NOI: Mass Military Buildup; Heightened Stone Pelting Protests; Key Politicos Arrested; 4000 Detained

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ISIS (Daesh) claims responsibility for suicide bombing at Kabul wedding…
63 dead, over 180 wounded…


Blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Dir district…
6 killed, dozen injured…


Mass military build up — inside occupied Kashmir…


Stone pelting protests increase; violent clashes overnight…
At least 4000 detained…
Clampdown reimposed — in major parts of Srinagar…


Occupied Kashmir’s key political leaders arrested by India since Aug 5…
Syed Ali Geelani; Umar Farooq; Farooq Abdullah; Omar Abdullah; Mehbooba Mufti; Mian Abdul Qayoom; Shah Faisel


Portland tense; ‘ground zero’ for protests between right, left-wing…
Dueling rallies produce fears of violence… 
Weapons seized…
Entire police force on duty…
13 arrested; Cops declare civil disturbance…


Rs 1.37bln recovered, 36,000 FIRs registered against power thieves…
Money laundering attempts foiled; ASF saves Rs263mln…


Iran changes name of seized tanker in defiance of US warrant…

USA MOVES TO SEIZE IRAN TANKER…

Saudi Oil Plant Attacked by Drones…

‘Limited fire’…


Kashmir ‘definitely a nuclear flashpoint’: DG ISPR…
India’s veiled threat of nuclear use…


Joint presser by FO, ISPR…
All options are on table…
PAKISTANIS ON SAME PAGE…


Pak flag’s orientation on Dubai’s Burj Khalifa angers expats…


Taliban: Killing of leader’s brother will not derail US talks…


Faryal Talpur’s shifitng to Adiala Jail upsets PPP; holds protest rally…


Zia, Akhtar (men behind Soviet defeat in Afghanistan) were assassinated; act of sabotage…