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"Those who celebrated the fall of Kabul..." Pashtun leader slams Pakistan'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Dawar's tweet comes as Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the explosion in Islamabad that killed a policeman and injured six other people after a car with explosives blasted near a clinic in the federal capital, Pakistani media reported.
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Pakistan's home-grown "asset" TTP haunts its master
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
This year ends on an alarming note in Pakistan as many as 33 Islamist militants, who were under detention and interrogation, snatched the guns from security personnel on duty and made them hostage in their own office for three days and killed two.
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Pakistan: Militants storm police station in South Waziristan, flee with we
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Militants armed with rocket launchers and heavy weapons forced their way into the police station in Wana, the Dawn newspaper reported. A policeman inside at the time of the attack told Dawn that around 50 militants entered the station after blowing up the front gate.
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif vows to deal with terrorism using 'iron fists'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Shehbaz Sharif called terrorism a sensitive issue of national security and stressed that a joint strategy is needed to tackle the issue.
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Pakistan special forces end police station siege in city of Bannu
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Addressing a National Assembly, Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said, "all the terrorists" of the TTP who had taken hostages at a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) center in Bannu were killed in an army operation.
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Standoff between Pakistani security and TTP in Bannu continues
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Last Sunday, some 25 arrested members of banned terrorist organizations were under arrest at Bannu police station when they took the guns from seven security personnel on duty and took them hostage, a police officer in Bannu told Pakistan's Dawn while asking not to be named.
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Pakistan may witness rise in terror attacks from western frontiers during
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The attacks are usually carried out by ISIS, Taliban and now by Afghanistan forces too. This has been happening during this season for a long time.
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Pakistan: Blast leaves at least 13 injured in Balochistan's Khuzdar
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The explosive material blew up on a two-way road near the Umar Farooq intersection in the city, the police said. Two injured are said to be in critical condition.
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Taliban militants claim responsibility for last Tuesday attack in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Midstone Centre for International Affairs (MCIA) senior associate Shemrez Nauman Afzal said, "Note that #TTP spokesman's claim said "Tuesday past week" at the start of the statement. This could imply that the claimed attack took place on Tuesday 13th Dec, and after 5 days
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US concerned by TTP threat to Pakistan's security: Top US General
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A top US military commander has said the United States is concerned by the threat posed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the south Asian country's security amid the surge in violence perpetrated by the outlawed group in the country.
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Afghan Taliban challenges neighbour Pakistan as clashes erupt on border
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan is feeling frustrated with the ongoing instability in Afghanistan and may not want to be seen as an 'ally' of the Taliban regime to avoid the burden of stabilising Afghanistan.
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War underway in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province: Pak lawmaker Mohsin Dawar ami
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
No group has taken responsibility for the attack so far. But the police suspect the involvement of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Dawn newspaper reported.
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