Pakistan

    20 killed by US airstrike in Pakistan

    Islamabad, Oct 4 (DPA) Pakistani security officials said Saturday at least half a dozen Al Qaeda fighters were among more than 20 people killed in US missile strikes in Pakistan’s tribal region.


    US aerial attack kills 16 in Pakistan

    Islamabad, Oct 4 (DPA) At least 16 people, including two women and a child, have been killed and around a dozen injured as a US drone attacked a house in Pakistan’s tribal area along the Afghan border.

Pakistan Law Minister to meet Indian spy Sarabjit on Monday

Oct 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Farooq Naek will meet Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh on Monday to review his case following the Indian government’s appeal for clemency for him, official sources said.



British HC to resume visas applications from Karachi on Oct.8

Oct 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Following a review of security at the UK Visa Application Centres (VACs), the British High Commission announce on Friday that Gerry’s International are re-opening the Karachi VAC on 8 October 08, the High Commission said.



UN raises security level in Pakistan, to withdraw children of diplomats

Oct 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations has decided to withdraw children of its Pakistan-based diplomats after raising the level of security for its staff over security concerns, the UN Information Center in Islamabad said Friday.



US aerial attack kills 13 in Pakistan (Lead)

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan, Top News

Islamabad, Oct 3 (DPA) At least 13 people, including two women and a child, were killed and 10 injured Friday as a US drone attacked a house in Pakistan’s tribal area along the Afghan border, officials said.



US aerial attack kills three in Pakistan

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, Oct 3 (DPA) At least three people were killed and half a dozen injured Friday as a US drone attacked a house in Pakistan’s tribal area along the Afghan border.



Cholera breaks out in Pakistan’s violence-hit northwest

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, Oct 3 (DPA) Health authorities were struggling to treat hundreds of patients affected by a cholera outbreak in Pakistan’s conflict-ridden Swat mountain district, a media report said Friday.



Pakistan asks Afghan refugees in tribal area to leave

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, Oct 3 (Xinhua) Pakistan has asked Afghan refugees staying in a tribal region of the country’s northwest to leave in three days, the News Network International (NNI) news agency reported Friday.



Palin, Biden fight over change, economy, war on terror

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Washington, Oct 3 (DPA) Rival US vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden clashed over the centrality of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during a fast-paced debate, in which both reached out to middle-class Americans and touted their own running mate as best able to bring about change for the country.