Pakistan has kept trade and bus services suspended for a little over 10 days but has not publicly stated its stance.
The Pakistani government has informed the Lahore high court here that it wants to restrict the movements of disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan as he is facing "threats to his life".
'It was always anticipated that the return of the Taliban would embolden armed Islamists including anti-India groups like the Lashkar and Jaish.'
The eight-phase DDC polls, which began on November 28, is also the first election after Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 was revoked last year and it was reorganised into a Union Territory.
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