LAHORE: An Ahmadi family in Khushab says it is being victimised by local clerics who instigated the expulsion of a 16-year-old from his school and are now pressing the police to register blasphemy cases against him and his father. The father, Hakim Jameel, told The Express Tribune that activists of the Aalmi […]
Source:Dawn.com THE government’s decision to boycott the Bonn conference next week needs to be carefully parsed. Statements attributed to officials about the boycott did not appear to categorically rule out a last-minute reversal in the Pakistani opinion. It is possible, given the behind-the-scenes lobbying that the announcement will trigger, that […]
By Reuters Published: November 30, 2011 Courtesy: Xpress Tribune The United States (US) is preparing to accede to Pakistani demands that it vacate a remote air base in Pakistan used for […]
By Reuters Published: November 30, 2011 Courtesy:Xpress Tribune BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA:US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she regretted Pakistan’s decision to boycott next week’s international conference on Afghanistan but hoped […]
Several politicians and citizens in general are enraged over the violation of their sovereignty. While this outburst of grief is understandable and very much justified, one wonders why other acts of violence against ethnic and sectarian minorities in Pakistan have not stirred the same outpour of grief and anger that […]
Source: Newyorktimes: “Some participants, who declined to be identified by name, expressed dissatisfaction with the military briefing.”. Also on Tuesday, the Pakistani military also offered its first detailed account of the weekend episode, which widely differed with NATO and Afghan diplomat accounts. The army ruled out United States assertions that […]
Source: Newyorktimes: It’s not clear what led to NATO strikes on two Pakistani border posts this weekend, but there can be no dispute that the loss of lives is tragic. At least 24 Pakistani troops were killed. We regret those deaths, as we do those of all American, NATO and […]
Source: Times of India: There has been a wave of protests across Pakistan over Nato raids that killed Pak soldiers. WASHINGTON: NATO forces may have been lured into attacking friendly Pakistani border posts in a calculated maneuver by the Taliban, according to preliminary US military reports on the deadliest […]
Source: TOI on line. PM Yousuf Raza Gilani ruled out “business as usual” with the United States after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. LAHORE: Pakistan on Tuesday decided to boycott the upcoming crucial Bonn Conference on Afghanistan to protest a cross-border NATO air strike that killed […]
Published: November 28, 2011 Courtesy:Xpress Tribune ISLAMABAD: Following the ‘unprovoked’ attack by NATO forces on Pakistani border checkposts, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani warned the United States, that their relations had gone south […]
Bodies of the victims killed in Mohmand Agency-Pakistan during an attack by US/NATO gunships. Source: Daily Times
Source: asiatimes on line SPENGLER Blazing Saddles in Pakistan Even before America found itself on the defensive after the air-strike deaths, the Washington consensus was summed up by the need to keep Pakistan on side as a “friend” because of its nuclear capability. While Pakistan menaces the United States with […]
Source: asiatimes on line The air strike by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at the Pakistani military post at Salala in the Mohmand Agency on the Afghan-Pakistan border Friday night is destined to become a milestone in the chronicle of the Afghan war. Within hours of the incident, Pakistan’s […]
By Sarfaraz Memon Published: November 28, 2011 Courtesy: xpress Tribune SUKKUR: After weeks of sitting on the fence, Shah Mahmood Qureshiformally announced his decision to join Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf at a rally in […]
By Kamran Yousaf Published: November 28, 2011 Couresy: Xpress Tribune ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan buried its dead from Saturday’s attack on a border check post by Nato troops, the government looked for more […]
ISLAMABAD: A bit of good news for the energy-starved nation — the state-run Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) is reported to have made a major gas discovery in Zin block in Balochistan’s restive Marri-Bugti area that has the potential to change the dimension of the country’s power sector. […]
Pakistan has decided to close the logistics supply line to NATO/ISAF forces stationed in Afghanistan with immediate effect, and to ask United States to vacate Shamsi air base within 15 […]
مہمند ایجنسی میں ایساف کی جانب سے پاکستانی چوکیوں کو نشانہ بنائے جانے پر پاکستان کے شدید احتجاج پر امریکی سفیر نے اس واقعے پر افسوس کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے […]
By Owais Jafri / Umer Farooq Published: November 26, 2011 PESHAWAR: Pakistani authorities on Saturday blocked the NATO supply route to Afghanistan after an attack on a border check postkilled at least 24 Pakistani soldiers. […]
By Iftikhar Firdous / Reuters Published: November 26, 2011 Courtesy: Xpress Tribune PESHAWAR: An early Saturday morning attack by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) helicopters killed at least 24 security personnel and injured 12 […]