PAKISTAN

The ruling comes as a prominent Islamist group calls for nationwide strikes to protest the verdict.

The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) has close ties to Indian Mujahideen, a militant group linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Pakistan has executed six people since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted after a Taliban attack on a Peshawar school this month.

The latest offensive comes barely a day after the army claimed it killed a Taliban commander who facilitated the Peshawar school attack.

A tough fiscal situation may have forced the Narendra Modi government to cut spending on public health. But, this has happened before.

The Pakistani army has intensified its operations in North Waziristan after a Taliban attack on a school last week killed over 130 children.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif outlined a 20-point plan to combat terrorism in the wake of the deadly Peshawar school attacks.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating O'Neill over allegations that he may have leaked classified information.

The global Arms Trade Treaty, which has been ratified by 60 countries, aims to regulate the flow of weapons to conflict-hit zones.

It remains unclear if Prime Minister Modi’s BJP would be part of the state government in the strife-torn, Muslim-majority state.

The security threat came just hours after Pakistani officials issued arrest warrants for militant leaders.

The move comes days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lifted a six-year moratorium on the death penalty in terrorism-related cases.

Umar Mansoor, considered to be the mastermind behind the Peshawar attacks, has warned of more attacks if anti-terrorism operations continue.

The intensified military offensives follow the attack on a school in Peshawar, where 148 people were killed by Taliban militants.

Police tracked down the suspects using a SIM card allegedly used by the Pakistani Taliban.

Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's bail order comes just two days after terrorists killed over 130 school children in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Chilling conversations between Taliban fighters, who killed scores of children in Pakistan this week, and their handler have emerged.

A Pakistani court granted the alleged terrorist leader, whose attack left more than 130 children dead, bail for less than $8,000.

A police memo called on schools to increase security and to check underneath buses and other vehicles carrying students.

The incident took place Wednesday in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the country’s northwest.

Authorities have intercepted telephone conversations between Lashkar-e-Taiba and terror suspects about a new attack.