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The government Sunday denied media reports that talks with the Taliban have started. The BBC Urdu service had earlier reported that Pakistani officials have started talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP. The TTP spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid, also rejected the talks reports as baseless and part of propaganda. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar […]
A roadside bomb attack killed at least nine soldiers in the militants-infested North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday, the military said. The Improvised Explosive Device hit a convoy of the security forces in Boya area of North Waziristan, an army statement said. “At least nine soldiers embraced shahadat (martyrdom) in the explosion,” a brief […]
Chairman PTI, Imran Khan, has rejected the government’s POL price hike as a shameful action targeting the poor masses. The government on Saturday raised the prices of petroleum products by up to Rs4.71 per litre. The government also increased the price of high speed diesel (HSD) by Rs2.5 per litre in diesel that will […]
Pakistan is hosting the 33rd Session of the D-8 Commission in Islamabad on 02-03 September in its capacity as the Chair of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Development, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The D-8 Commissioners from Member Countries (Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey) and D-8 Secretary-General Dr. Seyed Ali […]
Pakistan has strongly condemned the US drone strike that killed four people in the country’s North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry. An American spy aircraft fired missiles into Mir Ali area of North Waziristan and killed at least four people, official sources in the region said. The drone aircraft fired […]
Chief of Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan, on Saturday announced dissolution of all party units over election defeat. Speaking at a news conference in Charsadda, Khan admitted that his party faced defeat in the May 11 general elections over poor performance of the ANP government. He said that new elections will be held […]
Indian troops Saturday violated the 2003 ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) and fired at Pakistani areas, official sources and residents said. They said Indian forces resorted to unprovoked shelling in the Bajwat Sector of Sialkot. Pakistani forces returned fire and silenced Indian guns, official sources said. The sources added that ceasefire violations […]
In a sheer violation of international laws, an American spy aircraft fired missiles into North Waziristan tribal region and killed at least three people, official sources in the region said. The drone aircraft fired two missiles on a house in Mir Ali area, destroying the building, tribesmen said. There was no information about the identity […]
Senior Pakistani and Chinese military leaders have pledged to boost defence cooperation, Chinese officials said. China’s Vice Chairman of Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang met with General Khalid Shameem Wynne, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan, in Beijing on Saturday. During the meeting, the two generals pledged to further boost military cooperation […]
Islamabad police have claimed they have recovered a vehicle with explosives and frustrated terror plan. A police officer said one hundred and twenty-five kilogram explosives were concealed in the car in a house in Barakahu area. The non-customs paid vehicle was taken by the police. The explosives were hidden in doors and CNG cylinder of […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has opposed any military operation in Karachi. Talking to media in Islamabad on Friday‚ he said that police should be depoliticized. He said the nation has already faced negative consequences of military operation in 1992. He proposed that a special police force should be constituted to address the issue […]
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and PTI of Imran Khan Friday continued verbal attacks on each other. This time Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman said PTI gov’t in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is now just a matter of a month or two and that there is no need to move a no-confidence motion against Pervez Khattak. PTI’s health minister, Shaukat Yousafzai, says […]
