Shahbaz sees ‘bloody revolution’
Chief Minister Punjab Shah-baz Sharif Thursday said terrorism had rocked the very foundation of the country but the menace could not be rooted out overnight. He also said that a bloody revolution was approaching just around the corner.
Talking to private TV channel, he warned the people for getting ready…
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650 Indians on Interpol wanted list: report
The number of Indians on Interpol’s wanted list stands over 650 with most of them having allegedly committed serious crimes like terrorism and rape of a minor, reported the Press Trust of India Sunday. The global crime monitoring organization has issued 656 red-alert notices against Indians or people of Indian…
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PM condemns SW blast
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed sorrow and grief over the loss of precious lives including former MNA, Maulana Noor Muhammad in a bomb blast in South Waziristan Monday.
While strongly condemning the cowardly act of terrorism, the Prime Minister said that those elements playing with…
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Categories: The News Tags: South Waziristan, terrorism, Yousuf Raza Gilani
Secret assault on terrorism widens on two continents: NYT
At first, the news from Yemen on May 25 sounded like a modest victory in the campaign against terrorists: an airstrike had hit a group suspected of being operatives for Al Qaeda in the remote desert of Marib Province, birthplace of the legendary queen of Sheba. But the strike, it…
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FIA seeks video conferencing with Indian officials
RAWALPINDI – Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Monday submitted an application to Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi No 1 seeking the Court’s permission to conduct video conferencing of an Indian magistrate and police investigation officer (IO) as witnesses in Mumbai attack case.
In this regard, ATC judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan issued…
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Categories: The News Tags: india, Rawalpindi, terrorism
Stable Pakistan key to defeating terror: Zardari
LONDON (APP)- President Asif Ali Zardari Monday asserted that a democratic, strong and economically stable Pakistan, in partnership with Britain and the West, can emerge as a role model for one and a half billion Muslims.
“Terrorism is not just Pakistan’s problem. The Kabul conference last month acknowledged that…
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No one should doubt our intentions on War on terror: Zardari
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has restated his commitment to fighting terrorism, following talks with UK Prime Minister David Cameron. In an interview with BBC Newsnight, he said: “I don’t think anybody doubts our intentions on this war.” But he refused to be drawn on whether he had tackled Mr…
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US, UN declare HuJI a terrorist group
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US and the UN Friday designated Pakistan’s Harkat-ul-Jihad Al-Islami (HuJI) as a “Foreign Terrorist Organisation” and targeted its commander for supporting acts of terrorism, the US Treasury Department said.
Mohammad Ilyas Kash-miri, who the US labelled a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist”, will have any of his…
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PM calls for national unity; seeks world support for flood relief
ISLAMABAD (APP) – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday called for national unity and cohesion to effectively tackle the challenges facing the country including terrorism and extremism, target killings and lately the destruction and devastation caused by the flash floods.
“I want to seek attention of the countrymen,…
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Categories: The News Tags: Flood, terrorism, Yousuf Raza Gilani
Zardari, Cameron seek to repair Pak-UK ties
President Asif Ali Zardari held official talks with Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday, roughly a week after the British leader ignited a diplomatic row by accusing Pakistan of exporting terrorism. Cameron and Zardari discussed ways to boost trade, cooperation in the fight against terrorism, the situation in Afghanistan and…
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Categories: The News Tags: Afghanistan, Diplo, terrorism, zardari
Pakistani terror suspect arrested in Spain
A Pakistani man wanted in his home country over terrorism charges has been arrested in Spain, authorities said.
The man, identified as M.Z., was detained Tuesday night in Tortosa town in northeast Spain on the basis of an Interpol warrant issued against him, according to media reports.
M.Z. had…
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Senators pay tribute to Sifwat, term incident a security lapse
ISLAMABAD – The Senators on Wednesday called for review of Foreign Policy and formulation of uniform guidelines to counter rising terrorism.
They also blamed the law-enforcement agencies for their failure to maintain law and order situation in the country. The Upper House of the Parliament discussed the bad law and…
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Former Conservative Party leader slams Cameron’s remarks
The British Prime Minister David Cameron faced fresh criticism over his Pakistan terrorism remarks when former Conservative party leader Lord Tebbit accused him of running a sloppy, slap-happy government. Mr.Cameron is due to meet President Asif Ali Zardari at Chequers, outside London, on Friday. While he has insisted that he…
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180 US Cobra operatives land in Pak covertly
LAHORE – As Pakistan is battling hard to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country with suicidal bombing escalating to key cities, about 180 US Cobra operatives including spies linked to notorious Blackwater agency have arrived secretly in Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, and Quetta.
Well-informed police sources close to…
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US to help in construct number of bridges in KP
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Rahim Dad Khan Monday said that the scourge of terrorism as well as recent devastating flood had greatly marred the developmental process in the province as most of the developmental funds had been diverted towards tackling these pressing problems.
Talking to the US Consul General…
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Pak-UK relations can be affected by repeatedly relating Pakistan to terrorism: Kaira
Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has expressed concerns that Pak-British relations could be affected if the British Prime Minister David Cameron repeats his assertions against Pakistan on the issue of terrorism. Speaking at a reception hosted by PPP UK in his and Federal Minister for Manpower…
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Categories: The News Tags: PTI, Qamar Zaman Kaira, terrorism
Shahbaz, Altaf ask Zardari to cancel UK visit
KARACHI – MQM Chief Altaf Hussain expressed his dismay over the remarks of British Prime Minister David Cameron that Pakistan condones terrorism. He also asked President Asif Ali Zardari to review his decision to visit Britain that would reflect the sentiments of the whole nation.
He said Pakistan was being…
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