ISLAMABAD: President Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday paid glowing tribute to security forces for successfully completing the rescue operation and termed the terrorist attack on Jaffar Express a “cowardly act”, saying such acts would not shake Pakistan’s resolve for peace. Separately, several countries denounced the hijacking of the train by the Baloch separatists. President Zardari expressed …
QUETTA: The war in Balochistan has reached every home, and there is dire need to launch coordinated actions to tackle the situation, Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said on Wednesday. Speaking in the Balochistan Assembly on Wednesday, a day after the Jaffar Express was hijacked en route to Peshawar, he said that they should respond through tribal, Islamic, and constitutional means, …
LAHORE: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday regretted that the talks between the government and the opposition remained inconclusive due to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s “inflexible and non-serious approach”. In a meeting with National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, the PML-N president said: “You had facilitated negotiations between the government and the opposition as the custodian of the house. However, these talks …
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and federal governments have agreed on a framework to resolve the development funds related issues of the province and its merged tribal districts, said adviser to the chief minister on finance Muzzammil Aslam on Wednesday. Addressing a news conference here, Mr Aslam said the chief minister raised the issues related to the merged tribal districts, including …
ISLAMABAD: Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi on Wednesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on innocent passengers of Jaffar Express in Bolan and termed it a cowardly act. In a statement, the minister said that the attack cannot dampen our morale as the nation is united to defeat such elements. He said that Pakistani forces and security agencies were protecting every inch …
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said that Pakistan had evidence of calls related to the Jaffar Express hijacking incident being traced to Afghanistan but reaffirmed that it was India that was trying to “destabilise its neighboring countries”. The hijack occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the train, travelling from Quetta to Peshawar and carrying 440 passengers, was ambushed …
ISLAMABAD: A Joint investigation team (JIT) has summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Omar Ayub and Aleema Khan for questioning in an inquiry related to alleged negative propaganda on social media. According to officials, the JIT issued summons to Ayub and Aleema as part of an investigation into digital content deemed to be in violation of Pakistan’s cyber laws. Aleema Khan …
QUETTA: Security forces have eliminated all militants and rescued190 hostages in a clearance operation launched after an unknown number of heavily armed terrorists stormed a Peshawar-bound train in Balochistan’s Bolan district. According to security sources, the forces successfully rescued a large number of hostages, including women and children, who had been used as human shields by the terrorists. The clearance …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday denounced Indian authorities’ decision to declare two organisations of Indian-occupied Kashmir as “unlawful associations”, according to a Foreign Office statement. A day earlier, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs declared the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee (AAC), headed by Kashmiri chief cleric and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and the Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen …
ISLAMABAD: A day after President Asif Ali Zardari expressed concerns over a proposed canal project on the Indus River in Punjab, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday suggested the controversial project be referred to the Council of Common Interests (CCI). Speaking to media persons at his chambers in the National Assembly, the PPP leader said the one-sided policies made by …