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Death toll in Pakistan's Swat bombing on peace committee members rises to 8

The death toll in the blast claimed by the Pakistani Taliban in the country's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district has climbed to eight as police on Wednesday recovered three more bodies from the site where a member of the local peace committee along with four others was killed, officials said. The roadside bomb attack on Tuesday targeted the vehicle of the peace committee member Idrees Khan, an ex-Village Defence Council (Aman Committee) Chairman of Kabal Tehsil, in Swat district of the province, a police official said. The blast in the Bara Bandai area resulted in the death of Khan and seven more persons, including two police personnel, officials said. A search operation was launched on Tuesday to arrest those behind the attack, police said. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Mohammad Khurasani, claiming the responsibility of the blast, said Khan had been supporting security forces for the past several years. Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Mahmood Khan, ...

Updated On : 14 Sep 2022 | 1:18 PM IST

6 Pakistani nationals held with drugs worth Rs 200 crore off Gujarat coast

The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad in a joint operation with the Indian Coast Guard seized 40 kg heroin worth Rs 200 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast on Wednesday, a senior ATS official said. Six Pakistani crew members of the boat were also apprehended, he said. The fishing boat carrying drugs was intercepted mid-sea by a joint team of the Coast Guard and ATS near Jakhau harbour in Kutch district, the official said. The heroin was meant to be transported to Punjab by road after being offloaded on the Gujarat coast. Based on a specific tip- off, we intercepted the boat which left from Pakistan, and caught six Pakistani nationals with 40 kg of heroin, he said. The ATS and Coast Guard officials along with the seized boat are expected to reach the Jakhau coast later in the day, he said. The state ATS and the Coast Guard had foiled similar attempts of drug smuggling in the past also and caught foreign nationals with huge quantities of narcotics

Updated On : 14 Sep 2022 | 10:50 AM IST

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Updated On : 14 Sep 2022 | 9:51 AM IST

5 die including a peace panel member in blast in Pak's Khyber Pakthtunkhwa

At least five people, including a peace committee member and two police officials, were killed in a blast in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district, officials said on Tuesday. Security officials said a roadside bomb attack targeted the vehicle of the peace committee member, Idrees Khan, who was an ex-Village Defence Council (Aman Committee) Chairman of Kabal Tehsil, in Swat district. The blast, which occurred in Bara Bandai area, resulted in the death of Khan, his security guards and two police officers, they said. A search operation has been launched to nab the culprits, police said. Not terrorist outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Mahmood Khan has condemned the incident, and has sought a detailed report and said those responsible would be brought to justice. Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in the targeted attacks on security forces since the Taliban takeover of Kabul last year in August after the withd

Updated On : 14 Sep 2022 | 7:00 AM IST

US has flown 10 missions into flood-hit Pakistan with aid, says Pentagon

The US has so far flown 10 missions into Pakistan, with C-17 and C-130 aircrafts to deliver over one million pounds of critical humanitarian supplies and equipment to Pakistani people affected by flooding from deadly monsoon rains, the Pentagon has said. The Department of Defence (DOD) is in support of the US Agency for International Development's efforts to provide assistance to Pakistan in the wake of massive flooding and the humanitarian assistance crisis there. The current floods triggered by monsoon rains in Pakistan have so far killed nearly 1,400 people and injured another 12,728, while damaging 6,674 km of road and destroying over 1.7 million houses. "Our condolences certainly go out to those who've been impacted by this terrible natural disaster, Pentagon Spokesperson Patrick Ryder told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday. To date, the DOD has supported the US government's USAID-led response by providing critical airlift and staging support. US Air Force C-17 and C-1

Updated On : 14 Sep 2022 | 6:58 AM IST

Imran Khan denies talking about granting extension to Army chief Gen Bajwa

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday denied talking about granting an extension to Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, saying he had just proposed to defer the appointment of the new army chief till elections. On Monday, Khan had told a TV channel in an interview that the tenure of the army chief should be extended until his successor is appointed by the new government after elections. "I never talked about the extension of the army chief's tenure. I just proposed to defer the appointment of the army chief till elections," Khan told reporters at his Banigala residence in the suburbs of capital Islamabad. He said that a new government should decide on the new army chief. In his meeting with reporters, the former premier said that the newly-elected government should decide the army chief's selection on merit, adding that he never said who should be the military's head. "I never said who should be the army chief. I always stressed for an army chief's appointment to be

Updated On : 13 Sep 2022 | 10:56 PM IST

Pakistan 'lacks effectiveness' on four goals linked to FATF: Report

The Asia-Pacific Group of the FATF, a global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering, has rated Pakistan's level of effectiveness as low' on 10 out of 11 international goals on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terror, a media report said on Tuesday. Asia-Pacific Group (APF), the Sydney-based regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), released an update as of September 2 on the rating of its regional members suggesting that Pakistan had a moderate level of effectiveness' on only one out of 11 outcomes, reported Dawn. Under this immediate outcome', Pakistan extends international cooperation on appropriate information, financial intelligence, and evidence and facilitates action against criminals and their assets. A 15-member joint delegation of FATF and APG paid an onsite visit to Pakistan from August 29 to September 2 to verify the country's compliance with a 34-point action plan committed with FATF at the highest level in June 2018, t

Updated On : 13 Sep 2022 | 9:49 PM IST

Pak's economic loss due to massive floods might be over $40 bn: FM

The recent cataclysmic floods that have ravaged Pakistan may have caused over USD 40 billion in economic losses and damages, according to an initial assessment. The new number is even far higher than the USD 30 billion figure given by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who was in the country on a solidarity visit last week. The figure of USD 40 billion losses was flagged in a flood response centre meeting of the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) on Monday where the Ministry of Finance presented an assessment report titled An Early Assessment of Flood Impact on Pakistan's Economy, The Express Tribune reported on Tuesday. The finance ministry's initial assessment report showed that economic losses were around USD 18 billion. Planning Minister and Chairman of NFRCC, Ahsan Iqbal said, The devastating conditions suggest that the scale of flood losses is in the range of USD 30 billion to over USD 40 billion." We are going through the process of a ...

Updated On : 13 Sep 2022 | 7:57 PM IST

Massive floods likely to reduce Pak's GDP by over 2 percentage points: PM

The massive floods in Pakistan are likely to reduce its GDP by over 2 percentage points and the government is grappling with the immediate challenge of averting an imminent food insecurity in the country, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said. During a telephonic conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday to express gratitude for extending humanitarian relief assistance to Pakistan, Sharif said the ongoing floods have devastated millions of acres of standing crops, houses and critical infrastructure in the country, according to an official statement. The prime minister said as per initial estimates, the floods are likely to reduce Pakistan's GDP by over 2 percentage points. Pakistan is grappling with the immediate challenge of averting an imminent food insecurity in the country as well as providing for rescue and rehabilitation of the victims of this climate-induced calamity, Sharif told Erdogan. He said the government is fighting to avoid food shortages du