Indeed, the tide is turning. In one multidimensional election season, the Pakistani nation has matured beyond belief. Undeterred by the threats spewed forth by the Taliban, it voted in droves as never before. And in doing so, it crossed a very important psychological Rubicon. It looked the Taliban ...

United NationWarning that Africa risked becoming ‘the epicentre of terrorism’, Pakistan has called for stepped up measures to resolve long festering conflicts and crises across the continent to stamp out the scourge.“Africa is the new frontier for international terrorism and ...

Looking back at the last 10 years, terrorism has increased manifold. The recent increase in these bomb blasts indicates that hidden hands are fighting a covert war not only to defeat us psychologically but also to break the backbone of our economy through subsequent calls for strikes and days of ...

KARACHI - The ANP and PPP leaders have said the terrorists and extremists have announced battle against the country’s liberal forces. They said it is need of the hour that all the liberal forces should unite against the elements those are harming the democratic process in the country.ANP ...

KARACHI - Caretaker Interior Minister Malik Habib held meeting with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders at party’s headquarter Nine Zero here on Sunday and discussed law and order situation. MQM leaders Dr Farooq Sattar, Dr Sagheer Ahmed, Nabeel Gabool and others welcomed the minister. ...

We have a caretaker Prime Minister, who is seldom seen or heard. He was one of the nominees of the outgoing coalition government led by the PPP. So are the Chief Ministers in the provinces.Nature abhors vacuum. A few days back, we saw the Chief of Army Staff filling a little of this vacuum when he ...

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that political forces having dictatorial thinking pushed the country into uncertain law and order situation and blaze of terrorism.He was addressing an election campaign gathering in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday.Fazlur Rehman ...

lahore - Former Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan took eight turns in the past but all the time he was routed in the elections.Addressing a Press conference following joining of a number of former Nazims with the PML-N on Tuesday, he said that ...

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf appeared before an anti-terrorism court on Saturday after spending the night at police headquarters in Islamabad, officials said.Musharraf was moved into police custody after being arrested on Friday, an unprecedented move against a former army chief of staff ...

Amir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Syed Munawar Hasan has said that how terrorism can be eliminated when it was allowed to grow under the very wings of the government for the last five years.In an interview, Syed Munawar Hasan said “we have been providing logistical support to terrorism by including ...

Laura Beth Nielsen The Boston Marathon bombing once again has Americans asking, “Is this terrorism?” And more broadly, “What is terrorism?” We asked ourselves those questions the moment we heard the news. Our news anchors asked for the next ...

KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Munawar Hasan has presented 29-point party manifesto for upcoming general elections here on Monday. The JI chief presented the party manifesto during a ceremony held at a local hotel. The main points of the manifesto that the JI wants to make Pakistan a model state ...

WASHINGTON  - The US assistance to Pakistan has helped in reducing the conditions that foment extremism in the country, US Secretary of State John Kerry said as the State Department in its annual budget sought USD 1.3 billion in economic and military assistance for Pakistan."Our economic and ...

LAHORE - Secretary General, Jamaat e Islami, Liaqat Baloch, has said the JI, if voted to power, would wipe out terrorism and lawlessness, safeguard the independence and sovereignty of the country and protect the life, property and honour of the people. Addressing corner meetings in his constituency ...

QUETTA   - Law-enforcement agencies on Monday foiled a terror bid by defusing explosives planted on a bicycle in Kaichi Beg area here. According to police sources, a suspicious bicycle, with 10kg explosives planted on it, parked near a petrol pump spread panic in Kaichi Beg area of Quetta. ...

Terrorism has jolted the very foundations of the state like a massive earthquake, instead of focusing and analyzing on whose fault it is we should be trying to locate the epicenter of this whole seismic flow. Without it, we cannot perceive the exact nature and magnitude of this phenomenon.The ...

There has been confirmation, indeed expansion, of the remarks on Hindu terrorism by Indian Internal Affairs Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, by Home Secretary R.K. Singh, as well as External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, while talking to the press separately on Tuesday. Both were talking about Mr ...

LAHORE – Majlis Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen has vowed to actively participate in Muharram processions and majalis, saying terrorists could not stop the faithful from expressing love for martyrs of Karbala. Addressing a called press conference at Lahore Press Club on Thursday, Central Secretary ...

Federal Interior Minister Rehman A. Malik Tuesday said the terrorist activities scaled down in Quetta following the imposition of bans on motorcycles and mobile phone services.Talking to media after appearing before the Supreme Court’s bench hearing Balochistan law and order case here, he ...

KARACHI - Anti-Extremist Cell of the Crime Investigation Department claimed to have foiled a major terror activity ahead of Muharram by arresting four alleged members of banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. AEC officials during press conference held at Garden Police Headquarters on Tuesday disclosed the ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has said the law-enforcement agencies will be equipped with the state of art equipment and training to fight crimes and terrorism adding, “we will not allow anyone to silence the soul of the nation”.Addressing the 14th Annual Awards ...

President says terrorism poses big challenge to the world and united efforts are needed to fight the menace. President Asif Ali Zardari has proposed to start a train service between Pakistan and China to further improve people to people contacts. He said the future of the region is attached with ...

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that giving protection to public lives and properties is among the top priorities of the Provincial government and Elite Force is playing important role in this regard.Addressing the 14th passing out parade of Elite Force here in Lahore on Wednesday, Rana ...

Out of 26 passengers, 18 died in an unfortunate incident when about a dozen unidentified armed men opened fire on a bus in Kohistan area, which was heading towards Rawalpindi from Gilgit. Against this backdrop, all government and private offices, educational institutions and business centres across ...

LAHORE – Polio vaccine could not be administered to thousands of children due to unrest in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some areas of Fata, some families were forced to migrate and take refuge elsewhere due to terrorism as a result of which polio could not be eliminated completely from ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday expressed his resolve to continue support and cooperation with Afghanistan against the menace of terrorism. In a brief talk with mediamen after his arrival here at local airport, the prime minister, while answering a question about a letter sent by ...

 Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan on Saturday said government of Pakistan condemned the resolution tabled in the US Congress regarding the Balochistan issue and it was an intervention in the domestic matters of Pakistan.Addressing a ceremony at Private ...

The death of four out of eleven alleged terrorists, who were a few months back declared to be in the custody of security agencies, has served to focus attention on some of the poignant facets of the war on terror that the nation is grappling to find answers for. These people were accused of ...

LAHORE – “Jihad is not fasad. Rather it is a battle for establishing peace. Jihad should be waged against India for her  nasty acts of water terrorism and killing of Kashmiri freedom fighters. Rulers should break their silence against ruthless Delhi. India, Israel and America want ...

MAILSI - War against terror, which Pakistan is fighting for the betterment of world, should be ended for safety of our country. This was stated by PPP MNA Mehmood Hayat Khan alias Tochi khan in a press conference in Mailsi Secretariat. He said that Pakistan was fighting war against terrorism for ...