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Pakistan condemns U.S. drone strike as violation of sovereignty

Pakistan on Sunday condemned an American drone strike in the country’s tribal region and said these attacks badly affect bilateral relations. Security sources said earlier that a U.S. spy aircraft on Sunday morning fired missiles into North Waziristan tribal region and killed at least four people.   The unmanned drone fired two missiles on a […]

Death toll from Saturday’s Balochistan earthquake reaches 22

The death toll has risen to 22 people and 500 injured in from Saturday’s earthquake in Awaran district, officials said Sunday. The major 7.2 intensity of tremours shook Quetta‚ Khuzdar‚ Awaran‚ Kech‚ Pangur‚ Jaffarabad‚ Naseerabad‚ Chaghi‚ Dera Allah Yar‚ Dalbandin‚ Kashmore‚ Karachi‚ Larkana‚ Dadu and Shahdad Kot. It was the second earthquake in Balochistan in […]

Pakistani, Indian PM sets to discuss peace talks revival

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, are set to meet in New York Sunday evening to discuss ways to revive the stalled composite dialogue process.  Pakistan is hopeful of useful results however India does not expect any breakthrough. Nawaz Sharif says arms race should be stopped and it is upto the […]

U.S. spy aircraft kills four in North Waziristan

  An American spy aircraft on Sunday fired missiles into a Pakistan’s tribal region and killed at least four people, security officials said.   The unmanned drone fired two missiles on a house near Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan tribal region.   Identities of the killed are not immediately known. Tribesmen said that the house […]

Bomb blast in Peshawar kills 40, injures 80

At least 40 people‚ including women and children‚ were killed and nearly 80 injured in a powerful bomb blast outside a police station in Peshawar on Sunday, police said. An official of the main hospital said that six children and three women are among the dead. Police said that 13 members of a family were […]

PM establishes Balochistan Earthquake Relief Fund 2013

  Prime Minister’s Balochistan Earthquake Relief Fund for the rehabilitation and relief of earthquake affectees of Balochistan has been established in all scheduled banks and people can make donations in this account.   Prime Minister’s Balochistan Earthquake Relief Fund 2013 has been established immediately through Finance Division notification.  Donations can be deposited in the State […]

UN chief lauds Pakistan peace efforts

Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki-moon has expressed his deep sense of satisfaction over his recent highly successful visit to Pakistan. Talking to Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, in New York he commended the positive and constructive role being played by Pakistan in the United Nations, particularly as the largest troop contributing country […]

Seven die in second major jolts parts of Balocistan in five days

Seven people died in major earthquake, measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, on Saturday that was the second powerful earthquake in the region in less than a week, the county’s seismological officials said.   The Chief Meteorologist Muhammad Tauseef Alam said that the earthquake shook areas in Balochistan province. It was 47 km deep and […]

Three paramilitary soldiers die in Balochistan attack

Unidentified Saturday gunmen fired at a vehicle of paramilitary soldiers in the earthquake-hit Balochistan province and killed three of them, officials said.   Two more soldiers of the Frontier Corps were injured in the attack in Panjgur district, a spokesman said.   The security forces were on a routine patrolling when they came under attack […]

At UN Pakistan PM calls for halt to US drone strikes

Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, used his speech at the UN General Assembly to call for a halt to the attacks by American unnamed spy aircraft in the country’s tribal regions. “The use of armed drones in the border areas of Pakistan is a continued violation of our territorial integrity,” he said. Nawaz Sharif said drone […]

Pakistan shows serious concern on attack in Indian held Kashmir

Pakistan on Friday expressed serious concern at the militant attack in the Indian-held Kashmir that yesterday killed nine people, including security personnel.   Chief Minister of the Indian-occupied Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, had claimed that the three attackers had arrived from Pakistan.   The attack had posed threat to the upcoming meeting of Prime Minister of Pakistan […]

PM to announce special package for earthquake-hit people

Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, would soon announce a special package for relief and rehabilitation of the quake-hit people of Balochistan, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Friday said after visiting the earthquake-hit areas in Awaran district. He said the package would take care of immediate and long term needs of the quake affected areas. He announced […]

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