The unmanned air strikes by US forces in Pakistan have Al Qaeda fighters "on the run" and are preventing them from gaining access to nuclear weapons, a former senior British commander said Friday, while calling for more troops in Afghanistan.
 
In an interview with DPA, Colonel ...

Six people were killed on Friday in a bomb blast near a police station in Pakistan's Peshawar city, Xinhua reported quoting TV channels.
 
The explosion occurred near a police station. Some school children were among the injured.
 
Pakistan has already faced so many terrorist attacks ...

US President Barack Obama has signed the Kerry-Lugar Pakistan aid bill on Thursday without making any changes.
 
''As President Obama said on March 27, the United States wants to engage Pakistan on the basis of a strategic partnership, grounded in support for Pakistan's democratic ...

Today had been one of the worst days for Lahore, after Taliban launched attack on Federal Investigation Agency as well as two other security buildings ion Lahore. This attack has claimed the lives of 26 people, including 10 militants.
 
The gunmen dressed in military fatigues entered Federal ...

Taliban terrorists have left Lahore in complete mess after they attacked Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency building and two other police station along with other attacks across the Pakistan city. The attack has claimed the lives of 23 people and left many injured.
 
Three separate ...

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the simultaneous terror attacks on three security establishments in Lahore on Thursday.
 
The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the multiple attacks in Lahore, The News International reported.
 
Militants dressed ...

It is not even a week after the army headquarters of Pakistan at Rawalpindi was attacked. There had been an attack on three of the police buildings in Lahore today.
 
"Different group of attackers have attacked and tried to enter two police training centres in Lahore. We now have three ...

The Pakistan Army has become a tool in the hands of the "crusaders" to save American and NATO troops from certain defeat in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda's second-in-command said in a new video message on Tuesday.
 
"At this moment Pakistani forces are playing the central role in this ...

US President Barack Obama is expected to sign the Kerry-Lugar bill on Wednesday, which will ensure a USD 7.5 billion help to Pakistan. But there will not be any changes in the bill, as the people behind the bill have ensured that the bill does not have any kind of enforcements for Pakistan. ...

The first of the 18 new F-16 fighter aircrafts for Pakistan was unveiled by the US today, despite of the concerns raised by Pakistan Army over the conditions which have been enforced for military aid by means of Kerry-Lugar bill.
 
The first F-16 Block 52 aircraft was received for Pakistan ...

According to the reports of Xinhua, the President of China, Hu Jintao and the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani met on Tuesday in the capital city of China, Beijing.
 
The Chinese President has appreciated the efforts taken by the Prime Minister of Pakistan for maintaining the ...

The FIR, which was lodged against the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief, Hafiz Saeed, under the anti-terrorism act, was knocked off by the Lahore High Court on Monday, saying that he was not a terrorist.
 
"Anti-terror law does not apply to Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed," the Lahore High ...

After so many delays, the trial of the Mumbai 26/11 accused finally started at the Pakistani anti-terror court on Saturday. The seven suspects of the Mumbai 26/11 carnage, including the Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, have been formally indicted for masterminding and prosecuting the ...

About 22 hostages have been freed by the Pakistan forces from the clutches of the anonymous gunmen who attacked the Rawalpindi army HQ o Pakistan.  Reports for Pakistan military also mention that 3 of the hostages and 4 militants have been killed.
 
The army had mentioned earlier that ...

The terrorist attack which happened on Pakistan Army's headquarters in Rawalpindi on Saturday has claimed the lives of four guerrillas, four soldiers and a civilian dead.
 
The fight, which lasted for about 50 minutes, seems to have been initiated by 6 Islamists, who used three bikes for ...

According to an official of the Pakistani military, anonymous gunmen have started firing at the army's headquarters located outside, Islamabad.
 
According to a senior official of the Pakistan army, the troops are trying their maximum to retaliate the attack. He also added that the army ...

One soldier and nearly eleven militants were killed on Saturday in clashes in the northwestern tribal region of Pakistan which borders Afghanistan.
 
A statement issued by Fazal-ur-Rehman, a spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps, said that the fighting took place during a security ...

The Taliban militants are again in action and this time it is to revenge against the death of their chief, Baitullah Mehsud. Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone attack in South Wazrisitan by the security forces in the month of April. The Taliban militants are planning for suicide bombing ...

According to New York Times, Pakistan military is all set to open a campaign against the Militant group Taliban after a long fighting peripheral wars for the last several years. It is done in order to weaken the strong hold of Taliban in the tribal areas of South Waziristan. 
 
For the ...

The US Congress passed a bill on 30th September which states that the non-military aid to Pakistan will be increased by three times in the next five years. The non-military aid is estimated to be around $7.5 billion in the coming five years. However, there shall be strict conditions which shall ...

The Pakistan Court, which was hearing the trials of the accused of the Mumbai 26/11 carnage, has adjourned the hearing to Oct 3. This comes when there is just a day left for the meeting of the foreign ministers of the two nations. The Pakistani court was holding the trial of seven 26/11 suspects, ...

According to asenior Pakistani police official, LeT chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, has not been placed under house arrest or protective custody. There had been news that Saeed’s lawyer had filed a petition against the two ‘fake’ cases filed against him. With just two more days for ...

Hafiz Saeed, the chief of Lashkar-e-Toiba and founder of JuD, has filed a petition with a Pakistani court to discharge him from the two “fake” cases filed against him under Anti-Terrorism Act. Hafiz Saeed has been accused by India as the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai ...

According to reliable and authoritative sources from Indian Foreign Ministry, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, will be discussing only about topics related to terrorism, when both of the meet on Sep 27 in New York.
 
The ...

Former US president Bill Clinton has given his word to Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani Presdient, who is New York, that Clinton Global Initiative headed by him will help Pakistan to secure foreign investments, which can help in enhancing the economic growth of the nation.
 
He added that the ...

The chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa group, an Islamic charity trust which has been banned by Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed, has been placed under house arrest by Pakistan. Saeed has been accused by India as the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai massacre.
 
GeoTV reports confirm the arrest of Saeed with ...

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardar has left for New York to participate in the UN General Assembly, along with a high-level delegation.
 
Zardari will be holding talks with leaders of other nations as well as the UN officials on the sidelines of 64th UN General Assembly session. He will be ...

The Pakistan anti-terrorism court, which was holding the trial of seven suspects, who have been alleged to be behind the Mumbai 26/11 carnage, including LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, has adjourned the hearing to Sep 26.
 
The details of the trial are not available as the ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lent $150 million to Pakistan for the completion of the developmental works in Pakistan’s Punjab.
 
Punjab, which is the most populous province of Punjab, suffers from power shortages as well as shortage in private sector investments, which has ...

Two projects worth $300 million have been approved by World Bank for Pakistan. These funds will be used by Pakistan for strengthening the safety aspects as well as to give a boost to its higher education facilities.
 
$200 million will be used for improving the social safety nets development ...