At least nine suspected Taliban insurgents were killed in the latest volley of drone attacks in North Waziristan on Wednesday.
According to officials, there were two drone strikes in the region which targeted militant hideouts and vehicles killing the extremists [...]
The staff of Cairo-based IslamOnline website have gone on strike following a move by the site’s management to restrict “editorial independence.” he site was plunged into chaos after its bosses in Qatar decided to take control of its content from editorial offices in Egypt.
The move [...]
Hindu legislators staged a walkout from Pakistan’s National Assembly in protest against remarks made by Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif.
Sharif had reportedly stated that terrorists were getting financial help from Hindus.
The lawmakers also demanded Chief Justice of Pakistan [...]
PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that President Barack Obama’s political future depends upon Pakistan’s support in winning the war on terror, thereby allowing for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.
He pointed out that a [...]
Stressing on the need of bridging the massive trust deficit between Pakistan and the United States, President Asif Ali Zardari has once again urged the Obama Administration to help Islamabad with civil nuclear technology and also transfer [...]
Reports are that former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is contemplating staging a come back on the political stage of the country, and has even registered a political party by the name of All Pakistan Muslim League, but [...]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly prohibited players selected for the upcoming ICC T20 World Championship from taking part in Bangladesh’s domestic T20 tournament, which is to be played in Sharjah.
According to the PakPassion.net, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Mohammed Hafeez, Abdul Razzaq and Imtan Nazir had signed for the tournament beginning March 26 [...]
A new iPhone app measures how many calories you burn off having sex.
Called the Bedometer, the 59p download analyses the time duration and intensity of each love making session.
As for its workings: the gizmo is put on the bed and measures raunchy activity using the iPhone or iPod Touch’s motion sensor before adding up [...]
Pakistani fast bowler Mohammed Aamer, who has been out of action for the past few months due to a niggling groin injury, has recovered and is raring to take the field.
Aamer, who has been named in Pakistan’s T20 [...]
Expressing concerns over the recent surge in terror strikes in the country, the US ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson has warned that any attack on American diplomats in Lahore or other cities could have ‘alarming’ effects on bilateral relations.
According to sources, Patterson has raised [...]
Pakistani police officials have claimed that the five-year old British child, Sahil Saeed, who was kidnapped from his grandmother’s house in Punjab’s Jhelum district two weeks ago, has been safely recovered.
Sahil’s grandfather, Raja Basharat, also confirmed his recovery, saying that he has been handed over to the Jhelum town administration.
“He is recovered and safe,” [...]
The Pakistan Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has proposed a ban on Indian television channels in the country.
The committee, which had proposed such a ban earlier also, has asked cable operators not to air Indian television channels and dramas.
Committee member [...]
Welcoming External Affairs Minister SM Krishna’s statement that the next foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan would take place soon, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman, Abdul Basit has said New Delhi has still not sent [...]
Pakistan security forces have claimed killing the mastermind of last week’s suicide attack in Mingora that left 17 people dead and over 20 others wounded.
According to sources, after receiving inputs from local residents, security officials raided a well which was being [...]
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has called for a “common strategy” against terrorism for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Karzai expressed these views during his telephone conversation with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
He also expressed grief over the loss of innocent lives in the recent terrorist attacks in Lahore [...]
One of the major factors that the Pakistan Army continues to enjoy popular support in the country is that it keeps India in the center of its policies, a noted Pakistani columnist Munir Ataulluh has said.
“One reason the army is the single-most powerful institution in the country is the high threat level it perceives [...]
Admitting that there is a ‘trust deficit’ between Pakistan and the United States, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the gap can be bridged through enhanced people-to-people contact.
Addressing a meeting, which was held to chart out a comprehensive strategy for the upcoming strategic dialogue between both nations, Gilani said reducing the [...]
Pakistan National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Dr. Naseem Ashraf in connection with misappropriation of the board’s funds amounting to seven billion rupees.
According to NAB sources, Ashraf had misused about seven billion rupees during his tenure from 2003 to 2008 [...]
Raking up the Kashmir issue once again, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Islamabad would not step down from its ‘principled’ stance on Kashmir and river water sharing issues with India.
Addressing a public meeting in Multan, Qureshi said: “Islamabad will not budge an inch from its principled stance [...]
While political leaders in the country and some sections of the media wasted no time in pointing fingers towards ‘foreign involvement’, read India, in the series of Lahore blasts, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has admitted that it has no solid evidence to prove the assertion.
Interacting [...]
Friday’s serial bomb blasts in Lahore was the second terrorist strike in the city within a week which clearly suggests that claims regarding inflicting a body blow to extremists organisations breeding on the country’s soil were premature.
Soon after militants struck in Lahore, the [...]
Reprimanding the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over its dilly-dallying attitude, the Pakistan Supreme Court has asked the bureau to “stop playing hide and seek” over the immunity status granted to President Asif Ali Zardari and seek the custody of the documents relating to the [...]
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned of intensifying attacks on security forces in Bajaur region of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) if does not stop the offensive against extremists in the region.
Speaking over telephone from an undisclosed location, TTP leader Maulvi Faqir Mohammed said the government was [...]
Backing the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) decision of banning senior players and imposing hefty fines on some of the others, former captain and coach Mudassar Nazar has said that the culture of infighting in the national squad must stop.
Nazar, who is currently working for the [...]
Following the recent surge in bloodshed in Pakistan, Britain has issued a travel advisory to its citizens warning them against travelling to the troubled country.
According to a statement issued by the British Embassy here, there is potential threat of terrorism and sectarian riots in Pakistan, [...]
Following a series of bomb blasts in Lahore, in which at least 42 people were killed and over 100 injured, extremists struck again on Saturday killing six person and injuring 12 others in a suicide attack in Mingora, [...]
Pakistan on Friday reportedly test-fired a number of missiles and torpedoes, acquired from other countries, from ships and submarines in the Arabian Sea.
A statement issued by the Pakistan Navy described the tests as ’successful’ but did not disclose much about the range or other technical details of the weapons fired.
“Pakistan navy fleet today tested [...]
Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s decision to extend the tenure of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt.Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha indicates that the Pakistan Army is acting as a [...]
A senior Corps Commander, Lt. Gen. Masood Alam, has said that there are reports that Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah had fled the region fearing arrest by security agencies.
Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a function in Mingora, Lt.Gen Alam said the security forces have not stopped searching Fazllulah and working extensively [...]
Confusion still persists over the recovery of five-year old British boy Sahil Saeed, who was kidnapped from his grandmother’s house in Punjab’s Jhelum last week, with diplomats and officials failing to confirm the news regarding Saeed’s whereabouts.
On Thursday, media reports said that Saeed has been found and is returning to London with his father [...]
