MINGORA : Militants killed a policeman and wounded three on Friday in gun battle in Swat.
On Thursday, troops blocked the main road leading to South Waziristan after Mehsuds fighters set up their own check posts.
The same night, militants in Swat, attacked a police station, killing one policeman and wounding another. They also torched two girls […]
NAUSHERA : At least 14 people have been killed and several injured when a trailer has overturned at GT Road in Pabbi area of Naushera on Friday.
According to police sources, a trailer was on its way to Rawalpindi from Peshawar when drive had lost the control over vehicle while trying to save a woman.
Reports said […]
SRINAGAR : India will lodge a protest with Pakistan after soldiers came under heavy cross-border fire while trying to stop a group of armed men from sneaking into its part of Indian occupied Kashmir, a security official said on Friday.
The firing took place in Samba sector, 400 km (250 miles) south of Occupied Srinagar, late […]
KARACHI : The US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson, held a meeting with the MQM leaders in Azizabad here on Friday and expressed American governments resolve to interact and consult with all democratic forces of the country.
“The United States is committed to cooperate with the newly installed elected government on a wide range of issues that […]
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif will meet in Britain on Friday for a final decision on how to reinstate judges deposed by President Pervez Musharraf, party officials said.
Asif Zardari left for London on Thursday, party spokesman Nazir Dhoki told AFP. […]
ISLAMABAD : Minister for Defence Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar said Pakistan army is well prepared to counter the menace of terrorism.
While talking to Private news channel, he said if somebody is coming from USA to teach them to fight against terrorism they would like to learn.
He said Pakistan has strengthened its role at Pak-Afghan border.
The confidence […]
ISLAMABAD : Constitutional expert Syed Sharifuddin Peerzada on Thursday castigated a section of media for publishing baseless and malicious news stories alleging that he (Peerzada) was hatching conspiracies against democracy.
ISLAMABAD : “The government believes that military action alone will not be effective in permanently ending the menace of terrorism.” He said political engagement is an essential part of the policy but it is possible only with those who renounce militancy and violence; do not allow the use of Pakistans territory against any other country; and do not help foreign terrorist elements to find hideouts in the country.
ISLAMABAD : The Leader of the House in Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani said on Thursday that probe by the United Nations into the martyrdom of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto would not pose any threat to the nuclear assets of the country.
ISLAMABAD : A high-level meeting of PML-Q here on Thursday reposed full confidence in party president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
Central office bearers of the party, members of parliament, and ticket-holders of the party from Rawalpindi Division attended the meeting at the PML House.
Addressing a joint news conference after the meeting, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Opposition […]