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TTP rejects Pakistan's peace overture, steps up attacks, calls for implementing Sharia laws

Days after Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reiterated an amnesty offer for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),  a banned militant group, also known as the Pakistan Taliban, the latter on Friday rejected the idea and said they will "continue to fight" for the "implementation of Sharia laws" in Pakistan

Seven more Pakistani soldiers killed in Waziristan: Afghanistan fallout

There is trouble brewing from Pakistan - a possible fallout from Afghanistan's volatility. Seven more members of Pakistan security forces and five insurgents were killed in the country’s northwest region of Waziristan in what the Pakistan military described as “an intelligence-based operation.”

Pakistan PM Imran Khan to make a two-day trip to Tajikistan

Underlining Pakistan’s enhanced engagement with the Central Asian countries, Prime Minister Imran Khan will leave on a two-day visit to Tajikistan on Thursday

Is Pakistan censoring media coverage of TTP attacks and casualties?

The pace of the attacks by the Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistan Taliban, has increased drastically in the last few weeks

US to assess ties with Pakistan over Afghanistan’s future: Blinken

The United States will be looking at its relationship with Pakistan in the coming weeks, US State Secretary Antony Blinken said, to formulate what role the US would want Islamabad to play in the future of Afghanistan

Press freedom under threat in Pakistan; Journalists protest new ‘draconian’ media law

Thousands of journalists took to the streets in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, protesting against a draft bill that they say will seriously undermine press freedom

Two more Pakistani soldiers killed in third attack in a week in Baluchistan; yet Pakistan considering amnesty for TTP insurgents

At least two soldiers of the Pakistan security forces died in an attack in the country’s restive province of Baluchistan, Pakistan Military confirmed, making it the third attack in a week’s time on its security forces

Over 14 percent eligible population fully vaccinated in Pakistan

Pakistan has fully vaccinated over 20 million people, or roughly 14 percent of the total eligible population, Planning Minister Asad Umar said, adding the government aimed to fully vaccinate half of the eligible people ( roughly 70 million) by the end of the year

No jeans for Pakistan's teachers; asked to observe dress code and maintain personal hygiene

Pakistan’s education authorities have ordered female teachers not to wear jeans and tights and banned their male counterparts from wearing jeans and t-shirts

Two Pakistani soldiers killed in IED attack in country tribal region

At least two members of security forces were killed in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region in an IED attack, Pakistan's military confirmed. This is the second attack after Sunday last week when four soldiers were killed in Quetta

Suicide bombing kills three Pakistanis soldiers in Baluchistan; TTP claims attack

At least three security personnel were killed and 20 were wounded in a suicide bombing on Sunday in Pakistan’s northwestern Baluchistan province

Tough time ahead for Pakistan: Trade deficit widens 133 % in August, touches $4 billion

Pakistan’s trade deficit increased--for the second consecutive month--to $4.05 billion in August, registering around 133 percent increase in comparison to July, as imports grew by almost three times than that of exports, showed the data released by the government

Pakistan government employees barred from using social media

In an apparent bid to prevent the leak of official information and documents, the Pakistani government has barred all its employees from using social media platforms and warned of disciplinary action in case of violation of its order

Imran-Putin discuss Afghanistan, as Russia and Pakistan find growing strategic convergence

In a further indication of Islamabad’s growing diplomatic heft after the Taliban’s return in Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and exchanged views on the volatile Afghan situation

Pakistan’s draft anti-forced conversion bill faces opposition from clerics, religious scholars

Facing criticism in the international media over the forced conversion of girls from minority religious communities into Islam, the Pakistan government has circulated a draft anti-forced conversion bill, which has met with disapproval from Muslim clerics and religious scholars