Militants have blown up two schools on Friday in Bajaur Agency, a private TV reported.
According to the details, two primary schools were blown up in Navagai and Mandil area of Bajaur Agency; meanwhile, security forces disposed a bomb planted in Yousfabad in tehsil Khar.
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ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi got offended on Thursday when he was asked if the US would press Pakistan to do more in war against terrorism during the upcoming strategic dialogue scheduled for March 24 in Washington.
“Gone are the days when the US used to press Pakistan…
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ISLAMABAD – The US Commander for International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF), General Stanley McChrystal on Thursday commended Pakistan’s efforts against violent extremists and honoured the sacrifices rendered by the country.
Well-placed military and diplomatic sources informed TheNation that the ISAF Commander made these remarks while talking to the Chief of…
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EGYPTIAN fighters are increasingly aiding extremists in the badlands of Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, providing training, financing and weapons, said a top Pakistani military commander.
In an exclusive interview with The Washington Examiner, 11th Corps Commander Lt-Gen Muhammad Masood Aslam said fighters from Algeria and the Sudan are also joining…
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Oil prices fell to near $82 a barrel Thursday in Asia, paring two days of gains that were fueled by signs U.S. crude demand may be improving. Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 75 cents to $82.18 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the…
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All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has called off their countrywide strike call on the government’s assurance of meeting their demands, report said on Thursday. The APTMA had announced the indefinite strike from today against government’s move to slash their export quota to 35 million kgs of yarn a month…
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Five militants including two Taliban commanders were killed during clash with security forces in Pattan area in Kohistan. Bakht Farzand and Mian Gul who who had a 10-million rupee (117,000 dollar) reward on their heads, were killed along with three other militants in a clash in Pattan town, sources said.
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) along with employees of the National Programme for the Improvement of Watercourses (NPIW) from Sindh, Balochistan and NWFP, Wednesday, demanded of the Government to fulfil its promises regarding regularisation of contract employees.
Addressing a press conference, Chairman PTI Imran Khan…
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One of the most important trade routes in Asia was closed last week while a boyish-looking man everyone calls “the general” showed around the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
General Stanley McChrystal clambered to the top of a roof, where “the general” — officially a colonel in…
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The Taliban’s chief military commander was in secret talks with Hamid Karzai’s family just weeks before his arrest by Pakistan intelligence officers, it has been claimed.
The Afghan president was furious about the seizure of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Karachi last month as the men had been negotiating, according…
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Police conducted raid at a shop in Sabzi Mandi in Iqbal Town of Lahore and captured 80 bags of explosives. According to CIA police on an intelligence cue the police conducted raid at a house in Wahdat Colony locality and arrested four persons. The police found suicide jackets and explosives…
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BANNED outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has offered to Punjab government a two-way truce.
“If you (Punjab Government) don’t take action against Taliban, we’ll not launch attacks in Punjab”, said a Taliban leader.
A private TV channel reported on Monday, Hakeem-ullah Mehsud’s Naib and Mohmand Agency Ameer, Abdul Wali alias…
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ISLAMABAD – Legislators from opposition and treasury benches in the National Assembly Monday criticised the Punjab Chief Minister for his statement regarding terrorism in the province and demanded to make apology from the people.
Ameer Muqam from PML-Q said that the Pakistan Army and other law enforcement agencies were fighting…
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Corps Commander Peshawar Lt. Gen Masood Aslam said that Pakistan Forces would stay in Swat till the establishment of permanent peace in the area.
Addressing to a inauguration ceremony of Public library and Shuhada Park in Swat here on Thursday, he said that the Pakistan army would stay in…
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Military commanders on Tuesday discussed internal security, the war against terrorism and the regional situation at a meeting of the top brass held at the General Headquarters. The commanders met as part of 127th Corps Commanders’ Conference chaired by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. The meeting will…
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Senior Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that Indian troops are using the Kashmiri women as a weapon of war in occupied Kashmir and committing serious crimes against them with impunity.
Talking to Kashmir Media Service in connection with International Women Day, Syed Ali Gilani demanded of the…
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has flown into a recently liberated Taliban stronghold and admitted that his government had failed its people in the past.
The Afghan premier made a brief helicopter visit to central Marjah three weeks after thousands of United States marines stormed into the central Helmand town.
As…
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