whose group had claimed the responsibility of slaying 132 minor students and 12 staffers of the Army Public School (APS), Warsak Road, Peshawar on Tuesday.

Key TTP commander, two others handed over to Pakistan

The former TTP commander was under the Afghan and NATO troops custody for some time and reportedly was handed over to Pakistani authorities after the recent visit of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to Pakistan.

Key commanders, foreign terrorists amongst 52 terrorists killed in tribal offensives

At least 52 suspected terrorists, including foreigners and key commanders, were killed on Tuesday during air strikes conducted by fighter jets in the Dattakhel...

10 militants killed in Karachi, Bolan action

Five TTP terrorists killed, two arrested in Karachi encounter Five militants connected to BLA killed in Bolan operation At least 10 suspected militants from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...