By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Bajwa, during a visit to the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday, warned India against aggression, saying any misadventure would receive resolute response from his troops, Dawn newspaper reported The newspaper reported that Gen Bajwa visited the LOC to review the state of preparedness and morale of the troops, a […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
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Srinagar: Police swooped on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir members in Kashmir during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, and detained around two dozen of its cadres, including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz. Though police termed the detentions as routine, officials privy to the developments said this is the first major crackdown on the organisation. The […]
By Press Desk on February 22, 2019
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Islamabad: Day after Imran Khan re-instated the ban on terrorist organisation Jamaat-ud-dawa and its charity wing, Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), Pakistan on late Friday took the administrative control of a mosque-and-seminary complex in Bahawalpur which is believed to be the headquarters of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). The campus has a 70-strong faculty and 600 students enrolled. […]
By Press Desk on February 22, 2019
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Srinagar: At least militants were killed in an encounter between Army, Police and the militants in Warpora area of north Kashmir’s Sopore, Police officials said. Officials said that the identification of slain militants was being ascertained. A cordon and search operation was launched jointly by Police and Army in Warpora following the credible inputs about […]
By Press Desk on February 22, 2019
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New Delhi: A day after Union minister Nitin Gadkari said India had decided to “stop” the flow of its share of river water to Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty, the Water Resources Ministry on Friday issued details of various projects being worked upon to enforce it. “Under the leadership of Hon’ble PM Sri @narendramodi ji, […]
By Press Desk on February 22, 2019
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Srinagar: Director General of the Pakistan Army’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Asif Ghafoor on Friday warned India to “not mess with Pakistan”. Addressing a press conference, DG ISPR said, “There are quite a few topics which I wanted to discuss for a while. However, most of my discussion will be on […]
By Press Desk on February 22, 2019
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New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of seven Pakistani militantc from Jammu jail to Tihar prison here on grounds that they were allegedly indoctrinating local prisoners. A bench of Justices L N Rao and M R Shah sought a response from Centre and the Delhi […]
By Press Desk on February 22, 2019
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Srinagar: Anti-Terrorism Squad on Friday arrested two alleged active Jaish-e-Muhammad members from Deoband, Saharanpur, reports said. Reports quoting DGP UN Police OP Singh said that the UP ATS arrested Shahnawaz Ahmad, a resident of Kashmir’s Kulgam district and Aqib Ahmad Malik, a resident of Pulwama. He said it was difficult to say whether the two […]
By Press Desk on February 22, 2019
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Srinagar: The Supreme Court Friday directed chief secretaries and DGPs of 11 states to take “prompt” and necessary action to prevent incidents of threat, assault and social boycott of Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also directed that police officers, who were earlier appointed as nodal […]
By Press Desk on February 22, 2019
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Srinagar: A major Indo-Pak Track II initiative, in the absence of any formal dialogue, is likely to be the first casualty of the Pulwama militant attack which left 49 CRPF personnel dead. The government has put on hold the proposal which was meant to promote people-to-people contact between the two countries, Times of India reported. […]