Madeeha Anwar is a multimedia journalist with Voice of America's Extremism Watch Desk in Washington where she primarily focuses on extremism in the South Asia region.
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Decree labels suicide attackers and terrorists as 'traitors,' and emphasizes that waging jihad is the prerogative of the state, not of religious groups and entities
Some experts say securities agency's directive will have little impact unless militant groups are scrutinized and held accountable for continuing to raise funds
Groups with terror ties re-brand themselves as political parties
Government confirms high-level investigation is underway and measures have been taken to avoid such incidents in the future
Islamabad's High Court passed its verdict last week against Aamir Liaquat Hussain, known as the 'king of ratings'
Military experts in Pakistan see surge in terror activities in Baluchistan lately but say there is little evidence that establishes IS's existence in province
Pakistani senators want government to provide rationale for being part of Saudi-led Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
Ruling comes after concerns that Pakistani authorities might have released Ehsan as part of deal with TTP's commander
Nasreen Jalil, Senate committee chairman, tells VOA's Urdu service recovered missing persons will be summoned in three weeks to participate in on-camera Q&A session
Brother says Raza Khan had arranged open discussion Saturday on extremism, blasphemy in relation to recent Islamabad sit-in by radical Islamist group
US ‘deeply concerned’ Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) leader Hafiz Saeed has been freed from house arrest in Pakistan
Surajpal Singh Amu, member of BJP, is upset about an upcoming movie that alleges romance between Hindu queen and Muslim invader
Global Peace Index 2017 observed there were 736 terror attacks in Pakistan during 2016, which resulted in 956 deaths, a 12 percent decline in terror-related deaths from 2015
Taliban leader was killed in US drone strike in Pakistan’s Balochistan province in May 2016 and his Pakistani passport and ID card were recovered near car’s debris
Special courts were established two years ago after deadly Taliban attack on military-run school in Peshawar that claimed lives of more than 130 children
The government-run communications regulatory agency has created a 25-member body to crack down on websites, social media accounts and online pages that are offending Islam
As veto-wielding UN Security Council member, China has already twice this year blocked India’s efforts to designate JeM leader Massod Azhar a terrorist
Umar Khalis Khorasani is among more than 30 militants who have been killed in recent US drone attacks, local media reported
Umar Mansoor was reportedly mastermind behind 2014 massacre at Army Public School in Peshawar, which claimed the lives of more than 140 people, a majority of them children
Mubasher Ahmad, Ghulam Ahmed and Ehsan Ahmed were found guilty and convicted by the trial court on Wednesday for insulting the prophet of Islam
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