The suicide bombing in Bhakkar, which martyred two policemen and wounded five others, is not just another entry in a bleak ledger. Etched in blood, it is a warning about how far the insurgency’s reach has stretched, from the northwest’s familiar fault lines into Punjab’s arteries. On the same day in Kohat, militants ambushed a […]
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Orakzai. Central Kurram. Eleven soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel and a major, were killed in a pre-dawn assault. Nineteen militants died in return. The firefight lasted hours, a grim echo of battles Pakistan thought it had buried after Zarb-e-Azb. Across the province, villages watch the mountains in silence while gunfire writes the news. The Tehreek-e-Taliban […]
Rehman urges world powers to win hearts, minds of Afghan people
ISLAMABAD: Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Chairman Senator Rehman Malik urged US President Joe Biden and world powers to play their role in bringing peace in Afghanistan to win hearts and minds of Afghans in particular and the world in general. In an open letter to US President Joe Biden, he suggested that the […]
Waseem Akhtar indicted in May 12 carnage case
KARACHI: A special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday has indicted Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar in a case related to violence and carnage which had taken place on May 12, 2007. The court also heard four more cases in relation to the carnage in which many others were also indicted, however, all in accused along with […]