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Attackers of Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings were inspired by ISIS
NTJ leader Zahran Hashim made a video with fellow NTJ members pledging allegiance to ISIL leader Abu Bakr Al-Bagdadi.
25 Jul 2019 8:58 AM
Imran Khan asks India to set aside differences and focus on trade
India has maintained that Pakistan first has to stop cross-border terrorism for talks to take place.
24 Jul 2019 4:51 PM
Kashmiri carried out Pulwama, Pakistan had no role to play: Imran Khan
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday claimed that the Pulwama terror attack was an 'indigenous' incident.
24 Jul 2019 1:14 PM
No lawyer willing to represent Musharraf, treason hearing deferred: Report
Court had also barred Musharraf’s lawyer Salman Safdar from arguing on his behalf and directed ministry to appoint defence lawyer for him.
24 Jul 2019 12:55 PM
'Felt humiliated when Osama bin Laden was killed by US,' says Pak PM
Speaking at the US Institute of Peace (USIP) here, Khan said the US did not trust Pakistan over the issue of Osama bin Laden.
24 Jul 2019 8:41 AM
NAB gets 13-day remand of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
The NAB is probing alleged corruption in the award of a contract to import LNG from Qatar by Abbasi
19 Jul 2019 8:26 PM
Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday attacks were meant for international audience
The terror that visited Sri Lanka in April 2019 was something that local people had hoped was long consigned to the past.
19 Jul 2019 4:39 PM
Suspect succumbs to injuries, four injured under treatment: Nepal explosion
The deceased, Ram Bahadur Singh, a part of the banned Nepal Communist Party, is suspected by police to have carried out the explosion.
19 Jul 2019 2:39 PM
12 killed, 40 wounded in Taliban attack: Afghanistan
Pictures on social media showed a huge plume of smoke rising over Kandahar, and Hayat said about six trucks carrying goods had burnt.
19 Jul 2019 9:45 AM
Will grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav according to our law: Pak
The ministry also said that Kulbhushan Jadhav had been informed of his rights under the Vienna Convention on consular relations.
19 Jul 2019 8:57 AM
26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed sent to 7-day judicial custody
The top 13 leaders of the banned JuD, including Saeed and Naib Emir Abdul Rehman Makki, were booked in nearly two dozen cases.
18 Jul 2019 3:24 PM
Pakistan shall proceed further as per law: Imran Khan on ICJ verdict
Khan tweeted: 'Appreciate ICJ’s decision not to acquit, release & return Kulbhushan Jadhav to India.'
18 Jul 2019 9:57 AM
Hafiz Saeed: From professor to the face of terror
Hafiz -- a title bestowed upon people who know the Quran by heart -- was born to a conservative family in Pakistan Punjab in 1950.
17 Jul 2019 4:08 PM
26/11 attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed arrested, sent to jail: Pak media
More details are awaited.
17 Jul 2019 12:54 PM
Flash floods in Pakistan leave 28 dead with toll likely to rise
Two mosques were also completely destroyed in the flash floods, officials said.
16 Jul 2019 2:45 PM
Pak anti-terror court grants interim bail to JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, his 3 aides
Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore granted interim bail to Saeed and his aides - Hafiz Masood, Ameer Hamza, and Malik Zafar - until Aug 31.
16 Jul 2019 9:19 AM
Sri Lankan President claims drug gangs behind Easter bombings
The statement comes amid a nationwide narcotics crackdown, with President aiming to reintroduce capital punishment for drug offences.
16 Jul 2019 9:15 AM
Gilgit-Baltistan in open letter says Pakistan only an 'assumed supervisor'
'Pakistan's status here is that of an (assumed) supervisor and it has no right to change the borders,' the letter stated.
15 Jul 2019 5:24 PM
Indian media delegation reaches Bangladesh to study border management strategies
The four-day visit is aimed at developing a better understanding of how the Border Guards Bangladesh and their Indian counterpart work.
15 Jul 2019 2:24 PM
Flood toll mounts to 65: Nepal
As many as 33,000 people in the Southern Plains have been affected due to the calamity in the last three days, according to Home Ministry.
15 Jul 2019 1:36 PM
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