Archive for: September, 2013

Imran Khan wants Pakistani Taliban open office

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has proposed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan should open their office for the peace talks with the government.   Talking to reporters at Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) after visiting injured if the Church suicide bombings on Wednesday also advised the government to open for talks with the Taliban.   He was […]

Death toll from Balochistan earthquake reaches 328

Death toll has risen to 328 in a major earthquake that struck Awaran District of Balochistan, Spokesperson of Balochistan government Jaan Balaidi said on Wednesday. The powerful earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale had hit Awaran and some other parts of the province on Tuesday. Officials say that nearly 95 percent houses in the […]

Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over shelling

Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Afghan envoy to the Foreign Ministry and was lodged a formal protest over cross-border mortar fire from the Afghan side in North Waziristan tribal region which killed two Pakistanis yesterday. Security officials in the region said earlier that several rockets were fired from Afghan side of the border into Pakistan Ghulam […]

Indian PM Manmohan Singh confirms meeting with Nawaz Sharif

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has confirmed his meeting with Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Before his departure for the United States to attend the UN General Assembly session in New York‚ Manmohan Singh said in New Delhi Wednesday that he looks forward to […]

PM in UN talks: Nawaz Sharif seeks trade not aid

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged world the community to focus on trade and not aid for the economic development. Addressing a high-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York on Wednesday‚ he said the development agenda should not be based on aid alone. He said that he is an advocate of trade and […]

Death toll from Balochistan’s powerful earthquake crosses 200

Death toll from the powerful earthquake, measuring 7.7 on Richter scale, has crossed the figure of 200 as more bodies were recovered from the rubble of destroyed buildings on Wednesday, officials said. The earthquake struck Balochistan and Sindh provinces and destroyed hundreds of houses, officials said. Awaran and Kech districts of Balochistan were the worst […]

Pakistan, UK to cooperate to counter terrorism, illegal immigration

Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Tuesday agreed to to co-operate on issues of pressing mutual importance, including counter-terrorism work, and combating illegal migration and organised crime, interior ministers of the two countries said. The British Home Secretary Theresa May discussed bilateral and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan co-operation in tackling shared threats restated […]

Powerful earthquake kills 150 in Balochistan

A strong earthquake, measuring 7.7 on Richter scale Tuesday hitBalochistan province and killed over 150 people and injured dozens more, officials said. Officials said hundreds of houses were damaged in Awaran district of Balochistan, the worst affected area bordering Iran, they said. The quake struck at 4:29 pm local time around 100 kilometers southwest of […]

Church attack should not be given religious colour: MNAs

Members of the National Assembly Tuesday stressed that attack on Church in Peshawar should not be given religious colour because those involved in the killing of innocent persons have nothing to do with any religion. They were taking part in debate on the terrorist attack on the Church on Sunday that killed 83 people and […]

Afghan raids kill nearly 50 militants

Afghan officials claim nearly 50 militants have been killed in police operations in different Afghan provinces in the last 24 hours. “Afghan National Police (ANP) conducted several cleanup operations with the cooperation of army, intelligence agency and the NATO-led coalition forces, killing 49 armed Taliban, wounding eight and arresting 11 other armed militants,” the ministry […]

Pakistan, UK to boost anti-terror cooperation

Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Tuesday agreed to increase cooperation against terrorism. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and British Home Secretary Theresa May met in Islamabad and discussed anti-terror cooperation. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that Pakistan wants to enhance cooperation with the United Kingdom in various fields including security. He was […]

Ulema term senseless attacks on minorities un-Islamic

Religious scholars in Pakistan have described terrorist attacks on minorities as un-Islamic and said Islam does not allow attacks on minorities and their worship places. The statement came two days after twin suicide attacks killed over 80 and injured nearly 130 people in a packed Church when Christians were performing Sunday’s service. The National Assembly […]

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