ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected the claims that the issue of Indian spy agency’s involvement in Pakistan was discussed during his meeting with the country’s leadership, DawnNews reported. President Rouhani said this while addressing a press conference in the federal capital before his return on Saturday. He was replying to a question regarding the claims made earlier by the Pakistani government about discussing the issue of Research and Analysis Wing’s (RAW) involvement in Pakistan’s…
Posts published in “Day: March 27, 2016”
BRUSSELS is a world away from here. Different reasons, different trajectories. Plus, we’ve already had our Parises and Brussels several times over. But Brussels is important because it confirms what Paris had revealed: a fourth wave of jihad. As we tamp down our own third wave of jihad, might we too face a fourth down the road? Speculation is a dirty game, but worse is to be caught unawares and unprepared. Before we get into…
The writer is a security analyst. THE Brussels terrorist attacks have made it evident that the militant Islamic State group (IS) is transforming into a global terrorist network. The group’s weakening territorial control in Iraq and Syria could be one reason for this transformation. But the most important factor is that the group is losing its attraction among Islamist militant movements mainly due to its ultra-violent sectarian credentials. The so-called Khorasan chapter of IS also…
The author is a Senior Investigative Correspondent of Geo News in Karachi Formed in 1996 by former affiliates of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) including Riaz Basra, Malik Ishaq, Akram Lahori, and Ghulam Rasool Shah, the defunct Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) littered the country’s terror history with brutal acts of sectarian violence. In less than ten years, on Jan 30, 2003, the US Department of State designated the LeJ as a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organisation’. Pakistan’s most ruthless…
The writer is resident editor of The News in Peshawar. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is very clear in his mind that India is Pakistan’s biggest enemy. In a recent interview with TNS during his visit to Peshawar, he said it is his mission to raise awareness about this issue and keep reminding the Muslims in the subcontinent that Pakistan is incomplete geographically until Kashmir joins it and the states forcibly occupied by India are liberated. The…
The Russian Presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has estimated the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has 10,000 loyalists in Afghanistan. Kabulov who is also director of the Second Asian Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry has said the terror group is expanding its military activity in Afghanistan. “The IS activity has grown significantly in Afghanistan since summer 2014. The group numerical strength is estimated at 10,000 people,” Kabulov quoted by…