June 20 2013 Last updated 4:27 am
US Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates, has said the US may increase its covert operations in Pakistan. Saying the operation may be necessary to defeat Taliban activity in and around Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southern Baluchistan province, he said… बाँकी अंश »
Islamabad, March 5 (Xinhua) Fourteen people were killed and 19 injured Thursday in a powerful explosion at a coalmine in southwestern Pakistan, a media report said. The incident took place in Sorenj area, some 20 km east of the Balochistan… बाँकी अंश »
Pakistani separatists have warned that a US citizen, John Solecki, will be executed if the Pakistan government does not release more than 1,000 prisoners. The threat on the life of Mr Solecki was made to Pakistan news agency Online International… बाँकी अंश »
Foreign investigation agencies will search for the missing UN official in Pakistan, IRNA reported Tuesday. John Solecki, an American national and head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) here, was abducted by the militants after killing his driver… बाँकी अंश »
The Pakistani government Saturday dismissed the demands of the captors of a UN official as unrealistic but expressed willingness to negotiate with them. A separatist group in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province set a 72-hour deadline Friday to kill John Solecki,… बाँकी अंश »
Pakistani security forces have arrested five would-be suicide bombers near Quetta, where local UN refugee agency chief John Solecki was kidnapped earlier this month. The house, in Balochistan province, was the assembly point for the alleged bombers, who were found… बाँकी अंश »
An official of the United Nations refugee agency has been kidnapped in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta. Pakistani authorities have released some details of his kidnap, saying he was stopped on his way to work when gunmen flagged down… बाँकी अंश »
(IANS) The Pakistani media Friday paid homage to Muhammad Najeeb, the IANS Islamabad correspondent who died Thursday after a heart attack. One report called him a ‘much-valued friend of the media community’. Najeeb, 41, was Thursday afternoon rushed to the… बाँकी अंश »
(IANS) Authorities Sunday prepared to begin a survey in Pakistan’s southwest to calculate damage from this week’s earthquake that left thousands homeless ahead of a harsh winter. The quake, registering 6.4 on the Richter scale, shook the northern and central… बाँकी अंश »
Pakistan's agitating lawyers Saturday laid down a new Aug 14 deadline for restoring the Supreme Court judges President Pervez Musharraf had sacked after imposing an emergency last November, warning the coalition government of a civil disobedience movement if it did… बाँकी अंश »