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US urges Pakistan to take ‘sustained and irreversible’ actions against terrorists
WASHINGTON(TIP): The US has asked Pakistan to take “sustained and irreversible” actions against terrorist groups operating from its territory, according to a top State Department official. The State Department statement came as Pakistan, under global […]
Musharraf calls Jaish-e-Mohammed a terror outfit, welcomes Pak action against it
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Former Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf (retd) on Wednesday, March 7, said the Masood Azhar-led Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) was a terror outfit but indicated that his country’s intelligence had used it to carry out attacks […]
UN Security Council condemns Pulwama attack
Sources at the UN said the UNSC statement was released after prolonged Security Council negotiations. UNITED NATIONS(TIP): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday, February 21, issued a statement condemning the Pulwama attack and […]
Pak bans Hafiz Saeed-led JuD and its charity
ISLAMABAD(TIP): Pakistan on Thursday, February 21, banned the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud-Dawa and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, amid intense global pressure to rein in the militant groups following the Pulwama terror […]
Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal more worrisome than North Korea’s
Pakistan is more dangerous than North Korea as it does not have a centralized control on its nuclear weapons, making them vulnerable to theft and sale. “9/11 happened because Pakistan supported the Taliban and the […]
The Albatross Around Pakistan’s Neck
The problem with religious laws is that they are easy to enact but difficult to amend or repeal “This is the problem with religious laws. They are easy to enact but very difficult to amend […]
Pakistan may become 5th largest nuclear state by 2025: Report
LONDON (TIP): Pakistan is expanding its uranium-enrichment and plutonium production facilities, triggering fears that it may become the 5th largest nulcear-weapon state and have 220 to 250 warheads within the next seven years, a report […]
Pakistan regurgitating failed approach on Kashmir, says India in the United Nations
UNITED NATIONS(TIP): Pakistan’s new government must not indulge in “polemics” but work to build a South Asian region free of terror and violence, India said after Pakistan raked up the Kashmir issue at the United […]
On a positive note:Modi-Khan talk of peace and progress
With Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf emerging as the single largest party in the General Assembly, his becoming the Prime Minister of Pakistan is a foregone conclusion. Even as Khan extended an olive branch to the […]
Imran Khan Favors Austere Oath Ceremony: No Foreign Leader will be invited
ISLAMABAD(TIP): A Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman, on Thursday, August 2, said that no foreign leader will be invited to the oath-taking ceremony of Imran Khan, as the prime minister in-waiting wants to keep the event […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan
Can he mature fast enough for the requirements of his new office or will he need guidance? By S. Akbar Zaidi “Mr. Khan, till now the vitriolic candidate and opposition leader, will have to mature […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan
Can he mature fast enough for the requirements of his new office or will he need guidance? “Mr. Khan, till now the vitriolic candidate and opposition leader, will have to mature to be a more […]
US won’t tolerate Pakistan becoming haven for terrorists: Nikki Haley
NEW DELHI(TIP): Pakistan becoming a haven for terror groups cannot be tolerated and the US has already delivered the message to Islamabad, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said here June 28. “We cannot […]