Osama bin Laden dead in US raid
A US official reported that Osama bin laden is dead and the American president is likely to announce this in a short while in the white house.The US army believed to have Osamas dead body. Reports says that Osama bin laden had been killed one week ago by US millitary and CIA operation, The US [...]
CIA steps up drone attacks in Pakistan
Islamabad, Sep 28 (ANI): The Obama administration has enthusiastically embraced the CIA’s drone program, an ambitious and historically unusual war campaign by American spies, which has launched nearly four times as many attacks in 2009 and 2010 as it did during the final year of the Bush administration, according to The Long War Journal. As [...]
Suspended Pak ‘spot-fixing’ trio in reserves for domestic Twenty20 tournament
Islamabad, Sep 28(ANI): Suspended Pakistan trio of Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif have been selected as reserves for their regional teams for a domestic Twenty20 tournament next month. During the recent tour of England, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had suspended the trio for their alleged involvement in a 150,000-pound betting [...]
NATO changes stance over cross-border air raids after protest by Pakistan
Islamabad, Sep 28 (ANI): NATO has changed its stance on staging aerial strikes by its helicopter gunships inside Pakistan, following Islamabad’s warning of counter-measures against the US-led forces in Afghanistan. According to military sources, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which had earlier defended their aerial engagement as an action ‘under the right of self-defence’, later [...]
Kashmir Initiative: critics will say it is too little and too late
New Delhi, Sep 28 (ANI): After the visit to Jammu and Kashmir by the All Party Delegation, the Government of India has announced an eight-point package to provide a healing touch to the people of the violence-hit state. The package is expected to make a beginning towards sorting out the internal dimensions of the Kashmir [...]
Veena Malik receives another death threat for giving Asif’s call details to ICC
Sydney, Sep 27 (ANI): Former girlfriend of Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif, Veena Malik, has revealed that a death threat was delivered in person to her parents’ home last week, days after she received one of her own for providing the ICC with phone records showing Asif in regular contact with an alleged Indian bookmaker. Asif [...]
Only parliament, not SC can rewrite Pak constitution: Gilani
Islamabad, Sep 27(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that only the parliament, and not the Supreme Court, has the authority to amend the constitution. Talking about the summary sent by the Law Ministry on reopening of the Swiss cases, Gilani said that the Supreme Court had to look into many issues, including [...]
Kashmir not an integral part of India: Pak
Islamabad, Sep 27(ANI): In its latest bout of sabre-rattling, Pakistan has said that Kashmir is not an integral part of India as it is an internationally recognised issue. Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Abdul Basit said that the issue could not be resolved under the constitution of India. “It was an international issue and the United [...]
NATO kills 30 insurgents in Pakistan
Islamabad, Sep 27 (DPA) The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has killed more than 30 insurgents on Pakistani territory, the NATO-led force said late Sunday. The alleged militants had attacked an outlying military post Friday in Afghanistan’s Khost province. The insurgents were then pursued across the Pakistani border by two of NATO’s Apache [...]
30 killed as NATO helicopters strike in Pakistan
Islamabad, Sep 27 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed as two NATO helicopters struck Pakistan’s northwest tribal area bordering Afghanistan in the wee hours of Monday, media reports said. Afghanistan-based NATO helicopters fired at the militants hiding in the Pakistani side who earlier launched an attack at a NATO check post in the Khost [...]
NATO airstrikes kill 30 in Pakistan
Islamabad, Sep 27 (IANS) At least 30 people killed in an airstrike by two NATO helicopters in Pakistan, Geo News reported Monday. According to NATO spokesman, two Apachi helicopters took part in the operation. They entered Pakistan in pursuit of extremist, he added.
Latest Pak howler: claims ‘Kashmir not integral part of India’
Islamabad, Sept 21 (ANI): In a provocative move, Pakistan has said that instead of thinking over cosmetic measures for the solution of the Kashmir issue, India should revisit its policy of trying to resolve it under its constitution. Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit went further to the extent of saying that India should review its [...]
“Fake” Pak kabaddi team on the loose in India!
Islamabad, Sept 21 (ANI): Pakistan Kabaddi Federation (PKF) Secretary Rana Muhammad Sarwar has said that a team has left for India without making any contact with them and without even any permission from the Ministry of Sports. “I don’t know, how they have gone for this tour, we had written to Ministry of Sports and [...]
25 children die as school bus falls into river in Pakistan
Islamabad, Sep 21(ANI): At least 25 school children were feared dead on Tuesday when a bus skidded off the road and plunged into the River Jehlum in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). School principal Muhammad Farooq said that 30 to 35 children were in the bus, when the incident took place near Garhi Dopatta, some 25 [...]
Musharraf urges all stakeholders for political resolution of Kashmir dispute
Islamabad, Sep 20(ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has urged all stakeholders to find a political solution for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute. “The political forces should step forward to resolve the Kashmir dispute,” The Daily Times quoted Musharraf, as saying. Musharraf also said that the government should commence a dialogue process with India [...]
Weak PCB responsible for ‘spot-fixing’ scandal: Pak Sports Minister
Islamabad, Sep 20(ANI): Pakistani Sports Minister Ijaz Jakhrani believes that a weak Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is responsible for the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal which has rocked the national team’s tour of England. “Well, the management could have been better. The board should have seen this coming and should not have compromised on disciplining players in the [...]
Musharraf’s wanted to hand over AQ Khan to US: Jamali
Islamabad, Sept 18 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had all intentions of handing over nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan to the United States, former Prime Minister Mir Zafar Ullah Khan Jamali has disclosed. Jamali said that he had summoned a cabinet meeting over the issue of the nuclear scientist and clearly told Musharraf [...]
Scotland Yard called in to investigate Pak politician Dr Farooq’s assassination
Edinburgh, Sept 18 (ANI): Scotland Yard counter-terrorism police have reportedly been called in to lead the assassination probe into the killing of a Pakistani politician and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founding leader, Dr Imran Farooq, in London, after politicians in Islamabad raised suspicion that his death is a result of a conspiracy. Mohamad Anwar, a [...]
Musharraf’s new party receiving ‘overwhelming’ response, claims aide
Peshawar, Sept 18 (ANI): Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf ‘s newly formed party- All Pakistan Muslim League (APML)- is receiving ‘overwhelming’ response from the public in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and people from all strata of society are eager to join the party, an aide to the former president has claimed. “The APML has already [...]
Scotland Yard probing Taliban role in MQM leader’s assassination in London
London, Sept.18 (ANI): The Taliban may have ordered the brutal murder of Dr. Imran Farooq, the exiled Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), outside his home in London. According to the Daily Mail, this theory has emerged as Scotland Yard” s Counter Terrorism Command took charge of the investigation. The Yard”s decision to take the investigation from [...]
