PM Gilani to Qatar to discuss Afghan peace
Prim Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani ISLAMABAD(agencies): Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani left for Qatar on Monday to discuss Afghan peace efforts in the ultra-rich Gulf state where the Taliban and US officials 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...
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...
Seven Nato tankers set aflame near Sibbi
SIBBI(PFP): Seven Nato tankers have been set ablaze in Dhadar area of Sibbi, Geo News reported. According to initial reports the oil tankers came under attack near Dhadar Bypass. Police said unknown militants opened More...
Nato attack not intentional: Dempsey
WASHINGTON: The head of US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey said there were terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan which needed to change along with the country’s influence on Afghanistan, Geo News reported. More...
Pakistan has role in any talks with Taliban: Karzai
BERLIN(PFP):Afghan President Hamid Karzai has admitted while talking to jounralist here that Pakistan has an important role to play in the Afghan peace process, including in any negotiations with the Taliban, and More...
Obama phones Zardari; condoles Pak soldiers death
WASHINGTON: US president Barrack Obama on Sunday telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari and offered condolences over the martyrdom of Pakistani soldiers in Nato air strike. A White House statement said Obama placed More...
Al Qaeda says group kidnapped American in Pak
Dubai: Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of an American man in Pakistan and demanded the release of prisoners and an end to air strikes in Muslim countries in exchange for his freedom, according More...
Nato apology will not be enough: Khar
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that the Nato attack on the Pakistani check post was not an accident and “only an apology would not be enough.” The minister was briefing the Senate More...
Dec 11 deadline, to vacate Shamsi airbase: Gilani
Google Earth image of Shamsi Airbase in February 2006. KARACHI, Nov. 30 (PFP): Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee has asked the US to vacate Shamsi Airbase by More...
