May 23 2013 Last updated 6:03 pm
According to US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Pakistan has abdicated to the Taliban. In a highly critical commentary on Pakistan’s government, she said the potential collapse of the Pakistani state would pose a mortal threat to global security. The… बाँकी अंश »
Pledging to build Pakistan according to the aspirations of poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal, President Asif Ali Zardari said Tuesday this could be best achieved by refusing to let armed militants impose their interpretation of Islamic thought and morality through guns… बाँकी अंश »
The Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley say they would welcome militants from Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries who intend to settle in the region, a media report said Tuesday. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said the group would welcome insurgents… बाँकी अंश »
In two meetings over recent months, senior Chinese officials have warned the Pakistani government about the threat. Chinese officials have told President Asif Ali Zardari’s government that the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (Etim), a separatist group originally from Xinjiang province,… बाँकी अंश »
Islamabad/The dangers of imposing Sharia laws in Pakistan’s restive Swat Valley were brought into sharp focus Friday with the airing of a two-minute video showing a 17-year-old screaming, burqa-clad girl being whipped by Taliban fighters for coming ‘out of her… बाँकी अंश »
Pakistan opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, has managed to join the long march to the capital Islamabad for the protest to reinstate sacked judges. Mr Sharif earlier defied a bid to place him under house arrest after hundreds of police surrounded… बाँकी अंश »
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, concerned about the current political crisis in Pakistan, has called on the country’s leaders to engage in dialogue to resolve their differences. There is growing tension in the South Asian nation amid a dispute between President Asif… बाँकी अंश »
The Pakistan government’s deal with a radical cleric on imposing Shariat laws in Swat and six other districts of the country’s restive northwest was in line with the demands of the people and would help restore peace in the area,… बाँकी अंश »
Taking a strong anti-militancy stance, former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf Monday urged concerted efforts to prevent them from operating on the country’s soil even as he extended his unequivocal support to the government, the army and spy agency ISI in… बाँकी अंश »
Three weeks after agreeing to a controversial peace deal in its restive northwest, the Pakistani government Monday inked another deal with a key militant tribe in the restive Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ‘The government of Pakistan and the Mamond… बाँकी अंश »