FBI Most Wanted: Mullah Omer removed from list
Taliban leader Mullah Omar. — File photoWASHINGTON(PFP): Mullah Omer’s name has been removed from FBI’s website for most wanted terrorists. However, the names of Ayman Al Zawahiri and Hakimullah Mehsud still remain on the list. More...
Karzai urges ‘neighbourly’ relations with Pakistan
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday urged Pakistan not to forge its policy on Afghanistan based on its rivalries with either India or the United States. “We want Pakistan to have an independent More...
White House backs Biden’s ‘Taliban-friendly’ statement
WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday defended Vice President Joe Biden for saying that the Taliban isn’t an enemy of the United States despite the years spent fighting the militant Islamic group that gave More...
Umar steadies Pakistan in Bangladesh Test
DHAKA: Taufeeq Umar closed in on a second successive half-century to steady Pakistan on the second day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Sunday. The left-handed opener, who scored 61 in More...
Tens of thousands rally against US and India in Lahore
Hafiz Saeed, the head of Islamic organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa speaks to gathering during an anti-American and Indian rally on the grounds of the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. LAHORE: Tens of thousands gathered in one More...
Ijaz never said Haqqani was involved in writting the memo: James Jones
WASHINGTON(PFP): Former US National Security Advisor, General James Jones said that he had known Mansoor Ijaz since 2006 and was contacted by him a few days prior to May 9, Geo News reported. It is pertinent to More...
Kayani, Allen did not discuss Nato supply: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: The ISPR has issued a statement saying that during the conversation between Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISAF Commander General John Allen the issue of reopening the NATO supply More...
US drone strikes ‘on hold’ in Pakistan: US official
WASHINGTON(pfp): As the US-Pakistan relationship continues to unravel, the US has placed its covert air campaign that targets Al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan’s tribal agencies “on hold.” Several More...
Pakistani family jailed over honour killing in Brussels
BRUSSELS: A court sentenced four members of a Pakistani family to prison for the ‘honour killing’ of a law student, national media reported. After pronouncing the family members guilty for the shooting More...
US vacated Shamsi airbase within time limit: Prime Minister
Google Earth image of Shamsi Airbase in February 2006. ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said the United States has vacated the Shamsi air base within the time limit given More...
