Pakistan Thursday confirmed that it has facilitated opening of Taliban Office in Doha as it is part of the larger process of reconciliation in Afghanistan. Foreign Office Spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad that Pakistan has been supportive of an all inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue and it is […]
Senator Farhatullah Babar of the PPP took strong exception to the remarks of a SC judge made during hearing in a suo moto case yesterday that the BISP had made the people beggars and that the funds should have been allocated to WAPDA and asked judges to respect their limits reiterating also that a Constitution […]
Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani on Thursday appealed to the people of South Waziristan who have left to return to their homes and resume their normal life. The army chief was speaking in South Waziristan after inaugurating a road. Pakistan Army has completed third trade corridor on Pak-Afghan border in South Waziristan Agency in […]
Senior security officials meet in Islamabad later Thursday to formulate a new policy to deal with the issue of terrorism and the role of intelligence agencies, officials say. Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, will preside over the meeting. Intelligence officials will also attend the meeting. Khan told the National Assembly on […]
Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has said the Prime Minister is considering to extend invitation to the chiefs of political parties for talks on two-point agenda of US drone attacks and terrorism. Speaking in the National Asssembly on Wednesday‚ he said all the political parties and the nation should stand together on the issue […]
Senator Farhatullah Babar speaking on a point of order in the Senate on Wednesday drew attention to the reports that a serving military office was being appointed as director general military lands and cantonments department and called for rejecting the summary reportedly moved to safeguard the interests of the federal government as the owner of […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Imran Khan Wednesday urged the government to evolve consensus to address the root causes of terrorism. Opposing the US drone strikes in the tribal regions in his first speech in the National Assembly‚ Imran Khan said these are claiming lives of innocent people. He said the government and the opposition […]
Death toll from a suicide attack at a funeral in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province rose to 35 on Wednesday after seven victims died overnight in hospital, doctors said. At least 30 people, including a provincial lawmaker of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives […]
Pakistan military said Wednesday that Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing into its areas along the Line of Control, which divides the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region. Military officials said, “The Indian troops resorted to unprovoked small arms and artillery firing at Line of Control in Battal and Neza Pir sectors at […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan took the oath as member of the National Assembly on Wednesday. Speaker National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, administered the oath to the PTI chief. The PTI chief could not take oath on June 1 along with other members of the National Assembly owing to his ailment. On May […]
At least 28 people, including a member of provincial assembly, were killed while 25 others were injured in a suicide attack in a funeral near Mardan on Tuesday, police said. Deputy Inspector-General Mardan Jaffar Khan said the funeral prayers of a petrol station owner Haji Abdullah, was being offered, when the suicide attack took place […]
Pakistan on Tuesday angrily reacted to recent remarks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who had alleged that Pakistani security agencies are destabilizing Afghanistan. Karzai in an interview with gency for what he claimed “their efforts to weaken and make Afghanistan unstable using religious extremists as a tool”. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry rejected Karzai’s remarks in […]