Rezaul H Laskar is the Foreign Affairs Editor at Hindustan Times. His interests include movies and music.
Articles by Rezaul H Laskar
Sikh rescued from militants injured in shootout
One of the two abducted Sikhs rescued during an army operation in Pakistan's Taliban-infested tribal belt was injured in a shootout between security forces and militants, according to the military.
Updated on Mar 02, 2010 04:21 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak says talks only way forward; seeks resumption of CD
Seeking resumption of the stalled composite dialogue, Pakistan on Friday insisted that talks are the only way forward as "wars are not the solution" and said it has presented to India some proposals for high-level parleys and a roadmap to move ahead the process.
Updated on Feb 26, 2010 08:54 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
UN commission probing Bhutto killing meets Zardari
President Asif Ali Zardari today said the people of Pakistan are awaiting the findings of the UN panel probing the assassination of his wife, former premier Benazir Bhutto, so that the circumstances behind her death could be fully uncovered.
Updated on Feb 24, 2010 11:15 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
30 militants killed, police stations targeted
Pakistani fighter jets on Saturday targeted a terrorist hideout in the restive South Waziristan, eliminating at least 30 pro-Taliban militants, even as terrorists mounted suicide attacks on two police stations in the northwest killing an officer and injuring nine people.
Updated on Feb 20, 2010 06:49 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pakistan offers to step up intelligence cooperation with India
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today offered to enhance cooperation with India in the field of intelligence to avert attacks like the Pune blast that could "further the agenda of terrorists" who were holding the bilateral ties "hostage".
Updated on Feb 16, 2010 05:36 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
India "sabotaging peace" in Balochistan: Pakistan
India is allegedly involved in "sabotaging peace and creating trouble and instability" in Pakistan's Balochistan province and the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, country's defence minister said on Wednesday.
Updated on Feb 04, 2010 12:17 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak probe report: Lakhvi behind 26/11, all attackers LeT men
Pakistani investigators have corroborated the statement made by Ajmal Kasab, the lone gunman arrested in Mumbai, even as they concluded that almost all the terrorists involved in the 26/11 attack belonged to LeT and there is "sufficient evidence" to prosecute them.
Updated on Jan 27, 2010 10:51 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Court reserves decision on Lakhvi plea for acquittal
A Pakistani court on Tuesday reserved till tomorrow its decision on a petition filed by LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi seeking his acquittal in the Mumbai attack case.
Updated on Jan 26, 2010 07:38 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
'US to supply Pak with 12 Shadow unarmed drones'
US will supply Pakistan with 12 unarmed Shadow drones, which would significantly enhance the country's surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, but are much smaller than the armed Predators and Reapers used by its forces with devastating effect against Al Qaeda and Taliban.
Updated on Jan 22, 2010 07:12 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak can't guarantee no repeat of 26/11: Gilani
Pakistan, which is experiencing "Mumbai-like attacks almost every other day", cannot guarantee there will not be a repeat of the 26/11 strikes in India, Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has told the US.
Updated on Jan 22, 2010 04:15 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
US may give drone planes to Pak: Gates
In a significant development, Defence Secretary Robert Gates today said the US is considering the supply of unarmed versions of spy planes to Pakistan as part of the military partnership between the two countries.
Updated on Jan 22, 2010 12:25 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pakistan voices concern over India's induction of advanced weapon systems
Pakistan today expressed concern over what it described as India's "massive" induction of advanced weapon systems and adoption of "offensive" military doctrines and said it would not compromise on the maintenance of a credible minimum nuclear deterrence.
Updated on Jan 13, 2010 07:58 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Five killed in US drone strike in N Waziristan
US drones struck Pakistan's tribal areas for the sixth time in eight days today killing at least five militants and injuring three, hours after an American Congressional delegation defended such attacks to counter militants based in the lawless region bordering Afghanistan.
Updated on Jan 08, 2010 11:58 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Gilani wants review of new US rules to screen Pak travellers
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday asked the US to review new rules introduced by it to screen air travellers from Pakistan, warning that the "discriminatory" measures could "negatively impact bilateral ties".
Updated on Jan 08, 2010 04:24 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak court rejects acquittal plea for Lakhvi, six other suspects
A Pakistani anti-terror court today rejected an application seeking acquittal of LeT operations chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others charged with helping plan and executes the Mumbai attacks.
Updated on Jan 06, 2010 05:14 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Sensitive water issue can trigger Indo-Pak war: Gilani adviser
The sharing of river waters between India and Pakistan is a "sensitive issue" that has the potential for triggering a war between the two countries, an adviser to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.
Updated on Jan 03, 2010 04:23 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Terror strikes target Shia gatherings in Karachi & PoK, 25 hurt
Two terrorist strikes targeted Shia religious gatherings in southern port city of Karachi and Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir today, injuring nearly 25 people.
Updated on Dec 27, 2009 10:07 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Zardari pledges to defeat conspiracies by non-state actors
Beleaguered Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday pledged to defeat conspiracies by "non-state actors" who want to break up the country and made it clear that the PPP-led government would overcome all challenges confronting it.
Updated on Dec 27, 2009 08:01 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Repatriation of 100 fishermen after formalities: Indian HC
The repatriation of 100 Indian fishermen whose release was ordered by Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani will get underway once "necessary formalities" are completed, the Indian High Commission said on Wednesday.
Updated on Dec 23, 2009 06:50 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
22 militants killed in Pak's tribal region
Twelve Taliban militants were killed in fresh clashes with security forces in Pakistan’s restive tribal belt bordering Afghanistan while the bodies of ten suspected rebels were found in the country’s northwest region today.
Updated on Dec 19, 2009 09:02 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar and A Muhammad, Islamabad
12 people killed, 30 injured in suicide attack in Pak's NWFP
Taliban militants on Friday hit Pakistan's lawless NWFP as a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car outside a mosque after Friday prayers at Timergarah in Dir district, killing 12 people, mostly policemen.
Updated on Dec 18, 2009 07:20 PM IST
PTI | A Muhammad and Rezaul H Laskar, Peshawar/islamabad
Pak clerics fall ill after consuming poisonous halwa
Nine leading Pakistani clerics, who had gathered for a meeting that declared suicide attacks as un-Islamic, fell seriously ill after eating halwa served to them, prompting police to investigate whether an attempt was made to murder them.
Updated on Dec 18, 2009 03:39 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak defence minister barred from travelling to China
Authorities from travelling to China on an official visit on Thursday barred Pakistan's Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, one of the beneficiaries of a graft amnesty struck down by the Supreme Court.
Updated on Dec 18, 2009 12:29 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Malik barred from travelling abroad as graft cases reopen
Pakistan's anti-corruption agency today revived cases against thousands of people, including politicians that were scrapped under a law struck down by the Supreme Court, as authorities barred 248 people, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik from travelling abroad.
Updated on Dec 17, 2009 09:50 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak not to deport detained Americans
A group of US nationals arrested in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links will not be deported until security agencies verify that they had not violated local laws, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said, report Rezaul H Laskar & M Zulqernain.
Updated on Dec 12, 2009 01:06 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar & M Zulqernain, Islamabad
‘Osama key to Qaeda defeat’
Killing or capturing Osama bin Laden is the key to defeating the Al Qaeda terror network, the top US military commander in Afghanistan told US legislators on Tuesday.
Updated on Dec 10, 2009 01:06 AM IST
Agencies | Rezaul H Laskar, Washington/islamabad
35 killed, 68 injured in Rawalpindi blast
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a mosque packed with hundreds of Friday worshippers, including military personnel, in Rawalpindi after it was stormed by terrorists, killing at least 35 people and injuring 68 others.
Updated on Dec 04, 2009 08:29 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak fumes over UK's call for more action against Al-Qaeda
Pakistan has reacted strongly to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's call for it to take tougher action against Al- Qaeda and find Osama bin Laden, saying no one should doubt its efforts in the war against terrorism.
Updated on Nov 30, 2009 09:48 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Gilani aide admits he is related to Headley
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s public relations officer on Saturday acknowledged that David Coleman Headley, a terror suspect detained in the US, is his half-brother, but dismissed as incorrect reports that his family is related to the Premier, reports Rezaul H Laskar.
Updated on Nov 29, 2009 02:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Zardari hands over 'nuclear button' to PM Gilani
Pakistan's embattled President Asif Ali Zardari has transferred control of the country's nuclear arsenal to Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani and said he intended to strip the presidency of more powers by year-end.
Updated on Nov 28, 2009 01:01 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad