Washington: President Barack Obama on Thursday said that the US has delivered justice to al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and put his terror group on the path of defeat. "We've decimated al-Qaeda's leadership, delivered justice to Osama bin Laden, and put that terrorist network on the path to defeat," Obama said in his rare appearance at the Pentagon, the head office of the US department of Defense. "We've made important...
12:09 AM, Jan 06, 2012
London: Pakistan's embattled former ambassador to US, Husain Haqqani, fears he will be murdered if he leaves his sanctuary in the official residence of the Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, a media report on Wednesday said. Haqqani who is at the centre of the memo scandal said the allegations against him are part of a "psychological war" against Pakistan's civilian government by "certain powerful quarters." Haqqani said he has...
05:13 PM, Jan 04, 2012
On this special episode we look back at all the big stories of the year 2011. ...
10:07 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Islamabad: A Pakistani parliamentary panel investigating the Memogate scandal on Friday decided to summon former envoy Husain Haqqani, businessman Mansoor Ijaz and ISI chief Lt Gen Shuja Ahmed Pasha to appear before it next month. The Parliamentary Committee on National Security has been asked by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to conduct an inquiry into the alleged memo that sought US help to prevent a possible military takeover in Pakistan...
09:05 AM, Dec 31, 2011
New Delhi: Former chief of Pakistani Army Gen Ziauddin Butt has told Dawn News that Osama bin Laden was kept in an Intelligence Bureau (IB) safe house in Abbotabad and former president General Pervez Musharraf knew about it. Butt also said that Osama was kept there under instructions from then director of the IB Brig Ijaz Shah. Brig Shah is also responsible for hiding Omar Saeed Sheikh who killed journalist...
02:44 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Gilani also slammed the army for not detecting Osama Bin Laden's presence in Pakistan, asking who issued him the visa to stay. ...
07:04 AM, Dec 23, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday in an unprecedented tongue-lashing against the powerful military said it is "unacceptable" if the army "considers itself a State within State" and warned that "conspiracies" are being hatched to "pack up" his government. Prime Minister Gilani also strongly criticised the army for failing to detect Osama bin Laden's presence in the country and said government firmly stood with the institutions and fully...
02:48 AM, Dec 23, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan wants new rules of engagement with the US and an assurance of "no Abbottabad-like unilateral action in future", Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said. The prime minister was referring to the May 2 killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US commandos who carried out the daring raid by swooping into Abbottabad town without informing Pakistan. Gilani on Wednesday said that Pakistan wanted new rules...
12:41 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the US must guarantee Pakistan's sovereignty and ensure that there is no unilateral action like the raid that killed Osama bin Laden under the new terms of engagement that will define bilateral relations in future. Gilani made the remarks while addressing a meeting of Afghan and Pakistani parliamentarians at the Prime Minister's House. Pakistan wanted to take up three issues with...
09:29 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's ailing President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday scotched speculation that he could be ousted under a constitutional provision that provides for the removal of a president on the ground of "physical or mental incapacity". Talking to a senior Pakistani journalist who had written a column on the same issue on Friday, Zardari said he was "absolutely fine" but doctors treating him in Dubai were not giving him permission...
07:38 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said there was "no truth" in the alleged secret memo sent to the US military to help prevent a possible takeover by the Pakistan Army after the killing of Osama bin Laden in May. Addressing a meeting of parliamentarians of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, Gilani said the "Memogate" affair was a conspiracy against his government and democracy. The meeting was...
12:39 AM, Dec 17, 2011
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Ever since the Memo scandal broke, our media mongers, whose previous almost daily predictions over the past four years about the demise of the democratic ...
01:03 PM, Dec 13, 2011
Washington: Strongly defending his record as US President during the nearly first three years of his tenure, Barack Obama has said he deserves to be re-elected as he has not only revived the nation's economy, but also secured the country. "Not only saving this country from a great depression, not only saving the auto industry, but putting in place a system in which we are going to start lowering health...
07:03 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has dismissed the "memogate" controversy as a non issue as Mansoor Ijaz, the writer of the document is not a Pakistani, and had no credibility. While taking to a private news channel, Gilani said Ijaz did not have any credibility and he had even maligned other institutions in the country in his writings. He was quoted as saying by the state-run APP that...
09:41 PM, Dec 11, 2011
Islamabad: Three of Osama bin Laden's widows, who were captured following the US raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader, are soon expected to leave Pakistan after seven months in custody. According to a media report, the three women " two Saudis and one Yemeni " were picked up by Pakistani security officials early on the morning of May 2 in Abbottabad, just minutes after US Navy SEALs killed bin Laden...
01:39 PM, Dec 10, 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
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare created a movement not only in the country but on Facebook also, as people discussed and debated the Jan Lokpal bill, making him the most talked about topic in 2011 on the social networking site. The Facebook Memology 2011, which captured the top ten Facebook status trends during the year, ranked Anna Hazare and the Jan Lokpal Bill at the top as most mentioned...
04:10 AM, Dec 09, 2011
Islamabad: The head of the Pakistani judicial commission investigating al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's presence in the country and the covert US raid that killed him said on Thursday that the panel was close to completing its probe and would submit a "good report" to government in a "few weeks". "A little work is left and a good report with recommendations will be submitted. We will request the government to...
06:43 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is in a "stable" condition after undergoing tests for a heart condition in Dubai and he is expected to return to Pakistan once the results of his check-up are available in two to three days, a close aide to the Pakistani leader said on Wednesday. "His condition is stable. He has been kept in the ICU because a lot of visitors were coming to...
03:55 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Islamabad/Dubai: Beleaguered Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has been admitted to a Dubai hospital following heart complications, triggering intense speculation that he may step down in the face of army pressure over the 'memogate' scandal. 56-year-old Zardari was flown to the Emirates for "an emergency medical check up in a Pakistan Air Force plane equipped with medical devices", Gulf News reported quoting diplomatic sources. Quoting his personal physician Col Salman,...
06:53 PM, Dec 07, 2011
