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Pahalgam massacre and 2019 Easter Sunday tragedy two branches of same poisonous tree: Lankan media

IANS | April 22, 2026 8:16 PM

Colombo, April 22 (IANS) With a US Congressional Research Service report recently identifying Pakistan as a persistent base for several long-active extremist groups, Sri Lanka must recognise that the "factory of terror" operating in its neighbourhood remains a big threat. The 2019 Easter attacks in Sri Lanka were aimed to affect island nation's growing tourism industry and communal harmony while the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam was designed to derail regional stability, a report in Sri Lanka-based Zira Daily mentioned on Wednesday.

Pakistan host and operational hub for multiple terror networks: Report

IANS | April 22, 2026 8:04 PM

London, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan continues to operate as a host and an operational hub for several terror networks with regional and global networks. These groups include Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and sectarian as well as domestic extremist factions, a report has detailed.

India's IWT stance reflects calibrated exercise of sovereign rights

IANS | April 22, 2026 7:41 PM

Colombo, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment treated the sponsorship of terrorism as a low-cost instrument with repercussions largely limited to diplomatic censure, episodic pressure from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) or restrained military retaliation while the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) continued to function as a "one-way flow of strategic goodwill", a report highlighted on Wednesday.

Pakistan client of Chinese Communist Party, using terror outfits as foreign policy arm for long: Former US NSA (IANS exclusive)

Lalit K Jha | April 22, 2026 6:46 PM

Washington, April 22 (IANS) Raising serious doubts over Pakistan's offer to broker talks between the United States and Iran, former US National Security Advisor (NSA) H R McMaster on Wednesday accused Islamabad of pursuing a dual-track approach in security cooperation while asserting that the country should certainly be considered as a client of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Pakistan faces hepatitis surge due to negligence and unchecked medical culture

IANS | April 22, 2026 5:56 PM

Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan has the world's highest number of Hepatitis C (HCV) patients due to negligence and unchecked medical culture which enables more than 600,000 quack doctors to practice all over the country. Combined with Hepatitis B (HBV), 13.8-15 million Pakistanis are believed to be living with either virus and only 25-30 per cent people actually know about it, a report has highlighted.

Detained and forcibly deported: US advocacy group highlights plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan

IANS | April 22, 2026 5:20 PM

New York, April 22 (IANS) US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the Pakistani authorities have increased raids, arbitrary detentions and forced deportation of Afghan refugees after renewed border clashes with Afghanistan. HRW noted that thousands of vulnerable Afghan refugees, including children, have been face serious problems in accessing healthcare, education and other essential services due to police operations.

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