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Banned TTP denies links to Al Qaeda, ISIS

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  Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) Pakistan has rejected any links with Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Qaeda, saying the group has no "global agenda" and is aimed only at Pakistan. In a statement on February 12, TTP Pakistan spokesperson Muhammad Khurasani reminded the US of Pakistan's double game and asked the US not to support Islamabad instead of supporting the rights of oppressed tribes. "The US says that it will work with Pakistan against the TTP, they are trying to put pressure on us, but we will not be affected," the spokesman said. The US seems to have forgotten the double game of its last visit and Islamabad. (translated from Urdu)   A spokesman for the banned group in Pakistan further said, "I urge the US to support the TTP for the rights of the oppressed people, rather than tyrannical Pakistan." Last year, the United Nations warned that terrorist organizations – Islamic State (ISIS) and al Qaeda – posed a major threat to much of Africa. Accordin...

Pakistan: Qandeel Baloch's killer acquitted

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    His brother, who was sentenced to life in Pakistan for the alleged slanderous murder of social celebrity Qandeel Baloch, has also been acquitted by a court after the victim's parents were pardoned under Islamic law. Muhammad Wasim was arrested in this case in the year 2016. Waseem had admitted that he first drugged his sister, 26-year-old Fauzia Azim, known as Qandeel Baloch, and then strangled her to death as she was allegedly sharing an objectionable picture on social media and defamed the family's honour. was hurting.   Wasim, the lone accused in the case, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court in the year 2019, while the other suspects were acquitted for lack of evidence. These include Baloch's younger brother Aslam Shaheen, cousin Haq Nawaz and Mufti Abdul Kavi. Wasim later challenged this sentence in the High Court. While Baloch's parents forgave Wasim on Monday, they also retracted the earlier statement against Wasim, the court offici...