Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
August 2024 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- Meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Aug 2024 -- A meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir was held on the sidelines of the 50th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Yaoundé , Cameroon. Chaired by OIC Secretary General, Hissein Brahim Taha, the meeting was attended by representatives from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Niger, Azerbaijan, OIC's Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) and True Representatives of the Kashmiri People. The Pakistan delegation to the meeting was led by Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi.
- Why Pakistan's Balochistan remains restive VOA 30 Aug 2024 -- "Ever since I was a child, I've only seen war," says Sammi Deen Baloch, a prominent rights activist from Pakistan's southwestern province. "I am 26 years old and all I can remember are resistance movements in Balochistan, war and military operations. We have never had a normal life."
- Transcript of the Press Briefing by the Spokesperson on Thursday, 29 August 2024 Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Aug 2024
- Pakistan security officials in 'Taliban' captivity appeal for help VOA 29 Aug 2024 -- Militants in northwestern Pakistan released video Thursday of an army colonel and his brother, a senior civilian security officer, showing them in captivity and requesting authorities help secure their freedom.
- Pakistan urges Afghan Taliban to address perception as 'ideological cousins of TTP' VOA 28 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan urged Afghanistan's Taliban leaders Wednesday to explain their relationship with a globally designated terrorist group waging cross-border bloodshed and address concerns about sweeping restrictions they have imposed on Afghan women.
- China vows to enhance counter-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan VOA 28 Aug 2024 -- China pledged support for Pakistan's anti-terrorism campaign after Baloch insurgents, with a history of opposing Chinese investments in the region, carried out a series of attacks in the southwestern Baluchistan province Monday.
- Pakistan's internet to remain slow into October, regulator says VOA 28 Aug 2024 -- Slow internet speeds that have frustrated Pakistanis for several weeks may persist more than a month while repairs to a faulty submarine internet cable continue, the country's telecom regulator announced Wednesday.
- 'Digital terrorism' spurs debate on social media use in Pakistan VOA 27 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan's military is increasingly issuing warnings about what it calls "digital terrorism," a poorly defined term that some rights activists fear can be applied to anyone who posts criticism of the military online.
- Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on terrorist attacks in Pakistan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Aug 2024
- Insurgents kill more than 40 people in southwest Pakistan VOA 26 Aug 2024 -- Authorities in Pakistan reported Monday that insurgents had killed more than 40 civilians and security personnel in separate overnight attacks across the turbulent southwestern province of Baluchistan.
- Terrorists kill 39 in several 'coordinated' attacks in SW Pakistan Press TV 26 Aug 2024 -- Terrorists have killed at least 39 people in several attacks carried out in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan.
- Militants Kill 37 People In Pakistan's Restive Balochistan Province RFE/RL 26 Aug 2024 -- Pakistani officials say at least 37 people have been killed in several apparently coordinated attacks in the southwestern Balochistan Province, where security forces have long struggled against sectarian, separatist, and ethnic violence.
- 3 Killed, Including 2 Children, 18 Wounded In Bomb Blast In Pakistan's Southwest RFE/RL 24 Aug 2024 -- Three people, including two children, were killed and 17 others, including two police officers, were wounded in a bomb blast in Pishin, a district in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, a police official told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal.
- Power production contracts with Chinese companies need review, Pakistani minister says VOA 24 Aug 2024 -- Pakistani Minister for Power Awais Leghari says contracts with Chinese power producers that built and run power plants in Pakistan need to be revised.
- UN criticizes Pakistan's mass eviction of Afghans lacking legal paperwork VOA 23 Aug 2024 -- A group of independent experts from the United Nations raised concerns Friday about Pakistan's large-scale deportations of undocumented Afghan migrants and called for measures to minimize the dangers faced by vulnerable people among them.
- Pakistan's Internet 'Firewall' Aimed At Crushing Dissent Upends Livelihoods RFE/RL 23 Aug 2024 -- Millions of Pakistanis have for weeks experienced slow Internet connections and problems with accessing social media platforms.
- Gang Kills 11 Police Officers In Restive Pakistani Region RFE/RL 23 Aug 2024 -- As many as 11 policemen have been killed and 10 others injured in an August 22 ambush by robbers in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province, one of the deadliest attacks against law enforcement in the restive region in recent times.
- Officials: Pakistan mpox strain is different from DRC strain VOA 19 Aug 2024 -- A case of the mpox virus detected in Pakistan last week is not the same strain of the virus spreading on the African continent, Pakistan health officials said Monday.
- Pakistan: Gunfight with militants near Afghan border kills 3 troops VOA 19 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan reported Monday that at least three soldiers had been killed in clashes with militants attempting to cross over from Afghanistan.
- Transcript of the Press Briefing by the Spokesperson on Friday, 16 August 2024 Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Aug 2024
- Pakistan says Iran has right to self-defense IRNA 16 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has referred to the assassination of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, stressing that Iran has the right to self-defense.
- Pakistan: Iran has right to self-defense in face of Israeli terrorism Press TV 16 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan has said Iran has a right to defend itself in the face of the Israeli regime's terrorism.
- From Allies To Enemies: Relations Between Afghan Taliban And Pakistan Hit Rock Bottom RFE/RL 15 Aug 2024 -- Days after the Taliban seized power in 2021, Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, the powerful head of Pakistan's notorious Inter-Services Intelligence agency, took what seemed a victory lap in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
- Israeli crimes in Gaza stain on int'l norms: Pakistan army chief IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has reiterated his country's strong support for the aspirations of the Palestinian nation while condemning Israel for its "unabated violence and indiscriminate killing" in Gaza.
- Pakistani official calls for completing gas project with Iran IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- The chief of Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami has called for completing the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project in order to provide energy for his country.
- Pakistan Military Arrests Former Intelligence Chief Faiz Hameed, Initiates Court Martial Proceedings RFE/RL 12 Aug 2024 -- The former chief of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the military's powerful spy agency, Lieutenant-General Faiz Hameed, has been arrested and had court martial proceedings initiated against him, the military said in a statement on August 12.
- Pakistan arrests former spymaster for military trial VOA 12 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan's military announced on Monday that it had detained the country's former spy chief and initiated court-martial proceedings against him on charges of abuse of office, corruption and army regulation breaches.
- Pakistan Condemns the Israeli Attack on Al-Tabeen School Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan condemns in the strongest possible terms the Israeli attack on Al-Tabeen School in eastern Gaza on Saturday, which led to the death of over 100 civilians, injuring many more.
- Pakistan rejects Israeli media claim of secret Tehran-Islamabad military cooperation IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has dismissed a recent report by the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post that alleged a secret military cooperation between Iran and her country, calling the allegation unfounded.
- Transcript of the Press Briefing by the Spokesperson on Friday, 9 August 2024 Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Aug 2024
- Islamabad dismisses allegations of secret Iran-Pakistan military activity as 'baseless' Press TV 09 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson has dismissed as "groundless" a report by an Israeli media outlet, calling it an attempt to "disturb public opinion with false information."
- Militants stage deadly raid on Pakistani army posts near Afghan border VOA 09 Aug 2024 -- A group of heavily armed militants launched coordinated attacks Friday on three Pakistan military posts near the border with Afghanistan, reportedly killing several security personnel and wounding many more.
- Two Iranian Nationals and One Pakistani National Indicted for Providing Material Support to Terrorists US Dept. of Justice 08 Aug 2024 -- A superseding indictment was returned yesterday charging two Iranian citizens, brothers Shahab Mir'kazei (Shahab) and Yunus Mir'kazei (Yunis), and one Pakistani citizen, Muhammad Pahlawan, for conspiring to provide and providing material support to Iran's weapons of mass destruction program resulting in death and conspiring to commit violence against maritime navigation and maritime transport involving weapons of mass destruction resulting in death.
- Pakistani National with Ties to Iran Charged in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate a Politician or U.S. Government Official US Dept. of Justice 06 Aug 2024 -- Earlier today, a complaint was unsealed in Brooklyn charging Asif Merchant, also known as Asif Raza Merchant, 46, with murder-for-hire as part of an alleged scheme to assassinate a politician or U.S. government official on U.S. soil. Law enforcement foiled the charged plot before any attack could be carried out. Merchant is in federal custody.
- U.S. Charges Pakistani Man With Alleged Ties To Iran In Foiled Assassination Plot RFE/RL 06 Aug 2024 -- The United States on August 6 charged a Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran in connection with a foiled murder-for-hire plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government officials in the United States.
- Iranian plot to kill US officials, politicians tied to Pakistani man VOA 06 Aug 2024 -- An Iranian plot to kill former U.S. President Donald Trump appears to have centered on a Pakistani man with ties to Tehran who hoped to also target other high-profile politicians and officials.
- Pakistan Expresses Solidarity with the Kashmiri People on 'Youm-e-Istehsal Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Aug 2024 -- On the fifth anniversary of India's illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019 in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the people and Government of Pakistan are observing the 'Youm-e- Istehsal' (Day of Exploitation), today.
- Political instability persists as former Pakistani PM Khan marks prison anniversary VOA 05 Aug 2024 -- The tree-lined alley leading to the personal residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore is quiet. A severe crackdown on his political party has scared away supporters who used to revel late into the night and sleep at their beloved leader's doorstep.
- Official: Iran smuggles '5 to 6 million liters' of oil into Pakistan daily VOA 05 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan's military revealed Monday that millions of liters of Iranian oil are being smuggled into the country each day, but rejected long-standing allegations that it is also playing a role in the illegal trade.
- Media Note : Telephone Call between Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister and Iranian Acting Foreign Minister Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2024 -- Acting Foreign Minister of Iran Ali Bagehri Kani called the Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on 03 August 2024. Acting Foreign Minister Kani shared the Iranian nation's and leadership's deep anguish on the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran on the occasion of the inauguration of the President of Iran.
- Gunmen kill 2 police officers escorting Pakistan judges VOA 02 Aug 2024 -- Authorities in northwestern Pakistan said Friday that suspected militants had ambushed and opened fire on a vehicle transporting a group of local judges, killing two police officers who were escorting them.
- How Will Rising Middle East Tensions Impact Afghanistan and Pakistan? RFE/RL 01 Aug 2024 -- The killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the EU- and U.S.-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, has thrown the Middle East into crisis.
- Transcript of the Press Briefing by the Spokesperson on Thursday, 1 August 2024 Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Aug 2024
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