At least 11 people, including a judge, were killed and 25 others injured on Monday when suicide attackers lobbed grenades and opened indiscriminate fire in the premises of a local court in Pakistan's federal capital.
Rita Katz, director of the SITE Intelligence Group, said on Twitter that the threats appear in an essay carried by the Islamic State's Al Hayat media centre that declares terrorists "have come to slaughter you and smash your ballot boxes."
These promotions will allow General Bajwa to shuffle the deck on the top, but this is likely to be a limited reshuffle, points out Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
J&K will remain integral part of India: Govt
If convicted of all charges, Hamid Hayat, 23, could face up to 31 years in prison.
India cannot afford to be complacent about a possible Pakistan resort to military options across the LoC, warns Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Chinese Defence Minister General Cao Gangchuan made the promise to visiting Pakistani Deputy Chief of Army Staff Ahsan Saleem Hayat.
A man identified as Amedy Coulibaly, who took hostages at a kosher supermarket on Friday and killed a policewoman a day earlier, claimed to be a member of the terror outfit -- Islamic State -- in a video that was released on the Internet on Sunday.
Ahead of the meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pakistan has assured Pakistan occupied Kashmir leaders that it would not change its stance on the Kashmir issue.\n
Police have registered an FIR against six people under blasphemy law on the complaint of Mahinder Paal Singh, a resident of Multan district of Punjab.
The weekend army reshuffle is a clear sign that Musharraf will not step down as army chief in December, say analysts.
Nepal secured a historic entry into the upcoming World Cup qualifiers after a sensational last-ball one-wicket victory over Canada in the ICC World Cricket League Division Two in Windhoek (Namibia) on Wednesday.
Islamabad will be sealed off completely from Tuesday with army helicopters making surveillance sorties and 4,000 policemen keeping vigil.
The film releases in North America on March 6.
A giant replica of Ghouri missile, which was erected after 1998 nuclear tests, was demolished.
The Israeli whistleblower says Kennedy was assassinated due to "pressure he exerted on then head of government, David Ben-Gurion, to shed light on Dimona's nuclear reactor".
The new missile is capable of delivering nuclear and conventional warheads up to 350 km.
"Seven army men were among 10 people killed in the attack," military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told\n\nGeo TV.
Hours after Paris police cornered two gunmen, who were responsible for the Charlie Hebdo killings, at a printing press in Dammartin-en-Goele, two other gunmen took 5 people hostage at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris.
Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat made this suggestion on the BBC World's weekly programme Question Time Pakistan broadcast on Friday.
'I have no idea (what did happen). Looks to me like somehow the multinational force didn't stay on top of this,' said the Deputy Secretary of State.
The outfit's leaders, including its chief Syed Salahuddin, have been restricted from entering PoK.
Dr Sinha, who was abducted on April 17, was freed on Wednesday from the house of the MLA.
PoK PM Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan supported the division of the state between Hindu and Muslim majority areas.
Pakistan Interior Minister had said last week that Advani may be invited to Pakistan to discuss an extradition treaty.
France is on high alert after officials said that other members of a terror cell may still be at large after last week's attacks in Paris on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a supermarket.
Locals drove Das to a hospital in nearby Mirpur Mathelo where he was treated for his wounds.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test-fired a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 290 kilometres, that could cover parts of India.
'Given the past practice in the Pakistan army, this delay is most unusual,' notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Hong Kong overcame a disastrous start to beat Papua New Guinea by 29 runs at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday and secure a historic berth in the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014.
Rajneesh Gupta is amazed at Evin Lewis' whirlwind knock.
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