Tag: terrorism
SDPI, NACTA sign MoU for joint research on terrorism, extremism-related issues
News Analysis | On Friday, the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) at...
Chief Justice constitutes another judicial commission, this time for APS victims
News Analysis | The top judge directed Yahya Afridi, the Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court, to form the judicial commission comprising three judges, and...
ISIS through the years
AFP | The Islamic State group launched a blistering offensive in 2014, capturing nearly a third of Iraq's territory before it was driven out at...
Animals are dying in Pakistan’s zoos & no one cares
News Analysis | Pakistan had become an unsafe place for humans after the launch of Global War on Terrorism; however, it is also becoming dangerous...
Pakistan & Afghanistan are on road to peace but it’s bumpy
News Analysis | Pakistan’s Western neighbor, Afghanistan has been in constant, never-ending war from as early as the 1980s to this day with sporadic patches...
Big protests expected as Trump UK visit in July confirmed
AFP | US President Donald Trump will make a long-awaited visit to Britain on July 13, Downing Street announced Thursday, his first since taking power in...
ATC warns of issuing warrants against Imran Khan, in case of...
News Analysis | The anti-terrorism court (ATC) has issued a warning against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan that if he fails to appear in...
Did NRO lead to democratic transition or cause billions of loss?
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has issued notices to retired general Pervez Musharraf, former president Asif Ali Zardari, and former attorney-general...
Manzoor Pashteen spoke up in Lahore; what’s the solution to their...
News Analysis | Manzoor Pashteen, the leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), addressed a rally at Lahore’s Mochi Gate on Sunday despite Punjab government's refusal...
PM Abbasi raised voice to ensure justice for people of occupied...
News Analysis | Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi has raised the voice of people residing in occupied lands and stressed the utmost need for...
Trump now terms Qatar as “Ally against Terroism”
News Analysis | Following the rift between Qatar and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in 2017, President of the United States of America Donald...
Islamophobic Terror: Muslim women stabbed in Houston
News Analysis | A $5,000 reward is being offered to help catch the attacker who stabbed a Muslim woman, in Houston, during a hate-filled attack. According...
Twitter suspends over a million accounts for ‘promotion of terrorism’
News Desk | On April 5, 2018, Twitter said that it has suspended more than one million accounts for “promotion of terrorism” since 2015. Twitter...
Pakistan Zindabad Movement: Turning tide against the new wave of sub-nationalism
News Analysis | Pakistan Zindabad Movement held a rally in support of the Pakistan Army in Pajagai near Ring Road on Tuesday. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
Saudi Arabia must face lawsuits over 9/11: US Judge
News Analysis | A US judge has ruled that the government of Saudi Arabia has to face lawsuits by American citizens over the September 11th...
Middle-east deck rearranges: Iran and Qatar coming closer together?
News Analysis | Javad Zarif, the foreign minister of Iran, wrote an opinion piece in the Qatar-based news agency, Al Jazeera, on Monday. Zarif advocated...
COAS, Bajwa in Brunei; Army carrying Diplomacy?
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is on an official visit to Brunei, held meetings with country’s top...
Yet another attack in heavily militarized Kabul kills 26 people
News Analysis | A group of teenagers walking out of Karte Sakhi shrine, where Afghans gather every year to mark Nauroz, became the victim of...
Australia and ASEAN: More loopholes than Swiss cheese
News Analysis | Australia’s Prime Minister, the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP hosted Australia’s first-ever summit with ASEAN on Australian soil on March 17-18, 2018. He...
US’s Response to Austin “Serial Bomber” highlights double standards
News Analysis | A suspect in a wave of bombing attacks in Austin killed himself inside his car with an explosive device early Wednesday as...
India is fomenting terrorism in Pakistan: DG ISPR
News Analysis | Major General Asif Ghafoor, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) — the media wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces has...
Bomb blast in Lahore: who benefits from it?
News Analysis | In a bomb blast in Lahore at least 7 people have been killed and more than a dozen got injured on Wednesday...
Rather than dragging Rana Sanaullah from his mustache, Khan should sell...
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan lashed out at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) provincial law minister and said that I will...
German far-right ‘terror’ group faces verdicts for attacks
AFP | Eight members of a German far-right group face verdicts Wednesday after a year-long terrorism trial over a series of explosives attacks targeting refugees...
Indo-Pak strained relations and ways to improve ties
News Analysis | “Narendra Modi- led government should stop selling the idea of ‘quadrilateral’ project of the US, Japan, Australia and India and...
US lights up pathway to Afghan peace
M K Bhadrakumar | The Principal Assistant Secretary of State in the US state department’s Bureau of South & Central Asian Affairs, Alice Wells gave...
Putin’s “Invincible” missile and its significance in Pakistan-Russian embryonic cooperation
News Analysis | At the start of this month, just a couple of weeks before running for his fourth presidential term, President Vladimir...
US urges Pakistan to ‘Do More’
News Analysis | US urged Pakistan to do more to combat terrorism, Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White said on March 4, 2018 at news...
Pakistan to be placed on FATF’s grey list in June: Confirms...
News Analysis | Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Faisal told media personnel during a press conference on Wednesday that Pakistan is to be placed...
Pakistan-Russia counter terrorism co-operation
Zeeshan Hayat | Counter-terrorism cooperation has been an important aspect of Pakistan-Russia relations. During the visit of former President Pervez Musharraf to Russia in 2003,...
Economic impacts of Pakistan being placed on terror watch list
News Analysis | Seeking diplomatic success, Pakistan sent Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr. Miftah Ismail to attend the six-day meeting of Financial Action...
Syra Shehroz features in campaign battling American propaganda
News Desk | Syra Shehroz recently featured in a campaign initiated by a clothing brand in response to the reprehensible western American TV series ‘'...
Declaring Pakistan state sponsor of terrorism will lead to an irreversible...
News Desk | In a seminar on “Changing Patterns of Extremism and Terrorism in Pakistan” at Woodrow Wilson Center on February 13, 2018, three renowned...
The best of Jihad is a word of truth in the...
News Desk | The Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa attended a military conference in Munich on Saturday. He highlighted Pakistan’s efforts in...
Why the US wants to put Pakistan on global terror-financing ‘watch...
News Desk | The US has presented a resolution seeking to place Pakistan on a global terror-financing ‘watch list’ which has been submitted to the...
Vietnam and Afghanistan Wars: Does History Repeat itself or Rhyme?
Jamal Hussain | History repeats itself,” the original adage was reportedly modified by Mark Twain to read “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.” A...
