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The U.S. embassy in Islamabad Friday confirmed that its diplomat’s car has crushed to death a Pakistani and injured another. Two Pakistanis, riding a motorbike, were hit by speedy car of an American diplomat in Islamabad late Thursday night, injuring both of them, witnesses said. One later died in hospital of wounds and […]
Senior political and religious leaders on Thursday called for talks with the Taliban militants to end bloodshed in the country. A day-long conference, attended by leaders of 24 mainstream parties, greed that attaining peace through dialogue should be the first priority’. The All Parties Peace Conference was called to formulate a joint stand […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Pakistan on Saturday for bilateral talks, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Moazzam Ahmed Khan, said the Palestinian leader, who will be paying visit on the invitation of President Asif Ali Zardari, will hold talks with the Pakistani leadership on matters of mutual interest. The […]
The All Parties Conference started in Islamabad on Thursday to announce a joint stand against terrorism and to discuss response to the Taliban dialogue offer. Organized by Awami National Party‚ about 27 political parties and lawyer organizations are participating in the conference. Opening the conference‚ ANP Chief Asfand Yar Wali Khan appealed to […]
Police shot dead a group of six suicide bombers hours after they launched an audacious attack on a a police station in Bannu, a senior police officer said on Thursday. Meanwhile a bomb blast killed at least three people in Orakzai tribal region. The group of six launched attack on police station in […]
The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) will boycott the proposed Afghan Ulema Conference scheduled to be held in Kabul in March, Chairman PUC, member Islamic Ideological Council Hafiz Mohammad Tahir Ashrafi said Wednesday. Addressing a news conference, he said various parties including Wafaq ul Maradis Arabia,Tahafuz e Madaris e Deenia, Jamiat Ulema e Islam Fazal, […]
Interior Minister, Rehman Malik Wednesday asked the Taliban to declare a 30-day ceasefire if they want dialogue with the government. It was the first formal government’s response to the Taliban dialogue offer to end their attacks, which have killed nearly 40,000 people including security forces, in the past 10 years. “The government is […]
Pakistan’s trade deficit has decreased by 12.05 percent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year following 7.24 percent increase in exports while imports witnessed negative growth of 2.44 percent, official statistics say. The overall exports increased from $13.118 billion in July December 2011-12 to US$14.068 billion during July-December (2012-13), the data released […]
Tahir-ul-Qadri Wednesday turned his guns at the Chief Justice of Pakistan and other Supreme Court judges shortly after the apex court threw his petition against the Election Commission. Qadri, who hold Canadian nationality, had challenged the composition of the Election Commission as according to him it was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court dismissed the […]
U.S. President Barack Obama has said in his State of the Union address that over the next year, another 34,000 U.S. troops will withdraw from Afghanistan. “Tonight, I can announce that over the next year, another 34,000 American troops will come home from Afghanistan,” Obama said in his prime-time State of the Union address […]
Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to take “impartial” action in a bid to protect civilians on the ground in situations of armed conflict. “It is a grim reality that today in armed conflicts around the globe, civilians account for the vast majority of casualties,” Pakistan UN Ambassador told the 15-member Council in […]
Pakistan on Tuesday regretted nuclear test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Foreign Ministry said. The DPRK said on Tuesday it has successfully conducted the third underground nuclear test, according to the official KCNA news agency. “Pakistan regrets that the Government of DPRK has conducted underground nuclear,” a Foreign Ministry […]
