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Pakistan to reopen YouTube after completion of filtration mechanism: PM Ashraf

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said the government would reopen video-sharing website YouTube after completion of work on a filtration mechanism.   The ban was imposed after a video known as “Innocence of Muslims”, which ridiculed the Prophet Muhammad, appeared on YouTube. It was the subject of anti-US protests in Egypt, Libya and Yemen, […]

Pakistan army denies Indian claim on LoC firing

Pakistan army on Tuesday denied Indian statement that Pakistani troops crossed into Indian-held Kashmir and ambushed an Army patrol party, killing its two soldiers.   “Pakistan military officials deny Indian allegation of unprovoked firing,” a Pakistani military official said.   Indian officials earlier said the attack took place along the Line of Control (LoC), which […]

U.S. influential senators reaffirm anti-terror support to Pakistan

Two influential U.S. senators have reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to work with Pakistan to fight terrorism, support a stable and secure Afghanistan.   Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Carl Levin and Senator Jack Reed, Member, Senate Armed Services Committee, met with Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, […]

Political parties show rare unity in push for fair elections in tribal areas

All major political and religious parties have shown rare unity to call on the country’s election commission to ensure fair, transparent and accessible general elections in the insurgency-hit FATA or the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.   The call from the Political Parties Joint Committee on FATA Reforms (FATA Committee) came just months ahead of the parliamentary polls […]

CIA’s drone mission: U.S. spy aircraft kill 8 in N Waziristan

American spy aircraft rained down missiles into North Waziristan tribal early Tuesday and killed at least eight people, residents said.   The CIA-controlled drones fired missiles in Mir Ali and Essukhel area of North Waziristan in two separate attacks when the people were asleep, they said.   The unmanned aircraft first fired eight missiles at […]

Long march call is final; Tahirul Qadri tells Rehman Malik

Tehreek Minhaj-ul-Quran (TMQ) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that he would hold talks only with Prime Minister and his senior cabinet members, making it clear that his planned long march would not be postponed.   Speaking to newsmen after meeting with Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Qadri reiterated that he had no plan to derail […]

Altaf Hussain tenders unconditional apology; Supreme Court accepts

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain tendered an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the case filed against him on contempt of court. The apex court has accepted the unconditional apology of the, disposing the charges against the MQM leader.   The SC had issued a contempt of court notice on […]

Altaf Hussain’s ‘political drone strike’ still remains a mystery

Mystery still shrouds the much publicized ‘political drone strike’, that the MQM self-exile chief plans to carry out in two days as the MQM leaders Monday argued that ‘no one share information about drone strikes’.   The MQM leaders, who appeared in the Supreme Court during hearing of the contempt proceedings against Altaf Hussain, evaded […]

Supreme Court expresses dissatisfaction over police report in Shahzeb Khan’s case

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has expressed dissatisfaction over police report on Shahzeb Khan murder case, giving law enforcement agencies the January 10 deadline to arrest Shahrukh Jatoi.   A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary resumed hearing of the suo motu notice taken by him over the […]

Supreme Court declares null and void Reko Diq agreement

The Supreme Court on Monday declared the Reko Diq agreement as null and void, saying that the agreement signed in July 1993 was contrary to the country’s constitution.   A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary announced the short order in the Reqo Diq case.   Chief Justice […]

Pakistani soldier dies in Indian firing: army

Pakistan army says that its one soldier died and another injured in firing by the Indian forces in Kashmir on Sunday.   The army said that Indian troops Sunday morning crossed Line of Control (LoC), which divides the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region, in Haji Pir Sector in Bagh district and raided a […]

After U.S. drones, Pakistan now braces for MQM Chief’s drone

Chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, said Sunday that he would launch a “political drone attack” in three days and no one in Pakistan will be able to launch a counter attack.   In a statement the self-exiled MQM leader said his drone will hit the country on Tuesday (January 8). However, he neither […]

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