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“Important point: why aren’t the Americans confronting the Taliban masters in Pakistan in a similar manner? The Taliban and their masters in Rawalpindi are responsible for the killing of 3500 US servicemen in Afghanistan,” asked Saad Mohseni, a prominent Afghan entrepreneur.

The ISPR, Pakistan Army’s media wing, is organising competition every month to award youths whose tweets get retweeted the most. The prizes include job and contracts in Fauzi Foundation. More than 100,000 people have participated in these competitions.

“The US warns its own air carriers to avoid Pakistan airspace due to risk of possible threat to attacks on US airlines (commercial and US state carriers) by Pakistan extremist and militant groups. Security advisory also stated that attacks may happen during when flights are on the ground and during take-off or landing,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.

The chief of staff, Air Force General Shen Yi-ming, died during the incident, while five of the 13 people on board survived, the army said in a statement. “Eight of our colleagues were killed,” a military spokesperson told a press conference that was broadcast live on television.

The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) said that the bulletins of state-run Radio Pakistan were hit by the ban.

Pakistan’s ISI is forging a partnership between LeT and Islamic State to carry out car bomb suicide attacks on Indian missions in Afghanistan, according to a recent intelligence report.

“Unauthorized copying of our equipment abroad is a huge problem. There have been 500 such cases over the past 17 years,” said Yevgeny Livadny, Rostec’s chief of intellectual property projects on Dec. 14. “China alone has copied aircraft engines, Sukhoi planes, deck jets, air defense systems, portable air defense missiles, and analogs of the Pantsir medium-range surface-to-air systems.”

The Criminal Code of Muslim-majority Pakistan, punishes blasphemy, including allegations of insulting Islam, providing penalties ranging from a fine to death. Thousands of Balochs, Sindhis, Ahmadiyyas and minorities belonging to various minority groups in the country regularly face the risk of persecution and enforced disappearances at the hands of the Pakistani establishment.

The sources suggest that anti-terror cells across the country are investigating as many possible suspicious phone calls and at least a 1000 WhatsApp groups are being constantly watched for any suspicious activities. The sources added that, on the same lines as Jammu and Kashmir, ISI is planning stone-pelting incidents on a large scale across the nation.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said Bangladesh had the fastest GDP growth rate in the world last year at 8.15 percent and was projected to grow at 8.20 percent this year.