ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed 31 militants in two separate intelligence-based operations in the restive northwest, the military said on Monday, as the country battles a surge in attacks blamed on Taliban-linked fighters backed by India.
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President Zardari pledges deeper defence ties with China in landmark aerospace visit
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari pledged on Sunday to deepen defence ties with China, touring the headquarters of the country’s top aerospace firm in a landmark visit that highlighted their strategic alliance amid fragile peace with India.
UPADTE-Military says 19 soldiers martyred, 45 militants killed in clashes near Afghan border
ISLAMABAD: Security forces clashed with militants in three fierce firefights along the rugged border with Afghanistan this week, leaving 19 soldiers martyred and 45 insurgents killed in the latest flare-up of violence in the country’s volatile northwest, the military said on Saturday.
Military says 12 soldiers martyred, 35 militants killed in Afghan border clashes with TTP
ISLAMABAD: Security forces clashed with militants in two fierce firefights along the rugged border with Afghanistan this week, leaving 12 soldiers martyred and 35 insurgents killed in the latest flare-up of violence in the country’s volatile northwest, the military said on Saturday.
Pakistan denounces Israel at UN, calls Doha airstrike illegal assault on Qatar’s sovereignty
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan unleashed a blistering attack on Israel at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, condemning a recent airstrike in Qatar as an “illegal, unprovoked” assault that threatened regional stability and sabotaged Gaza peace talks.
PM Sharif meets Qatar’s emir after Israeli airstrike, calls for Muslim unity
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday, urging Muslim nations to unite against Israeli aggression following a deadly airstrike in Doha that killed at least six people, including a Qatari security guard.
Pakistan seeks emergency U.N. Security Council meeting after Israeli strikes hit Doha
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday after Israeli airstrikes targeted Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital of Doha, expanding Israel’s military aggression across the Middle East to include a key Gulf ally that has long hosted the Palestinian for peace negotiations.
Pakistan using foreign technology to monitor millions, censor internet – Amnesty
ISLAMABAD: The government has constructed an expansive digital surveillance and censorship network using technology from companies in Germany, China, Canada, the United States, France and the United Arab Emirates, enabling sweeping violations of privacy, free speech and other rights that suppress dissent and target activists, according to a new Amnesty International report.
Sindh scrambles evacuations as Indus River flow rises toward Guddu Barrage
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s flood crisis shifted downstream into Sindh province on Monday, with officials warning that more than 1.6 million people could be affected this week as surging waters from the Indus River and its tributaries threaten southern towns and farmland before draining into the Arabian Sea.
PTI expels Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister, 10 lawmakers amid party rift
ISLAMABAD: In a major shake-up within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the country’s main opposition party, 11 lawmakers from Gilgit-Baltistan, including Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan, have been stripped of their party membership for forming a dissident bloc and voting against party policy, according to termination letters issued by PTI.