Pakistan

    Pakistan summons US envoy, protests drone attacks (Lead)

    Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday summoned the US ambassador to Islamabad to protest the American drone attacks in the troubled parts of the country and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said the government has warned the US against such attacks.


    Pakistan summons US envoy, protests drone attacks (Lead)

    Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday summoned the US ambassador to Islamabad to protest the American drone attacks in the troubled parts of the country and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said the government has warned the US against such attacks.

Pakistan PM condemns US missile strikes

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 20 (Xinhua) Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday condemned missile strikes by US drones on Pakistani soil and called the attacks “intolerable”.



UAE calls for concerted efforts for Afghan rebuilding

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Kabul, Nov 20 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called on global powers to redouble their efforts to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan where the humanitarian situation some seven years after the Taliban regime was ousted is still appalling.



UAE calls for concerted efforts for Afghan rebuilding

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Kabul, Nov 20 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called on global powers to redouble their efforts to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan where the humanitarian situation some seven years after the Taliban regime was ousted is still appalling.



Pakistan calls for halt to US spy plane attacks

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 20 (Xinhua) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has urged a halt to missile strikes by US drones inside Pakistani territory.



NATO, Pakistan vow to intensify anti-Taliban cooperation

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Brussels, Nov 19 (DPA) NATO and Pakistan agree that winning over the hearts and minds of tribesmen living in the country’s lawless border with Afghanistan is crucial to defeating the Taliban, the transatlantic alliance’s top military commander said Wednesday.



Al-Zawahiri slams Obama’s election

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Washington, Nov 19 (DPA) The man regarded as second-in-command of terrorist group Al Qaeda condemned US president-elect Barack Obama Wednesday in the group’s first audio message since his election, using racial slurs and calling his victory an “admission of defeat” in Iraq.



US drone attack kills four militants in Pakistan

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 19 (DPA) At least four Islamic militants were killed Wednesday in a missile strike by a suspected pilotless US aircraft in northwest Pakistan, a Pakistani official said.



Four militants killed in suspected US missile strike (Lead)

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 19 (DPA) At least four Islamic militants were killed and seven injured Wednesday in a missile strike by a suspected pilotless US aircraft in north-west Pakistan, a Pakistani official said.