PAKISTAN - The Purbottar

09 Mar

Under PM Narendra Modi, India More Likely To Respond To Pak Provocations: US Intel

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Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is greater possibly than in the previous to respond with army force to any actual or perceived Pakistani provocations, the American brain neighborhood has told the US Congress.The annual danger evaluation of the US Intelligence Community launched by using the Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) also stated that the "expanded navy posture by way of both India and China along the disputed border elevates the chance of armed disagreement between two nuclear powers that may involve direct threats to US men and women and pastimes and calls for US intervention." "Crises between…

04 Mar

Pakistan: 30 killed, 50 injured in Peshawar mosque blast

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At least 30 people were killed and 50 were injured in Peshawar on Friday after an explosion near the Qissa Khwani Bazaar area, reports said. The toll could go up as the blast occurred inside Jamia mosque when prayer was going on. Capital City Police Officer Peshawar Ijaz Ahsan, as quoted by Pakistani media, said according to initial reports, two attackers tried to enter the mosque and fired at police officers present on duty. The blast inside the mosque took place after the firing incident. Asim Khan, media manager of Lady Reading, said 30 bodies had been brought to the…

19 Jan

Pakistan’s new security policy seeks peace’ with India

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On January 14, Pakistan PM Imran Khan unveiled the countrys first National Security Policy, which purportedly focuses on the ‘security of its citizens. It aims to define the country's security priorities between 2022 and 2026, including relations with India. Prepared by the National Security Division of the government, the original version of the NSP remains a classified document. But a shorter public version stresses on human security, geoeconomics, regional connectivity, prosperity, trade and investment. It makes all the right noises and gives an impression of fresh thinking from the Pakistani establishment. The policy appears to be an expanded form of…

17 Dec

Terror group targets India continues to operate from Pakistan

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Terrorist groups targeting India continues to operate from Pakistan and Islamabad did not take action against other known terrorists, including JeM founder and UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar and the 2008 Mumbai attack “project manager” Sajid Mir, who remain free in that country, which is collected from the latest report on terrorism by the US State Department. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the 2020 Country Reports on Terrorism issued, which was on Thursday, said that, terrorist groups continued to operate from Pakistan. “Groups targeting Afghanistan — including the Afghan Taliban and affiliated Haqqani network, groups targeting India, including…

08 Dec

Pakistan: 4 women stripped, thrashed on allegations of shoplifting

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A group of people in Pakistan stripped four women, including a teenager, dragged and beat them up after accusing them of “shoplifting” in the country’s Punjab. The incident took place in Faisalabad, some 180 km from the place, on Monday. The four women, including a teenager, were seen in a viral video pleading to the people surrounding them to let them have a piece of cloth to cover themselves after being stripped but they were beaten with sticks. The women were seen crying and requesting the people to let them go. They were paraded naked in the streets for an…

26 Sep

Meet Sneha Dubey, the young diplomat hailed for her fiery response to Pakistan’s Imran Khan at UN

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India again castigated Pakistan as it gave blistering retort to Prime Minister Imran Khan raking up the issue of Kashmir in his address to the UN General Assembly. India said in its response that Pakistan, where terrorists enjoy free pass, is an "arsonist" disguising itself as a "fire-fighter". Khan in his address spoke about the 2019 decision of India to abrogate Article 370 as well as the death of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. "The worst and most pervasive form of Islamophobia now rules India," Khan said in an address, delivered by video due to Covid precautions. In…

22 Sep

PM Modi’s flight used Pakistan airspace after permission,

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's non-stop flight to the US on Wednesday flew over Pakistan's airspace to avoid Afghanistan. PM Modi has embarked on a three-day visit to the United States on Wednesday where he will address the UN General Assembly and attend the Quad Summit as well as hold a bilateral meet with US President Joe Biden at the White House. According to government sources, India had sought permission from Pakistan regarding the usage of Pakistan's airspace for Prime Minister Modi's flight to the US, for which a nod was given by Islamabad. "Pakistan has allowed India to use its…

09 Sep

Pakistan bans teachers from wearing jeans and t-shirts, no tights for women staffers

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Pakistan's Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has issued a notification asking women teachers not to wear jeans and tights. The same notification goes on to prohibit male teachers from wearing jeans and t-shirts. A letter in this regard was sent to the principals of schools and colleges by the director of academics on Monday, reported Dawn. The letter asked principals to ensure that each staff member "observes reasonably good measures in their physical appearance and personal hygiene". It goes even further to describe such good measures as a regular haircut, beard trimming, nail cutting, shower and use of deodorant or…

25 Aug

Pakistan hands over list of most-wanted TTP terrorists to Taliban

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Pakistan has handed over a list of most-wanted terrorists affiliated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operating from the war-torn neighbouring country to the Taliban. Pakistan shared the list with Taliban chief Haibatullah Akhundzada after they took control of Kabul recently, media reports stated. Reportedly, Akhundzada had set up a three-member commission to investigate Pakistan's claim that the TTP was using Afghanistan to plot cross-border terrorist attacks. According to a report with The Express Tribune, Islamabad is seeking action against TTP and its affiliates have already initiated talks with the terror group. "We have taken up the issue with them…

21 Aug

Two children killed, Chinese national injured in blast targeting convoy in Pakistan’s Punjab

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A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan on a motorcade carrying Chinese personnel injured one Chinese national and killed two local children, the Chinese embassy in Islamabad said on Saturday."The Chinese embassy in Pakistan strongly condemns this act of terrorism, extends its sincere sympathies to the injured of both countries, and expresses its deep condolences to the innocent victims in Pakistan," it said in a statement. The attack took place on Friday at the Gwadar East Bay Expressway project in Balochistan, the embassy said. Several wounded people were treated at a local hospital, it said. The embassy called on Pakistan's authorities…