Amir Mir

Punjabi Taliban chief unlikely to be tried in military court

ISLAMABAD: Despite the Pakistani ruling elite’s repeated resolve after the Peshawar school massacre not to show any distinction between ‘good’…

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Hizbul Tehrir’s Daish link under the scanner

ISLAMABAD: Army chief General Raheel Sharif has sought the British government’s help against the UK-based outlawed Hizbul Tehrir (HT) following…

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What made US tag Fazlullah a global terrorist?

ISLAMABAD: Although, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Ameer Mullah Fazlullah has been designated a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’ by the US…

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Sufi Mohammad to be tried by military courts

ISLAMABAD: The federal government intends to transfer to the military courts all the terrorism related cases pending against the detained…

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Pakistan now has a native Daish Ameer

ISLAMABAD: In a disturbing development for Islamabad, a former commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Hafiz Saeed Khan, has replaced…

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10 Taliban groups pledge allegiance to Daish

ISLAMABAD: A video released by the Pakistani chapter of the Baghdadi-led Islamic State (IS) or Daish shows Shahidullah Shahid, the…

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Govt flexes muscles to act against Lal Masjid cleric

ISLAMABAD: With the setting up of military courts to carry out speedy trials of the Taliban-linked terrorists and their facilitators,…

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Taliban spokesman’s social media account closed down

ISLAMABAD: The US-based LinkedIn management has taken down the account of the TTP Jamaatul Ahraar (TTP-JA) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan after…

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Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s co-founder to be hanged today

ISLAMABAD: The imminent hanging of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s co-founder, Akramul Haq alias Akram Lahori, on January 8 (today) will effectively close…

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JUI, JI sided with dictators, but oppose military courts

ISLAMABAD: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F)’s opposition to the setting up of the military courts to hold speedy…

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Govt indecisive on Lal Masjid cleric despite evidence

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is reluctant to act against the Lal Masjid prayer leader Maulana Abdul Aziz despite having credible…

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Jundallah Ameer dodges gallows for a decade

ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Ataur Rehman, the jailed ameer of Jundallah (the Army of Allah), which has claimed the deadly Shikarpur Imambargah…

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Hanged PAF man was close aide of TTP leader

Islamabad: Niaz Mohammad, who was executed the other day in Peshawar Central Prison for trying to kill General Pervez Musharraf,…

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Ex-ISI chief’s tenure to be remembered for wrong reasons

ISLAMABAD: The two and a half year tenure (March 2012-November 2013) of Lt Gen (retd) Zaheerul Islam as DG ISI…

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New DG must depoliticize ISI, restore internal security

ISLAMABAD: Two key challenges facing the newly appointed director general of the Inter Services intelligence Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar will…

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