Islamabad, Nov 20 (Xinhua) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has urged a halt to missile strikes by US drones inside Pakistani territory.
Kayani made the appeal while addressing the military committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels at the invitation of Admiral Giampaolo Di Paolo, chairman of the committee, according to […]
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): A former US Congress who has penned a 9/11 report has said that the world could not afford to have Pakistan as a failed state replete with nuclear weapons, ethnic tensions, Taliban sympathisers and even Osama Bin Laden residing in its territory.
In an article published in the Indianapolis Star, Lee […]
Bajaur Agency (Pakistan), Nov 18 (ANI): At least 10 people, included three Taliban, were killed in clashes between the Taliban and pro-government tribal leaders in the Bajaur Agency last evening.
According to local government officials, the Taliban intercepted a convoy of vehicles carrying 12 pro-government elders of the Mamoond tribe.
The tribesmen opened fire and killed three […]
Peshawar (Pakistan), Nov.17 (ANI): American and NATO troops deployed in war-ravaged Afghanistan faced an unexpected crisis on Sunday after Pakistan temporarily stopped oil tankers and container trucks from passing through a key passageway into the a country, threatening a critical supply route and raising more fears about security in the region.
The suspension came as […]
Baghdad, Nov 15 (DPA) A kind of adhesive bomb has added a new dimension of terror to everyday life in Iraq. Known by a variety of names - sticky bomb, magnetic bomb or glued bomb - the explosive is generally planted on a car's undercarriage and then detonated by a remote control.
As its use surges, […]
Islamabad, Nov 14 (DPA) A Japanese journalist and his Afghan assistant were shot and wounded Friday in a kidnap attempt near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, while security forces killed at least four rebels in an adjoining northwestern district, police said.
Motoki Yotsukura, a reporter with the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, and his Afghan colleague Abdul Sami […]
Islamabad, Nov 14 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly said that the US must inform his country about carrying out strikes on tribal areas in Pakistan's territory, or allow Pakistan itself to strike against the terrorists.
The new US administration must allow us to have the capability of doing more. We want to do […]
Karachi, Nov 14 (ANI): Kidnappers of prominent Pakistani filmmaker and distributor Satish Anand have reportedly demanded one million pounds for his release.
Anand was kidnapped from Karachi on October 20.
His family claimed to have two phone calls, one traced to Quetta and the other to Bannu, asking them to deposit the money in an Egyptian […]
Islamabad, Nov 14 (ANI): The Pakistan Government is learnt to have decided to declare Benazir Bhutto's death anniversary on December 27 as a public holiday.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which leads the alliance government in Islamabad, decided this at a meeting of its Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting here last evening.
The CEC met at Prime […]
Peshawar, Nov 13 (ANI): The Commercial Attach? of Iranian Consulate, Hashmatullah Atharzadeh, has been kidnapped from Hayatabad on Thursday after unknown gunmen killed his guard.
Police sources said that Atharzadeh was traveling towards his office from his home when his vehicle was intercepted by some unknown armed men who took him hostage and on resistance gunned […]
