Security

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  2018-05-23

  Pakistan beefs up security arrangements for Ramadan

  Security measures are in place to protect citizens, especially during iftar and prayer times, officials say.

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  2018-05-18

  Frontier Corps foils major terrorist attack on headquarters in Quetta

  An explosive laden vehicle carrying five would-be suicide bombers tried to enter the FC headquarters, but soldiers stopped them dead, ISPR said.

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  2018-05-17

  Death of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Balochistan head 'big blow' to militancy

  Salman Badeni was wanted for killing police officers and more than 100 members of the Hazara community. He also was affiliated with ISIS, officials say.

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  2018-05-16

  Taliban shadow chief justice calls for peace in latest sign of fracture

  The Taliban has a responsibility to honour Afghans' yearning for peace, according to a letter purportedly by Taliban shadow chief justice Mawlawi Abdul Hakim.

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  2018-05-09

  Bajwa breaks ground on Pakistani-Afghan border fence in Balochistan

  The fence will curtail cross-border militant movements and pave the way for better relations, officials say.

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  2018-05-08

  De-radicalised Pakistani youth become 'useful' members of society

  The latest group of 135 former militants, many of them teenagers, completed de-radicalisation training in South Waziristan last month and plan to open businesses or join the army.

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  2018-05-07

  Investigation under way in assassination attempt on Pakistan's interior minister

  The attacker, allegedly linked to Tehreek-e-Labaik Yah Rasool Allah Pakistan, was arrested after wounding Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.

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  2018-05-04

  Burgeoning Russia-Iran alliance inflames sectarian tensions across Muslim world

  The Kremlin is backing Tehran's sectarian agenda in an attempt to claw its way back into relevancy in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Central Asia and beyond.

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  2018-05-02

  Quetta's Noor Foundation charity linked to subversive Iranian activity

  Pakistani security forces raided the foundation's compound twice and arrested at least four members on suspicion of links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Tehran's ongoing recruitment of Pakistani Shia to fight in Syria.

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  2018-04-30

  Second Taliban group details Tehran's plot to sabotage TAPI pipeline

  Iranian plotters have for the second time in three months attempted to use the Taliban to attack the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline -- a project Tehran adamantly opposes.