ISLAMABAD: One of Pakistan’s most prominent television news networks suffered a security breach on Sunday night when unidentified actors hijacked its live satellite transmission and briefly replaced regular programming with subversive content.
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Pakistan condemns assassination of Iran’s supreme leader as breach of international law
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has condemned the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader as a flagrant violation of international norms that have long shielded heads of state from targeted killing, as the country finds itself caught between grief at home, missile exchanges across the Middle East and active combat on its Afghan frontier.
UPDATED – Nine killed in Karachi clashes at US consulate, two in Islamabad as protests over Iran’s Khamenei assassination sweep Pakistan
KARACHI: Nine people died and at least 35 others were injured on Sunday after protesters clashed with police and attempted to storm the US consulate in Karachi, as Pakistan witnessed widespread anger over the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes.
Pakistan says 415 Afghan Taliban killed in ‘Operation Ghazab lil Haq’ as fighting enters fourth day
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military operation against Afghan Taliban positions is set to continue until its objectives are fully met, officials said on Sunday, as the two countries became embroiled in the most serious fighting along their shared border in years.
UPDATED – Nine killed in Karachi clashes at US consulate as protests over Iran’s Khamenei assassination sweep Pakistan
KARACHI: Nine people died and at least 35 others were injured on Sunday after protesters clashed with police and attempted to storm the US consulate in Karachi, as Pakistan witnessed widespread anger over the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes.
Clashes erupt outside US consulate in Karachi after assassination of Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei
KARACHI: Clashes broke out between police and protesters outside the US consulate in Karachi on Sunday, with at least five people injured as demonstrators reacted to the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes the previous day.
PTA cautions public over social media posts amid Taliban border war and Middle East tensions
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s telecommunications regulator on Saturday cautioned citizens against sharing unverified, inflammatory or misleading content online, warning of possible legal action as the country’s military pressed a retaliatory campaign against the Afghan Taliban and regional tensions escalated with fresh attacks on Iran.
Pakistan condemns US-Israeli strikes on Iran, denounces Iranian attacks on Gulf states as region plunges into conflict
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday condemned the US and Israeli strikes on Iran as “unwarranted” and called for the urgent resumption of diplomacy to resolve the crisis, while also strongly denouncing Iran’s retaliatory missile attacks on several Gulf Arab states as blatant violations of their sovereignty.
Pakistan says 352 Taliban killed in cross-border operation as clashes with Afghanistan enter third day
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani forces killed 331 Afghan Taliban militants and wounded more than 500 others in “Operation Ghazab lil Haq,” Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday, providing the most detailed accounting yet of a military campaign that has thrust Pakistan and Afghanistan into their most serious confrontation in years.
Pakistan presses border strikes in Afghanistan, says 297 militants killed; Taliban offers talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s armed forces continued ground and air operations against Afghan Taliban positions overnight and into Saturday, security sources said, in a sustained response to Taliban-linked terrorism emanating from Afghan soil.