RAWALPINDI, February 17 (DNA): Pakistan on Friday summoned officials from Afghanistan embassy and presented a list of 76 wanted terrorists to be handed over to Islamabad. The information was shared by DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor in a message posted on Twitter. The officials were summoned at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi to lodge protest against the use of Afghan soil by terrorists to carry out attacks in Pakistan. The move comes in light of the recent terror attacks, the latest on Thursday night at shrine of LalRead More

  ISLAMABAD, FEB 17 (DNA) – The President of The People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping has expressed deep sense of sorrow and grief over the tragic incident of Sehwan Sharif. In his message the Chinese president said, “I was shocked to learn of the serious terrorist attack in Sehwan District of Sindh province, which caused severe casualties. The Chinese people would like to express our deep sympathy to the Pakistani people for the tragic losses. On behalf of the Chinese government, the Chinese people and in my own name,Read More

SEHWAN SHARIF, FEB 17, (DNA) – Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif presided over a meeting on Friday, a day after a blast rocked shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. The meeting that vowed to not let sacrifices of the martyrs go in vain was attended by Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Governor of Sindh, Muhammad Zubair, Chief Minister of Sindh, Murad Ali Shah, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Federal Minister for Finance, Ishaq Dar among other dignitaries. The visit of the army chief and the premier has comeRead More

LAHORE, FEB 17, (DNA) – Chief Minister of Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif has said on Friday that suicide bomber who attacked a protest on Mall Road outside Punjab Assembly claiming 14 lives on February 13 hailed from Afghanistan. The Chief Minister delivered a press briefing in the capital of Punjab over the progress made in the probe. Know more: Lahore blast, Traffic DIG, Operations SSP reported dead CM Shehbaz said that facilitator of the bomber belonged to Bajaur Agency. Computerized National Identity Card of the facilitator and his confessional video wasRead More

LAHORE, FEB 17, (DNA) – Security forces have gunned down commanders of banned outfits among 54 terrorists on Friday in numerous counter-terrorism operations across the country after a blast rocked Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine yesterday. Personnel of law enforcement agencies have seized suicide vests and huge cache of weapons in different cities. Security forces decimated ten hideouts of Jamaatul Ahrar and killed six terrorists in Khyber Agency’s Loe Shalman area near Pakistan-Afghanistan border. In a joint operation of intelligence agencies and security personnel in Peshawar’s Regi, three extremists were killedRead More

LAHORE, FEB 17, (DNA) – With a fresh wave of terrorism hitting the country, multiple terrorist attacks have been witnessed in big and small districts of Pakistan. It was announced on Friday that security will remain on high alert in Pakistan. The recent terrorist suicide blast at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan resulting in 88 deaths have forced security on high alert in other shrines of the country. Security agencies have been activated while protective measures are being taken in shrines and places of worship pertaining to different beliefs.Read More