Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has witnessed a distressing rise in the number of suicide attacks with a staggering 29 such incidents leaving the country terrorised in 2023, data by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) showed on Monday. According to The News, the surge is said to be at the highest level since 2014. At least 329 people were killed and 582 individuals were injured in the wake of the suicide attacks in Pakistan this year. Whereas in 2013, 683 people lost their lives in 47 suicide bombings. As compared to the preceding year, 2022,…

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KARACHI: Police defused an improvised explosive device (IED) from a train at the Cantonment Railway Station which was arriving from Peshawar to the port city, Geo News reported Saturday.  According to law enforcement officials, the bomb disposal squad reached the station after receiving information about the bomb in Awam Express and defused it through a controlled blast.  The police added that the bomb was hidden under the seat of the Awan Express train.  Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) senior officer Raja Umar Khattab said the attempt to sabotage could have been done by a…

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Following demands by several political parties, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday extended the nomination papers filing date by two days till December 24. In a statement on Friday, the electoral said the candidates can now file nomination papers till December 24 as the deadline has been extended by two days. The political parties can also submit a priority list for reserved seats till December 24, it added. The electoral body said the scrutiny for nomination papers will be held from Dec 25 till Dec 30. Earlier, the…

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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has outlined Pakistan’s approach towards maintaining relations with friendly countries, saying that the country seeks balanced ties and eschews bloc politics, according to the military’s media wing. The army chief made these remarks in a candid discussion with members of prominent US think tanks and media during his official visit to Washington, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. The COAS said that Pakistan is a country of consequence both from geopolitical and geoeconomic perspectives and wishes to develop itself…

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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has said that as Pakistan stood at the crossroads of history, it could no longer continue to compromise its national security by accommodating huge number of undocumented immigrants. “Our ultimate aim is to build a safer, more peaceful and prosperous Pakistan – with associated benefits for our own people, for the region, and the wider world,” the prime minister wrote in an article published in The Telegraph on Sunday. He said that the governments across the world were adapting to a new era of…

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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will pay a one-day visit to Kuwait tomorrow (Monday) to convey his condolences over the sad demise of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday. A brief statement issued by the FO spokesperson said that the premier would convey sympathies and condolences to the royal family, the government and the people of the Arab state on behalf of the government and the people of Pakistan. Sheikh Nawaf passed away at the age of 86 on…

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ISLAMABAD: Judicial Magistrate Yasir Mehmood has allowed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to execute arrest warrant for former information minister Fawad Chaudhry and facilitate his participation in the ongoing investigation. Acting on the court’s directive, the NAB sought the arrest of Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday for alleged “misuse of authority” in a construction project. During the hearing presided over by Judicial Magistrate Yasir Mehmood, NAB officials, and the investigation officer were present. NAB officials informed the judge that Fawad’s custody was necessary for an inquiry into charges of “corruption and…

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LAHORE: Punjab police on Wednesday requested to block CNICs of 18 proclaimed offenders (POs) involved in the cases of arson and vandalism on May 9 and 10. The POs included PTI leaders Murad Saeed, Azam Khan Swati, Hammad Azhar, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Hafiz Farhat Abbas, Karamat Ali Khokhar, Ali Amin Gandapur, Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh, Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi, Ali Asghar Manda, Musarat Jamshed Cheema, Jamshed Cheema, Ahmad Khan Niazi, Zubair Khan Niazi, Asad Zaman Cheema, Saeed Ahmed Sindhu, Malik Nadeem Abbas Bara and Ghulam Mohiuddin Dewan. According to the spokesperson for…

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