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Mehran Base attack challenge to defence organizations: Shahbaz
May 25th
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has urged for evolving a joint strategy before we become a laughing stock in the world. Talking to media at the Lahore airport on his return from Britain, Shahbaz Sharif recalled that he had already said th…
Int’l community support needed to enhance our Defence capability, capacity: Sect Defense
May 25th
RAWALPINDI: Secretary Defence, Syed Athar Ali (Retd) has said that our resolve, our will and our sacrifices in the war against terror are numerous and beyond any doubt, however, what we need at the moment …
Karachi attack matter of concern for India: Antony
May 25th
New Delhi: Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday said the audacious terror attack on a military base in Pakistan was a matter of concern for India. “The development in Pakistan, particularly in Karachi, is a matter …
US senators see Afghan hope, Pakistan fears
May 25th
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers on saw momentum for political reconciliation in Afghanistan in the wake of Osama bin Laden”s death, but voiced fear that the fight against extremism was floundering in Pakistan. Senator John Kerry, who recently visited the reg…
Poll: How can Pakistan control the current wave of terrorism?
May 25th
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Altaf terms naval base attack as open defeat
May 25th
LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Qaid Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned terrorist attack on Pak naval base in Karachi and prayed for the martyrs of navy and Rangers officials, Geo News reported. In a statement from London, Altaf Hussain said p…
Nawaz vows to eliminate terrorism
May 25th
MANSEHRA: PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has stated that terrorist attack on naval base Karachi was not an ordinary terrorism, adding that roots of Pakistan were being shattered through terrorism, Geo News reported. Addressing party workers in Mansehra,…
PNS Mehran attack: Countering terrorism and conspiracies
May 25th
Nevertheless, it remained an economic hub for terrorists who took advantage of the city’s multicultural demographics and economy for financial gains and networking. It also became a port of arrival and departure to and from the country for local and foreign militants. Karachi, therefore, remained vulnerable to terrorist violence, as was demonstrated by the October 18, 2007 bombing on Benazir Bhutto’s procession that claimed over 135 lives and the suicide attack on the Ashura procession in December 2009, which killed over 45 people. The city by the sea, therefore, has not been a stranger to terrorist operations.
PM enquires after health of naval attack victims
May 24th
KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday visited PNS Shifa and enquired after the health of the persons who were injured in a terrorist attack on air base of Pakistan Navy at PNS Mehran. He met with all the injured personnel, one by one i…
War on terror will continue: PM
May 24th
KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday directed the concerned to revisit, improve and upgrade the security of all the defense installations. There is a need to upgrade the security measures keeping in view the intentions of terrorist…
