Tag: al-Qaeda
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Pakistan should deny legitimacy to Taliban till they give rights to women, minorities: US
The United States (US) has urged Pakistan that it should not recognise the Taliban government until it gives women their due rights and allows Afghans who want to leave the country to do so, reports Khaleej Times. Testifying before Congress on the Taliban victory in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “What we…
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‘PM calling OBL a martyr was a slip of the tongue’: Fawad Chaudhry
Prime Minister Imran Khan referring to slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a “martyr” last year was a “slip of the tongue”, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry clarified in Geo News programme, ‘Jirga’. “Pakistan has voted in the UN on the war on terror [against militants], we are a voter on a [UN] list that…
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‘Osama Bin Laden is a thing of the past, my focus is on the present and future’: Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday appeared on Geo News programme “Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath” and said that former Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden (OBL) “is a thing of the past and my focus is on the present and the future”. Qureshi was asked once more about why it is that he, along…
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Imran reminded of Pakistanis and armed forces’ sacrifices as he calls Osama bin Laden a ‘martyr’
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s words have yet again landed him in crosshairs of the general public as well as opposition leaders, who are training guns at him for calling notorious terrorist and al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden a “martyr”. Making a rare appearance in the National Assembly (NA), Imran on Thursday took the floor…