MUZAFFARABAD: Around 200 families affected by Indian shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir have left their homes in vulnerable areas to take refuge in safe places. Divisional Commissioner Raja Amjad Pervaiz said displacements had taken place from Balewal and Khairowal villages of the Chhamb (Iftikharabad) sector of Barnala tehsil. On Tuesday, there was intermittent shelling from morning to afternoon, but no casualties were reported, he…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s decision to attend the sixth edition of the Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference in India next month is unchanged despite an escalation of tension along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary (WB). Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz told reporters about this decision at the end of a seminar on Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) reforms which he attended on Tuesday. “I will participate in the Heart of Asia meeting…
A few days ago, a friend of mine (who is a renowned activist) jokingly made a comment on Facebook that no suicide bomber would ever consider detonating in Lasbela, Balochistan because it’s unbelievably hot there; no bomber is mad enough to kill himself in such scorching heat. Alas, he was proven wrong. On Saturday, a young suicide bomber targeted a Sufi shrine near Lasbela, killing around 60 people and injuring more than a 100. ISIS…
KHAIRPUR: Two suspects declared absconders in the Oct 31, 2015 gun battle case that had left 11 people dead and many others wounded in Daraza Sharif voluntarily surrendered themselves before the Khairpur antiterrorism court on Monday. Bashir Ahmed Junejo and Sikandar Ali Junejo were nominated in the case soon after the attack and counter attack involving two rival parties during the polling for the first phase of local government elections in the city, which houses…
The writer is an Engineer by profession and blogger by passion. Every other day we hear to the same old tune, that the “armed forces & government together have broken the backbone of terrorists & destroyed their network”. But within just a few days, this “broken” backbone strikes again & takes away precious lives of the beautiful, energetic & goal-oriented flowers of our homeland. Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park Blast, attack on Lawyers in Quetta, attack on Police…