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IAF carries out major readiness exercise along Pak border

IAF carries out major readiness exercise along Pak border

Rediff.com15 Mar 2019

The combat drill was to be prepared for thwarting any misadventure by the Pakistan Air Force to intrude into the Indian air space

Flash floods kill at least 50 people in Pakistan

Flash floods kill at least 50 people in Pakistan

Rediff.com5 Apr 2016

The flooding in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunwa province was prompted by torrential rain that began Saturday night, disaster-management official Latif ur Rehman was quoted as saying.

30 arrested over attack on Hindu temple in Pakistan

30 arrested over attack on Hindu temple in Pakistan

Rediff.com31 Dec 2020

A central leader of radical Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, Rehmat Salam Khattak, is among 30 arrested in raids following the attack on the temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district on Wednesday, Station House Officer Rehmatullah Khan told PTI.

Will rebuild vandalised Hindu temple: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa CM

Will rebuild vandalised Hindu temple: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa CM

Rediff.com1 Jan 2021

Addressing a health card distribution ceremony in Peshawar, Chief Minister Khan said the government has issued orders to rebuild the temple. The attack on the temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) Karak district on Wednesday drew strong condemnation from human rights activists and the minority Hindu community leaders.

Rajnath on no-first-strike: Hiss of the cobra

Rajnath on no-first-strike: Hiss of the cobra

Rediff.com17 Aug 2019

While we have to hiss loudly and do the lunging bit to keep our foes on their toes, that's only a tactical matter. What is the strategic goal? What is the end game? In my opinion, there is only one possible end game: the unwinding of Pakistan into several pieces: Balochistan, Sind, Balawaristan (Gilgit, Baltistan, the rest of PoK), the Pashtun area Khyber Pakhtunwa which will merge with Afghanistan, and the rump Punjab, says Rajeev Srinivasan.