Rezaul H Laskar is the Foreign Affairs Editor at Hindustan Times. His interests include movies and music.
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Pak asks India to share info to help pre-empt any terror act
Pakistan reacted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remarks on terror groups planning fresh attacks on India from Pakistani soil by saying that New Delhi should share such information with Islamabad to help “pre-empt any act of terror”.
Updated on Aug 18, 2009 02:26 AM IST
IANS | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Taliban torch seven schools in Malakand in a barbaric act
Taliban were back to their old barbaric ways, as they torched at least seven more schools,four of them girls today in the insurgency-torn Malakand division, a day after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had assured students that days of militant terror were over.
Updated on Aug 11, 2009 10:34 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Gilani vows to eliminate militants from Pak
Amid reports of infighting among Taliban, an emboldened Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani claimed that the militants were on the run and would soon be eliminated.
Updated on Aug 10, 2009 11:18 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
10 militants killed in Pakistan's anti-Taliban operation
Pakistani security forces and members of a tribal militia killed 10 Taliban militants in the country's restive northwest while 17 rebels were captured during search and clearance operations in Malakand division, reports said on Thursday.
Updated on Aug 06, 2009 08:37 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak: Indian info on 26/11 not enough to act against Saeed
Pakistan today said the information provided so far by India on the Mumbai attacks was not enough for it to take legal action against outlawed JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed.
Updated on Aug 06, 2009 05:39 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
7 militants killed in Pak bombing raids
Seven militants were killed when Pak warplanes pounded rebel positions in the northwestern Dir district while 16 others were captured by security forces during search and clearance operations across the restive Malakand division.
Updated on Aug 03, 2009 07:48 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Top militant accused of killing Daniel Pearl nabbed
In a major catch, Pakistani authorities today nabbed a top militant suspected of beheading the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002. Rao Shakir, a suspected member of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was arrested from Bhara Kahu on the outskirts of Islamabad.
Updated on Aug 01, 2009 10:59 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Taliban warns people on radio against supporting Pak forces
Taliban have taken to airwaves to issue warnings to people of restive NWFP against supporting Pakistani security forces in their crackdown against them.
Updated on Aug 01, 2009 03:07 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
India, Pak leaders should build bridges and not walls: Gilani
The political leaders of India and Pakistan should build "bridges and not walls" as talks are the only way forward for the two neighbouring countries, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today.
Updated on Jul 31, 2009 02:53 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Nine militants, pro-govt militia leader killed in Pakistan
The Taliban on Wednesday stepped up attacks on civilians and pro-government tribesmen in northwest Pakistan, killing five persons including a politician and a militia leader even as nine militants were killed in violence in the restive region.
Updated on Jul 29, 2009 09:46 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
'No proof against Hafiz in 26/11 attacks'
Pakistan has said it cannot arrest outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, linked by India to the Mumbai terror attacks, since there is no proof of his involvement in the 26/11 assault. Saeed will not be arrested merely on the basis of statements linking him to the attacks and the Indian Govt has been asked to provide proof of his involvement in any misdeeds, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.
Updated on Jul 29, 2009 02:28 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Babar says Musharraf’s claims false
Pervez Musharraf’s claim that slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto wanted him to continue as President is the “wishful thinking of a disgraced dictator”, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said today.
Updated on Jul 25, 2009 07:47 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
11 Taliban, a soldier killed in fighting in northwest Pak
At least 11 militants and a soldier were killed in intense fighting in Pakistan's restive Swat valley, where the military is wrapping up a nearly three-month-long operation against the Taliban.
Updated on Jul 24, 2009 07:32 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Holbrooke to Pak: 'Move forward' from 'complicated history' with India
India, Pakistan and the US were facing the shared challenge of combating terrorism, top American official Richard Holbrooke said today as he pressed Islamabad to "move forward" from the "complicated history" with New Delhi to take on the "common enemy".
Updated on Jul 22, 2009 10:34 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak SC asks Musharraf to appear before it on July 29
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday asked former President Pervez Musharraf to appear before it and issued notice to him to explain his action of imposing emergency in November 2007 and deposing over 60 members of the country’s superior judiciary.
Updated on Jul 22, 2009 04:25 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Gilani rejects notion about misunderstandings between him: Zardari
Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani today sought to dispel the impression that there were misunderstandings between him and President Asif Ali Zardari, asserting that they enjoyed “complete harmony” and had regular interactions on all issues.
Updated on Jul 21, 2009 05:52 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Gilani, Zardari face-off in Pakistan
An increasingly confident Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appears set to enhance his control over the Pakistan government, having cancelled the appointment of an ambassador nominated by President Asif Ali Zaradari and planning to remove three ministers considered close to him.
Updated on Jul 21, 2009 01:56 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Zardari moved by son Bilawal’s speech
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was moved to tears when he heard his son and co-chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal address party leaders at a gathering in the presidency, invoking his mother’s “sacrifice” for inspiration.
Updated on Jul 21, 2009 12:23 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Zardari moved over son Bilawal's speech
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was moved to tears when he heard his son and co-chairman of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal address party leaders at a gathering in the presidency, invoking his mother's "sacrifice" for inspiration.
Updated on Jul 20, 2009 05:18 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Taliban again display gruesome trait as they behead a civilian
In a gruesome act, Taliban beheaded an employee of the police department in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley which the security forces have claimed has been cleared of militants.
Updated on Jul 20, 2009 01:42 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pakistan file 2nd chargesheet against 26/11 suspects
A second chargesheet against five LeT operatives accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks, including its operations chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, was filed today before an anti-terror court in Rawalpindi by Pakistani investigators.
Updated on Jul 18, 2009 04:41 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
UNHCR official, bodyguard shot dead in Pakistan
A UNHCR official and his bodyguard were shot dead by unidentified gunmen during a failed kidnapping bid in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, police said.
Updated on Jul 16, 2009 10:04 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
UN's Bhutto Commission arrives in Pakistan
A three-member UN Commission of Inquiry probing the facts and circumstances of the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in Islamabad on Thursday on its first working visit to Pakistan.
Updated on Jul 16, 2009 02:53 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Gilani to approach talks with Manmohan Singh with 'open mind'
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said he would hold talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the margins of the NAM summit in Egypt with an "open mind" as he believed any "pause" in bilateral dialogue would benefit terrorists.
Updated on Jul 14, 2009 05:01 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak's Punjab Govt to withdraw plea challenging Saeed's release
The Punjab government on Tuesday informed the Pakistan Supreme Court that it wants to withdraw petition challenging Jammat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed's release. The Punjab Govt said that they have taken this decision as the federal government could not supply enough evidence to back its appeal. Listen to podcast
Updated on Jul 14, 2009 02:18 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
16 killed in blast in Pak madrassa used as bomb-making factory
At least 16 people, including several children, were killed and 120 others injured on Monday when a powerful explosion in a small village in Pakistan’s Punjab province flattened a madrassa, which was being used to make bombs, officials said.
Updated on Jul 13, 2009 02:10 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Gilani to meet Manmohan on Jul 16, hopes to revive peace talks
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on July 16 on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Egypt "in a bid to restart the stalled peace process" between the two countries.
Updated on Jul 12, 2009 09:05 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
42 militants killed; air raid on Taliban occupying Sikh areas
At least 42 Taliban terrorists were killed in airstrikes by fighter jets and ground clashes in Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt, where a deadly ambush by militants at a checkpost on Friday claimed the lives of four security personnel.
Updated on Jul 10, 2009 10:53 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Several militants from Punjab among 48 dead Taliban insurgents
Several militants from Punjab province were among the 48 Taliban insurgents killed in two US drone attacks in Pakistan's volatile South Waziristan tribal region, reports said.
Updated on Jul 09, 2009 02:51 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
18 militants killed in US drone attack in Pak tribal belt
A US drone strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border killed 10 militants and wounded seven, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said.
Updated on Jul 03, 2009 02:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad