According to an official list of 60 proscribed outfits, Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Afghanistan-based dreaded Haqqani network are not banned in Pakistan.
Bollywood film ‘Phantom’ banned from release in Pakistan by Lahore HC
Bollywood film ‘Phantom’ which is based on 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai was banned from relaese in Pakistan by the Lahore High Court. The court also banned its broadcasting on the cable networks as well as sale in the form of CDs.
The Pakistan Paradox written by Christrophe Jaffrelot
‘Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience’ by Christrophe Jaffrelot was published by Vintage Books on 15 April 2015. Christrophe Jaffrelot is Research Director at CNRS and teaches South Asian Politics and History at Sciences Po (Paris).
Pakistan conferred highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Chinese president Xi Jinping
Pakistan on 21 April 2025 conferred its top civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Chinese President Xi Jinping. The award was conferred for his outstanding contribution in promotion of relationship between the two countries.
Pakistan’s new nuclear reactor operational
As a part of Pakistan’s programme to increase the production of miniaturized plutonium based nuclear weapons, its new heavy water reactor at Khushab nuclear site has probably become operational.
Pak bans chief terrorist organisations
After the instructions from US secretary of state John Kerry who was on the visit to Pakistan, Pakistan banned 12 terrorist organizations including the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and the Hakkani network
US declares Pak Taliban chief as global terrorist
The US designated Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of Pakistani Taliban, as a global terrorist. TTP had claimed responsibility for the Peshawar attack that resulted in the deaths of about 150 people, mostly children.