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Last Updated: 2009-11-05T13:54:54+05:30
The anti-terrorist war which has been launched by Pakistan is hampering the route of migratory birds.
An unusual delay in the arrival of migratory birds to Sindh this winter can be attributed to the war on terror, a Pakistani official has said.
Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-05T13:54:11+05:30
Admiral Mike Mullen, while urging for a sustained relationship with Pakistan, cited that Islamabad was "very concerned about India. That's not going to go away overnight”. Admiral Mike Mullen is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the US.
Mullen, who was ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-04T16:30:44+05:30
Pakistan has approved the Anti-Money Laundering Bill, which has declared the financing for terrorism-related activities to be criminal offences.
The Anti-Money Laundering Bill 2009 was approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday and has declared ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-04T11:57:37+05:30
A media report on Wednesday suggested that the US will be providing training to the police force of Punjab Province of Pakistan for combating the terrorist attacks.
The US embassy assistant legal attaché, Carol M. Sniegowski and Tariq Saleem Dogar, the Punjab Inspector General of ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-02T15:27:17+05:30
At least 34 people were killed Monday when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle triggered a powerful explosion close to a luxury hotel and a bank in this garrison city abutting capital Islamabad. The blast occurred barely 500 metres from the Pakistani Army Headquarters, which had come under Taliban ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-02T12:36:50+05:30
Pakistan has offered five million dollars as reward for anyone who captures the Taliban warlord of Pakistan Hakimullah Mehsud and his 18 lieutenants, dead or alive. The award was published in The News daily as well as flashed on Pakistani television channels on Sunday night.
50 million ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-02T12:15:41+05:30
It looks as if Pakistan has lost completely to terrorism. And the proof is the massive explosion, considered to be a suicide bomb attack, which rocked a mall in Rawalpindi today morning around 11 am.
The Shalimar hotel is situated near the Five Star Pearl Continental hotel and cantonment ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-31T15:34:15+05:30
An editorial in a leading English daily on Saturday maintained that much of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's harsh words on Pakistan's lack of seriousness in tackling the Al Qaida were true and that Islamabad should be honest enough to accept this.
Another editorial in the same vein ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-31T14:46:36+05:30
Despite India expressing concerns over US providing aids to Pakistan, George W. Bush, while talking at the HT Leadership Summit in Mumbai on Saturday, mentioned that India really wished that the US has "a friendship" with Pakistan.
"It is in India's interest that the US has ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-30T11:39:15+05:30
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is currently in Pakistan as a part of her three-day itinerary, has stressed that she believes that Al Qaeda exists in Pakistan and expressed her disbelief that the Pakistan government is unaware of its whereabouts.
“I find it hard to believe ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-29T13:19:37+05:30
The Taliban and the Al Qaeda have distanced themselves from the deadly market blast in Peshawar that claimed 105 lives, saying they don't explode bombs in such areas, reported a Pakistani paper Thursday.
The News quoted an Al Qaeda statement as saying the group was not involved in the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-29T10:12:42+05:30
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday assured Pakistan full support in its struggle against terrorism, after a car bombing killed more than 100 people in the Islamic country's north-western region.
"These attacks on the innocent people are cowardly. They are not ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-29T09:59:38+05:30
A car bomb which went off in the Peshawar market on Wednesday afternoon has claimed the lives of 105 people.
More than 200 peoples were injured in the blast that occurred in the Mandi area of Peshawar, the capital of the restive North-West Frontier Province, when hundreds of women ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-28T15:56:35+05:30
About 87 people have been killed and 200 plus have been injured after a massive bomb blast went off in Peshawar today afternoon.
Doctors who are in an attempt to save the injured have mentioned that the death toll could go up. They also mentioned that of the 200 injured many more may lose ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-28T14:35:58+05:30
About 57 people have been killed and over 100 injured when a massive blast ripped through a busy market of Peshawar on Wednesday afternoon. This comes just a few minutes after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan on a three-day itinerary.
The toll in the blast that ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-28T14:03:15+05:30
At least 10 people were killed and over 60 injured on Wednesday afternoon when a massive blast tore through a bustling market in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
The explosion took place in Peepal Mandi in the old city of Peshawar, which is the capital of the restive North West Frontier ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-28T13:02:11+05:30
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Pakistan today on a three-day itinerary. This visit is meant for giving a boost to the cooperation between the two nations as well as rendering help to Pakistan for its fight against Taliban.
Clinton began her first official visit ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-28T12:40:50+05:30
The uncontrollably emerging threats of terrorist attacks in Pakistan have forced Pakistan government to consider the deployment of armed security forces inside the parliament.
According to reports available from the Online news agency, the government was seriously considering the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-28T09:27:49+05:30
The master brain behind the attack on the Pakistan Army headquarters at Rawalpindi, Qari Ishtiaq, is now under the custody of Pakistan police.
Ishtiaq was giving directions for the attack over the phone. The attack, which happened for about 48 hours, had claimed the lives of 8 soldiers. 8 ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-27T12:20:47+05:30
According to an influential US senator, a nuclear armed Pakistan with a fragile democracy and longstanding rivalry with India could "easily become the epicentre of extremism in the world”.
"Pakistan is not only the headquarters of Al Qaeda today, but it could easily become ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-27T11:00:22+05:30
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has mentioned that Pakistan army will continue the anti-Taliban operations even though the nation is facing attacks as "failure is not an option".
Gilani, who was delivering a talk at the high-level meeting organized for countering ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-24T14:58:37+05:30
Media reports claim that a missile strike, which is suspected to be belonging to the US, has claimed the lives of 14 people after it hit the north western region bordering Afghanistan on Saturday.
The attack targeted a Taliban hideout in the Bajaur tribal district, where the Pakistani ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-24T14:13:15+05:30
Despite the increasing Taliban attacks on Pakistan, a leading English newspaper of Pakistan has cited that there is "no longer anything unexpected about the terrorist acts ripping through” Pakistan.
At the same time, it said the latest round of bombings had a "positive ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-24T12:40:14+05:30
In a bid to avoid another furore in Pakistan over tough new conditions against diverting US military aid to confront India, a top US official suggested that the legislation puts no conditions on Islamabad, only "requirements" on Washington.
Splitting legal hair, US special envoy ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-23T14:36:43+05:30
A leading Pakistani daily has mentioned that the government of Pakistan was "failing in its duty" for providing protection to its citizens. This statement was made in wake of the series of attacks which Pakistan has been facing since last week.
"Our police and security ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-23T14:10:15+05:30
Seven people were killed and 13 injured Friday when a suicide bomber struck at an air force base in Pakistan's Attock district while eight people were injured in a bombing outside a restaurant in Peshawar.
The bombings took place as the army continued to tighten its grip in the country's ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-23T11:32:46+05:30
US has mentioned that any failure on leaving the increasing attacks on Pakistan unchecked can help Al Qaeda turn Pakistan its hub for developing and using biological and nuclear devices against the US.
"Pakistan remains the geographic crossroads for terrorism and weapons of mass ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-23T10:51:45+05:30
A new bill has been passed by the US Congress which sets tough new restrictions on the military aid provided by the US to Pakistan. It is also calls for the assurance Obama administration that the fund will not impact “balance of power in the region".
Defence Authorisation Bill ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-23T09:13:58+05:30
It looks as if the terrorists have taken a vow to eliminate Pakistan as such. Today morning, a suicide bomber let him go off near a vital Air Force complex in the Punjab province. About 7 people have been killed, whereas sources report that more than a dozen are injured.
The explosion ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-22T15:51:43+05:30
According to the interior minister of Pakistan, the nation is strong enough to retaliate to the terrorist attacks.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said India "We are a nuclear state and not so weak; rather, we know how to retaliate."
He has also urged India to furnish ... |