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China's blocks proposal to list Masood Azhar as terrorist; India cond
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
NewDelhi [India], Dec. 30 (ANI): Terming China's decision to again block a proposal to list Masood Azhar as a designated terrorist under the 1267 sanctions committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as "surprising", India on Friday said the decision confirms the p
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Permanent status for military courts will be Pak Govt.'s failure on N
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Dec. 30 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that if military courts were given a permanent status, it would tantamount to confessing that the government has failed to achieve the targets of the National Action Plan (NAP) which was set up t
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Pakistan army chief claims nation has defeated terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec.30 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Armed Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has claimed that the country's armed forces have been successful in defeating terrorists and are now in the consolidation phase.
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Now in Pakistan, special speedy trial courts to deal with terrorism cases,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec.30 (ANI): Come January 7, 2017, and the Pakistan government has taken the principled decision that all terrorism-related cases will be dealt by special trial courts rather than military courts.
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Crisis management plan imperative to counter cybercrime threats in India:
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Considering that Indian cyberspace is vulnerable to cyber crime, the country must formulate a crisis management plan to tackle cyber attacks, cyber terrorism and cyber espionage attempts, noted a recent ASSOCHAM-PwC joint study.
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Pak law enforcers to get legal cover in terror-related cases
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec.29 (ANI): The Government of Pakistan is all set to introduce a new law to provide legal cover to law enforcement agencies working against terrorism.
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Husbands force wives into militancy: B'desh top cop
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 27 (ANI): Chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism unit, Monirul Islam, said on Tuesday that women turn towards militancy under pressure of their militant husbands.
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Sindh Govt.'s Rs 1.5 billion high-security prison project yet to take
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Dec. 26 (ANI): Sindh Government's Rs1.5 billion project to build a high-security prison for those convicted or being tried in high-profile terrorism cases has still not been started due to the delay in transfer of the land acquired for it to the prisons department.
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Zardari's close aide booked under anti-terror law
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Dec. 26 (ANI): A close aide to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has been booked under the anti-terrorism law for possessing illegal weapons.
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Counterfeit currency to terrorism is result of dependence on cash economy:
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday pitched for cashless economy and said heavy dependence on cash economy has encouraged counterfeit currency and terrorism.
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B'desh: Two female militants nabbed, one killed in raid at militant d
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 25 (ANI): A raid by the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit at a house in Ashkona Purba Para area of Dhaka led to the capture of two female militants and rescue of three children.
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CTTC raids 'militant den' in Dhaka
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 24 (ANI): A raid is underway as a Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) team in Bangladesh on Saturday encircled a three-story building here in Ashkona where several suspected militants are believed to have taken refuge.
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