Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) Pakistan has decided to free 13 more Taliban prisoners as part of an ongoing peace initiative, a leading Pakistani daily reported Saturday. Emerging from a meeting of the government and Taliban negotiating committees, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan urged the the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leadership to reciprocate to the government’s action […]
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has given its negotiators the authority to agree on a ceasefire if the government agrees to halt deployment of troops, sources said. The authority was given to the Taliban committee coordinator, Maulana Samiul Haq, who is chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, in a communication to the group with Qari Shakeel, who […]
Pakistani troops Sunday resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir as India was celebrating its 65th Republic Day, an official said. The firing took place in Uri sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district, defence spokesman Lt.Col. N.N. Joshi told reporters in Srinagar. “Pakistani troops fired […]