KABUL : Six security guards were killed and three injured when gunmen attacked their posts near a mine in the eastern Afghan province of Khost, a local official said Saturday.
The guards were from a private Afghan security company and were hired by the government to secure a chromate mine in the provinces Spera district, provincial […]
PESHAWAR : Four persons were killed in gunfight between two warring groups in tehsil Tirah of Khyber tribal region.
KARACHI : Pakistan Coast Guards on the eve of International Anti Narcotics Day, destroyed by burning a huge quantity of hashish, heroin, betel- nuts and liquor worth Rs 6,02,22,870 at Pakistan Coast Guards Post near Paradise Point (Hawkesbay) here on Friday.
RAWALPINDI : Pakistans top military general on Friday stressed on the need to develop trust based relations at all levels amongst the coalition partners and to comprehensively understand the prevailing dynamics.
ISLAMABAD : DG ISPR Major General Athar Abbas on Friday said that the representatives of NWFP government were pursuing cease-fire talks with militants in the Swat Valley for peace in the region.
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would observe black day on Friday against the decision of Lahore High Court, disqualifying party chief Nawaz Sharif from contesting the by-election last Monday.
ISLAMABAD : The Defence Ministry, for the first time in the history of the country, has been asked by the cabinet to provide details of professional and financial benefits from proposed pacts with other countries, well-placed sources told Business Recorder here on Thursday.
ISLAMABAD : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued a notice to the federal government and directed to file its response in two weeks over governments move to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from 16 to 29 through the finance bill here on Friday.
LAHORE: Qaumi Tajir Ittihad(QTI) has given a strike call toady(Friday) against disqualification of PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif.
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said Pakistans failure to put pressure on Taliban forces on the countrys border with Afghanistan had fueled a rise in violence, but said Islamabad appeared to recognize the problem.