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President Zardri arrived in Paris on Sunday to attend an international conference on girls’ right of education, state media reported. The conference on “Stand Up for Malala: Girls ‘ right to education that is jointly being organized by Pakistan and UNESCO at its Paris headquarters on Monday, radio Pakistan reported. Special Malala Fund will be […]
President Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan, Sunday ruled out election alliance with any party in the coming parliamentary polls. He, however, said that the ANP doors will be opened for any political party for seat adjustment. “We contested the 2008 general elections without any election alliance and are ready to go for a […]
Pakistan Saturday rejected claims by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that attack on Afghan spy chief was planned in Quetta. Head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), a close confidant of President Hamid Karzai, was injured in the attack in one of the guest houses of the spy agency in Kabul on Thursday. Taliban had […]
Afghan President Hamed Karzai Saturday claimed that the suicide attack on his country’s intelligence chief, Asadullah Khalid, was planned in the Pakistani city of Quetta and blamed Pakistan-based militants for the attack in Kabul. Afghanistan’s spy chief was wounded in the attack at the guest of the intelligence agency on Thursday. Taliban and a […]
Pakistan’s Foreign Office, which routinely stays away from the country’s political issues, has jumped in the on-going controversy whether or not the London police raided an office of the Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). Section of the Pakistani media had reported that the police late Thursday raided the MQM office located in a business […]
A splinter hardliner Taliban group Friday claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt on Afghan intelligence chief, Assadullah Khalid. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief, a close confidant of President Hamid Karzai, was injured in the attack in a Kabul guest house. Taliban had also claimed responsibility for the attack, which they said was a […]
Pakistani Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, raised the issue of drone attacks with the U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad, Richard G. Olson, in a meeting in the backdrop of Saturday’s attack on the country’s North Waziristan tribal region, the Prime Minister’s office said. The U.S. spy aircraft fired missiles on a house near Mir Ali, […]
There is no let up in U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal regions and in a latest attack early Thursday, an American spy aircraft fired missiles into North Waziristan and killed at least four people, a tribal elder in the region said. Malik Mumtaz told The News Pakistan from Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, […]
The UN refugee agency says that nearly 83,000 Afghan refugees have returned home this year through its assisted voluntary repatriation programme, a 24% overall increase compared to 2011. During November this year, over 8,200 refugees returned from Pakistan alone, compared with only around 3,000 in November last year. However, Pakistan is still hosting some […]
Concerns about the Taliban return in the volatile South Waziristan tribal region grow in the wake of two suicide attacks in a week on the security forces and a pro-government militant leader, which killed two soldiers and eight civilians. Two soldiers were killed when they tried to blow up two suicide bombers, who were […]
President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday offered to set up an economic zone exclusively for South Korean investors in Pakistan, state radio reported. Speaking at a luncheon hosted in his honour by South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Seoul on Tuesday‚ he said Pakistan enjoys great geo-strategic location in the region and offers the […]
South Korea will modernize Pakistan Railways under an agreement signed in Seoul on Tuesday during the visit of President Asif Ali Zardari, state media reported. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs and the Pakistan Railways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Pakistan will seek high speed railways, communication systems, signalling, […]
