India and the United States on Tuesday reiterated their call on Pakistan to take irreversible steps to ensure its territory is not used for terrorist attacks and to swiftly prosecute the perpetrators and planners of the attacks in Mumbai, Uri and Pathankot. Pakistan’s demand for action to counter terrorism, contained …
Read More »As the threat from neighbors increases, India will receive 5 military theater commands, 1 each from China and Pakistan
In this April 11, 2019 file photo, Indian army soldiers queue up to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha elections in Siachen. (Representative image / PTI) The army is carrying out the task of distributing the three services under theater commands which has started with a specific northern command …
Read More »Several killed in an explosion at a religious school in Peshawar, Pakistan | Pakistan
DEVELOPING HISTORY The blast at the northwestern city’s mosque, which also serves as a religious school, kills seven people and wounds at least 70 others. Islamabad, Pakistan – An explosion at a religious school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least seven people and injured 70 others, …
Read More »India will receive 5 military theater commands, one for China and one for Pakistan
The Indian Army is expected to reorganize under five theater commands by 2022 with defined areas of operation and a seamless command structure for synchronized operations. Since the military affairs department will soon have additional and joint secretaries after cabinet clearance, the task of reorganizing the three services under theater …
Read More »Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Accuses French President Macron Of ‘Attacking Islam’
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran khan accused French president Emmanuel macron on Sunday to “attack Islam”, after the European leader criticized Islamists and defended the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. Khan’s comments follow statements Macron made last week after a French teacher was beheaded near Paris after …
Read More »The FATF Report Card on Pakistan’s Terrorist Financing Shows It Only Has Brands To Show, Not Results
London: The compliance count that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gives Pakistan on and off has come to sound deceptively like a director’s exercise. In February, the FATF said that Pakistan had taken the necessary steps in only 14 of its 27 requirements to convince the world that it …
Read More »With Pakistan’s opposition in arms, will Imran Khan’s government survive?
NEW DELHI: Pakistan is apparently headed once again towards a political stalemate as the 11-party opposition alliance held three consecutive rallies in Gujranwala, Karachi and Quetta as part of its national campaign to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan. However, what is different this time about the union of the opposition …
Read More »Pak opposition criticizes Imran Khan government for failing to get off FATF gray list
The opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) criticized the government led by Imran Khan for failing to remove Pakistan from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gray list. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) claimed that the FATF decision was the result of “sloppy and obviously done” drafting of the law and …
Read More »Pakistani quadcopter shot down by Indian army in J&K Keran sector
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir): Indian army troops shot down a Pakistani army quadcopter along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Keran sector of the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. According to Indian army officers, the Pakistan army quadcopter was shot down today around 8am. “Indian army …
Read More »Turkey, Pak’s only supporter of Erdogan for removal from Gray List at FATF Plenary in Paris
Turkey was the only country of the 39 members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to speak for Pakistan to be removed from the Gray List at the plenary meeting in Paris on Friday. The growing Pakistan-Turkey equation is the development of a radical new Islamic axis that seeks …
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