Tag: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
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Pakistan’s security under threat by TTP: UN report
The UN earlier this year, had noted that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was responsible for over “100 cross-border attacks between July and October 2020”.
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Mufti Muneeb says Karachi rally aimed to ‘promote peace’ amid fears of sectarian violence
Tens of thousands of protesters, including demonstrators linked to extremists, rallied in Pakistan’s Karachi on Saturday, in the second day of protests that have sparked fears of sectarian violence. Vast crowds of men thronged downtown Karachi — Pakistan’s largest city and a major business and industrial hub — many of them waving sectarian flags and…
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Why is Tableeghi Jamat in hot waters in Pak, India & France?
In the backdrop of COVID19 surge worldwide, two congregations of the TJ, one in Pakistan (150,000 people) and another in India (3000 people) rippled shockwaves. Both, allegedly, violated official instructions. Hundreds of foreign attendees came to Nizam mosque (New Delhi) as `tourists ‘instead of as ‘missionaries’ from 21 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Sri…
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Iran’s proxy war and Pakistan
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in Afghanistan, Americas, Global Village, History, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Middle East & Turkey, Military, Most Read, Op-Ed, Op-Ed, Pakistan, Pakistan, Politics, South Asia, USIn International relations, there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies only permanent interests. Geopolitics and International relations approach in the world quickly changed after 9/11. The idea of World war and bipolar alliances got fizzled out. Arab spring served as a catalyst in this emerging trend. This approach not only changed the geopolitics…
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A Terror Free Pakistan: Fatalities dip up to 31% in 2019
Pakistan has recorded a 31% drop in terror-related fatalities, claimed the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies. The think-tank produced a report based on news and independent monitors. The report of think-tank asserted that while Balochistan recorded the highest number of the terror-related incidents last year, there has been a significant drop in terror-related…
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Student militancy – precursor to another tide of violence? – Saad Rasool
Opinion | As Maulana’s supporters sharpen their batons and do their military parades (with a guard of honor to Maulana), people have started asking who these bearded baton-wielders are, and what is their political ethos. Are they peace-loving students of Madrassas – trained primarily is matters of the faith – who are now being asked…
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Destabilizing through terrorism – Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The transnational terrorist groups have been targeting both state and society of Pakistan since the launch of the global war on terrorism. The armed forces of Pakistan successfully erased their sanctuaries in the (erstwhile) Federal Administrative Tribal Areas. However, a few sleeping cells remain operative in the urban centres of…
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Refuting the anti-state agenda: Naqeeb’s father praises the army
News DesK | In an interesting development, a video message of Naqeebullah Mehsud’s father Muhammad Khan Mehsud ruled out all anti-army agenda being driven by state enemies. Naqeebullah Mehsood, a youth belonging from Abdullai Mahsud tribe of the Pashtuns was killed on January 13, 2018, in Karachi during a fake encounter, staged by the senior…
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Calling the enemy by its name – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | On Friday this week, terrorism once again raised its ugly head in Pakistan. In two simultaneous attacks, one in KPK and the other in Karachi (there is still no consensus as to whether these were coordinated by the same sponsors), Pakistan lost more than thirty-five innocent lives to the scourge of mindless…
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Frontline: PM Khan & COAS in Quetta to discuss security situation
News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday reached Quetta in order to evaluate the security conditions in Balochistan. The largest province of Pakistan is considered to be a front line in the fight against terrorism as it is wracked with militancy. “The premier…