Troops ready to defeat any form of aggression: army chief
RAWALPINDI: Troops engaged in the ongoing military operation in North Waziristan were showered with glowing tributes on Tuesday by army chief General Raheel Sharif, an ISPR press release said. The…
Afghan, US officials sign long-delayed security pact
KABUL: Officials from Afghanistan and the United States on Tuesday signed a long-delayed security agreement to allow American troops to stay in the country after the end of the year, fulfilling…
India police arrest over 200 for religious violence in Gujarat
NEW DELHI: Indian police in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat have arrested more than 200 people after violence between majority Hindus and minority Muslims, a senior officer said…
TTP network in Karachi ‘destroyed beyond repair’: Rangers
KARACHI: In a report submitted to Standing Committee on Interior Affairs, Rangers official Colonel Tahir Mehmood said security forces have destroyed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s network in Karachi beyond repair. Rangers submitted…
‘Sorry for algebra’: Twitter hashtag #MuslimApologies goes viral
Twitter users around the world have been posting sarcastic messages with the hashtag #MuslimApologies in a bid to counter negative portrayals of Islam. The hashtag appeared on Tuesday and quickly…
Communal riots erupt in Gujarat; 40 arrested
NEW DELHI: Authorities in India’s Gujarat state arrested at least 40 people after late-night clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the city of Vadodara and suspended mobile phone Internet and…
85 ‘militants’ surrender in Dera Bugti
QUETTA: Fifteen people reported to be militants belonging to the Bugti tribe and their 70 accomplices surrendered themselves to law-enforcement personnel in Sui on Sunday. Khan Wasey, spokesman for the…
Pakistan stands for universal ban on nukes
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is not against nuclear disarmament but it should be universal and non-discriminatory, says Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry. During the 69th General Assembly, the United Nations observed the first-ever…
Ghani takes oath as new Afghan president
KABUL: Ashraf Ghani, a one-time US-based academic, was sworn in as the new president of Afghanistan on Monday, taking power as Nato troops end their 13-year war without defeating the fierce…
Media Neglecting the Nation’s War on Terror
ZarbEAzb is progressing successfully, in its fourth month now. Since before the operation started, it was opposed by Govt. and some other parties. Despite of all the damage…