PTI’s Sheikh Waqas Akram slams info minister for ‘advocating for military courts’ – Pakistan

PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram on Wednesday criticized Information Minister Attaullah Tarar for advocating trial of civilians in military courts, stating that the trials “tarnished Pakistan’s democratic and constitutional image across the world.” “. Twenty-five PTI activists were sentenced to rigorous prison terms of between two and ten years by a military court for…

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Pakistani envoy summoned over strikes in Pak­tika province, says Afghan foreign ministry – World

Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had summoned the head of Pakistan’s mission in Kabul to hold a formal protest over attacks carried out by Pakistani forces a day earlier. Pakistani security officials said late Tuesday that fighter jets bombed four locations, believed to be camps of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in Afghanistan’s…

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2 FC personnel martyred, 4 injured by roadside bomb in Turbat: officials – Pakistan

Two members of the Frontier Corps (FC) were martyred and four were injured by a roadside bomb on Wednesday in Balochistan’s Turbat district, officials said. The incident occurred in Dasht tehsil of Kharan, situated between Turbat and Gwadar, when a group of Arab sheikhs were returning to their camp after hunting, Dasht deputy commissioner (AC)…

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