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  • Pakistan in position to complete Pak-Iran gas pipeline project, says Khawaja Asif

    Pakistan in position to complete Pak-Iran gas pipeline project, says Khawaja Asif

    Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday that “Pakistan is in a position to complete the [gas] pipeline project with Iran and makes decision regarding it.” However, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi’s visit to Pakistan is expected this month.

    “We are constructing a gas pipeline on our side from Gwadar to the Iranian border,” Asif said while speaking on Geo News’ Capital Talk programme.

    Earlier this month, The News said that Pakistan started building an 80km part of the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline. They’re working from Gwadar to a spot where they can link it to the Iranian section of the project.

  • Sanaullah says party cannot keep promises to people because ‘they didn’t give us majority’

    Sanaullah says party cannot keep promises to people because ‘they didn’t give us majority’

    In a talk show on Public News, anchorperson Iqrah Haris asked former Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah given the promises the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) made during its election campaigns, would it be ready to suffer the consequences if the government is unable to deliver.

    Rana Sanaullah remarked that the N-League would not be responsible for any promises made to the public simply because it is a coalition government.

    “We are not making any promises now, the promises we made were dependent on us getting a simple majority and PML-N making its own government under the leadership of Mian Nawaz Sharif.”

    The PML-N’s senior leader asserted that had the government been granted a majority, it would have borne the responsibility of steering the country out of this economic turmoil.

  • BLA releases video of Noshki target killing, militants roamed around freely

    BLA releases video of Noshki target killing, militants roamed around freely

    In a video released by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on April 15, terrorists can be seen roaming around with ease in the area and thoroughly checking the travellers in Quetta-Taftan Highway N-40, near Noshki.

    On April 13, nine people from Punjab and killed by the BLA militants after they stopped a bus and forced them off it.

    The gunmen checked the identity cards of passengers from the Taftan-bound bus and kidnapped them. They were subsequently shot dead.

    In the shocking footage, the militants easily moved on the road and kept inspecting all the vehicles and passengers.

    The footage was made from different angles. It also zoomed in and pointed to a Pakistan Military outpost and military camp nearby while the militants were conducting their operation.

    At the end of the video, the militants stopped two passenger buses and the in-video text showed “primary target” on a white bus. The other bus was let go and appallingly the video ended with the caption “ALL TARGETS NETRALISED”.

  • Bilawal accuses PTI-led opposition alliance of plotting against Pakistan

    Bilawal accuses PTI-led opposition alliance of plotting against Pakistan

    Former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto took a dig at the PTI-led ‘opposition alliance’, stating that the group is hatching a conspiracy against Pakistan by staging protests on alleged poll rigging.

    The Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman, while addressing a public gathering at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in Larkana on Sunday in connection with 45th death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, made a veiled reference to Imran Khan that he wanted to launch a PNA-II.

    The Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) was a nine-party alliance launched in 1977 against the Zulifqar Ali Bhutto.

    “Many forces did not believe in democracy. They used to hatch conspiracies but President Asif Ali Zardari foiled their designs,” he remarked.

    The six-party alliance, led by PTI, launched the movement against the alleged rigging in the February 8 general elections.

    Bilawal said that some politicians want to play with the fate of country for their “personal ego”, warning that common people would suffer the most if democracy is derailed.

  • Man accused of murdering Indian spy critically wounded in attack

    Man accused of murdering Indian spy critically wounded in attack

    In 2013, Amir Sarfraz Tamba allegedly killed a convicted Indian Spy Sarabjit Singh in Kot Lakhpat prison, Lahore. Amir was at his residence in Lahore’s Islampura area when two armed men entered his home and shot him on April 14.

    Initially, media reports claimed that Amir succumbed to his injuries but Dawn confirmed that while he was indeed critically injured, he was still alive.

    The incident has raised serious concerns among authorities over foreign involvement.

    Interestingly, just a few days ago, The Guardian reported that the Indian government assassinated individuals in Pakistan as part of a wider strategy to eliminate “terrorists” living on foreign soil.

    A high-profile investigation has been launched to probe the motive behind the attack including finding out if there was Indian involvement.

    Amir Tamba and his accomplice were acquitted in 2018 after all witnesses retracted their statements. Sarabjit Singh was killed a few months after a Kashmiri freedom fighter Afzal Guru was hanged in Tihar Jail, Mumbai in 2013 for his role in the 2001 Indian parliament attack

    Sarabjit Singh was serving his death sentence awarded by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for his role in a series of bomb attacks in Lahore and Faisalabad in 1990.

  • Army, Punjab police will investigate Bahawalnagar incident together: ISPR

    Army, Punjab police will investigate Bahawalnagar incident together: ISPR

    Pakistan Army and Punjab Police announced on Friday that they will work together to investigate the incident where masked men in military clothing attacked cops in Bahawalnagar. The decision came after short video clips of the incident went viral on social media.

    The military’s media wing stated that a recent unfortunate incident happened in Bahawalnagar. The military and police authorities worked together to promptly address and resolve the situation.

    “Despite this, certain factions with vested motives started fanning vitriolic propaganda on social media to create divisions between state institutions and government departments,” the statement read.

    “To ensure a fair and deliberate inquiry, and to determine responsibility for violations of laws and misuse of authority, a joint inquiry comprising security and police officials will be conducted for ascertaining the facts and apportioning responsibility,” it concluded.

    Earlier, on Wednesday, the Punjab Police condemned the “fake propaganda” being spread on social media websites after videos emerged showing cops being assaulted by Pakistan Army officers in Bahawalnagar.

  • PTI to start protest movement from Balochistan, says Omar Ayub Khan

    PTI to start protest movement from Balochistan, says Omar Ayub Khan

    On Friday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Omar Ayub Khan has announced that the former ruling party, along with a “grand opposition alliance,” would kick off a protest movement in Balochistan with the aim is to oppose alleged election rigging on February 8 and fight for the restoration of the constitution and democracy in the country.

    Earlier this month, PTI announced that it would start a nationwide movement against what they claim is rigging in general elections, starting from April 13. Asad Qaiser spoke to the media in Rawalpindi after meeting Imran Khan in Adiala jail, where he confirmed that the first rally of the protest movement would take place in Pishin district.

    The Khan-founded party believed that the incumbent rulers stole their mandate in the elections and the results were changed in Form 47s to benefit the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

    “Our mission is [upholding] the supremacy of the constitution and law,” Omar said.

    “We want the country to be strong.”

  • Nine labourers from Punjab shot dead in Balochistan’s Nushki area

    Nine labourers from Punjab shot dead in Balochistan’s Nushki area

    Unknown assailants gunned down at least 11 people in two separate terror incidents in the Nushki district of Balochistan, as reported by Geo News on Saturday.

    The militants stopped a bus on the National Highway from Quetta to Taftan and abducted nine people from Punjab who were travelling in it.

    The police launched a search operation for the abductees; however, their bodies were found under the bridge near a hill. All of them had been shot dead.

    Nushki Superintendent of Police (SP) Allah Bukhsh stated that the murdered men were from Punjab’s Mandi Bahauddin, Wazirabad, and Gujranwala areas and were labourers.

    Nushki Teaching Hospital MS Dr Zafar Mengal said the murdered men had been shot in various parts of their bodies.

  • Sher Afzal Marwat sings Bollywood song about being drunk and alone

    Sher Afzal Marwat sings Bollywood song about being drunk and alone

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) popular leader Sher Afzal Marwat has turned out to be a fan of Indian film songs. During an interview, at the request of the host, Sher Afzal Marwat sang a classic 90s song.

    The host asked him to sing his favourite song in Urdu or Pashto.

    Marwat crooned the song “Barsat kay mausam main, tanhai kay aalam main” from the Bollywood film Najaiz.

    The song is about the loneliness of a man drinking alcohol in the rain.

    Sher Afzal Marwat said that his children are fond of listening to his songs, but his wife is not.

  • Pakistan officially bans shia militant organization Zainebiyoun Brigade

    Pakistan officially bans shia militant organization Zainebiyoun Brigade

    The Pakistani government has officially proscribed the Zainebiyoun Brigade, a Shia faith militant organization, as a threat to the security of Pakistan.

    The Khorasan Diary reported that the banned militant organization has backing from Iran as well.

    Interestingly, former Senator Faisal Raza Abidi had said in a talk show on GTV that, “40,000 fighters from Hezbollah and Zainebiyoun Brigade have reached Jerusalem out of which 233 are Pakistani fighters who came from areas of Parachinar.”

    In a notification issued on March 29 by the Interior Ministry of Pakistan, it was said that “Zainebiyoun Brigade is engaged in certain activities which are prejudicial to the peace and security of the country”.

    Under the Anti-terrorism Act of 1997, the government has made it a proscribed organization.

    The banned group is known for its involvement in the Middle East conflict and provided support to the Bashar-ul-Asad forces in Syria.

    The group had come under scrutiny from the authorities about its capabilities.