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Islamists in Pakistan

US President Donald Trump, left, listens as Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a summit on Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP/Evan Vucci)
March 27, 2026, 12:01 pm
Why Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator between US and Iran
With Gulf states under fire, Islamabad steps into unlikely role of interlocutor between US, Iranian officials in apparent bid to stem rising oil prices and preserve domestic calm
By Munir Ahmed and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
Supporters of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), a student wing of Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party stage a pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protest outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant calling for boycott of Israeli products on the outskirts of Islamabad on May 7, 2024. (Farooq Naeem/AFP)
April 18, 2025, 12:47 pm
Pakistani authorities arrest over 170 for anti-US, anti-Israel attacks on KFC stores
One employee shot and killed this week, police say, though motives are unclear; local Islamist group says it supports boycotts of Israel but has not called for assaults
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Muslim protesters chant slogans during a rally to denounce the burning of the Quran in Sweden, in Peshawar, Pakistan, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
July 7, 2023, 3:04 pm
Masses in Pakistan attend anti-Sweden protests after Quran burning in Stockholm
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif calls for activists to turn out at rallies nationwide: ‘When it comes to the Quran, the nation is one’
By Munir Ahmed
Pakistani security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of a suicide bombing at an entrance to a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, July 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)
July 21, 2019, 1:11 pm
Female suicide bomber strikes hospital in Pakistan, killing 9
Gunmen on motorcycles open fire on police, then bomber hits hospital where the wounded are brought; 30 hurt, many in critical condition
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD
Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Islamabad during the general election on July 25, 2018. (AFP Photo/Aamir Qureshi)
August 1, 2018, 11:43 pm
Will Pakistan’s charismatic new premier change the relationship with Israel?
Ex-cricketer Imran Khan, 65, whose first wife had Jewish roots and who has faced anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, wants reform, but how far will he go in ties with Jewish state?
By Charles Dunst
Illustrative: Pakistani demonstrators gathering during a protest against US aid cuts at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border post, in Chaman, on January 5, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ASGHAR ACHACKZAI)
January 8, 2018, 8:09 pm
Pakistan court bails anti-US cleric days after aid freeze
Sufi Mohammad, 90, architect of violent movement for enforcement of Sharia law, released from jail due to to ill health
By AFP
Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan Walid Abu Ali with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Facebook)
December 31, 2017, 12:11 pm
Palestinians recall envoy to Pakistan after rally with radical cleric
Walid Abu Ali shared the stage with religious leader linked to terrorists who carried out 2008 Mumbai attack
By Zarar Khan
Muslims crumple a portrait of US President Donald Trump during a protest outside the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)
December 8, 2017, 12:20 pm
Malaysians, Indonesians, Pakistanis protest Trump’s Jerusalem move
Thousands of Islamist demonstrators take to the streets in Kuala Lumpur, Karachi and elsewhere chanting ‘Destroy Zionists’ and ‘Down with America’
By AP and ToI Staff
Pakistanis burn a representation of the US flag during a protest rally in Hyderabad, Pakistan, December 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
December 7, 2017, 4:10 pm
Islamists rally in Pakistan over Trump’s Jerusalem move
Demonstrators disperse peacefully after protests in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and other cities
By AP
Pakistani protesters from the Tehreek-i-Labaik Yah Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLYRAP) religious group shout religious slogans during a protest in Islamabad on November 26, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI)
November 27, 2017, 9:19 am
Pakistani minister said to resign in capitulation to Islamists
In response, radical leader calls off violent protests that have led to the death of a child and paralyzed the capital for weeks
By AFP
Pakistani head of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) terrorist organization Hafiz Saeed (2L) meets with supporters after offering Friday prayers at Jamia AL Qadsia Masjid following his release in Lahore on November 24, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
November 25, 2017, 9:33 pm
US says it could downgrade Pakistan ties over release of Mumbai terrorist
Among the 168 dead in 2008 onslaught were a rabbi, his wife and 4 other Jewish visitors at the Mumbai Chabad house
By AFP and ToI Staff
An injured activist from the Tehreek-i-Labaik Yah Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLYRAP) religious group is carried away from clashes with police in Islamabad on November 25, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI)
November 25, 2017, 8:02 pm
Pakistan calls in the army to restore order as Islamist protests turn violent
One killed and 190 injured, including 137 security personnel, when police disperse demonstration, sparking fierce clashes
By Daud MUHAMMAD and Aamir QURESHI
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