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 ...

Singapore, Oct.12 (ANI) : Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that following the brazen terrorist attack on the Army General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, military offensive against the militants in ...

Kabul, Oct 11 (IANS) The Afghan troops have captured a Taliban spokesman during an operation in the country's Herat province, the Online news agency reported Sunday citing the army. Taliban spokesman Bashir ...

Lahore, Oct.11 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the authorities are unable to detain Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 terror strike on Mumbai, due ...

Rawalpindi, Oct.11 (ANI): The Pakistan Army on Sunday said that the attack launched by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists on the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi was in its final stages, ...

London, Oct.6 (ANI): With the Pakistan Army renewing the non-aggression pact with Maulvi Nazir, a top Taliban commander, experts believe that such a step would severely impede the US' plans against ...

Islamabad, Oct.6 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned that the Taliban could carry out more suicide attacks similar to Monday's strike on the UN building in which five persons ...

Lahore, Oct.4 (ANI): Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan has once again asked the Pakistan government to stop the military operation in Swat and Malakand Divisions, and said the issue could be ...

Islamabad, Oct.4 (ANI): The United Nations has revised the assistance for the internally displaced persons (IDPs), who left their homes due to a military operation in Swat and Malakand, by over a ...

Islamabad, Oct.4 (ANI): The Pakistan Army is all prepared to launch a major military operation in South Waziristan, a stronghold of the Taliban. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) chief Major-General Athar Abbas said ...

Kandahar, Sep 29 (DPA) A roadside bomb believed to have been planted by Taliban militants struck a bus Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, killing 30 passengers and wounding 39 civilians, officials said. Two ...