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Pakistan: Hazaras continue Quetta sit-in for third day; CTD team set up to investigate Hazarganji attack0
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- April 14, 2019
Syed Ali Shah April 14, 2019 A probe team comprising senior Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials has been set up to investigate the Hazarganji blast as Quetta’s Hazara community continued protesting the suicide attack for a third consecutive day. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Abdul Razzaq Cheema told DawnNewsTV that a team of CTD officials had visited the site
READ MOREJF-17, not F-16, used in air combat: report – Newspaper – DAWN.COM0
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- March 5, 2019
Anwar Iqbal March 04, 2019 WASHINGTON: Apparently, it was a JF-17 fighter jet that brought down an Indian warplane in Azad Jammu and Kashmir last week, says a CNN report as an American diplomat said Washington wanted to know if Pakistan used a US-built F-16 jet to shoot the plane. The JF-17 is a Chinese-designed
READ MOREPulwama explosives obtained locally, says Indian commander0
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- February 22, 2019
Anwar Iqbal February 17, 2019 WASHINGTON: “It is not possible to bring such massive amounts of explosives by infiltrating the border,” says an Indian military commander, Lt Gen D.S. Hooda. India blames Pakistan for Thursday’s suicide bombing in Pulwama that killed over 40 soldiers in India-held Kashmir. Pakistan has strongly rejected the Indian claim, urging New Delhi to avoid
READ MOREAmnesty urges India to ensure safety of Kashmiri citizens amid reports of harassment, arbitrary arrests0
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- February 19, 2019
Dawn.com February 19, 2019 Amnesty India has asked Indian government authorities to ensure that “ordinary Kashmiri women and men do not face targeted attacks, harassment and arbitrary arrests” as tensions simmer in the aftermath of last week’s attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pulwama area. The Amnesty India press release, issued on Tuesday, takes note of media reports
READ MOREAfghan Taliban announce talks with US in Islamabad: spokesman0
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- February 13, 2019
AFPFebruary 14, 2019 The Afghan Taliban said on Wednesday that their negotiators would meet US envoys for talks this month in Islamabad, and also sit down with Prime Minister Imran Khan to discuss Afghanistan. The announcement, not immediately confirmed by Washington or Islamabad, comes as America’s chief negotiator tours the globe shoring up support for
READ MOREChina commends Pakistan’s role for Afghan peace, says envoy0
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- January 22, 2019
SirajuddinJanuary 23, 2019 Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing on Tuesday said his country lauds the role being played by Pakistan to bring peace to its war-torn neighbour, Afghanistan. Addressing a seminar at the University of Peshawar’s Area Study Centre, the envoy said China was in favour of a peaceful and stable Afghanistan and that there were
READ MOREIndia: Thousands protest controversial citizenship bill in India’s Assam0
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- January 7, 2019
AFP January 07, 2019 Thousands in northeastern India protested on Monday against a proposal to grant citizenship to religious minorities in the region, except Muslims, with critics attacking the bill as prejudiced and a sop to Hindus before elections. Protesters burned copies of the legislation in angry marches across Assam state, where millions have settled in
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Qatar Airways to expand Iran flights despite US sanctions0
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- November 26, 2018
AFP November 26, 2018 0 A Qatar Airways airplane is seen during take-off. — File Qatar Airways announced on Monday it is expanding operations in Iran, despite US sanctions on the Islamic republic and a Gulf diplomatic rift over accusations Doha was too close to Tehran. The carrier will begin twice-weekly flights to Isfahan in February
READ MOREBaloch separatist leader Harbiyar Marri among 13 booked for Chinese consulate attack0
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- November 24, 2018
Imtiaz Ali November 24, 2018 A BDS official checks a bag belonging to an attacker outside the Chinese consulate in Karachi on Friday. —AFP As the investigation into Friday’s attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi made headway on Saturday, police officials suspected Harbiyar Marri, the exiled leader of the banned Balochistan Liberation (BLA), of being the
READ MOREFour Indian students jump in front of train over poor job prospects0
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- November 22, 2018
AFP November 22, 2018 A boy walks on the tracks at a railway station in New Delhi February 18, 2014. —Reuters/File Four friends in northern India anxious over their job prospects jumped in front of a train on Thursday in an apparent suicide pact, police said. Three died at the scene in Rajasthan while a
READ MOREAfghan delegation to attend peace talks in Russia: official0
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- November 5, 2018
AFP November 05, 2018 DAWN Pakistan Afghan President Ashraf Ghani shakes hands with a foreign delegate during the Kabul Process conference at the Presidential Palace. — AFP/File photo An Afghan delegation will attend international talks on the war-torn country in Russia this month, officials said on Monday, as the Taliban consider whether to participate. Moscow announced on Saturday it
READ MOREMacron rejects calls to halt Saudi arms sales over Khashoggi’s murder0
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- October 26, 2018
AFP Updated October 27, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron attends a joint news conference with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini at the Bratislava Castle in Bratislava Slovakia, Oct. 26, 2018. —AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday brushed off pressure to halt lucrative arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying such calls were
READ MOREUS army general wounded in Afghanistan attack0
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- October 22, 2018
AFP October 22, 2018 US Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley suffers at least one gunshot wound in the Thursday’s attack.— Courtesy: Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence A US army general was among those injured in a Taliban attack on top US and Afghan security chiefs inside a highly secure compound last week in Kandahar province,
READ MOREPakistan to approach IMF for a bailout, Asad Umar announces0
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- October 8, 2018
AFP | Dawn.com | Sanaullah Khan October 08, 2018 The government has made the “difficult decision” to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout to address the mounting balance of payments crisis faced by Pakistan, Finance Minister Asad Umar announced on Monday. In a video message, the minister revealed that Prime Minister Imran Khan
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