Pakistan will not receive $300 million in military reimbursements from the United States due to Islamabad’s lack of action against the Haqqani terrorist network operating from its safe havens in Pakistan. A US official has said the Pentagon Chief Ash Carter has decided not to tell Congress that Pakistan was taking adequate action against the Haqqani network. “The funds could ...

─Dawn screengrabs PESHAWAR: A local court in Chitral on Tuesday sent the principal of a private school to jail on judicial remand for assaulting minor students. Drosh police registered a first information report under the Child Protection Act against the principal of The Learners Public School, Drosh. —Screengrab The teacher, identified as Inamul Kabir, was soon arrested after a video ...

RAWALPINDI: As many as 650 Pakistanis are said to be fighting in the conflict zones of Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan and Central Asian states along with different foreign organisations. Intelligence agencies have so far identified 132 of them and expressed the fear that their return after being defeated by international forces might add to sectarian strife in Pakistan. After receiving ...

Officials at the Haripur DC office told news media, the administration has asked Afghan nationals to relocate to camp areas with their businesses within 30 days. PHOTO: REUTERS HARIPUR:  The district administration has asked Afghan refugees to either relocate within next 30 days or be ready to face the music. The move was part of the campaign that was intiated ...

PAKISTAN:  Twin blasts targeting a Rangers vehicle in Larkana on Saturday were claimed by the Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) in pamphlets found by police at the scene, a police source said on Sunday. The explosions which took place near a Rangers kiosk on Mirokhan Road killed a soldier and injured 15 other people, including five Rangers personnel. The pamphlet says the ...

PAKISTAN: At least 13 employees of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have been arrested in connection with a failed bid of smuggling 6kg of heroin to Dubai from Lahore. “Some PIA employees have been taken into custody in connection with the heroin smuggling to Dubai. If found guilty, strict action will be taken against them,” PIA spokesman Daniyal Gilani told ...

PUNJAB (TOBA TEK SINGH): City police registered a case on Saturday under the Anti-Terrorism Act against two persons for uploading alleged hate posts on a social media site. Complainant Mateeullah, of Chak 295-GB, says Rozi Khan, of Azafiabadi in Chak 331-JB, and Muhammad Nadeem Gul Qadri posted objectionable contents on their Facebook pages targeting a religious school of thought. Police ...

The van was damaged by flood water whilst carrying a groom’s party in Bazar Zakha Khel in a remote village in Khyber. —AFP PESHAWAR: Flash floods triggered by monsoon rains swept away a bus carrying a wedding party on Saturday in Khyber Agency’s Landi Kotal area, killing 26 people, an official said. The spokesman for the local disaster management authority, ...

A former top Pakistani envoy has said Pakistan must shut down terrorism or get globally isolated, a call which comes amid growing criticisms against the country for allowing the militant groups to operate using its soil. In an interview with First Post, the former Pakistani Ambassador to US, Hussain Haqqani, said “Terrorism has to be shut down. Pakistan must understand ...

Samia’s neck had bruise mark, says autopsy report GUJRAT: The autopsy report of Samia Shahid, a British national of Pakistani origin who was allegedly murdered for ‘honour’ near Mangla on July 20, says there was a bruise mark on the neck and blood-stained froth was leaking from her mouth. To reach a conclusion regarding the actual cause of death, the ...