Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 22:40
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Sunday named a 10-member committee led by commander Qari Shakil to hold peace talks with the government.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:50
Three members of the four-member committee formed by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to initiate peace talks with the Taliban arrived in Islamabad Thursday for consultations prior to their meeting with the premier.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 23:31
A leader of the ruling PML-N party has said Pakistan is being put on a "war footing" to counter a surge in terrorism even as he claimed former army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had been "unwilling" to tackle the Taliban.
Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 14:55
Three operatives of Pakistani Taliban have been arrested in Bangladesh and a laptop containing bomb making information has been seized from their possession, police here said on Monday.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 04:56
Nine persons, including a senior leader of a religious party and three employees of a TV news channel, were shot dead in Pakistan`s biggest city within the space of a few hours on Friday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 00:00
The militants who killed Chaudhry Aslam, had prepared two explosives-laden cars as a back-up in case an assault by a suicide bomber failed.
Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 20:56
Law enforcement agencies on Monday arrested three alleged members of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan in Punjab province and seized a large quantity of weapons, bullets and explosives from them.
Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:20
The Taliban used about 200 kg of explosives for the suicide attack that killed Chaudhry Aslam, one of Pakistan`s most daring counter-terror officials known for his crackdown on the outlawed militant group.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 00:48
The Pakistan government will not order a new probe into former premier Benazir Bhutto`s assassination and await a court`s decision on the issue, according to a media report on Monday.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 19:44
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has threatened to attack the Bangladesh high commission in Pakistan here in the wake of killing of war criminal Abdul Qadir Mollah in Bangladesh, a Pakistani newspaper reported Thursday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 20:39
Pakistan government reaffirmed its commitment to the strategy of negotiations with the outlawed Taliban, saying the use of other options would be considered "only as a last resort".
Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 13:07
Taliban has warned that it "will soon start targeting" the ruling PML-N leadership for its alleged support to the US in the region.
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