Khawaja Asif says KP's crisis is 'not politics but terrorism'
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif blamed PTI's past push for talks with the TTP for KP's security crisis and questioned police funds. KP's finance adviser replied.
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Defence Minister Khawaja Asif blamed PTI's past push for talks with the TTP for KP's security crisis and questioned police funds. KP's finance adviser replied.
Pakistan's envoy told the Moscow Format that terrorism from Afghan soil killed over 4,700 Pakistanis in three years, and that the Taliban regime is complicit.
Federal minister Amir Muqam said the government was not in favour of governor's rule in KP, but warned the PTI government had 'abandoned' the province to terror.
Pakistan carried out calibrated air strikes on two terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 22 terrorists, the information ministry said on Thursday.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Kabul must move out of its militant mindset, as terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan remain the main obstacle to peace.
The CTD booked unidentified militants linked to the banned TTP's Sherani faction and the Mishal Group over the suicide attack that killed 14 in Dera Ismail Khan.
A grenade attack damaged the main line in Nasirabad as the Jaffar Express approached. No one was hurt, but trains between Quetta and Jaffarabad were suspended.
In its right of reply at the UN General Assembly, Pakistan accused India of sponsoring terrorism and 'weaponising water', and restated its Kashmir stance.
An explosives-laden tractor trolley hit the Aman Mela checkpost in Darazinda, killing 12 civilians and a customs official, before gunmen attacked an ambulance.