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Pakistan nominated as the deadliest country for journalists Pakistan remained the deadliest country for journalists for the second year in a row, while coverage of political unrest around the world was “unusually dangerous,” a press advocacy group said Tuesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists said in its year-end report that 43 journalists died around the […]
Pakistan to quit financial aid for war on terror from the US The US Navy Seals raid on May 2, when Osama bin Laden was found and killed on Pakistani soil, cost Pakistan in terms of pride and reputation. It has also proved costly in terms of finance. Since the operation in Abbottabad, the Pakistani […]
US hold drone attacks in the aftermath of NATO attack on Pakistan Army The CIA has stopped firing missiles at militants in Pakistan since last month’s deadly NATO airstrikes along the Afghan border so as not to “aggravate” already strained ties with Islamabad, the chief of Pakistan’s senate defense committee said Tuesday. The 33-day pause […]
Hamid Karzai accuses Pakistan for Taliban operations Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday said that Pakistan has a key role to play in his government’s peace talks with the Taliban because the militant group operates from there. "They operate from there. And a meaningful peace process cannot go well or end in satisfactory resultswithout Pakistan’s […]
Pakistan has restored liaison officers at coordination centres on the Afghanistan border, Nato said on Monday, in a slight easing of tensions, after Nato air strikes last month killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers and provoked fury across the country. But the US-led coalition’s supply lines that run through Pakistan remain closed since the Nov. 26 […]
US to withhold $70 million aid for Pakistan A crisis in relations looked set to deepen after a US House-Senate negotiating panel agreed to freeze $700 million in US aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of improvised explosive devices in the region. Pakistan is one of the largest […]
Pakistan will re-new transit trade conditions for Afghanistan Pakistan has decided to revisit the conditions for Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) on the basis of concrete evidence suggesting that the facility was grossly being misused in many ways, official sources told Dawn. Pakistan has decided to revisit the conditions for Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) on the […]
Pakistani Taliban confirm contact with government for peace talks The Pakistani Taliban is in peace talks with the Pakistani government, a senior commander in the militant group said Saturday. He said negotiations were “progressing well” and could soon end in a formal agreement. The statement by Maulvi Faqir Mohammad is the first time a named […]
President Asif Ali Zardari confirms he will return to Pakistan very soon Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is "fine" and will return home soon, a news anchor quoted him as saying on Friday, nearly a week after his rush to a Dubai hospital led to speculation the unpopular leader might resign and even of a […]
NATO Attacks were pre-planned, says Senior Pakistani Military Official A senior Pakistani military officer said a NATO air strike killing 24 Pakistani troops on the Afghan border last month was pre-planned and warned of more attacks, comments likely to fuel tension with the United States. Major General Ashfaq Nadeem, director general of military operations, was […]
Pakistan has every right to retaliate to any future aggression, says Pentagon With Pakistan vowing to respond with "full force" to any future aggression in the wake of the deadly NATO strike, the Pentagon has said that Islamabad has the right to self-defence and so does the US. It also admitted that the last Saturday […]
Pakistan to deal any breach of territory with aggression, General Ashfaq Kayani Pakistan’s commanders in the wild Afghan border region can return fire if attacked without waiting for permission, the army chief said, a change in rules of engagement that could stoke tension after Saturday’s NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani troops. The attack sparked fury […]
