Afghan Taliban decapitation not off the table for Pakistan

Official says operation will be taken to its logical end; dismisses regional spillover ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not hesitate to target top leadership of the Afghan Taliban, including reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, if credible intelligence becomes available, a senior security source disclosed on Monday, as Islamabad presses ahead with an expanded military campaign across the … Read more

SC discusses quota system’s legitimacy

Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the federation in an appeal challenging the Federal Shariat Court’s (FSC) ruling that declared the quota system un-Islamic and adjourned the hearing until the … Read more

ATC acquits two APS attack suspects

. PESHAWAR: In a significant development in one of country’s most tragic terrorism cases, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Peshawar has acquitted two accused individuals for lack of evidence in the 2014 Army Public School (APS) attack, which claimed the lives of over 150 people, mostly school children. The court, presided over by Judge Asad … Read more