Articles by Amir Mir – Page 5

January 30, 2015

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Al-Qaeda, Daesh tug of war feared in Pakistan

Islamabad: With the formal nomination of a former TTP commander from Orakzai Agency, Hafiz Saeed Khan, as the ameer of…

January 30, 2015

246

Terror plans of Al-Qaeda women’s wing exposed

ISLAMABAD: Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), led by commander Asim Umar, has launched the women’s wing of the international…

January 29, 2015

184

Al-Qaeda, Daesh tug of war feared in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: With the formal nomination of a former TTP commander from Orakzai Agency, Hafiz Saeed Khan, as the ameer of…

January 27, 2015

267

IHC to hear Taseer killer’s appeal today

ISLAMABAD: Even though the Islamabad High Court is set to take up today the appeal of Salman Taseer’s assassin [Mumtaz…

January 26, 2015

188

Ghazi Force in focus after Wah bomber identified

ISLAMABAD: Amidst intelligence reports that the Lal Masjid-linked Ghazi Force was flexing its muscles to carry out some major acts…

January 25, 2015

220

JuD’s official website still operational

ISLAMABAD: Amid repeated government claims that the bank accounts of Jamaatud Dawa have been frozen and the movement of its…

January 24, 2015

229

No fresh steps taken against JuD

ISLAMABAD: There is nothing new in the Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson’s declaration about freezing of the Jamaatud Daawa (JuD) assets…

January 23, 2015

302

Shahbaz Bhatti murder case moving at a snail’s pace

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has yet to transfer the murder case of the former Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti to…

January 20, 2015

301

50 Amr Bil Maroof militants join Daish

Islamabad Hardly a week after renouncing violence and agreeing to cooperate with the political administration of Khyber Agency in the…

January 19, 2015

236

Twist in Benazir murder case to benefit Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: Former director general of the National Crisis Management Cell, Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema’s ‘modified’ statement in a Rawalpindi…

January 17, 2015

248

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’…

January 16, 2015

217

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…

January 15, 2015

223

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…

January 14, 2015

213

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…

January 13, 2015

279

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…