The Pakistan pacer's brother is accused of providing shelter to a wanted terrorist. ...
12:14 PM, May 30, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Army on May 29 declared all the 139 soldiers as dead who were buried alive by an avalanche at a high-altitude camp in the Siachen sector, proclaiming them as "shuhada" (martyrs). A military statement declaring them dead came days after rescuers recovered three bodies from the remote glacier where a huge avalanche buried them in early hours of April 7. The military said that the decision to proclaim...
01:07 PM, May 29, 2012
Islamabad: Nearly 50 days after an avalanche slammed into a high-altitude Pakistan Army camp in the Siachen sector near Indian border, search teams have found the body of one of the 139 people who were buried under dozens of feet of snow in the world's highest battleground. The body was identified as that of Mohammad Hussain, one of the 128 soldiers from the Northern Light Infantry who were buried by...
12:37 PM, May 27, 2012
Lahore: A Pakistan Army helicopter with two personnel on board crashed into the Chenab River in Punjab province on Wednesday while on a routine flight, officials said. A pilot and a trainee pilot were aboard the helicopter when it came down at a spot located 100 km from Lahore. Officials said that the helicopter was on a routine flight from a base in Gujranwala when it lost contact with the...
04:29 PM, May 23, 2012
Islamabad: Two trainer aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force collided mid-air and crashed into a thickly populated area in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing four pilots and injuring at least five persons on the ground, officials and witnesses said. Residents of Rashkai area in Nowshera district said the aircraft collided before plunging into two houses. The walls and roofs of the houses collapsed and debris from the aircraft lay...
11:51 AM, May 17, 2012
Islamabad: India and Pakistan will hold their next round of talks on the military standoff on Siachen glacier in Islamabad during June 11-12 against the backdrop of renewed calls from the Pakistani civil and military leadership for the demilitarisation of the world's highest battlefield. "Pakistan and India will hold talks on the Siachen issue on June 11-12 at Islamabad," Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan said in a brief statement on...
10:48 PM, May 10, 2012
Islamabad: Taliban beheads 13 Pakistani soldiers Taliban fighters have killed 14 Pakistani soldiers in a key militant sanctuary along the Afghan border, beheading all but one of them and hanging two of the heads from wooden poles in the centre of town, officials say. The killings in Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal area, highlight the dilemma facing the military in dealing with an area used...
10:12 AM, May 08, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has waded into a standoff between the government and judiciary, saying the country's development and welfare depend on state institutions functioning within their constitutional limits. The country's Constitution has "clearly defined the responsibilities and functions of national institutions" and it is incumbent on them "to perform their duties within constitutional limits", he said while delivering an address at an event marking...
10:18 AM, May 01, 2012
Lahore: President Asif Ali Zardari has ruled out any unilateral withdrawal of Pakistani soldiers from Siachen, saying troops can be called back from the Himalayan glacier only if India agrees to do the same. "The withdrawal of Pakistani troops is possible provided India also agrees. It will not be a unilateral decision," he said while addressing a convention of workers of his Pakistan People's Party in Okara district, 100 km...
01:06 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday said all issues between India and Pakistan should be resolved to ensure "peaceful co-existence" which would allow the two countries to focus on development and the welfare of the people. In his first public remarks on the peace process that was resumed by New Delhi and Islamabad in 2011, the powerful army chief said, "All issues should be resolved and...
09:28 PM, Apr 18, 2012
The Pakistani government says that the exact number of casualties is not known yet and that rescue and relief operations are on. ...
01:22 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Islamabad: An avalanche trapped over 100 Pakistani soldiers near the Siachen glacier on the border with India on Saturday, the Army spokesman said. Several Pakistani television channels reported earlier that about 150 soldiers were trapped. "At six o'clock this morning this avalanche hit a (military) headquarters. Over 100 soldiers and personnel are trapped," said the spokesman, Major-General Athar Abbas, adding that rescue teams were headed to the scene. He said...
11:39 AM, Apr 07, 2012
London: Pakistan Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, on Tuesday met top British officials and discussed defence issues of mutual interest, including bilateral military cooperation and the current situation in war-torn Afghanistan. Kayani, who arrived in London on Monday on an official visit, held meetings with senior civil and military leaders, including Minister of State for Defence Nick Harvey, National Security Advisor Kim Darroch, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan...
07:52 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Islamabad: The new chiefs of ISI and Pakistan Air Force on Monday assumed office, a day ahead of a crucial parliamentary session that will determine the contours of the future relations of the country with the US. Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam went to the ISI headquarters at Aabpara in Lucknow to take charge as the new Director General of the powerful spy agency. He replaced Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, who...
05:12 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Dubai: Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Pakistanis to revolt against their government and military in a video posted on the Internet on Friday, US monitors said. In a 10-minute speech uploaded to jihadist forums, Zawahiri argued that the Pakistani authorities only represented US interests, according to a statement from SITE Intelligence Group. Zawahiri, shown standing in front of a green curtain, urged Pakistanis to follow the example of...
04:51 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Islamabad: Controversial Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, a key figure in the memo scandal, on Friday claimed that President Asif Ali Zardari had advance information of the US military raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad last year. Ijaz further claimed that Zardari had telephoned army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on the day of the US raid and asked him not to use F-16 combat jets to...
05:26 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Karachi: Bound together by hatred of the United States and support for insurgents fighting in Afghanistan, a revived coalition of supposedly banned Islamist extremists and rightwing political parties is drawing large crowds across Pakistan. The emergence of the "Defence of Pakistan Council" movement has raised suspicions that the group has approval from elements in the powerful military and security establishment, aiming to bolster public support for a hardline position. The...
08:00 AM, Feb 17, 2012
Islamabad: A blast went off outside the headquarters of a security agency near the airport in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Thursday. However, there were no reports of casualties, and rescue and emergency services were rushed to the site. According to officials, the blast occurred outside the headquarters of the Airport Security Force. A wall collapsed following the explosion though there were no reports of anyone being...
01:16 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Pakistan Supreme Court has ordered controversial US businessman Mansoor Ijaz to give his deposition in the Memogate scandal by Thursday. Ijaz has so far evaded two hearings with his counsel Akram Sheikh asking for a venue abroad, citing security concerns. Ijaz claims that he delivered a memo to the US administration at the behest of Pakistan's former envoy to the US Hussain Haqqani but Islamabad has denied...
08:46 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan government is unlikely to grant another extension to ISI chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, whose current term in office ends in March, sources said on Monday. It is believed that the government's decision has largely been influenced by Pasha's role in the standoff between the military and the civilian government over the alleged memo that had sought US help to stave off a feared coup in Pakistan...
06:21 PM, Jan 30, 2012
