Pakistan under a strong clutch of sectarian violenceThe study seriously faults the Pakistani counter-terrorism approach as mostly reactive, when it should be proactive, because all institutio...
17 Sep, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
Islamabad designs face Shia hostility in Gilgit BaltistanTensions are rising in Gilgit Baltistan as significant part of the Shia population in GB feels that Islamabad had systematically marginalis...
19 Apr, 2017, 11.54 AM IST
Pakistan bans two militant outfitsThe LeJ, a Sunni terrorist outfit, has roots in Punjab province and has a history of carrying out sectarian attacks in Balochistan, particu...
19 Nov, 2016, 01.28 PM IST
US warns citizens against non-essential travel to PakistanTargeted attacks against government officials, humanitarian and non-governmental organisation (NGO) employees, tribal elders, and law enfor...
07 Oct, 2016, 10.01 PM IST
US panel wants Pakistan on list for religious freedom violationsAs such USCIRF again recommended the State Department to designated Pakistan a "country of particular concern", or CPC, under IRFA.
03 May, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
BJP asks Pakistan to stop dreaming about Kashmir"India's policy vis-a-vis Kashmir is clear that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and no discussion can be held over this issu...
16 Oct, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
Pakistan mulls law to ban calling Muslims from other sects as kafirPakistan today said it plans to bring a legislation to ban declaring Muslims of other sects as 'kafirs' or infidels.
10 Sep, 2015, 10.24 PM IST
Pakistan to deploy surveillance drones in BalochistanDurrani said the province's law enforcement and security agencies require to utilise modern technology to combat the terrorists, militants ...
12 Jul, 2015, 05.08 PM IST
Gunmen kill 4 in sectarian violence in Pakistan's Baluchistan provinceFour persons,including three minority Shia Muslims,were killed in a firing incident of sectarian violence that broke out in Pakistan's Balu...
26 May, 2015, 12.44 PM IST
Nawaz Sharif for action against seminaries supporting militancySharif while supporting religious schools has indicated to take action against those involved in militancy but so far no action has been ta...
19 Feb, 2015, 01.53 PM IST
Nearly 3,000 killed in Karachi violence in 2014"The law enforcement agencies also killed some 594 suspected criminals and militants during January-December this year," an HRCP report sai...
07 Jan, 2015, 05.55 PM IST
Pakistan yet to punish attackers of religious minorities: US reportAt the same time John Kerry praised the people of Pakistan for standing against violence against religious minorities.
29 Jul, 2014, 12.50 PM IST
US expresses concern over detention of Chinese dissidentThe US has expressed concern over detention of a Chinese dissident, Xin Jian, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdo...
31 May, 2014, 12.35 PM IST
- Sectarianism: Pakistan's mortal enemy within
The real threat to Pakistan's social fabric does not come from India, Afghanistan, the US or the army’s grip over the country’s affairs. It...
01 Mar, 2012, 02.55 PM IST
- Bike bomb kills five in NW Pakistan: Report
At least five people were killed and 10 others wounded Monday in a bomb blast in a troubled town in northwest Pakistan near the border with...
26 Jan, 2009, 03.32 PM IST
- Ten killed in twin attacks in Pak
At least ten people, including five policemen, were killed and 25 others injured in twin attacks in the northwestern Pakistani city of Dera...
04 Jan, 2009, 09.42 PM IST
- 20 dead in Pakistan hospital bomb blast
A bomb blast ripped through a hospital on Tuesday in a northwestern Pakistani town that has been plagued by sectarian violence, killing at ...
19 Aug, 2008, 02.20 PM IST