Terming them illegal and violation of Pakistani sovereignty, Islamabad strongly condemned the US drone attacks on its territory. The deadlock between the United States and Pakistan, the two strategic allies, over the strikes remains unresolved. In very recent three days, three drone strikes carried out on suspected insurgents killed 27 people in Pakistan’s tribal areas. […]
Jun 5 2012 | Posted in
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On Monday, June 4, a Libyan military court convicted nineteen Ukrainians, three Belarusians and a Russian accused of having been mercenaries of Muammar Gaddafi to ten years imprisonment with hard labor. The Russian, considered the group coordinator, was imposed life imprisonment. Ukrainian and Belarusian ambassadors present at the announcement of the verdict, have described it as "heavy" and announced that the convicts would […]
Jun 4 2012 | Posted in
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At least 15 alleged militants were killed and several others sustained injuries when an unmanned US aircraft fired missiles on two compounds in Mir Ali, the area of North Waziristan on Monday. According to the media reports, the drone attack targeted compounds in Mir Ali, the capital of North Waziristan. The rescue process was delayed […]
The United States will shift the majority of its naval fleet to the Pacific by 2020 as part of a new strategic focus on Asia, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta told a summit in Singapore on Saturday. The decision to deploy more ships to the Pacific Ocean, along with expanding a network of military partnerships in […]
Jun 2 2012 | Posted in
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Blaming the Pakistan Muslim League-N for conspiring against Mohajir province, President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said the issue of a Mohajir province was raised just to take revenge from the Pakistan Peoples Party for its bold stand to create a Seraiki province. In an interactive session that lasted for three hours, the president took […]
Jun 1 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 […]
Taliban deny reports regarding the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani The Taliban on Wednesday denied reports of the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Pakistani-linked Haqqani network which is regularly blamed for major attacks in Afghanistan. “We strongly dismiss the reports that Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead. He’s alive,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP, […]
May 30 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]
UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan said he was “shocked” at the weekend’s “tragic events” in the central Syrian town of Houlaas he arrived in Damascus on Monday for talks with top officials. He said those responsible for the killing in Houla of at least 108 people on Friday and Saturday must be held accountable […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed Sunday not to let the United States be “gouged” by Pakistan on the price it charges for overland deliveries of American military supplies to Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the land route to US supplies in November as punishment for a botched US air strike that mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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There is no basis yet for another round of negotiations with the P5+1 world powers after the current talks in Baghdad, an Iranian official said on Thursday as the final session here got underway. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton “didn’t say anything new this morning” in a bilateral meeting with Iran earlier Thursday, the […]
May 24 2012 | Posted in
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