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Saeed, the chief of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), was released from house arrest in Pakistan in November. (Photo: AP)

World

UNSC team to visit Pak over sanctions on Hafiz Saeed

The two-day visit of the UN Security Council's sanctions monitoring team will begin on Thursday.

21 Jan 2018 3:03 PM IST

Direct money and materiel is only part of it. For years, money from the US gave Pakistan access to global markets at a time of low interest rates and historic liquidity, at least until the Great Recession. (Photo: AP)

Opinion

The Haqqani dilemma

What are the Haqqanis worth to you, Pakistan? Or put more bluntly, how much pain is Pakistan willing to suffer to hang...

8 Jan 2018 2:08 AM IST

Soon, the Government of Pakistans Twitter handle also became active and quoting Pakistans Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it stated, allies do not put each other on notice. Photo: ANI)

World

Don't blame us for your failures in Afghanistan: Pak's retort to Trump

Trump said America had been 'foolishly' providing military aid to Pak for 15 yrs, but in return, it has only received...

2 Jan 2018 10:16 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

World

After Trump tweet, US blocks USD 255 mn military aid to Pak

Senior official said, 'The US does not plan to spend USD 255 million in FY 2016 in Foreign Military Financing for...

2 Jan 2018 9:16 AM IST

Dr. Shakil Afridi, who has been convicted for helping US locate Osama bin Laden. (Photo: Twitter | @faryaalshakeel)

World

Pak doctor who helped US track, kill Laden shifted to unknown location

Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison by a court for being involved in anti-state activities.

28 April 2018 6:54 PM IST

All 2.2 billion Facebook users will receive a notice on their feeds titled Protecting Your Information. It will have a link to information on which Facebook apps they use and what information they have shared with those apps. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Technology

Facebook says it is taking down more material about ISIS, al-Qaeda

Facebook published its definition of terrorism for the first time, as part of an effort to be open about internal...

24 April 2018 10:03 AM IST

This is about keeping Pakistan: first, safe; second, strong; third, prosperous; and maybe eventually all three at the same time.

Opinion

Pakistan's sweeping agenda

Always fighting to be safe, never stable enough to become strong that's goals one and two evaporating right there.

23 April 2018 12:21 AM IST

Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad had studied at the University of Illinois and lived in Toledo since 2006. (Photo: toledoblade.com)

World

Indian engineer in US pleads guilty of funding top Al Qaeda leader

Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad is accused of sending money to Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. Al-Awlaki was later designated a...

12 April 2018 6:17 PM IST

Victoria state police said they had arrested the driver of a car after it collided with a number of pedestrians in downtown Melbourne. (Photo: File)

Metros

Two arrested on charges of terror funding

The police sources said that Dar was detained by the police merely on suspicion during routine checking in Awantipora...

8 April 2018 5:49 AM IST

A top US senator has accused Pakistan of supporting terror groups like the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and harbouring terrorists belonging to these groups in the war-torn country. (Photo: Twitter/ SenatorHassan)

World

Top US Senator blames Pak of supporting Taliban, al-Qaeda in...

The senator made the statement ahead of her meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh that took place on Friday.

13 Oct 2019 11:25 AM IST

And before he became Asim Umar, he was Sana-ul-Haq, a peasants son from Uttar Pradesh, who disappeared from his home in 1995 to begin his new life in Pakistan. (Photo: ANI)

India

South Asia Qaeda chief and India-born terrorist killed on joint...

Before he became one of the world's most dangerous terrorists, Umar was the author of several best-selling jihadist...

11 Oct 2019 2:56 PM IST

$Umar, who was in early 40s, was designated as a \global terrorist\ by the US which placed the AQIS on the list of \foreign terrorist organisation\ in 2016. (Photo: ANI)$ World

Al-Qaeda's South Asia chief killed in Afghanistan: report

Asim Umar, who led the AQIS from its formation in 2014, was killed during a joint US-Afghan raid on a Taliban compound.

9 Oct 2019 12:52 PM IST