Photo used for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: AFP An army operation in Pakistan’s northwest targeting militants triggered a firefight that left a soldier and four fighters dead, the army’s media wing said on Sunday. The development comes weeks after Pakistani Taliban detainees overpowered their guards at aRead More →
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The assassination bid on Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan during his long march to Islamabad last month was a “well-thought-out conspiracy,” according to the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the incident. Mr. Khan, the chairman of the PakistanRead More →
At 33, Ahmad Massoud’s bears the likeness of his father, albeit not the ruggedness of the ‘Lion of Panjshir’, Ahmad Shah Massoud, who famously fought the Taliban in the 1990s, and was killed by the Al-Qaeda just two days before the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. Massoud, his father’s onlyRead More →
Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan’s embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, a statement carried by one of the militant group’s affiliated channels on Telegram said on Sunday. The embassy came under attack on Friday with gunfire wounding a Pakistani security guard, officials said, inRead More →
Lieutenant-General Syed Asim Munir was the shortest serving head of the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s infamous spy agency. He was appointed the ISI head in October 2018 by the Army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa. But eight months later, he was replaced with Lt.Gen. Faiz Hamid on the insistence ofRead More →
China on Thursday said India and Pakistan should resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogue and consultations and avoid taking “unilateral actions” that could further complicate the situation. Replying to a question on the Kashmir issue raised by a Pakistani journalist, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning during a media briefingRead More →
In a statement, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “As a result of FATF scrutiny, Pakistan has been forced to take some action against well-known terrorists, including those involved in attacks against the entire international community in Mumbai on 26/11.” He said, “It is in global interestRead More →
Amid repeated holds on proposals to designate Pakistan-based terrorists under the UN sanctions regime, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that terrorism should not be used as a “political tool” and the idea that something is blocked without assigning a reason challenges common sense. “We do believe that in anyRead More →
The Border Security Force Saturday morning arrested a Pakistani national who was trying to cross the international border in the Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Identifying him as Mohammad Shabad, 45, of Sialkot, officials said that BSF noticed some suspicious movement near the border during early morning hours andRead More →
The government has terminated the services of three Indian Air Force (IAF) officers for lapses that led to the firing of a Brahmos missile from a base in Haryana in March this year, which landed in Pakistan near the town of Mian Channu. A statement issued by the IAF saidRead More →
