Islamabad, A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan on Thursday, killing four suspected militants, including a man who acted as a conduit between the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The unmanned spy plane fired two missiles at the compound in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency early on Thursday morning, officials said. The compound was being used by suspected militants and four...
11:52 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Davos: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday refused to be drawn out on the issue of another Mumbai-like attack originating from Pakistani soil but said India should share any information it has on terrorist activities so that they can be countered by his government. Gilani described his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh as a "genuine person" who is desirous of resolving all issues with Pakistan, including the "core issue of...
09:03 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Islamabad: Former Pakistan's ambassador to US Husain Haqqani on Monday said that the right of Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz to depose before a judicial panel probing the memo scandal should be withdrawn if he failed to appear before the panel on Tuesday. In an application filed with the three-judge commission appointed by the Supreme Court, Haqqani said Ijaz should lose his right to testify on the memo issue if he...
07:50 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Jaipur: One of Pakistan's leading young voices and estranged scion of the Bhutto family, Fatima Bhutto on Sunday lamented the fact that the chasm between the people of her country and those in power was widening by the day. Speaking at a session at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival to discuss Pakistan and its burning issues, Bhutto said while there is a huge gulf between the two sides of Pakistan,...
09:40 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Islamabad/New Delhi: The Pakistan Supreme Court was adjourned till February 1 after Yousuf Raza Gilani completed his 20-minute-long defence submission on Thursday in a contempt case. The Supreme Court observed that if someone enjoys immunity then the court should be informed. The judge asked why did the Gilani government not bring up the President's immunity for two years. Gilani has been exempted from personal appearance now. Gilani, who pleaded not...
11:56 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf revealed on Friday that he was open to an alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan, however, adding that he would not "work under him". Musharraf was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate when he made the comments. Speaking from Dubai, he said Pakistan needed a third political option when asked whether alliance with Imran Khan was a possibility. Here's the...
07:21 PM, Jan 15, 2012
New Delhi: Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf revealed on Friday that he was open to an alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-i Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, however, adding that he would not "work under him". Musharraf was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devils Advocate when he made the comments. Speaking from Dubai, he said Pakistan needed a third political option when asked whether alliance with Imran Khan was a possibility....
06:50 AM, Jan 15, 2012
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari's ruling party, facing intense pressure from Pakistan's powerful generals, lobbied its coalition partners on Friday for support as tension raised fear over the stability of the country. A disputed memo allegedly from Zardari's government seeking US help in reining in the generals soured relations between the civilian leadership and the military to their lowest point since a coup in 1999. Political sources said the government...
01:40 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Islamabad: A Pakistani court has admitted a petition seeking to block any attempt by the government to sack Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha over the memo scandal. The petition filed by lawyer Maulvi Iqbal Haider was accepted by the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday. Haider asked the court to restrain the President and Prime Minister from taking any action against the...
03:41 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Islamabad: In an apparent bid to reach a truce with the Army over the Memogate scandal, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said that the government was not at war with the Army. "We are not at war with the military. There is no war. This is part of evolution. It will evolve and simmer down. He further defended his prime minister saying that Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani's remarks...
11:08 AM, Jan 07, 2012
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he is completely alright and will return to Pakistan soon. A television anchor who spoke to him quoted the president as saying that many of his enemies did not want him to return to his country. "They think that I have fled but escape is not an option. I will never leave as I was born in Pakistan and I will die...
11:27 AM, Dec 10, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan will review its foreign policy at a conference of envoys following the NATO airstrikes that killed two dozen soldiers. According to the Association Press of Pakistan, the conference will be held on December 12 and 13 to review the situation. NATO helicopter gunships had targeted two border posts in Mohmand Agency on November 26, killing two dozen soldiers and sparking outrage in the country. Islamabad has stopped the...
11:29 AM, Dec 09, 2011
Islamabad: The inquiry report into the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by US special forces in his Pakistani hideout will be made public. Following the killing of bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had formed a five-member inquiry commission under a Supreme Court judge to probe the presence of the world's most wanted man in Pakistan, Xinhua reported. Justice (retd)...
09:40 AM, Dec 09, 2011
Islamabad: Spewing venom, leaders of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, a banned group blamed for the Mumbai attacks, have vowed to convert Pakistan into a "Taliban state" and to train youths to wage jihad against the US and India. Addressing a protest meet outside the Lahore Press Club on Tuesday against the recent NATO strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, senior JuD leader Ameer Hamza said the Pakistan Army chief should know he...
02:40 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Beijing: China and Pakistan are to hold joint military exercises on the outskirts of Islamabad with Beijing claiming that the war games were not aimed at putting pressure on India. The annual 'Friendship 2011' joint military exercises are billed as anti-terror maneuvers aimed at handling non traditional security threats, a Chinese Defence Ministry statement published in state-run China Daily said on Wednesday. However, the statement did not specify the dates...
03:25 PM, Nov 09, 2011
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