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  • US supports Pakistan’s Operation Azm-e-Istehkam

    US supports Pakistan’s Operation Azm-e-Istehkam

    United States State Department on Wednesday said that the US supports “Pakistan’s efforts to combat terrorism” after the federal government of Pakistan approved a new anti-terrorism Operation Azm-e-Istehkam.

    Earlier this week, the Prime Minister’s Office clarified that no internal dislocation of people would occur due to this operation as in previous Operations like Zarb-e-Azb and that “only intelligence-based operations would be carried out against terrorists.”

    State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, when asked about the new operation and the US reaction to its announcement, said: “We support Pakistan’s efforts to combat terrorism and ensure the safety and security of its citizens in a manner that promotes the rule of law and protection of human rights.”

    “Pakistani people have suffered tremendously from terrorist attacks. No country should have to suffer such acts of terror,” he said, adding that the US and Pakistan have a shared interest in combating threats to regional security.

    Opposition parties in Pakistan include Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam Fazl (JUI-F), Awami National Party (ANP), and others have voiced concerns over the military operation.

  • Son kills father for apartment, pension in Karachi

    Son kills father for apartment, pension in Karachi

    A son, aided by his mother and two friends, killed his father to inherit his apartment and pension.

    The father’s body, several days old, was found in the bathroom of an apartment located in Sarjani Town. The victim was beaten to death with a hammer, according to the police. 

    He has since been identified as 43-year-old Syed Shahid Ali, son of Sardar Ali.

    The incident was reported to the police after a stench rose from the flat. During the investigation, the police arrested the deceased’s son, Bilal, daughter-in-law Mahnoor and Bilal’s two friends, Ahmar and Inam, who were involved in the murder of Shahid Ali.

    The victim’s mobile phone, the hammer and the sheet in which the body was wrapped were recovered from the suspect, reports Geo News.

    Shahid Ali divorced his wife 14 years ago, and his son has been living with his mother since then.

  • Zartaj Gul to be removed from ECL: IHC

    Zartaj Gul to be removed from ECL: IHC

    The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered on Wednesday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) lawmaker Zartaj Gul’s name be removed from Exit Control List (ECL).

    Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri heard a petition filed by Zartaj Gul to remove her name from ECL.

    The Assistant Attorney General (AAG) and the PTI leader showed up before the court for the hearing.

    The court ordered the AAG to remove the MNA’s name from the ECL and present a report within a week.

  • ‘YouTubers meri shadi ki fikar na karain’; Fiza Ali hits back at vloggers

    ‘YouTubers meri shadi ki fikar na karain’; Fiza Ali hits back at vloggers

    Pakistani actress Fiza Ali has strongly denounced false rumors about her marital status, blaming social media platforms for spreading misinformation.

    In a recent statement, Ali expressed frustration over misleading reports claiming she had gotten married. She specifically criticized YouTube channels and bloggers for spreading fake news without checking the facts.

    Ali emphasized the negative impact of such false news on both her personal and professional life, stressing the importance of responsible journalism in the digital era.

    “Whenever I travel to places like London or New York for work or leisure, I often become the target of untrue stories,” Ali stated, visibly upset. “It seems whenever I’m away, rumors about my marriage start circulating.”

    In an earlier interview, Fiza Ali said, “I want a husband who will accept me and my daughter, Faral, and won’t stop me from working.”

    The actress urged social media users to be cautious and verify information before sharing, highlighting how spreading false news can emotionally harm individuals and cause distress.

    Ali’s candid remarks shed light on the growing concern about the unchecked spread of misinformation on the internet.

  • Government will file new cases against Khan to keep him in jail, says Rana Sanaullah

    Government will file new cases against Khan to keep him in jail, says Rana Sanaullah

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah has said on Tuesday that the federal government has a plan to file new cases against incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan to delay his release from Adiala jail.

    Imran Khan was ousted from his office in April 2022 through the opposition’s no-confidence motion and is currently in Adiala jail facing multiple cases.

    Former Prime Minister Imran Khan will stay behind bars in the iddat case even after getting relief in £190 million reference and Toshakhana.

    “Imran Khan’s main agenda is to destabilise the country and spread chaos and anarchy in the country that’s why the government will certainly try to keep him behind bars as long as possible,” Rana Sanaullah said while talking on Geo News programme’ Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’.

    He also stated that the government will file new cases against Khan to keep him in jail for a long time as courts have granted relief to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder in several cases.

  • Saturday will be off in Punjab govt schools

    Saturday will be off in Punjab govt schools

    Two weekly holidays have been announced in the government schools of Punjab, after which there will be two days off on Saturday and Sunday.

    Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat said that public schools in Punjab will have holidays on Saturday and Sunday.

    He said that due to the teachers’ high workload, they decided to take Saturday off, while daily teaching hours in schools will be extended from Monday to Friday.

    He said Saturday will be used for teacher training, capacity building and other matters.

    Rana Sikandar Hayat further said that problems related to teachers’ promotions will also be solved soon, and the regularization plan for 14 thousand AEOs and SSEs is coming very soon.

  • Timeline of military operations in Pakistan

    Timeline of military operations in Pakistan

    Ever since the War on Terror began, Pakistan has had to conduct multiple military operations to battle with militancy.

    In 2007, the first battle was fought in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Swat district between Pakistani security forces and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

    Parvez Musharraf was the army chief at that time. Following the failure of talks between army and TTP, Musharraf gave the go-ahead to start a military operation named Rah-e-Haq in KP’s Swat district.

    By mid-2007, an organization founded by Sunni Islamist cleric and militant Sufi Mohammad Khan, Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah-Mohammadi, had taken over the majority of the district. 

    In November 2007, military forces started an operation to eradicate terrorist elements from Sawat Valley.

    In 2009, the security situation in Swat again became worse when Mullah Fazlullah appeared on the scene. The army started an operation called Rah-e-Rast, which lasted for three months.  

    According to the details of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), during Operation Rah-e-Rast, the army killed 2635 militants, detained 254, and wounded 454 others.

    The tenure of former army chief Gen (r) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was full of military operations in tribal areas of the country as the armed forces conducted a military operation named Rah-e-Nijat in 2009 in South Waziristan.

      
    The aim of the operation was to wipe out TTP, including eliminating TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud from the area.

    Operation Zarb-e-Azb was launched on June 15, 2014, under the leadership of former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif against multiple militant organization including TTP, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, al-Qaeda, Jundallah and Lashkar-e-Islam in North Waziristan.

    Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad started in 2017. At that time, Nawaz Sharif was the Prime Minister and General Qamar Javed Bajwa was the army chief. The operation’s purpose was to root out terrorism from the entire country.

    Now, the Apex Committee on National Action Plan on June 22, 2024, approved a new operation with the name of ‘Azm-e-Istehkam’.

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said today that operation Azm-e-Istehkam will be implemented in different areas of Balochistan and KP.

    The purpose of ‘Azm-e-Istehkam’ operation is to strengthen the government’s writ in certain areas.

  • American woman charged after attempting to drown 3-year-old Palestinian child

    American woman charged after attempting to drown 3-year-old Palestinian child

    A 42-year-old Texas woman has been charged with attempted murder after she tried to drown a three-year-old Palestinian girl, as per CNN.

    The horrific incident took place on May 19 in Texas when the accused, identified as Elizabeth Wolf, attacked the girl playing in the swimming pool at her family’s apartment complex. The child’s mother and six-year-old brother were also present there.

    “Mrs H, the mother, who wears hijab and modest swimwear, was watching her children in the shallow end of the pool when a white American woman entered the swimming pool area,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a press release on Friday.

    “The alleged attacker reportedly approached the mother with racist interrogations then jumped into the swimming pool and grabbed the children to the deep end of the pool to allegedly drown them,” the statement added, after which the mother jumped in to rescue her children, with Wolf responding by ripping off her headscarf.

    Local police arrived at the scene and arrested Wolf for public intoxication.

    “We are American citizens, originally from Palestine, and I don’t know where to go to feel safe with my kids. My country is facing a war, and we are facing that hate here,” CAIR quoted the child’s mother as saying.

    “My daughter is traumatised; whenever I open the apartment door, she runs away and hides, telling me she is afraid the lady will come and immerse her head in the water again.”

    Texas House of Representatives member Salman Bhojani, from Euless, said he was “appalled” by the incident.

    US President Joe Biden said he was “deeply hurt” by the incident.

    The attack comes in the wake of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which at least 37,598 Palestinians have been killed.

    In late November, three Palestinian men in their early 20s were shot near a university campus in Vermont in the US, injuring all three of them.

    One month earlier, police in the US state of Illinois charged a 71-year-old man with murder and a hate crime for stabbing a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy to death and seriously injuring his mother.

    According to the police, he targeted the victims as a response to the war in Gaza and their religion.

    In its press release, CAIR said it had received 3,578 complaints of bias and discrimination in the last three months of last year.

  • Salman Khan’s father explains his son’s decision to stay single

    Salman Khan’s father explains his son’s decision to stay single

    Bollywood’s legendary screenwriter Salim Khan recently shared that his son, superstar Salman Khan, “is not ready” to get married.
    Superstar Salman Khan, aged 58, has starred in about 100 Hindi films, gaining fame for his romantic and action-packed roles and breaking box-office records.

    Despite a successful career spanning three decades and immense popularity, Salman hasn’t tied the knot yet.
    A video circulating on social media features Salim Khan discussing his son’s single status and the reasons behind the megastar not moving forward with his relationships.

    “Salman easily gets into relationships with any girl but doesn’t get married,” Salim Khan stated.

    He described Salman as a straightforward man who “always thinks about whether the woman he marries will be able to manage a family like his mother did.”

    “When Salman dates someone, he always seeks qualities and abilities similar to his mother’s,” Khan’s father further explained.

    He added that Salman is looking for a “wife who would dedicate her time and attention to her husband” and children, just like his mother did.
    Salim Khan also said that Salman desires a wife who would cook for the family and take care of all household responsibilities.

  • ‘Budget by babus, of babus, for babus,’ says Bilawal in NA speech

    ‘Budget by babus, of babus, for babus,’ says Bilawal in NA speech

    Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday emphasised the need for a national consensus over a “Charter of Economy” to solve the country’s financial problems.

    In his speech, Bhutto criticised the “babus”, euphemism for the bureaucracy, for not knowing the ground realities of the country.

    “Without political input, the budget will be by the babus, for the babus and of the babus. And we want to end this tradition,” said the PPP chairman.

    The PPP, which is the main ally of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), continued to raise objections for not taking it into confidence regarding the federal budget.

    The party initially boycotted the session on the economic budget, but both parties have since held several rounds of talks.

    Bilawal further said, “A politician would never suggest taxing milk or stationary in a country with a 40 percent stunting rate and 26 million out-of-school children, but this would be a “babu’s” suggestion.”

    The head of PPP also said the abolishment of anti-corruption body National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is necessary because “NAB and the economy cannot go together.”