Islamabad, Nov 23 (IANS) Pakistan is likely to launch another full-fledged military operation against militants in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency with over 1,000 security personnel deployed in Bara area of the ...

Islamabad, Nov.22 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has denied reports about corruption cases being filed against him, saying he is being targeted for not going against assassinated Prime Minister Benazir ...

Islamabad, Nov 21 (DPA) At least 14 militants and six soldiers were killed Saturday in the latest fighting in the ongoing military operation in Pakistan's restive northwestern tribal region, the army ...

Islamabad, Nov 18 (IANS) The Pakistan government Wednesday announced a 15-day special package ahead of Eid under which a total subsidy of Rs.300-400 million would be given on more than 400 ...

Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have cleared the Taliban stronghold of Srarogha in South Waziristan after an intense five-day battle in which 180 militants and seven soldiers were killed, ...

Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) With Islamists finally turning against the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), their creator, no one is safe in Pakistan any more, a leading daily said Sunday. The Daily Times said ...

Islamabad, Nov.15 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned of carrying out more suicide attacks across the country in protest against the government's policies. Taking the responsibility for Friday's suicide attack outside ...

Colombo,Nov.13 (ANI): General Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka's ceremonial Chief of Defence Staff and former Army Chief, who oversaw a successful military operation to crush the rebel Tamil Tigers in May this year, ...

Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) The Al Qaeda "could be supporting" the Pakistani Taliban that has left the country bloodied and bruised through a string of terror strikes, says a leading ...

Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) At least eight militants and four soldiers were killed in fighting in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan, the army said Monday. The fighting started when the militants ...

Islamabad, Nov.8 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has admitted that military operations in insurgency hit regions such as Swat, Malakand and South Waziristan would not help resolve the real ...

Islamabad, Nov.8 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the controversial issue of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) is dead has been 'buried forever'. Interacting with media persons on ...

Sana'a (Yemen), Nov 6 (DPA) Saudi air force jets resumed shelling positions of Shia rebels on the country's southwestern border with Yemen for the third day Friday, the rebel group said in ...

New York, Nov 5 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has urged the UN to implement the recommendations of the Goldstone report that investigated alleged crimes committed by Israel during its brief ...

Guwahati, Nov 5 (IANS) Close on the heels of two senior rebel leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) being arrested in Bangladesh, Myanmarese soldiers have reportedly surrounded a ...

Istanbul, Nov 4 (DPA) Israel's ambassador to Turkey was forced to cancel a university visit in the country's Black Sea region Wednesday after a group of students pelted his car with eggs. Ambassador ...

Washington, Nov.4 (ANI): The United States, for the first time, has admitted that Al-Qaeda slipped from its hands in 2001 and then sneaked into neighbouring Pakistan. In an interview with Fox News, ...

New York, Oct.29 (ANI): Wednesday's deadly car bomb blast, which decimated a congested market in Peshawar killing over 100 people, mainly women and children, was aimed at destabilising Pakistan's democratic set-up ...

Lahore, Oct 28 (IANS) Qari Ishtiaq, the mastermind of the attack on Pakistan Army headquarters in Rawalpindi, was arrested here Tuesday, the police said. Ishtiaq guided his associates on phone during the ...

Islamabad, Oct.24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has vowed that the military offensive in South Waziristan would continue until its logical conclusion despite the Taliban's continuous effort to create ...

Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Pakistani security agencies have arrested two top Taliban commanders in Punjab province who are believed to have masterminded the audacious Oct 10 attack on the military's headquarters ...

Washington, Oct. 21 (ANI): Despite playing a proactive role in Pakistan's Waziristan offensive against the Taliban, the United States has almost been reluctant to acknowledge its support for the military operation. "Washington ...

Rawalpindi, Oct. 20 (ANI): Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has decided to hold a referendum on Kerry-Lugar Bill on October 23, saying that the masses will not tolerate the government favouring anti-Pakistan ...

Islamabad, Oct. 20 (ANI): After repeatedly expressing suspicion over Indian role in the South Waziristan insurgency, Pakistan has finally admitted that it has found "no concrete evidence" to establish the Indian ...

Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) The Pakistani security forces have killed at least 78 militants as they continued their push into the Taliban heartland in South Waziristan Monday, the army said. At least ...

Islamabad, Oct 18 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban based in South Waziristan committed a series of attacks in this country in the past few weeks with the help of its Afghan counterparts, ...

Wana (Pakistan), Oct 18 (IANS) The security forces claim to have taken control of the Spankai and Ghazai areas of South Waziristan along the restive border with Afghanistan, while Pakistan Air ...

London, Oct.17 (ANI): The Pakistan Army is facing stiff resistance from the Taliban as it advanced deeper into their stronghold in South Waziristan following the government's nod for an all out ...

Islamabad, Oct.16 (ANI): Pakistan security officials have warned that the Taliban could target the offices of private television channels and other media institutions in the country apart from security establishments. According to ...

Peshawar, Oct. 13 (ANI): Before launching a full-scale military operation in South Waziristan, the Pakistan Government has initiated back-channel negotiations with Taliban commanders in North Waziristan in order to isolate insurgents ...