In the recent memory, the former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez stated, "we’re in a state of total emergency, the worst crisis we have ever lived through." Ironically, Spain has just followed the footsteps of Greece in becoming the epicentre of the eurozone crisis. Last night the crisis was brought under discussion in a video-conference […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Army on Thursday rejected media report about the return of the United States (US) military trainers into Pakistan, media reported on Thursday. Earlier, a wire service reported that the US trainers, which were sent back from Pakistan after Salala attack, have returned to Pakistan, in a sign the two nations may be able to […]
In its continued efforts to press Pakistan, the United States sought clarification from Islamabad on the issue of Dr Shakeel Afridi’s sentence. State Department’s spokesman Mark Toner while speaking to the media during daily press briefing said, “US sought clarity on the ‘new reason’ being given by Pakistan for sentencing Dr Shakeel Afridi”. According to […]
In order to further pressurize Islamabad, US Senator Rand Paul urged the United States to suspend all aid to Pakistan until Islamabad overturned Dr. Shakeel Afridi’s sentence. According to the media reports, the lawmaker also proposed the American administration to grant US citizenship to the doctor who was imprisoned for helping hunt down Osama bin […]
Apparently Imran Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), is not missing any opportunity to slash the government, particularly President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani. In his latest remarks, Imran Khan termed President Zardari’s participation in the two-day NATO summit insult of the whole nation, saying that US President Barack […]
An unmanned US aircraft killed at least four people while injured many others in an attack on a militant compound in Miranshah, the troubled area of Northwestern Pakistan. According to the media reports, the drone fired two missiles on a house in Tabai, killing at least four alleged assailants and injuring many others. The reports […]
Following a deadly suicide bombing in Sanaa this Monday which left 100s of people injured, the Yemeni authorities have arrested two suicide bombers Sources say that the two men were carrying explosive belts that weighed 13 kilos. The bombers were arrested near the Sabiine square shortly after the attack led by a soldier who exploded […]
May 22 2012 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani rejected the impression that his country had been sheltered Osama bin Laden, terming it a universal intelligence failure to detect him for so long time. In an interview with British media, the Pakistani Prime Minister defended his security agencies saying they were not involved in sheltering the Al-Qaeda leader. […]
Islamabad dismissed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s allegations Al-Qaeda chief, asking Washing to share intelligence information about Ayman al-Zawahiri’s presence in Pakistan. Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan while replying to a query observed, “These are all conjectures. If the US has any evidence, information or actionable intelligence, they should share it with us”. Earlier, […]
Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, the self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-accused were due to be charged formally at Guantanamo Bay, the US detention center in Cuba. A military tribunal will formally charge Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants for planning and executing the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed 2,976 people in New […]
Despite Pakistan registered its protest against spying drone attacks, an unmanned American aircraft fired missiles on a house in Darre-e-Nishtar, in North Waziristan, the tribal area of Pakistan. At least ten people were killed and several others injured in the pre-dawn attack while the death toll is also expected to rise, the report added. According […]
The five-division world champion, Floyd Mayweather, the current WBC welterweight champion, has passed on a flattering statement, in which he has said that he can make the president Barack Obama hold his belt, if he was to fight Manny Pacquiao, who is an eight-division world champion and currently the WBC welterweight champion. “People want to […]
Apr 23 2012 | Posted in
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