Islamabad Violence

The bail term of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was extended in three cases pertaining to violence outside the Federal Judicial Complex and the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Dawn reported.

Slamming Pakistan, India said the country continues to foment a "culture of violence" at home and across its borders as it hit out at Islamabad for using the platform of the United Nations for hate speech against it.

More than 200 terrorists are trying to cross into India from Pakistan, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said today, adding Islamabad is trying to stoke violence in the region. The centre last month revoked special status from Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two union territories.

Security forces posted in Jammu and Kashmir have been put on alert in view of Pakistan's attempts to escalate violence along the International Border and the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Islamabad's idea is to draw the attention of the international community to Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, sources in the...

Weeks after the worst escalation between New Delhi and Islamabad since the 1999 Kargil War, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that PM Narendra Modi sent him greetings on the eve of Pakistan's National Day. Mr Khan, in a tweet, said PM Modi told him that it is time for people of the subcontinent to work together "for a peaceful and p...

Pakistani police used tear gas and water cannon, and fought running battles with stone-throwing activists, as they moved to clear a protest by religious hardliners who have blocked main routes into Islamabad for more than two weeks

India's envoy in Islamabad today handed a letter to the Pakistan government, formally rejecting its invitation for talks on Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi today issued a strong statement condemning Islamabad's attempts to glorify violence in Kashmir that included observing a 'Black Day' and declaring Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani a martyr.

A powerful blast ripped through a public park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore Sunday evening, killing at least 52 people and wounding at least 200, including women and children, rescue workers and officials said.

The Pakistani army deployed troops on the streets of the capital Sunday after thousands of stone-throwing supporters of an Islamist assassin who was hanged last month clashed with police in chaotic scenes.

Hitting out at Pakistan for using terrorists as "violent proxies", Afghanistan has blamed Islamabad's "unnecessary anxiety" over its ties with India for a sharp spike in civilian and military casualties that made 2015 the bloodiest year since 2001.

After night-long clashes in Islamabad between anti-government demonstrators and security forces that left three people dead and about 450 others injured, the situation continued to be tense and uncertain even as the Army Chief General Raheel Sharif summoned a meeting of corps commanders today.

One person was killed and more than 400 were injured in clashes as Pakistani police battled thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with tear gas, batons and rubber bullets outside the PM's official residence and the adjacent parliament building. The violence began late on Saturday and continued till Sunday....

At least 300 people were wounded in clashes between police and protesters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, hospital officials said on Sunday, as a fortnight-long political impasse took a violent turn. The violence, which began late on Saturday and continued till early Sunday, erupted after around 25,000 people marched from parliament to the Prime ...

The United States has appealed to all sides in Pakistan to refrain from violence and resolve their differences through peaceful discussions in a way that strengthens democracy in the country.

The bail term of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was extended in three cases pertaining to violence outside the Federal Judicial Complex and the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Dawn reported.

Slamming Pakistan, India said the country continues to foment a "culture of violence" at home and across its borders as it hit out at Islamabad for using the platform of the United Nations for hate speech against it.

More than 200 terrorists are trying to cross into India from Pakistan, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said today, adding Islamabad is trying to stoke violence in the region. The centre last month revoked special status from Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two union territories.

Security forces posted in Jammu and Kashmir have been put on alert in view of Pakistan's attempts to escalate violence along the International Border and the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Islamabad's idea is to draw the attention of the international community to Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, sources in the...

Weeks after the worst escalation between New Delhi and Islamabad since the 1999 Kargil War, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that PM Narendra Modi sent him greetings on the eve of Pakistan's National Day. Mr Khan, in a tweet, said PM Modi told him that it is time for people of the subcontinent to work together "for a peaceful and p...

Pakistani police used tear gas and water cannon, and fought running battles with stone-throwing activists, as they moved to clear a protest by religious hardliners who have blocked main routes into Islamabad for more than two weeks

India's envoy in Islamabad today handed a letter to the Pakistan government, formally rejecting its invitation for talks on Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi today issued a strong statement condemning Islamabad's attempts to glorify violence in Kashmir that included observing a 'Black Day' and declaring Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani a martyr.

A powerful blast ripped through a public park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore Sunday evening, killing at least 52 people and wounding at least 200, including women and children, rescue workers and officials said.

The Pakistani army deployed troops on the streets of the capital Sunday after thousands of stone-throwing supporters of an Islamist assassin who was hanged last month clashed with police in chaotic scenes.

Hitting out at Pakistan for using terrorists as "violent proxies", Afghanistan has blamed Islamabad's "unnecessary anxiety" over its ties with India for a sharp spike in civilian and military casualties that made 2015 the bloodiest year since 2001.

After night-long clashes in Islamabad between anti-government demonstrators and security forces that left three people dead and about 450 others injured, the situation continued to be tense and uncertain even as the Army Chief General Raheel Sharif summoned a meeting of corps commanders today.

One person was killed and more than 400 were injured in clashes as Pakistani police battled thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with tear gas, batons and rubber bullets outside the PM's official residence and the adjacent parliament building. The violence began late on Saturday and continued till Sunday....

At least 300 people were wounded in clashes between police and protesters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, hospital officials said on Sunday, as a fortnight-long political impasse took a violent turn. The violence, which began late on Saturday and continued till early Sunday, erupted after around 25,000 people marched from parliament to the Prime ...

The United States has appealed to all sides in Pakistan to refrain from violence and resolve their differences through peaceful discussions in a way that strengthens democracy in the country.