PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s security forces are poised to restart a military operation against the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in northwestern Bajaur district following the breakdown of peace talks, officials said, prompting some local families to flee their homes in Lowi Mamund tehsil.
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Security forces kill 47 terrorists in Balochistan border clashes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces have killed 47 terrorists, including 14 in a follow-up operation, along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Balochistan’s Zhob district, the military said on Saturday, as part of ongoing efforts to curb cross-border militancy linked to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan rejects India’s ‘implausible’ claim of downing six aircraft in May clashes
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday dismissed as “implausible” and “comical” claims by the Indian Air Force chief that India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one military aircraft during a confrontation in May, marking the first official Indian statement on the incident three months after the worst hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades.
Opposition leaders sacked over May 9 riots convictions
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party suffered a major blow on Friday as the National Assembly and Senate secretariats announced the removal of Omar Ayub Khan and Shibli Faraz as opposition leaders, following their disqualification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over convictions tied to the May 9, 2023 riots.
Pakistan blames ‘procedural issues’ for Afghan FM’s delayed visit
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday attributed the shelving of a planned visit by Afghanistan’s Taliban foreign minister to “procedural issues”, amid reports that the United States had blocked a UN exemption allowing him to travel due to sanctions.
Security forces thwart infiltration bid, kill 33 militants
QUETTA: Pakistani security forces killed 33 militants attempting to infiltrate from Afghanistan into the country’s southwestern Balochistan province, the military said on Friday, in one of the deadliest recent encounters along the volatile border
Modi declined June White House visit to avoid Pakistan army chief – Bloomberg
ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declined a June meeting with US President Donald Trump, wary of a potential encounter with Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, who was also visiting Washington then, Bloomberg reported.
Two killed in bomb attack on police vehicle in South Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: At least two people were killed and 14 others, including two policemen, were injured when a remotely detonated bomb targeted a police patrol vehicle in a bustling marketplace in Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal district on Thursday, officials said.
Opposition PTI resists military operation in KP as peace talks stall in Bajaur
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday fiercely opposed any potential military operation in its ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province amid a spike in terror incidents, prompting a federal minister to assert that action against militants under the National Action Plan (NAP) would press ahead despite their resistance, as peace talks with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) faltered in Bajaur.
PTI protests disqualification of lawmakers in National Assembly
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former prime minister Imran Khan staged a heated protest in the National Assembly on Wednesday over the disqualification of over a dozen of its lawmakers by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), following their convictions by anti-terrorism courts in Punjab for cases tied to the May 9 violence.