Islamabad, Dec 14 (DPA) A Pakistani court Monday blocked the repatriation of five American Muslims arrested on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks last week, a lawyer said.
The high court in the eastern city of Lahore asked the interior ministry and other relevant authorities to submit a report on the detentions Dec 17, said attorney Khalid [...]
Islamabad, Dec. 14 (ANI): A serious row has erupted between Pakistan’s Interior Ministry and the US Embassy in Islamabad over the use of non-registered vehicles by the embassy.
According to The Nation, Interior Ministry and the US Embassy are at the loggerheads after an incident on Saturday in which Lahore [...]
Islamabad, Dec. 7 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami leader Liaqat Baloch has alleged that the US and India were behind the series of terror attacks across Pakistan.
“There are proofs of US and Indian involvements in terrors activities in the country [...]
Islamabad, Nov.26 (ANI): The United States has rejected media reports regarding the presence of controversial private security firm, Blackwater, in Pakistan.
“There is no secret operating base in Karachi or anywhere else in Pakistan being run, occupied, or otherwise operated by US military [...]
Islamabad, Oct 29 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday praised Pakistan’s offensive against the Taliban and Al Qaeda near the Afghan border, saying ‘this is a fight that has to be won’.
Speaking at the prestigious Government College University in the eastern city of Lahore, Clinton said militants were ’slowly but insidiously’ gaining territory [...]
Islamabad, Oct 27(ANI): The US embassy in Islamabad has issued a ‘Warden Notice’, announcing that it was suspending routine consular services from Monday due to unspecified security reasons.
“This Warden Notice is to notify American citizens that routine consular services will be temporarily suspended from Monday,” The Daily News quoted the notice, as saying.
The embassy [...]
Islamabad, Oct.8 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government is not bound to accept the terms and conditions attached with the Kerry Lugar Bill and the final decision in this regard would be taken by Parliament.
Addressing the National Assembly, Gilani said he has already taken President Asif Ali Zardari and [...]
Washington, Oct.7 (ANI): Terming the Kerry-Lugar Bill a ‘milestone’ in Pak-US bilateral relations, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked all critics of the 1.5 billion dollar annual assistance package to first read the Bill.
Addressing a joint press conference with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Washington, Clinton said the focus of the [...]
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) Stung by the tough counter-terrorism conditions attached to the unprecedented five-year, $7.5-billion non-military aid programme approved by the US Congress last week, Pakistan has said it would not brook any interference in its internal affairs.
‘We have in President (Barack) Obama and Secretary (Hillary) Clinton two individuals who want to befriend Pakistan, [...]
New York, Oct.6 (ANI): With the Obama Administration pushing the Pakistan government to take more steps against the Taliban amid reports that the top commanders of the banned outfit have taken refuge in Quetta near the Afghan border, anti-US sentiment in Pakistan is rising.
The United States is trying hard to reduce the anti-American feeling with [...]
Washington, Oct. 2 (ANI): US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, is initiating a dialogue between the United States and Pakistani religious parties to try to improve Washington’s image in the [...]
Islamabad, Sep.24 (ANI): Pakistan has been continuously pressing the United States to give the funds directly to the government in order to reduce administration charges, however, the Obama Administration has made it clear that it would channelise the assistance through various non-government institutions to [...]
Islamabad, Sep.24 (ANI) : Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has once again rejected reports regarding the presence of private US security firm Blackwater inside the country.
“Blackwater does not engage in any activity in Pakistan. Indeed no official or foreign security company has been provided any facility in the country,” Malik told a private television channel.
Referring [...]
Islamabad, Sep.20 (ANI): US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson has expressed dismay at the Pakistani media’s reports regarding the presence of 1000 Marines in the country, saying the reports of arrival of Marines in large numbers were baseless.
“There are total eight Marines in Pakistan while the Pakistan media is reporting the arrival of 1,000 [...]
Washington, Sep 19(ANI): United States special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has said that the US-Pakistan partnership is “complicated, but indispensable,” and reaffirmed the Obama administration’s support to Pakistan.
Holbrooke said this while quashing media reports, [...]
Islamabad, Sep.19 (ANI): Islamabad Police on Saturday raided an office of a private security firm hired by the US embassy and recovered 61 firearms.
The police detained two persons from the office premises of the company, Inter Risk, and have also registered a case of [...]
Islamabad, Sep.17 (ANI): The US embassy in Islamabad has raised security concerns over the multi-billion rupee private hotel project, due to which the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has virtually been forced to shelve it.
According to The Nation, under pressure from the US embassy, the construction work at [...]
Islamabad, Sep.13 (ANI): A petition challenging the massive expansion of the US embassy in Islamabad has been filed in the Supreme Court.
The petition filed by advocate Zafarullah Khan challenged the allotment of land to the US embassy in Islamabad for the expansion work saying such a decision would pose a serious threat to the country’s [...]
Karachi, Sep.6 (ANI): Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan has said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) – led government terming is a ’speed-breaker in the way of democracy.’
Khan said the government has failed to deliver the goods, and therefore, mid-term elections are imminent.
Interacting with media persons at an Iftar party here, he blamed the [...]
Islamabad, Sep.5 (ANI): China has expressed concerns over reports of a massive expansion of the US embassy in Islamabad.
Addressing a press conference here, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui said that the expansion of the [...]
Islamabad, Aug. 28 (ANI): US ambassador in Islamabad, Anne W Patterson, has clarified that the US embassy in Islamabad is being expanded in order to accommodate the additional staff needed to deal with increased financial aid to Pakistan, and not for any military purpose.
The Daily Times quoted Patterson as saying that reports of an alarming [...]
