Archive for: 2014

Missing AirAsia Flight could be on the Sea Floor after Having Crashed

AirAsia Missing Flight

The AirAsia flight which went missing last Sunday and sent Indonesian authorities searching for over 2 days, is believed to have crashed and reached the sea floor. The flight, which was carrying 162 people disappeared over the Java Sea about five minutes after the flight crew requested a change in altitude to avoid rough clouds. […]

AirAsia Plane with 162 Passengers Missing – Search Operation to Resume Today

AirAsia Missing Plane to Singapore

In what is the third such event this year, an AirAsia plane disappeared on Sunday, reportedly carrying 162 people, and is yet to be recovered or found. The A320-200 Airbus was traveling from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore and the ATC (Air Traffic Control) lost all contact with the aircraft about an hour into its flight […]

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Addresses Nation over Terrorism

Nawaz Address to Nation over Terrorism

Speaking to the nation after midnight, the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the Peshawar attack and stated that the government will ensure that the menace of terrorism is eradicated from the country. In the speech, which was broadcasted on national television, the Prime Minister said, “the Peshawar atrocity has changed Pakistan, we need to eradicate […]

KPK Schools to be named after Students of APS Peshawar

KPK Schools to be named after Students of APS Peshawar

The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak, has announced that upcoming schools and other institutes built by the government in KPK will be named after the students who passed away in the Peshawar attack on Army Public School. The attack which took place on December 16 was carried out by militants belonging to the […]

Mumbai Terror Attack could have been Prevented if Spy Agencies solved the Digital Puzzle

Mumbai Terror Attack

According to an investigative report the Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 in India might have partly been due to intelligence agencies of major countries being unable to put together the pieces of a digital puzzle. It is believed that the spy agencies of the United States, as well as those of Britain and India were […]

Horrific Attack in Peshawar School Leaves over 100 Dead So Far

Horrific Attack in Peshawar School Leaves over 100 Dead So Far

In what is possibly the worst terrorist attack in the country, militants entered a school in Peshawar and held students and teachers hostage after opening fire and killing over a 100 people (unconfirmed) so far. The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have reportedly taken responsibility for the attack, and according to their spokesperson, the militants who stormed […]

Pakistan Local Defence Manufacturing Upto $1.5 Billion Per Year

Pakistani JF-17 Fighter Jet

Pakistan’s local defence production industry is producing hardware worth $1.5 billion per year according to Jane’s Defence Weekly. This is a positive news, given how the local defence industry in Pakistan has been generally termed as low tech and unable to meet the modern requirements or compete with international manufacturers. According to an unnamed source […]

PTI Activists turn to Lahore after Faisalabad and Karachi

PTI Activists turn to Lahore after Faisalabad and Karachi

After Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s protests shut down Faisalabad and Karachi, the party has now turned towards Lahore, following up on the chairman Imran Khan’s call for a country wide shut down under his ‘Plan C’. According to reports from Lahore, PTI activists have blocked major roads and are burning tyres in areas including Liberty, Bhutta and […]

PTI’s Plan C – Karachi Shut Down in Progress

Karachi Shut Down Plan C

Following Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Chariman, Imran Khan’s call for a complete shutdown of the country city by city, now Karachi is where PTI workers are gathered in an attempt to force the current government to meet their demands. Earlier we witnessed a similar shutdown in Faisalabad which led to severe clashes between workers of PTI and […]

United States Affirms that Pakistan’s Military Operation has Disrupted Militants

Operation Zarb-e-Azb

With delegations from both Pakistan and the United States meeting for the 23rd time under the US-Pakistan Defence Consultative Group (DCG), the US affirmed that the military operation conducted by Pakistan in the North Waziristan agency has dealt a blow to militants. “Both delegations affirmed the significance of the Pakistan military’s ongoing North Waziristan operation, […]

LHC Advises Government to Quit After Failing to Maintain Peace

Lahore High Court

The Lahore High Court (LHC), on Tuesday advised the incumbent government to quit on account of its failure to maintain public peace and fulfill its duties. The full bench of the LHC made these statements while hearing several petitions regarding the ongoing political protests and the deteriorating security conditions in the country. The petitions included […]

Clashes Between PML-N and PTI Workers Led to 1 Dead and Several Injured

PTI PML-N Clashes

As Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers attempted to enforce a shutdown in Faisalabad after their chairman’s call, clashes erupted between them and PML-N workers, which led to the death of one PTI worker while several others, including policemen, were injured. The clashes took place on Novelty Bridge in Faisalabad, and the deceased, Haq Nawaz, was allegedly shot […]

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