Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts

Monday 29 December 2014

Boko Haram: Saudi Arabia Refuses To Grant Flight Permit For Nigerian Arms Procured From Pakistan

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Nigeria’s effort at ending the Boko Haram insurgency has run into another hitch with the refusal by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to grant over-flight permits to cargo planes conveying military equipment and armoured tanks procured by the Nigerian government from Pakistan.

Thursday 25 December 2014

Pakistan Announces A National Plan To Fight Terrorism, Says Terrorists’ Days Are Numbered

Pakistani political parties reached an agreement Wednesday to set up a special military tribunal court to handle terrorism cases in the country. The agreement is part of a national action plan to fight terrorism, which comes a week after the deadly attack on a military school in Peshawar that killed 149 people, 133 of them children.

Thursday 13 November 2014

The School That Says Osama Bin Laden Was A Hero

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A hardline cleric in Pakistan is teaching the ideas of Osama Bin Laden in religious schools for about 5,000 children.

Thursday 6 November 2014

Pakistan Fighting Proxy War Against India Using Terrorists, Says Pentagon

Afghan security officers investigate near smoke rising from a residential building, where insurgents were holed up in, after an attack on the Indian consulate in Herat province May 23, 2014. Reuters
Acknowledging the proxy war that Pakistan has been engaging in to fight India's 'superior' military, a term that was also mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Pentagon has brought to the attention of the US Congress Pakistan's use of militant groups as proxies.