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Lahore- Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s offensive statements against Pakistan Army have exposed “evil face” and it has been proved that he is working for the enemies of the country. He...

Omar’s family said in an audio statement released on August 2 that it had not pledged allegiance to Mullah Akhtar Mansur, whom the Taliban has announced as Omar’s successor.

On Sunday, August 2, Pakistan released 138 Indian fishermen from a Karachi prison as a goodwill gesture and in pursuance of Ufa talks.

Taliban insurgent leaders were preparing to attend a second round of negotiations with Afghan officials, prodded by Pakistani authorities amid a thaw in their long-chilly relations with Kabul, and reinforced by a supportive recent statement from the supreme Taliban leader,...

Pakistan on Sunday released 163 Indian fishermen held for violating its territorial waters as a goodwill gesture amid tensions over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir and an attack on a police station.

No sooner had the Taliban selected a new chief to replace Mullah Omar than deep fractures emerged on Friday, as the former leader’s son said he rejected the choice of successor.

The message said: “We should keep our unity, we must be united, our enemy will be happy in our separation”.

“This is a big responsibly on us. This is all our responsibility to carry on jihad until we establish the Islamic state”.

The Afghan Taliban on Friday praised their new leader, saying he was one of the most “trusted” associates of the late Mullah Mohammad Omar, a acknowledgment likely meant to rally followers behind the leadership at a time of a deeply fractured insurgency.

The Afghan government said he died in a Pakistani hospital more than two years ago.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory against carrying live media coverage of anti-terrorist operations by security forces at Gurdaspur in Punjab.

Afghan officials sat down with Taliban cadres earlier this month in Murree, a holiday town in the hills north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, for their first face-to-face talks aimed at ending the bloody insurgency.

He, however, lauded the efforts of Punjab police and SWAT team for their bravery in killing the three terrorists.

Punjab chief minister Prakash Singh Badal, who runs the state government coalition with ruling national party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), blamed the federal government, saying terrorism and militancy are “national” problems. Senior police officers had also visited...

When talks re-start, Pakistan will have to extend the non-discriminatory market access (NDMA) status to India (the earlier term “most favoured nation” has been discarded because of political reasons), which basically means that it will treat India the same as its...