May 24 2013 Last updated 5:29 am
Islamabad: Pakistan’s retention of out-of-form veteran paceman Shoaib Akhtar for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup has drawn some sharp criticism within the country. Akhtar, nicknamed the Rawalpindi Express, took just three wickets in the four one-day internationals of the just-completed… बाँकी अंश »
Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Rehman Malik said Friday he received a positive response from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon when he sought, during a meeting with him, stepped up U.N.’s humanitarian help to the large number of people displaced by the military action… बाँकी अंश »
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 »
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 »
Some 400 to 500 Taliban militants from Swat have takenover two villages near Buner, 100 km northwest of Islamabad,after two days of clashes with a ‘lashkar’ or tribal militiaformed to stop their advance, TV channels reported today. Militant commander Rizwan… बाँकी अंश »
The Taliban have threatened that they would ‘carry out two bombings a week within Pakistan’ in retaliation to the US drone attacks. Hakimullah Mehsud, a deputy to Baitullah Mehsud who is the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, said in a… बाँकी अंश »
KATHMANDU, March 31 – Nepali veteran striker Nirajan Rayamajhi along with Basanta Gauchan and Navin Neupane announced their official retirement from international football on Monday. All Nepal Football Association President Ganesh Thapa honoured the players with ANFA blazers during the… 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 »
In the recent past violence has surged in Pakistan, with numerous attacks on the security forces and government and Western targets. Pakistan’s very existence is under threat from terrorism in the wake of the deadly attack in Lahore. The economic… बाँकी अंश »
A bomb in Rawalpindi, south of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, has killed people waiting at a bus stop. At least eight people were killed and another seventeen wounded. Police have said a suicide bomber blew himself up while travelling past… बाँकी अंश »