by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, December 26th, 2018 KARACHI: Although terrorism and targeted killings committed by banned sectarian outfits have been decreasing in the metropolis since 2013 because of a continuous operation by the security forces, there have been three major acts of terrorism, including the deadly attack on the Chinese consulate, during 2018 which were allegedly perpetrated by sub-nationalist groups, it emerged on Tuesday. The city also witnessed a ‘bomb attack’ on a gathering…
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by Tahir Khan in Daily Times, Nov13, 2018. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday released two more senior Afghan Taliban leaders apparently in the wake of meetings between political representatives of the Taliban and the US officials in Qatar. Two Taliban officials confirmed to Daily Times the release of Abdul Samad Sani, a Taliban fundraiser, and Salahuddin, a military commander, weeks after Pakistan set free former Taliban deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Sani was among a…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, October 26th, 2018 ISLAMABAD: The Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) headed by Hafiz Mohammad Saeed are no more on the list of banned outfits after the presidential ordinance that proscribed them under a UN resolution lapsed. During the hearing on Thursday of a petition filed by Hafiz Saeed, his counsel informed the Islamabad High Court that the presidential ordinance had lapsed and it had never been extended. The…
by Khaleeq Kiani in Dawn, October 11th, 2018 ISLAMABAD: Not impressed with the progress made so far, a delegation of the Asia Pacific Group (APG) has asked Pakistan to do more and get its house in order so that it may get out of the grey list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Apparently the group members found the legal framework insufficient, and the institutional arrangements weak. According to sources, the delegation feared…
PTI report in The Indian Express, Oct 6, 2018 Washington : Pakistan-based terrorist outfits — the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — are among radical Islamist groups identified as a potential threat to the US in the Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy. In addition to the ISIS and al-Qaeda, dozens of other radical Islamist terrorist groups are working to advance more locally focused insurgent or terrorist campaigns, while still posing a threat to United…
The Government of Maldives’ counterterrorism efforts concentrate on countering violent extremism and limiting the flow of foreign terrorist fighters. Marginalized Maldivians, especially those within the penal system or involved in criminal gangs, are at heightened risk of radicalization to violence, with some joining terrorist groups. On April 23, assailants stabbed to death blogger Yameed Rasheed, whom some in Maldives perceived to espouse anti-Islamic views. Maldives Police Service (MPS) arrested two Maldivians accused of conspiring with…
By KHAAMA PRESS – Sun Sep 16 2018, 2:34 pm The Taliban group will likely demand the release of a senior Haqqani network leader, Anas Haqqani, and scores of other Taliban inmates for the revival of peace talks, it has been reported. Sources within the Taliban ranks have told NBC News that the youngest son of the feared Haqqani terror network’s founder is among hundreds of prisoners whom the Taliban is demanding be released as…
report in ToloNews, Sept 16, 2018 at 1:44 PM Anas Haqqani, the youngest son of the feared Haqqani terror network’s founder is among hundreds of prisoners whom the Taliban is demanding be released as part of an upcoming round of talks with the United States, four Taliban officials told NBC News. “This meeting with the US authorities would either help pave the way for more meaningful talks or stop them forever,” a Taliban commander in…
Tensions do exist in Pak-US ties: State Department report in The Nation, Sept 15, 2018 WASHINGTON – US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert on Thursday while acknowledging concerns asserted that a state of tension exist in the ties of Pakistan and United States. During a department Press briefing in Washington, Nauert maintained that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had some meaningful and important meetings with the new government of Pakistan. “The US is looking…
THE number of women — and men — being killed in the name of ‘honour’ keeps rising at a disturbing rate in this country (Pakistan). Only last week, three brutal cases of ‘honour’ crime were reported. A father confessed to killing his daughter, her children and husband in Hafizabad in Punjab because she had married a man of her own choice four years ago. A woman and her teenage neighbour were strangled by the woman’s…
Pakistan – Is another military takeover around the corner?: op-ed by Muhammad Omar Iftikhar in Daily Times, Sept 14, 2018
The writer is a columnist and author of You Rise Today Pakistan’s democratic setup has had a rocky relationship with the military for many decades. It is more like a musical chairs program, where both the political leaders and military heads have been eyeing their chance to take the seat or change the person sitting on it. The most recent military rule of Pervez Musharraf that ended in August 2008, was the fourth under a…