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Soon the situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts will be calm: Obaidul Quader

KNF attack to loot money and show capability: RAB

Kidnapped manager of Sonali Bank returns to his family

Home Minister to visit Bandarban tomorrow to inspect situation

Pakistan lifts moratorium on death penalty

Peshawar, Dec 17 : A day after Pakistan witnessed a deadly attack at a school which killed 141 people, including 132 school children dead, country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday approved the removal of moratorium on death penalty.

Militants intended to kill innocent kids: Bajwa

Peshawar, Dec 16: The Pakistani Army on Tuesday said the militants, who had attacked a school in Pakistan and killed more than 100 children, had no intentions of taking hostages.

PTI workers attack media persons?

Lahore, Dec 15 : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers attacked media persons in Pakistan's Lahore city on Monday as they were covering their protest live from the city, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Security Council backs agreement on new non-combat NATO mission

New York, Dec 13: Amid ongoing violence in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council on Friday welcomed the agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Afghan Government to establish a new non-combat, training, advisory and assistance mission, which would begin operation in January 2015.

Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi receive Nobel Peace Prize

Oslo, Dec 10: Conflicting neighbours India and Pakistan on Wednesday witnessed their child rights activists -Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai- sharing the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize at a grand ceremony here and urging in one voice to globalise compassion and right to education.

Malala is my daughter: Kailash

Oslo, Dec 9: Indian Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi on Tuesday said his fellow Pakistani winner Malala Yousafzai is like his 'daughter'.

Pakistan: Al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike

Peshawar, Dec 7 (IBNS) A key Al Qaeda leader has been killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's Dattakhel area on Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Top Al Qaeda killed

Islamabad, Dec 6: Pakistan on Saturday confirmed that a top Al Qaeda leader Adnan el Shukrijum was killed in Shinwarsak region of the Asian country's South Waziristan Agency

20 killed in J&K militant attacks

Srinagar, Dec 5: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on Dec 8, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed four coordinated terror strikes in less than 12 hours, including the one where militants stormed into an Army camp in Uri town of the state, which killed 20 people on Friday.

UN political chief urges revamped approach to boosting development in Afghanistan

New York, Dec 5: Despite lingering instability and economic fragility, Afghanistan sits at an historic crossroads from which it can fully transition to a "strong, independent, and forward-looking" nation, the top United Nations political official said on Thursday in London.

Pakistan: Justice Sardar Raza Khan appointed as CEC

Islamabad, Dec 4: Pakistan has appointed Justice Sardar Raza Khan as the the permanent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), media reports said on Thursday.

US drone strike kills 6 militants

Peshawar, Dec 2: A US drone strike has killed at least six suspected militants in Renay-Parchao area of Afghanistan bordering Khyber Agency, media reports said on Tuesday.

Chhattisgarh: 13 CRPF men killed in Maoist ambush

Raipur, Dec 1: In a deadly Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, at least 13 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including two officers, were killed, leaving the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh condemning the attack.

7 injured in grenade attack in Srinagar

Srinagar, Nov 29: Showing presence after long gap suspects militants hurled a grenade on CRPF bunker in which seven including six civilians and one CRPF Personnel got injured on Saturday sources said.

Five killed in Afghanistan suicide attack

Kabul, Nov 27 : At least five people were killed as a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of British Embassy cars east of Kabul City in Afghanistan on Thursday, media reports said.