Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
October 2016 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- Pakistan police arrest 1,500 supporters of Imran Khan Press TV 31 Oct 2016 -- Pakistani police have arrested at least 1,500 supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party ahead of a massive rally planned later this week in the capital Islamabad.
- Pakistan court allows opposition sit-in Press TV 31 Oct 2016 -- A top court in Pakistan has given permission to opposition protesters to stage a highly-anticipated anti-government sit-in in the capital this week.
- Indian Army Destroys Four Pakistani Border Posts, Kills up to 20 Soldiers Sputnik 30 Oct 2016 -- The Indian army destroyed at least four Pakistan's border posts killing up to 20 soldiers, local NDTV TV-channel reported on Sunday.
- Pakistan police arrest over 100 supporters of Imran Khan Press TV 30 Oct 2016 -- Pakistani police have arrested more than 100 supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party who entered Islamabad ahead of a planned protest in the capital, the interior minister says.
- Pakistan minister resigns for suspected role in leaking info to daily Press TV 30 Oct 2016 -- A key Pakistani minister "has been directed to step down" for his suspected role in leaking government information to media that implicates the country's powerful military in acts of extremism overseas.
- Dozens Arrested As Pakistani Police Clash With Opposition Activists RFE/RL 29 Oct 2016 -- Pakistani riot police wielded batons and fired tear gas at stone-throwing opposition activists who rallied in Islamabad in defiance of a government ban on demonstrations on October 28.
- Pakistan Allows Islamists to Rally, Despite Crackdown on Political Activists VOA 29 Oct 2016 -- Authorities in Pakistan have come under severe criticism for a crackdown on political activists trying to hold an anti-government demonstration, but allowing a proscribed radical Islamist group to rally in the heart of the nation's capital.
- Pakistan expels India diplomat in tit-for-tat move Press TV 28 Oct 2016 -- Pakistan has declared an Indian diplomat persona non grata and given him 48 hours to leave the country, in a tit-for-tat move that comes a day after India said it would deport a Pakistani official.
- Pakistan police clash with supporters of Imran Khan Press TV 28 Oct 2016 -- Pakistani police have clashed with supporters of popular opposition leader Imran Khan, firing tear gas at protesters who defied a ban on public gatherings.
- Pakistan Detains Activists, Bans Rallies; Opposition Vows Showdown RFE/RL 28 Oct 2016 -- Pakistani police have detained dozens of supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan and banned public rallies, triggering clashes with opposition activists in parts of Islamabad.
- Pakistani Capital Bans Political Gatherings VOA 27 Oct 2016 -- Authorities in Pakistan have banned all political gatherings and street rallies in the capital city in a bid to discourage next week's planned anti-government march here.
- India 'to expel Pakistani diplomat over spying' Press TV 27 Oct 2016 -- India has declared a Pakistani diplomat persona non grata for "espionage activities" and said it will expel him from the country, as tensions are already running high between New Delhi and Islamabad.
- Pakistani Embassy Official Tied to Delhi Spy Ring, Declared 'Persona Non Grata' Sputnik 27 Oct 2016 -- Delhi police claim that Pakistani Embassy official Mehmood Akhtar was the kingpin of a spy ring and recruited Indians who came seeking visas to travel to Pakistan.
- Indian Police Arrest Alleged Pakistani Spies for Leaking Defense Information Sputnik 27 Oct 2016 -- Indian police arrested in New Delhi two Pakistani men on suspicion of espionage and leaking confidential documents related to India's defense sector, local media reported on Thursday.
- India Expels Pakistani Staffer on Spying Charges VOA 27 Oct 2016 -- India has expelled a staffer of the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi, accusing him of running a spy racket that accessed sensitive information about Indian security operations.
- Pakistan army says Indian troops killed two civilians in Kashmir Press TV 26 Oct 2016 -- Pakistan's army says Indian troops have killed two civilians in the disputed region of Kashmir.
- IS Claims Attack on Pakistan Police Training Center VOA 25 Oct 2016 -- lslamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that targeted a police training center in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 61 recruits and wounding more than 120 others.
- Gunmen kill at least 59 Pakistani police cadets during academy raid Press TV 24 Oct 2016 -- At least 59 Pakistani police cadets and trainers have been killed and more than 100 others wounded after militants attacked a police college in the restive Balochistan province.
- Militants Holding 200 Cadets Hostage at Pakistan Police Facility Sputnik 24 Oct 2016 -- A group of militants is holding some 200 cadets after storming a police facility in southwestern Pakistan. At least four people are reportedly wounded, local media reported Monday.
- Pakistan 'Squeezing' Fugitive Taliban Leaders to Leave or Engage in Afghan Peace Process VOA 23 Oct 2016 -- Fugitive Afghan Taliban leaders are being increasingly pressured to relocate from Pakistan along with their families and businesses for refusing to join peace talks with Kabul, officials and insurgent sources told VOA in background interviews.
- Afghan Taliban Political Envoys in Pakistan for Serious Talks VOA 22 Oct 2016 -- An Afghan Taliban delegation has traveled to Pakistan from Qatar for talks with officials to raise various issues, including "arrests" of some insurgent leaders, shutting down of some religious seminaries for Afghan refugees and "increasing problems" facing the displaced community in the neighboring country.
- Pakistan rejects India's claim about killing seven soldiers Press TV 21 Oct 2016 -- Pakistan has strongly rejected a claim by India that its forces have killed seven Pakistani soldiers along the so-called Line of Control (LoC).
- Russia Not Holding Talks With Pakistan on Supply of Su-35 Jets - Official Sputnik 19 Oct 2016 -- Russia is not engaged in negotiations on Su-35 fighter jets supply to Pakistan, Anatoly Punchuk, the deputy director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), said Wednesday.
- India Not Concerned About China-Pak Submarine Deal Sputnik 18 Oct 2016 -- China has officially admitted that it will supply eight attack submarines to Pakistan. Currently, Pakistan operates five French-made submarines while India operates 14.
- China defends Pakistan after Premier Modi's remarks Press TV 17 Oct 2016 -- China moves to defend Pakistan after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Islamabad of nurturing terrorists and sponsoring cross-border terrorism.
- Pakistan Says 3rd Chinese-built Nuclear Reactor Goes Into Operation VOA 17 Oct 2016 -- Pakistan has connected its new, largely Chinese-built nuclear reactor to the national grid as part of broader plans to overcome long-running crippling power shortages.
- Submarine exports to Pakistan officially confirmed People's Daily 16 Oct 2016 -- On Wednesday, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation confirmed a project to export 8 attack submarines to Pakistan, China Shipbuilding Online reports. The corporation held a conference to discuss the details of the arrangement.
- Afghan militants kill 2 Pakistani soldiers near border Press TV 16 Oct 2016 -- Militants from Afghanistan have killed two Pakistani soldiers and injured one more in cross-border fire.
- India's Modi blasts Pakistan for serving as 'mother-ship of terrorism' Press TV 16 Oct 2016 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stepped up his drive to isolate Pakistan by highlighting the country's role in sponsoring terrorism.
- Militants shoot dead three soldiers in Pakistan's Balochistan Press TV 14 Oct 2016 -- At least three Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants on a paramilitary patrol in the province of Balochistan.
- Taliban Gunmen Target Pakistan Security Forces VOA 14 Oct 2016 -- Gunmen on motorcycles killed at least three Pakistani paramilitary forces Friday in the southwestern city of Quetta.
- India to Seal Border With Pakistan by Late 2018 to Prevent Hostilities Sputnik 07 Oct 2016 -- Indian Interior Minister Rajnath Singh said that Indian government was considering "technical" options for fencing off the 651-mile-long border with Pakistan.
- Pakistan Will Meet Indian Aggression in Kashmir with 'Most Fitting Response' VOA 06 Oct 2016 -- Pakistan's army chief is warning India any military aggression in contested Kashmir will not go unpunished.
- Pakistan Premier's Envoy Sees India Tensions Easing VOA 04 Oct 2016 -- Recent contacts made by the national security advisors of Pakistan and India should help de-escalate tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, a prominent Pakistani politician said Tuesday.
- India Adopts More Assertive Posture With Pakistan VOA 03 Oct 2016 -- The latest dispute between archrivals India and Pakistan centers on whether the Indian army took out several suspected terror camps just across the volatile border in Kashmir. While India claims its special forces carried out preemptive "surgical strikes" last week, Islamabad is adamant that they did not cross the line of control into Pakistan.
- Tensions rise on India-Pakistan border Press TV 02 Oct 2016 -- India has detained a pigeon which was carrying a threatening message for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- India, Pakistan clash along disputed Kashmir border Press TV 01 Oct 2016 -- India and Pakistan have again exchanged gun fire across the disputed Kashmir border, Pakistani military authorities say as tensions mount between the neighboring nuclear-armed rivals in south Asia.
- UN Chief Offers To Mediate Kashmir Dispute Between India, Pakistan RFE/RL 01 Oct 2016 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered to act as a mediator between India and Pakistan to defuse escalating tensions over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
- Iran, Pakistan kick off joint naval exercise IRNA 01 Oct 2016 -- Iranian and Pakistani naval forces on Saturday evening started a joint naval exercise in the Pakistani territorial waters near the port of Karachi.
- Iran, Pakistan hold joint naval exercise in waters off Karachi coast Press TV 01 Oct 2016 -- The 43rd flotilla of the Iranian Navy has participated in a joint relief and rescue drill with Pakistani naval forces in waters off the port city of Karachi.
- Pakistan: SAARC Summit Postponed VOA 01 Oct 2016 -- Pakistan has announced it will postpone a November meeting of the heads of South Asian countries, blaming arch-rival India for derailing the process of regional cooperation.
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