Pakistani government and military do not seem to have a way out from facing persistent attacks from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The demands of TTP have varied over time, and the group has been using violence as means to make Pakistan accept them. One of its major demands of
The casualties among Chinese nationals in Pakistan are causing anxiety in the minds of Chinese companies and Xi Jinping's government. These targeted attacks will severely impede Chinese investments in Pakistan, creating tension between the two "brotherly" nations.
Alarmed by this rising graph of terrorist attacks, the squabbling institutions have shown signs of a truce and pulling back from the precipice the country has reached. But it is an uneasy, even brittle pause.
The rise in the number of people who were killed or injured in terrorist attacks underscores how serious the challenge is and Pakistan is in the middle of a full-blown internal war.
To date, more than 125 police personnel have fallen to terrorist attacks this year and over 200 of them have been seriously injured, sending shock waves through the force. Today, fear is palpable throughout the police stations and check posts in the tribal areas, The Pak Military Monitor rep
According to the report, prepared by the Centre for Research and Security Studies, the number of deaths was 358 and that of injuries was 496, which resulted from as many as 219 terrorist attacks and counterterrorism operations during the January-March period.
Eight terrorists were killed in an exchange for fire with security officials in the Zarmilan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's South Waziristan District on Saturday, Dawn newspaper reported citing the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Pashtun civilians are deliberately mislabelled, harassed, and used as a political tool by Islamabad in order for the country to earn international praise for supposedly combating terrorism.
According to a report in Dawn, the party has dedicated the white paper to PTI chief Imran Khan, party workers, and the people of Pakistan, who are "fighting and facing torture for real independence" and democracy.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will be holding the polls in politically crucial Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces on May 14 as directed by the Supreme Court.
According to details provided by Rangers, the accused used to receive instructions from a TTP terrorist, Afsar Khan alias Arshad, who is based in Afghanistan. The arrested terrorists would provide mobile numbers of local businessmen in Karachi to Afsar Khan in Afghanistan.
The concerns were raised during the National Security Council of Pakistan's 41st meeting on Friday in Islamabad. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over the National Security Council of Pakistan's 41st meeting.