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Lashkar activist shot dead in Pakistan's Punjab

Lashkar activist shot dead in Pakistan's Punjab

Rediff.com1 Nov 2025

A 28-year-old man, believed to be an activist of the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, was shot dead in Punjab province of Pakistan. Police deny the deceased was a member of the banned LeT.

Chocolates, biometric data: How dossier nails Pak's Pahalgam plot

Chocolates, biometric data: How dossier nails Pak's Pahalgam plot

Rediff.com4 Aug 2025

Security agencies have gathered evidence, including Pakistani government documents and biometric data, confirming that the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack were Pakistani nationals.

Hafiz Saeed's JuD claims involvement in ousting Hasina

Hafiz Saeed's JuD claims involvement in ousting Hasina

Rediff.com31 May 2025

Some leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed have claimed that their outfit played a role in last year's mass anti-government protests in Bangladesh that led to the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Pakistan blames 'rogue nation' for killing of Pathankot attack mastermind

Pakistan blames 'rogue nation' for killing of Pathankot attack mastermind

Rediff.com13 Oct 2023

Most of the suspects behind the killing of a key aide of Jaish e Mohammed terror group chief Masood Azhar and his two associates have been arrested, the police chief of Pakistan's Punjab province said on Friday, days after the trio were shot dead at a mosque in Sialkot city.

LeT terrorist who trained 26/11 attackers dies in Pak jail

LeT terrorist who trained 26/11 attackers dies in Pak jail

Rediff.com31 May 2023

Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi, an United Nations-designated terrorist who trained the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) attackers for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and acted as the outfit's chief on at least two occasions, died in a prison in Pakistan's Punjab province while serving a sentence for terror financing, his aide said on Wednesday.

NIA raids dozen places in J-K in TRF terror recruitment case

NIA raids dozen places in J-K in TRF terror recruitment case

Rediff.com7 Apr 2022

The National Investigation Agency conducted searches at nearly a dozen places linked to The Resistance Front terror group in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, days after its announced cash rewards of Rs 10 lakh each on information leading to the arrest of its four cadres.

Imran Khan supporters storm Pak army headquarters, corps commander's home

Imran Khan supporters storm Pak army headquarters, corps commander's home

Rediff.com9 May 2023

In unprecedented scenes, supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday stormed the Pakistan Army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi and the Corps Commander's residence in Lahore after his dramatic arrest in a corruption case.

Pak tribunals uphold rejection of Musharraf's nomination

Pak tribunals uphold rejection of Musharraf's nomination

Rediff.com16 Apr 2013

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's efforts to seek election to parliament from four seats suffered major setbacks on Tuesday when tribunals barred him from contesting the May 11 polls from two constituencies in the Pakistani capital and Punjab province.

Pakistan polls: Nomination papers of Musharraf rejected

Pakistan polls: Nomination papers of Musharraf rejected

Rediff.com5 Apr 2013

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers for a parliamentary constituency in Pakistan's Punjab province were on Friday rejected, even as the Supreme Court decided to hear a petition seeking the former military ruler's trial for treason.

Musharraf files appeal against rejection of nomination

Musharraf files appeal against rejection of nomination

Rediff.com11 Apr 2013

Former President Pervez Musharraf has filed an appeal against the rejection of his nomination papers for a parliamentary constituency in Pakistan's Punjab province. The appeal against the rejection of the papers for the constituency in Kasur was filed in an election tribunal on Wednesday, the last day to challenge decisions made by returning officers.

Thirsty Pak boy crosses IB in search of water, BSF returns him to Rangers

Thirsty Pak boy crosses IB in search of water, BSF returns him to Rangers

Rediff.com4 Oct 2016

Officials said the the boy identified as Md Tanveer was apprehended by the Border Security Force on Sunday evening at the Dona Telu Mal border post in Punjab.

Remote control plane crashes in Pakistan

Remote control plane crashes in Pakistan

Rediff.com28 Sep 2011

The plane crashed into the pond in Sarhali Kalan village of Kasur district, 50 km from Lahore, on Monday night.

China, Tibet to resume formal dialogue soon

China, Tibet to resume formal dialogue soon

Rediff.com8 May 2008

China and Tibet have agreed to resume formal dialogue and a date will soon be finalised, the Dalai Lama's special envoys Kasur Lodi and Gyaltsen Gyari said on Thursday in Dharamshala.

Tibet dispute:Dalai Lama offers to work with China

Tibet dispute:Dalai Lama offers to work with China

Rediff.com3 Feb 2010

Kasur Lodi Gyari, the special envoy of the Dalai Lama, along with four other members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile's task force, visited China from January 26 to 31 to hold the ninth round of discussions with representatives of the Chinese leadership.The Dalai Lama's representatives handed over a note about the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for All Tibetans containing seven points that addressed the fundamental issues raised by the Chinese leadership.

Pak serial killer who raped, murdered 7-year-old girl sentenced to death

Pak serial killer who raped, murdered 7-year-old girl sentenced to death

Rediff.com17 Feb 2018

ATC judge Sajjad Hussain handed down the death sentence to 23-year-old Imran Ali on four grounds -- murdering a child, kidnapping a child, rape of a minor, and committing an unnatural act with a minor.

26/11: 12 yrs on, Pak fails to nab 19 most wanted LeT terrorists

26/11: 12 yrs on, Pak fails to nab 19 most wanted LeT terrorists

Rediff.com26 Nov 2020

The security agencies in Pakistan are clueless about the whereabouts of these 19 most wanted terrorists. Some of them have been hiding in Pakistan and others are believed to have fled the country.

26 killed, over 300 injured in PoK after quake jolts Pakistan

26 killed, over 300 injured in PoK after quake jolts Pakistan

Rediff.com24 Sep 2019

Pakistan Meteorological Department's earthquake centre said the 5.8-magnitude earthquake was located near the mountainous city of Jehlum in Punjab province.

Pak releases water in Sutlej, Punjab villages flooded

Pak releases water in Sutlej, Punjab villages flooded

Rediff.com23 Aug 2019

Only traces of rainfall were recorded in a few areas of the national capital on Thursday which continued to experience sultry weather.

Pak girl stoned to death by brother for having affair

Pak girl stoned to death by brother for having affair

Rediff.com18 Sep 2014

In a case of honour killing, a man allegedly stoned to death his sister for having an affair with a youth in Punjab province of Pakistan, where about 860 women became victim of such crime last year.

Cartoonist Pran, creator of iconic Chacha Chaudhury, dies

Cartoonist Pran, creator of iconic Chacha Chaudhury, dies

Rediff.com6 Aug 2014

Eminent cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, popularly known as Pran, who gave life to lovable comic characters Chacha Chaudhury and his friend Sabu, is no more.

Pak court indicts 59 people for burning alive Christian couple

Pak court indicts 59 people for burning alive Christian couple

Rediff.com24 Dec 2014

Two clerics and four women were among 59 people indicted by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday for burning alive a Christian couple over alleged desecration of the Quran in Punjab province.

Nehru's vision for India was unique

Nehru's vision for India was unique

Rediff.com14 Nov 2019

'No other leader in our history, or that of our neighbours, has been able to produce anything of the quality that Nehru did,' says Aakar Patel.

'I flew every day of the war'

'I flew every day of the war'

Rediff.com8 Oct 2015

An old fighter pilot remembers the best days of his life.

When the nation stood as one: Pages from a Indo-Pak war journal

When the nation stood as one: Pages from a Indo-Pak war journal

Rediff.com18 Aug 2015

Fifty years ago, India and Pakistan fought a short but bloody war. The author finds out how Sainik Samachar, the defence ministry's journal, reported it.

'I hate these Pakistanis'

'I hate these Pakistanis'

Rediff.com22 Sep 2015

Glimpses of the final days of the 1965 War, as seen from the diary then defence minister Y B Chavan maintained during the war.

An Indian Prisoner of War escape story

An Indian Prisoner of War escape story

Rediff.com20 May 2014

Three Indian Air Force officers captured as Prisoners of War by Pakistan during the '71 War made a daring escape from a Rawalpindi jail. M P Anil Kumar recounts that heroic story.