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 […]
In an apparent confrontation between executive and judiciary, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani decided to defend the former at any case. While speaking to a private TV channel, the premier extended his support to parliamentarians, saying that there was no restriction on dual nationality in the Constitution of Pakistan. He observed, “Except the prime […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan lashed out at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for calling the creation of Sindh’s division, saying that it was Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif who demanded to divide the province a few months ago. While speaking to the media, the cricketer-turned-politician said that the creation of new provinces within […]
According to the recent news, Dr. Shakil Afridi, a native of Khyber Agency, has been sentenced to 33 years in jail on the accusation of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden. He has been charged of treason, a local official said. He was accused of running a fake vaccination campaign in Abbottabad, in which […]
May 23 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. […]
Cameron Munter, the US ambassador to Pakistan, is likely to be replaced with Richard Oslo in the upcoming summer season after the former refused to take extension for another term. According to the media reports, Cameron Munter will quit his post in the coming summer. The US is mulling to appoint Richard Oslo, who has […]
May 8 2012 | Posted in
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The self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-accused were due to be arraigned Saturday at Guantanamo Bay, with all facing the death penalty if convicted. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants will be formally charged in a military tribunal with planning and executing the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed 2,976 people in […]
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‘Not guilty’ former CIA operative released on bail by a US federal court A former CIA official accused of leaking secret information to journalists, including the names of US intelligence agents, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court and was released on bail. John Kiriakou, who had previously revealed the CIA’s use of waterboarding of […]
A human rights group and a law firm took legal action Monday against the British government, accusing it of passing on intelligence to assist US covert drone attacks in Pakistan. The London-based charity Reprieve and the law firm Leigh Day & Co. are filing papers to the High Court claiming that civilian staff at Britain’s […]
We are unaware of an ongoing silent war in Balochistan resulting in a daily death toll which is not reported as fervently as it should be. Unfortunately, more than 85% population of the province does not have access to clean drinking water and other basic necessities. No one from the government side or the private […]
The lack of wisdom by concerned authorities over the Balochistan issue seems bound to widen the distance between them and the estranged Baloch leadership. Most shocking development hit the power corridors on 17th of February, when a resolution was passed in the US House of the Representatives that Baloch nation should be given their due […]
Anonymous says Osama bin Laden was not buried at sea As we all have heard this story that the Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by the American Navy on his compound in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011 and allegedly his body was buried at the sea. However, the famous internet hacking group […]
Mar 7 2012 | Posted in
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