QUETTA: Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri on Monday expressed deep sorrow and grief over the abduction and martyrdom of Lt. Col. Laeeq Ahmed and his companion in Ziarat. In a statement, she said the incident of abduction and martyrdom of Lt. Col. Laeeq and his cousin by terrorists was a very sad act and the elements […]
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‘Brutal crackdown’: Imran Khan denounces raids on PTI leaders’ houses
On Monday night, Punjab Police raided the homes of several PTI leaders, including former energy minister Hammad Azhar, Usman Dar, and Babar Awan. During a raid in Lahore, a police officer was shot and killed. The development occurred just hours after Senior Vice President of the PTI Fawad Chaudhry warned the government against using force […]
19 tourists freeze to death in Murree
As many as nineteen tourists died as the Army, Frontier Corps, and Rangers were called in to rescue thousands of visitors stranded in the freezing weather of Murree and Galyat on Saturday. According to Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed, 16 to 19 people died inside the automobiles buried by the snow. As local governments […]
Norway’s Telenor quits Myanmar over military coup
Norwegian telecoms group Telenor said Thursday it is selling its subsidiary in Myanmar, where it is one of the major operators, as a result of the military coup there. While the agreement to sell Telenor Myanmar to M1 Group for $105 million will ensure continued operations of its fixed and wireless networks, analysts expressed concern […]
DR Congo army claims 5 ADF rebel hideouts destroyed
Government troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday said they had destroyed five hideouts used by rebels of the feared Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). Army spokesman Lieutenant Jules Ngongo said they had located five of the hidden bases the ADF used to fall back to after their attacks on civilians in the northeast […]
Seven killed in Central Africa rebel attack: UN
Rebels killed seven people in coordinated attacks on army positions in the east of the Central African Republic, the UN peacekeeping force in the conflict-ridden country said Wednesday. The fighters of the Unity for Peace in Central Africa (UPC) rebel group mounted simultaneous attacks on army “checkpoints and camps” in the eastern city of Alindao, […]
Colombian forces seize six tons of cocaine from ELN rebel jungle labs
Colombia’s military seized six tons of cocaine from a jungle laboratory run by ELN guerillas in the southwest of the country, Defense Minister Diego Molano said Tuesday. “I want to announce to the country the most important blow to the ELN drug trafficking this year, with the seizure of six tons of cocaine hydrochloride,” he […]
South Korean MP apologises over BTS tattoo pictures
South Korea’s youngest MP apologised Thursday after she provoked fury among BTS fans by using pictures of tattooed singer Jungkook to promote her campaign to liberalise the country’s restrictive laws on inking. K-pop fans are fiercely protective of their idols and while Ryu Ho-jeong of the progressive minor Justice party did nothing to claim she […]
Khurshid Shah’s son ordered to surrender before accountability court
Farrukh Shah, son of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Khurshid Shah, withdrew his pre-arrest bail application from the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Following that, the Supreme Court ordered Farrukh Shah to surrender before the accountability court within three days. During the hearing, Farrukh Shah’s lawyer Farooq H Naik said in court that NAB […]
Attacks on FC in Balochistan – hybrid war beyond the rules
Two major incidents occurred in Balochistan involving the martyrdom of at least 12 soldiers from FC on the same day. They followed another blast in Chaman which killed at least 6 people nearly two weeks ago. These terrorist acts are emblematic of a fundamental problem of how Balochistan has evolved into a new operational space […]