May 24 2013 Last updated 2:29 pm
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 »
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 »
New Delhi, April 09: The much-criticised peace deal between the Pakistan government and Taliban militants has been called off, a report claimed on Thursday. According to the report, Sufi Mohammed, a hardline Islamist cleric and chief of the Tehreek-i-Nifas-i-Sharia Mohammadi… 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 »
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 »
Friday 27th February, 2009 A minibus taking children to school in a remote part of northwest Pakistan has been ambushed by gunmen. The driver of the bus was killed in the attack. Two schoolchildren were wounded, and 6 others were… बाँकी अंश »
Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province officials have announced they will provide rifles to local residents as protection against the Taliban. 30,000 rifles, which have been confiscated from terrorists over the years, will be handed out to residents of rural areas… बाँकी अंश »
Taliban fighters have agreed with Pakistani officials to observe a permanent ceasefire in the north-western Swat valley. Government officials have already made the announcement on behalf of Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah. Reporters were later told, after meeting with elders in… बाँकी अंश »