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Train attacked in Pak again; 2nd blast in 10 hrs leaves dozen injured

Train attacked in Pak again; 2nd blast in 10 hrs leaves dozen injured

Rediff.com24 Sep 2025

The Quetta-bound Jaffar Express was targeted in the Spizend area of Mastung on Tuesday, latest in a series of attacks that have targetted this train since March this year.

'India Will Destroy Anything Of Value In Pakistan'

'India Will Destroy Anything Of Value In Pakistan'

Rediff.com13 Aug 2025

'If you fire two missiles at Jamnagar or ten missiles there, what do you think India will do?' 'India will fire 500 missiles on Tarbela and Mangla, destroy the Sukkur Barrage, destroy Karachi port.' 'When you start issuing threats, it should be with some sense and sensibility.' 'You shouldn't just shoot your mouth off just because you have appointed yourself field marshal.'

6 Pak aircraft shot down in Operation Sindoor: Air chief

6 Pak aircraft shot down in Operation Sindoor: Air chief

Rediff.com9 Aug 2025

The Air Chief revealed information about India's damage to Pakistan's defence capabilities while addressing an event at the Hal Management Academy in Bengaluru on Saturday.

PM Modi to address nation at 8 pm, first since Op Sindoor

PM Modi to address nation at 8 pm, first since Op Sindoor

Rediff.com12 May 2025

The address comes two days after India and Pakistan reached an understanding to stop all firing and military actions on land, air and sea with immediate effect.

We are ready to talk with India for peace: Pak PM Shehbaz

We are ready to talk with India for peace: Pak PM Shehbaz

Rediff.com16 May 2025

Shehbaz made the comments during a visit to the Kamra air base in the country's Punjab province where he interacted with officers and soldiers involved in the recent military confrontation with India.

India counters Pak's actions, strikes 8 military installations

India counters Pak's actions, strikes 8 military installations

Rediff.com10 May 2025

Pakistani military targets at Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur and Chunian were engaged using air-launched precision weapons from Indian fighter jets and the retaliation largely focused on command and control centres, radar sites and weapon storage areas, Qureshi said.

Pak-born woman living in Odisha for 35 years gets notice to leave

Pak-born woman living in Odisha for 35 years gets notice to leave

Rediff.com26 Apr 2025

Sharada Kukreja, a Pakistani woman living in Odisha for 35 years after marrying an Indian citizen, has been served a notice to leave the country. She has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi to stop her deportation, citing her long-standing ties to India and family here. Sharada fled Pakistan to escape forced conversion and marriage, and despite having an Aadhaar card and participating in elections, she has not been granted Indian citizenship. The Odisha government has identified 12 Pakistani nationals residing in the state and asked them to leave by April 27. Another Pakistani woman in Bhubaneswar also received a country exit permit on Saturday.

They fire, we...: India's message to world after Op Sindoor

They fire, we...: India's message to world after Op Sindoor

Rediff.com12 May 2025

Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US Vice President JD Vance on May 9 that Indian response will be "more forceful, stronger, devastating" in response to Pakistani actions, the sources said.

Pak 'sued for peace' after realising 'India meant business'

Pak 'sued for peace' after realising 'India meant business'

Rediff.com12 May 2025

India's precision strikes using an array of weapon systems and missiles on eight key installations ranging from air defence systems to radar sites and command centres of the Pakistani military forced Islamabad to urge New Delhi to end the hostilities, the sources said.

Pak sought ceasefire after losing 35-40 soldiers: DGMO

Pak sought ceasefire after losing 35-40 soldiers: DGMO

Rediff.com11 May 2025

India on Sunday said it inflicted tremendous losses to the Pakistan military, including downing its fighter jets featuring latest technologies and damaging key military installations close to even capital Islamabad, during the three-day confrontation between the two sides.

'India definitely downed a few Pakistani planes'

'India definitely downed a few Pakistani planes'

Rediff.com12 May 2025

The Indian military also acknowledged suffering some losses but declined to provide the details as the operations are going on.

Report reveals how India hit targets deep inside Pakistan

Report reveals how India hit targets deep inside Pakistan

Rediff.com15 May 2025

India's strikes on Pakistan damaged runways and structures across at least six airfields, according to a visual analysis by The Washington Post, which experts said were the most significant attacks of their kind in decades of simmering conflict between the two nations.

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem showered with cash awards

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem showered with cash awards

Rediff.com9 Aug 2024

Pakistan's sensational javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem who won the country's first individual Olympics gold in 40 years is being showered with cash awards by Punjab and other provincial governments and organisations.

Married Pak Hindu girl abducted, raped for refusing to embrace Islam

Married Pak Hindu girl abducted, raped for refusing to embrace Islam

Rediff.com22 Jan 2023

The victim said she returned home after managing to escape her abductors.

Hindu girl shot dead during abduction attempt in Pak

Hindu girl shot dead during abduction attempt in Pak

Rediff.com22 Mar 2022

Pooja Oad was said to have been shot in the middle of the street after she put up resistance to the attackers in Rohi, Sukkur.

Hindu woman, teens abducted, forcibly converted in Pakistan

Hindu woman, teens abducted, forcibly converted in Pakistan

Rediff.com24 Sep 2022

Meena Meghwar, 14, was abducted from the Nasarpur area and another teenage Hindu girl was kidnapped while returning home from the market in Mirpurkhas town, police said.

Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi

Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi

Rediff.com9 Jun 2022

The idols of deities at Shri Mari Maata Mandir in Karachi's Korangi area were attacked on Wednesday.

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 183

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surge to 183

Rediff.com17 Mar 2020

The "exponential increase is largely due to the recent inflow of people brought in from Taftan after a purported quarantine".

Pak cricketer dies on pitch after getting hit on chest

Pak cricketer dies on pitch after getting hit on chest

Rediff.com20 Dec 2013

All sports activities in the city of Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province have been suspended for three days after a promising young cricketer, Zulfiqar Bhatti died here after being hit on the chest by a rising ball.

Bhutto makes first trip outside Karachi

Bhutto makes first trip outside Karachi

Rediff.com27 Oct 2007

Former Pakistan Premier Benazir was given a rousing welcome by hundreds of cheering supporters on Saturday when she flew from Karachi to Sukkur, a town near her ancestral home. This is her first visit outside the port city since a deadly attack on her homecoming procession claimed 165 lives. Bhutto, who returned to Pakistan nine days ago after eight years of self-imposed exile, flew in a commercial flight to Sukkur, near her hometown of Larkana.

42 killed in road accident in south Pakistan

42 killed in road accident in south Pakistan

Rediff.com20 Apr 2014

At least 42 people, 27 of them women and children, were killed and 17 others injured on Sunday when a speeding bus they were traveling in collided with a trailer on the National Highway in southeast Pakistan.

Pak actress working on reviving Pakistan hockey

Pak actress working on reviving Pakistan hockey

Rediff.com3 Aug 2019

Mehwish surprised everyone by visiting the Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium in Karachi last week during the National Championship where she met with the players and also tried her hand at playing the game.

'We'll migrate to India, if daughter not recovered'

'We'll migrate to India, if daughter not recovered'

Rediff.com10 Aug 2012

In a case of suspected conversion, a teenage Hindu girl, MK, from Pakistan has been converted to Islam and married off to a man identified as Ghulam Murtaza Channo.

Pakistan PM's aircraft makes emergency landing

Pakistan PM's aircraft makes emergency landing

Rediff.com3 Apr 2012

A special aircraft carrying Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and several federal ministers made an emergency landing on Tuesday shortly after taking off from a military airbase in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi. The aircraft, which was going to Sukkur in Sindh province, returned to Chaklala airbase shortly after take-off and made an emergency landing as it had developed technical problems, TV news channels quoted officials as saying.

Hindu girl abducted, converted to Islam in Pakistan

Hindu girl abducted, converted to Islam in Pakistan

Rediff.com3 Sep 2019

There have been numerous cases of Hindu girls, some under the age of 18, being abducted and forcibly converted to Islam before being married to Muslim men.

'USAID chief visited JuD arm's relief camp in Pak'

'USAID chief visited JuD arm's relief camp in Pak'

Rediff.com26 Aug 2010

Conflicting claims were made on Wednesday about the visit of United States Agency for International Development's Indian-origin chief Rajiv Shah to a relief camp, run by a front organisation of Jamaat-ud-Dawah, in Pakistan's flood-hit Sindh province and his handing over of aid to it.

Pakistan blocks major highways to Islamabad

Pakistan blocks major highways to Islamabad

Rediff.com13 Mar 2009

Continuing their tough stance against activists and lawyers, Pakistani authorities on Friday blocked all major highways leading to Islamabad to prevent a protest march demanding reinstatement of sacked judges, from reaching the capital. Police and paramilitary forces today blocked another group of activists marching from Balochistan's capital Quetta to Sukkur in Sindh and arrested the Supreme Court Bar Association President Ali Ahmed Kurd along with some others.

Suicide attackers target ISI office in Karachi, 5 killed

Suicide attackers target ISI office in Karachi, 5 killed

Rediff.com24 Jul 2013

Geo News channel quoted intelligence sources as saying that at least four terrorists, wearing suicide vests and carrying automatic weapons, were involved in the attack.

Finally, Zardari visits Pakistan's flood-hit areas

Finally, Zardari visits Pakistan's flood-hit areas

Rediff.com12 Aug 2010

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari finally visited the flood-hit areas in the southern province of Sindh on Thursday, two weeks after the country was hit by its worst humanitarian crisis in 80 years. Zardari visited the city of Sukkur located on the banks of the Indus River to take stock of the rescue and relief efforts. Zardari's decision to undertake a trip to France and Britain earlier, despite the country reeling under the worst floods in its history.

Bhutto's body flown to ancestral village

Bhutto's body flown to ancestral village

Rediff.com28 Dec 2007

Bhutto's husband Asif Zardari and her three children, who arrived in Islamabad late on Thursday night, had a brief chance to see the body before the plane left for Sukkur near Lakarna.

Pakistan executes 4 convicts; 59 executed since death penalty revival

Pakistan executes 4 convicts; 59 executed since death penalty revival

Rediff.com25 Mar 2015

Pakistan hanged four convicts on Wedesnday, 59 executed since death penalty revival.

Pakistan executes 7 more terror convicts

Pakistan executes 7 more terror convicts

Rediff.com13 Jan 2015

Seven terror convicts were hanged on Tuesday in jails across Pakistan, including a junior technician at Pakistan Air Force who was involved in the attack on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.

COVID: Pak bars international flights as cases up to 625

COVID: Pak bars international flights as cases up to 625

Rediff.com21 Mar 2020

The worst-affected Sindh province reported 90 new coronavirus cases, taking the provincial tally to 357. The new cases have been detected in pilgrims who returned from Iran and have been quarantined in Sukkur, according to a spokesperson for the Sindh health department.

Pathankot attack: NIA gets MHA nod to charge JeM chief

Pathankot attack: NIA gets MHA nod to charge JeM chief

Rediff.com28 Nov 2016

After receiving sanction under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the NIA will name Azhar, his brother Rauf Asghar, and handlers of four terrorists -- Qashif Jan and Shaid Latif in the chargesheet to be filed soon, official sources said.

Pak army chief signs death warrants of 6 terrorists

Pak army chief signs death warrants of 6 terrorists

Rediff.com19 Dec 2014

Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday signed death warrants of six terrorist, whose execution was pending.

How athletes are giving back during the coronavirus pandemic

How athletes are giving back during the coronavirus pandemic

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

Wrestler Bajrang Punia pledged to donate his sixth months' salary towards Haryana's COVID-19 Relief Fund.

Chinese President Xi to visit Pakistan next week

Chinese President Xi to visit Pakistan next week

Rediff.com16 Apr 2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Pakistan on Monday on a two-day visit to deepen economic and strategic ties between the two "all-weather" allies.

Ram Jethmalani: The man who never minced words

Ram Jethmalani: The man who never minced words

Rediff.com9 Sep 2019

Even as politics engaged him more, he never hid his way of life. On one occasion, Morarji Desai pleaded with him to stop drinking publicly. "You stick to your pissky and I'll stick to my whisky'' he is supposed to have told him.

Pakistan executes 4 more terrorists on death-row

Pakistan executes 4 more terrorists on death-row

Rediff.com21 Dec 2014

Four more death-row convicts were executed on Sunday in Pakistan for their involvement in an attack on former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf after the country lifted a ban on the death penalty following last week's deadly Taliban attack on a Peshawar school.

Who will Pakistan army chief promote?

Who will Pakistan army chief promote?

Rediff.com31 Mar 2019

General Bajwa gets inputs from his senior officers, but he has the final word, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.