86 Million Pakistani Voters Turn Down Extremists

According to a recent report by a US Government commission, Myanmar is among the worst countries when it comes to religious freedom. However, there seems to be no debate on the issue and even the international community is treating it as an internal ...

The Code of Conduct issued by the ECP for the general elections lacked a particular clause to disqualify the sectarian elements A leading English Daily has published the list of known terrorists contesting elections 2013. In its issue of April 24, ...

ISLAMABAD - Emerging extremist organizations in Pakistan are operating alongside existing political groups and trying to change the election scene to implement their OWN agendas. With elections getting closer, there is, however, no time left for ...

Information on how to make a pressure cooker bomb is freely available on the internet. Counter-terror officials have no idea who is planning the next blast and when he will strike. No amount of Humit and Techint can prevent the next blast The twin ...

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Terror tales revolve around the same stale rhetoric In a session at Karachi Literary Festival (KLF) correspondents of foreign media outlets were questioned about their obsession with the terror tales and news on militant organizations known to ...

(BSS)- The elite crime busting force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is going to step into its 10th year journey tomorrow. With a view to fighting terrorism, the RAB was formed on March 26 in 2004 and it started operation on July 21 in the same year.

SOME time ago, 38 ex-militants were released after receiving vocational training at Navi Sahar, an armed forces institute in Bajaur. It was an endeavour to reintegrate them into society, as violent extremism cannot be eliminated through force alone.