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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that it is not aware of the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammad’s leader Masood Azhar. Foreign Office spokesperson Syed Qazi Khalilullah said in a news briefing that, “Pakistan is in touch with India to finalise the date for foreign secretaries level talks in Islamabad.” Earlier reports had suggested the arrest of Azhar, who has been ...

Razzies, created in 1980, serve as an antidote to Hollywood’s prestigious Oscars ceremony LOS ANGELES: As awards season heats up in Hollywood, the annual Razzies Awards on Wednesday named the year’s worst achievements in film with steamy romance “Fifty Shades of Grey” and Adam Sandler’s video game adventure “Pixels” among the top nominees, while Sylvester Stallone was honored with a ...

ISLAMABAD: A majority of militants fleeing operations in Pakistan’s Mohmand and Orakzai agencies joined the Afghan chapter of the militant Islamic State (IS) group, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Janan Mosazai said on Wednesday. Addressing a seminar in Islamabad, the Afghan envoy said IS has become a major threat in the region. About 60 to 70 per cent militants fleeing Pakistan ...

After the fall of Sikh kingdom in Punjab, the British crossed river Indus in 1847, for the second time in nine years, and violently encountered the first non-Indian people on their imperial frontier – the Pashtun tribes. The rough terrain of the Pashtun territory had not much worth in economic terms for the East India Company, and the earlier British ...

BANNU: The leaders of Awami National Party, Tehreek-i-Insaf, Pakistan Peoples Party, Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam, Mulim League (N), Jamat-i-Islami, and Qawmi Watan Party addressed the rally, which emerged from Milad Park in Bannu and reached the Bannu Press Club, where it acquired the shape of a protest. Addressing the protesters, Nisar Ali Khan, Malak Ghulam Khan, Riaz Khan, Hafiz Farhad Ali, Malak ...

AFGHANISTAN: Gunfire followed by explosion rocked Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan earlier today. Sediq Sediq, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), said at least seven members of the Afghan National Security Forces lost their lives and as much others were wounded in the attack. Local government officials, at least six people including two ...

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has burned owned fighters alive in its stronghold of Mosul for retreating and letting government forces recapture Ramadi of Anbar province. Several residents of Mosul recounted the grisly story for stateside relatives, describing the deadly reception black clad jihadists got when they made it to Mosul, some 250 miles north ...

QUETTA: A comparatively big explosion rocked Pakistan’s Quetta city Wednesday morning leaving at least 15 people killed and 10 others wounded. Officials said the blast was apparently a suicide attack targeting security forces near a polio center. According to Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, Home Minister of Baluchistan, 13 of the dead are policemen. Hospital sources at Sandeman Hospital in the city ...

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama, tackling one of the most vexing foreign policy challenges of his presidency, vowed a robust campaign to “take out” the militant Islamic State (IS) group in his final State of the Union address. He chastised Republicans for “over the top claims” about the extremist group’s power in his final State of the Union address on Tuesday. ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday said the government wants to send a team of special investigators to the Pathankot air base in India for further investigation. In a statement, the PMO also confirmed the arrests of several members of the Jaish-i-Mohammad militant group, which India suspects of involvement in what was nearly week-long siege of the Pathankot Indian air ...