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Armed Forces to be equipped to meet challenges: PM
KARACHI: The PNS Shamshir, manufactured in collaboration with China, has been inducted in Pak Navy, Geo News reported Monday. Addressing on this occasion of F-22P frigate ship joining the Pak Navy fleet, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said all the needs of the armed forces will be fulfilled and they would be armed in view of world situation. PM Gilani said that Pakistan doesn’t follow any expansionist policy but it believes that it must maintain minimum … Read entire article »
Big Helmand offensive in the offing
LASHKAR GAH: Taliban militants are digging in ahead of a major NATO operation in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, in one of the biggest offensives in the eight-year-old war. U.S. Marines are set to launch an operation within days to take Marjah, an area of lush farmland criss-crossed by canals in the centre of Helmand, Afghanistan’s most violent province. The offensive will be the first major show of force since President Barack Obama ordered in 30,000 extra … Read entire article »
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Veteran politician Ajmal Khattak dies at 85
PESHAWAR: Veteran nationalist politician, former Awami National Party president and noted Pashto scholar Mohammad Ajmal Khattak … Read more »
Women MNAs proved more active during NA session
ISLAMABAD: Female members showed more interest in the legislative business than their male colleagues during the recently-concluded … Read more »
US plans 75pc increase in drone operations
WASHINGTON: The US defence budget for 2011 seeks more funds to enhance drone operations by 75 per … Read more »
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Corruption scandal set to swamp Pakistani politicians
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari, faces being engulfed in a corruption scandal that … Read more »
Detailed judgement on NRO issued: Criminal cases can’t be withdrawn in the name of reconciliation: SC
ISLAMABAD: In its detailed judgement on Tuesday, the Supreme Court held that criminal cases could not be … Read more »
The NRO affair
Authored by: Dr Qaisar Rashid Hardly has anyone come forward to claim that his name was included in the NRO beneficiary list for other than mala fide intentions: None has yet confessed that … Read more »
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Big Helmand offensive in the offing
LASHKAR GAH: Taliban militants are digging in ahead of a major NATO operation in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, in one of the biggest offensives in the eight-year-old war. U.S. Marines are set to launch an operation within days to take Marjah, an area of lush farmland criss-crossed by canals in the centre of Helmand, Afghanistan’s most violent province. The offensive will … Read entire article »
Twin bombings kill at least 22 in Pakistan,President, PM condemn Karachi bombings
wo bomb blasts targeting a bus filled with Shiite Muslims and later a hospital in Karachi on Friday killed at least 22 people in the latest outbreak of violence plaguing the troubled, nuclear-armed state. The first attack occurred early afternoon in the heart of Karachi, when a explosives-laden motorcycle detonated next to the bus, Karachi police said. The blast killed at … Read entire article »
18 dead, 50 hurt in Karachi blast
KARACHI: At least 12 people were killed and over 50 others injured when a powerful explosion occurred in a public vehicle plying on Sharah-e-Faisal of Karachi, media reported Friday. According to Geo News, the blast occurred in a mini bus near Nursery stop towards FTC. The injured riding a mini bus coming from Malir, include children and women. Police and other rescue … Read entire article »
Country can’t be run by disobeying courts’ orders: Nawaz
BAHAWALPUR: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Main Nawaz Sharif said the country can’t be run by violating courts verdicts and President Asif Ali Zardari has violated the promises. PML-N chief said while addressing a party workers’ convention here said Pakistan is passing through a critical phase and a revolution is needed to bring back the things on right track. We have no … Read entire article »
President directs govt to provide legal assistance to Dr Aafia Siddiqui
President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday directed the government to immediately establish contact with the family of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and provide her with possible legal assistance in the U.S. Spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the President issued the direction soon after a jury in Manhattan pronounced guilty verdict against the Pakistani scientist. … Read entire article »
Three US soldiers among 9 killed in Dir blast
DIR: Nine persons including three foreigners were killed and 65 others wounded in a bomb blast in tehsil Balambat of lower Dir. The blast occurred in the roadside bombing in Koto village, about 10 kilometers (six miles) from Taimargara, the main town in lower Dir district. The explosion also damaged the girls’ school building. According to US news agency, three … Read entire article »
4 foreigners among 6 killed in Dir Lower blast
DIR: An explosion occurred near a Girls school in Koto area in tehsil Balambut of Lower Dir on Wednesday. According to DPO, six persons including four foreigners were killed and 16 female students injured in the blast. Some other sources said at least 25 children wounded in the incident. Two female teachers are also among the wounded persons. The reports said an … Read entire article »
Eleven more killed as violence spreads in Karachi
KARACHI: Eleven people, including a prayer leader and a teenage boy, were shot dead on Tuesday as major political parties remained engaged in reconciliation efforts but failed to restore peace to the city. The violent incidents, which in most cases saw armed motorcyclists targeting mainly small traders and labourers, reached central and eastern localities of the city on the fourth consecutive … Read entire article »
Suspected US drone strikes kill at least 29 in Pakistan
Multiple missile strikes carried out by suspected US pilot less drone aircraft killed at least 29 people in Pakistan’s restive tribal region Tuesday, a Pakistani intelligence official said. Several more people were injured in the air attacks that took place in at least four villages of North Waziristan district, a known sanctuary of Taliban and Al Qaeda militants conducting cross-border raids … Read entire article »