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Pakistan admits hand in Mumbai attack, India demands ‘credible action’ (Second Intro Roundup)

Feb 12th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: India, Pakistan, Top News

Islamabad/New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Ten weeks after the terror attacks in Mumbai that shook the world and sent India-Pakistan relations in deep freeze, Islamabad finally owned up that “a part of the conspiracy” was hatched in the country.



At least 26 killed in attacks on Kabul government (Roundup)

Feb 11th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan, Top News

Kabul, Feb 11 (DPA) At least 26 people were killed Wednesday in Kabul in attacks claimed by the Taliban on three Afghan government buildings, according to the public health ministry.



US Senate endorses Obama’s $838 bn stimulus plan

Feb 10th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: India, Top News

Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) As US President Barack Obama continued his pitch to the nation to sell his $838 billion economic stimulus plan, the senate handed him a big victory approving the measure by 61-37 votes with the backing of three Republicans.



Thirteen killed in mortar attack in Pakistan (Lead)

Feb 9th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan, Top News

Islamabad, Feb 9 (Xinhua) At least 13 civilians were killed Monday when mortar shells hit some houses in Pakistan’s tribal region, the military said.
The shells were fired by the militants in Dera Adam Khel in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), it said.
Locals said that a mortar hit at a girls’ school building and when […]



Toll rises to 108 in Australia’s ‘hell on Earth’

Feb 8th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Top News, World

Sydney, Feb 9 (DPA) Australia’s worst forest fires on record left at least 108 people dead Sunday, with grave fears for many more.
The inferno that started Saturday in southeast Australia is the worst in the nation’s history, surpassing the Black Friday blaze in 1939 that claimed 71 lives and 1983’s Ash Wednesday that killed […]



A.Q. Khan a “closed chapter”, says Pakistan

Feb 7th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan, Top News

Islamabad, Feb.7 (ANI): Putting aside the concerns of the international community over the release of scientist Dr. A.Q. Khan, top Pakistan officials said that the issue of Khan’s involvement in illegal trade of nuclear techniques was a “closed chapter” after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed all the charges levied against him.



Miliband accused of ‘cover up’ on GITMO torture row

Feb 6th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan, Top News

London, Feb.6 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has been accused of blocking the publication of secret papers that disclose how the British security services were complicit in the torture of a suspected terrorist.

Miliband appeared before Parliament to justify his decision not to release information on the treatment of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident held at Guantanamo Bay.



Blast kills at least 25 in Pakistan (Lead)

Feb 5th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan, Top News

Islamabad, Feb 5 (Xinhua) At least 25 people were killed and around 30 others injured Thursday in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province, local TV reports said.