PESHAWAR – The militant group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the deadly blast at a mosque near the police lines in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which claimed at least 32 people and wounded nearly 150 others. Reports in local media suggested that a ...

ISLAMABAD – Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, the former member of the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court, issued a religious decree rejecting the extremist approach of the terror group, calling them 'rebels'. Addressing the Paigham-e-Pakistan National Conference, the noted scholar said ...

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has disclosed that Gen (r) Qamar Javed Bajwa said to him in the last meeting, “You are a playboy” and in a reply, he accepted by saying, "Yes, I was". Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman said this in a meeting with the journalists at his residence at Zaman ...

Another meeting of the National Security Committee under the chair of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif began at PM House in Islamabad on Monday afternoon. The meeting is being attended by the army chief, chairman joint chiefs of staff committee and ISI director general. Ministers of interior, ...

ISLAMABAD – A second meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) is scheduled to take place today on Monday to discuss key issues related to security. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday summoned a second session of the National Security Committee (NSC). The meeting will be held at the ...

ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah late Tuesday claimed to nab suspects involved in a suicide bombing in the country’s federal capital, in which a cop was martyred and at least six others were wounded. The PML-N leader made these remarks as fears grow that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan ...

QUETTA – Four Pakistani soldiers were martyred after a group of armed men attacked a convoy in Turbat area of Balochista’s Kech district on Saturday. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks in recent weeks after outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) withdrew from a ...

Pakistan has expressed serious concerns over the rise of extremist nationalism in India and its expansionist designs for the South Asia region, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch at a weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday said “We still await ...

ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto said Afghan Taliban have been told that the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban is Pakistan’s red line and Islamabad would not tolerate attacks as he called on Kabul to look into the matter seriously. FM Bilawal made these remarks as TTP declared an end to the ...

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON – Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived in the United States to kickstart his week-long visit, where he interacted with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and other officials on Tuesday. During the meeting, the US State Department secretary ...