Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called for national unity and dialogue against the menace of terrorism in the country in wake of a terrorist attack on a Jaffar Express train in Balochistan’s Bolan district. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the train, travelling from Quetta to Peshawar and carrying 440 passengers, was ambushed…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide said on Thursday that he had told Washington that a 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States to pause the war in Ukraine would simply give Kyiv’s forces a much-needed battlefield respite. Russia’s advances along the front in recent months and US President Donald Trump’s attempt to…
Security forces killed 10 terrorists on Thursday who attacked a checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Jandola area, according to a statement from the interior ministry. According to the statement, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi paid tribute to security forces for repelling the attack. “I salute the security forces for foiling the attack,” he said and commended them…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said that Pakistan had evidence of calls related to the Jaffar Express hijacking incident being traced to Afghanistan but reaffirmed that it was India that was trying to “destabilise its neighboring countries”. The hijack occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the train, travelling from Quetta to Peshawar and carrying…
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the volcanic area around Naples overnight, causing several light injuries, damaging buildings and sending terrified residents into the streets, officials said on Thursday. The quake, which was followed by several much smaller tremors, was the biggest to hit the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) area in southern Italy for 10 months. It…
Security forces killed 10 terrorists on Thursday who attacked a checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Jandola area, according to a statement from the interior ministry. According to the statement, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi paid tribute to security forces for repelling the attack. “I salute the security forces for foiling the attack,” he said and commended them…
Former law minister and prominent lawyer Khalid Anwer passed away on Thursday in Karachi at the age of 87, his family told Dawn.com. Born on November 4, 1938, in Delhi, Anwer obtained a BSc (Hons) and LLB degree from the University of the Punjab and later a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Cambridge…
Pakistani soldiers stand guard in Bannu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa July 2, 2014. — Reuters Security forces foiled a terrorist attack as they killed eight to nine terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district on Thursday following a suicide blast near FC camp in Jandola area, said security sources. This is a developing story and is being updated with…
Survivors recall terrorists were armed with heavy weapons, grouped passengers on the basis of their region of origin. In the dead of the night, Muhammad Numan saw a chance. The three armed men guarding his bogie were in a deep sleep. Quickly, he put together an escape plan. “It’s a gamble of life and death…