BEIJING — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to resolve their disputes through dialogue and consultation rather than force, amid escalating cross-border tensions. Wang conveyed the message in a phone call with his Afghan counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi, emphasizing the need for calm, restraint, and an immediate ceasefire. Read More: […]
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
Kh Asif rejects Fazl’s criticism of Islamabad’s action against Taliban
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday rejected the comparison between Islamabad’s actions against the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and New Delhi’s unprovoked action against the country in May as “wrong and inappropriate”. The defence minister’s remarks come a day after Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman questioned Pakistan’s objection to Indian attacks when […]
Most TTP fighters infiltrating into Pakistan are Afghans: CDF
Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir has said that formations of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) infiltrating into Pakistan mostly comprised Afghans. “In the TTP formations coming [into Pakistan], 70 per cent are Afghans,” he said. The defence forces’ chief made this statement at the National Ulema Conference held in […]
Islamabad suicide attack planned by TTP’s Noor Wali, says Tarar
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday said banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) chief Noor Wali Mehsud planned the November 11 suicide blast outside Islamabad’s Judicial Complex. The attack killed 12 people and injured 35 others, with the government saying days later that it had arrested four terrorists belonging to the TTP. Addressing a press conference in […]
20 Terrorists killed in KP counter-terror operations, ISPR says
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) – At least 20 terrorists were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in KP on October 8 and 9, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Monday. Security forces successfully targeted terrorist hideouts in North Waziristan and Dara Adam Khel. In Shawal, North Waziristan, eight terrorists were killed during an operation by […]
Punjab CTD foils major terror plot, arrests 34 terrorists in large-scale operations
Punjab’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) successfully stopped a major terror attack by arresting 34 terrorists from banned groups during 415 intelligence-based operations across the province. These extensive raids took place in multiple cities including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, and Bahawalpur, targeting those planning attacks on key installations. The CTD recovered explosives, detonators, weapons, and other dangerous materials […]