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Islamabad, Feb 18 - A bomb blast killed at least 31 people, mostly Islamist insurgents, in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, officials said.More than 50 people were wounded in the explosion near a militant base in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber district, a stronghold ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - Taliban's 'shadow governors' of two Afghan provinces were arrested in a raid against insurgents in Balochistan, Pakistan military said Thursday.Taliban's so-called governor for Kunduz Mullah Abdul Salam and commander of the insurgents in Baghlan Mullah Mir Mohammad were arrested ...

Rawalpindi, Feb 18 - Over 30,000 Pakistani civilians and armed forces personnel have been killed or injured since the global war on terror began in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, while over 17,000 terrorists have been killed or captured, the country's military said Thursday.According to data released ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - At least 36 people were killed when an avalanche hit several houses in Pakistan's northwest district of Kohistan, an official said Thursday.The deaths took place Wednesday night in Saheri village, Kohistan police chief Muhammad Ilyas said. Twenty bodies have been recovered, APP r ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - A bomb blast killed at least 25 people, mostly Islamist insurgents, in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, officials said.More than 50 people were wounded in the explosion near a militant base in the Tirah valley of the Khyber district, a stronghold ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - The Pakistan Air Force - Thursday formally inducted its first squadron of the JF-17 Thunder combat jet that has been jointly developed with China, saying it was in line with its 'resolve to face all challenges with poise and self-confidence'.'The formal induction of JF-17 aircraf ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - A week before foreign secretaries of the two countries meet, Pakistan reiterated Thursday that it wanted the composite dialogue with India, stalled by the Mumbai terror attack, to resume.But the signals emanating from India were not encouraging, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ...

Karachi, Feb 18 - Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar may not have played any international cricket for Pakistan the past ten months but he has not given up hopes of representing the country again in spite of his fitness problems.In fact, Akhtar is hoping not only to make his international retur ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - Pakistan Thursday hoped that its strategic dialogue with the US would be scheduled expeditiously and would be held in the first half of 2010.The strategic dialogue was imperative for building trust to remove the misperceptions or misgivings prevalent on both sides, Prime Minister ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - Pakistan Thursday again hoped for the resumption of the stalled composite dialogue process with India, saying it was committed to peace in the region.However, the signals emanating from India were not encouraging, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said while talking to Richard Ho ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - A bomb blast killed at least 20 people, mostly Islamist insurgents, in Pakistan's restive Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, officials said.More than 50 people were wounded in the explosion near a militant base in the Akkakhel area in Tirah valley, a stronghol ...

Karachi, Feb 18 - Sleuths of Pakistan's intelligence agencies have arrested three men who are said to have close links with Al-Qaeda and the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan -.The three men, who were arrested from Karachi's Gulshan-i-Iqbal area on Thursday, have been shifted to Islamabad and handed ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - At least 19 people were killed Thursday in two bombings in northwest Pakistan, media reports said.Ten people were killed when a deafening explosion tore through a cattle market in Orakzai district while nine people died in a suicide bomb attack in Khyber Agency. At Orakzai, the b ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - At least 18 people were killed after a large avalanche hit an alpine hamlet in Pakistan's northwestern district of Kohistan, police said Thursday.Kohistan police chief Mohammad Ilyas said a cluster of houses in Bagrodara village of Kohistan's Kundia area were buried by the avalan ...

Islamabad, Feb 18 - A huge blast ripped through a livestock market in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, officials said.The bombing took place in the area of Darmela in the Orakzai tribal district when scores of peop ...

Peshawar, Feb 18 - At least five people were killed in a blast inside a mosque in Pakistan's Tirah Valley, a media report said Thursday.According to sources, the blast occurred when people started assembling in Akakhel mosque for Zohar prayers, Geo TV reported. Tirah Valley is located in the FATA - ...

Islamabad, Feb 17 - Seeking to resolve the standoff with judiciary over the elevation of two high court judges to the Supreme Court, Pakistan government Wednesday agreed to the suggestions made by country's chief justice on the issue.Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said that a fresh notification wi ...

Islamabad, Feb 17 - The Pakistani army confirmed Wednesday that Taliban's top commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was captured in a joint raid by the US and Pakistani intelligence in Karachi.'At the conclusion of detailed identification procedures, it has been confirmed that one of the persons arre ...

Lahore, Feb 17 - Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba - terror group and who India says masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, says the charges against him are baseless.'India always indulges in propaganda and has always fabricated false reports about me and that's how India has been able ...

Islamabad, Feb 17 - The capture of Taliban's second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar represents a rising level of cooperation between Pakistani and US intelligence agencies, but it remains far from clear if Pakistan's 15-year Taliban romance is over.Afghan Taliban can hardly survive without hid ...

Islamabad, Feb 17 - The reports that Taliban's top commander has been arrested in a joint raids by the US and Pakistani intelligence forces was a 'propaganda', said Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik.'We are verifying all those we have arrested. If there is any big target, I will show the nat ...

Islamabad, Feb 16 - Global terror network Al Qaeda's Pakistan arm has warned of attacks in India, particularly targeting upcoming international sports events like the Commonwealth Games, the Hockey World Cup and the IPL cricket league, a media report said.Asia Times Online said it had received a mes ...

Islamabad, Feb 16 - The top military commander of the Afghan Taliban was captured in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi in a raid by US and Pakistani intelligence agents, officials confirmed Tuesday.Mullah Abdul Ghani Brader, chief of the Taliban military wing and second only to the movement's ...

Karachi, Feb 15 - Pakistan parliamentary committee on sport called for a strict disciplinary action against Shahid Afridi who was banned for ball tampering during the recently concluded tour Down-Under.Afridi, who was leading the side in the absence of skipper Mohammad Yousuf in the fifth and last O ...

Islamabad, Feb 15 - A suspected US air strike killed at least three people in Pakistan's north-western tribal region Monday, a day after a similar attack left seven people dead, an intelligence official said.A missile fired from a pilotless drone aircraft struck a vehicle travelling through the lawl ...

Islamabad, Feb 15 - Lawyers and opposition parties in Pakistan took to the streets across the country Monday to protest against the decision by President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint judges without the consent of the Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry.'President Asif Zardari tried ...

Islamabad, Feb 14 - A suspected US aerial strike killed at least four people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region Sunday, an intelligence official said.Two missiles believed to be fired from a drone struck a house near Mir Ali, a main towns in the lawless North Waziristan district that borders A ...

Karachi, Feb 14 - Three people were killed and nine injured in a bomb blast Sunday that ripped through a busy market in southern Pakistan's Sindh province, police said.The blast occurred at Central Chowk intersection in Dadu district, about 225 km from here, local police chief Ghazi Salahuddin said. ...

Islamabad, Feb 14 - Pakistan Sunday condemned the terror attack in Pune in which nine people were killed and said it was committed to resuming the stalled peace talks with India.'I condemn the incident in Pune,' Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told reporters here. 'We condemn terrorism in all its ...

Islamabad, Feb 14 - Two people were killed and 12 injured Sunday when a powerful blast ripped through a crowded market in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.The blast occurred in a rickshaw at Central Chowk area, about 225 km from Karachi city, Geo news reported quoting police sources. The blast sh ...