An American spy aircraft fired missiles into restive North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday and killed at least 17 people, security sources said. The U.S. drones fired four missiles on a house and a vehicle in the Danda Derpa Khel area of Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan which borders Afghanistan. Two missiles […]
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, left for China on a five-day official visit on Wednesday on his first ever foreign visit to China to hold wide ranging talks with Chinese leadership aimed at further strengthening existing deep rooted ties. The Prime Minister is accompanied by an eleven-member high level delegation including federal ministers including Chief Minister […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has constituted a task force to maintain law and order in Balochistan. Addressing a high level meeting in Quetta on Tuesday evening‚ he directed all the security agencies to ensure close coordination to curb terrorism. He said the federal government will extend all possible assistance to the […]
The Government has promoted Air Commodore Pirzada Kamaluddin A Siddiqui, Air Commodore Mujahid Anwar Khan, Air Commodore Arshad Malik, Air Commodore Azhar Hasan Rizvi and Air Commodore Khawar Hussain to the rank of Air Vice Marshal, the PAF said Tuesday. Air Vice Marshal Pirzada Kamaluddin A Siddiqui was commissioned in Pakistan Air Force […]
Pakistan said Tuesday it has revised Hajj quota for this year keeping in view the twenty percent reduction in Hajj quota by Saudi Arabia. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Tuesday afternoon‚ Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Muhammad Yousuf said 60 % will perform Hajj under Government scheme and 40 % under private Hajj […]
Pakistan Tuesday rejected as completely baseless the comments and “ideas” attributed to it by Afghan officials relating to alleged “power-sharing formula” with the Taliban or attempting to “bring fiefdoms to Afghanistan”. Afghan Deputy Foreign Irshad Ahmadi said in Kabul on Monday that Pakistan has suggested Afghan government to share power with the Taliban […]
National Security adviser, Sartaj Aziz and US Secretary of State, John Kerry met in Brunei and discussed bilateral cooperation in the post 2014 period, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The two leaders met on the sidelines the 20th Ministerial Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Brunei Darussalam. The Adviser emphasized the […]
Pakistan and India on Monday exchanged lists of prisoners lodged in each other’s respective jails, the Foreign Ministry said. According to the Consular Agreement signed between the two countries in May 2008, lists of prisoners are to be exchanged twice a year: on 1 January and 1 July respectively. “Consistent with the […]
Normal life was disrupted in Quetta on Monday on calls for a shutter-down strike against the deadly suicide bombing, which killed 30 people including women and children. The bombing in Hazara Town area also injured nearly 60 people and badly damaged several shops and vehicles, police say. The banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the […]
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday expressed his desire to see better relations with Pakistan, particularly in economics, trade and tourism. The premier made the remarks during a meeting with newly- designated ambassador of Pakistan to Cambodia Amjad Ali Sher at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Xinhua reported. He said the two countries […]
The people voted for Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League PML-N in the May 11 general elections with high hopes for relief however the government’s decisions over the past three weeks had been a big disappointment. The PML-N has miserably failed to take any step to mitigate sufferings of the people at the hand of […]
Two bomb blasts near an Imambargah killed at least 24 people in Quetta late Sunday, police and rescue teams said. The blasts near Abu Talib Imambargah at Hazara town area also injured over 50 persons, they said. Firing was also reported after the blasts. Some security sources said the first blast was […]