Islamabad, May 17 (IANS) Pakistani clerics said Sunday suicide bombings and beheadings carried out by the Taliban is un-Islamic and urged Islamic nations to help Islamabad in the fight against militants.
Sarfaraz Naeemi, ulema of Ahle-Sunnat, said Taliban’s agenda is in favour of Pakistan’s enemies and against Islam. He also called for a decisive action against the militants.
Islamabad, May 17 (ANI): Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Kayani, has said that the Army has a full range of counter-insurgency training facilities,and added and that it does not require any foreign training to tackle militancy.
London, May 17 (IANS) Pakistan is unlikely to get the American drones that it wants, a British newspaper reported Sunday.
“I want drones,” Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari told the Sunday Times. “I want transfer of technology so I can manufacture them at home and use them myself.”
Washington, May 17 (ANI): The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has said that Pakistan is guarding its nuclear establishments tightly and has taken several security measures for its safety.
Islamabad, May 17 (DPA) Ground troops made advances towards Taliban-held towns in Pakistan’s Swat valley Sunday, as aid agencies renewed calls for “massive support” to help out more than one million refugees.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said the agency had registered more than 1.17 million displaced persons since May 2. They are in addition to nearly 550,000 others who fled fighting in the northwest region last year.
Islamabad, May 17 (ANI): Amid consistent demands from the international community for sharing details of its nuclear establishments, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that no foreign country would be handed over any details in this regard.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): Pakistan is virtually fighting for its survival in the Swat Valley, as the Army there is engaged in heavy battle against the Taliban and other extremists, but even if it succeeds in flushing out militants from the region, country’s crises might not siege there.
Islamabad, May 17 (IANS) Security forces engaged in the operation against the Taliban in restive northwestern Pakistan have advised residents of a town in Swat Valley to evacuate and move to some safer place by noon Sunday, Geo TV reported.
“Matta town residents have been directed to safely move out of the town by 12 noon today (Sunday),” the military said in a statement, which was also announced on local FM radio.
New York,May 17 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the people of the country do not support the incumbent President Asif Ali Zardari over the idea of announcing an ‘all out’ war against the Taliban in the Swat Valley.
New York,May 17 (ANI): Angered over being accused of toeing the line of the United States during his regime, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said he is no body’s chamcha (tool).