Iranian president to visit Pakistan
QUETTA: President of Iran Hassan Rouhani would visit Islamabad soon because Iran valued its ties with Pakistan and wanted to strengthen relations, the Governor of Iranian province Sistan Baluchestan, Aaqai…
US-Pakistan talks to focus on ties with India, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: The two-day US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue, which resumes in Islamabad early next week, will focus on two recent developments: a marked improvement in Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan and a rapid…
Peshawar’s Army Public School to reopen on Jan 12
Peshawar’s Army Public School, which came under attack on December 16, is set to reopen on January 12, Express News reported. The attack, for which the the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility, was…
Suspected Wagah attack mastermind killed in Lahore encounter
LAHORE: Suspected Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) member Roohullah, along with two others was killed in an alleged encounter with the police in Lahore early on Saturday morning,Express News reported. According to initial details,…
Trying terrorists: Nine military courts will be set up, says ISPR
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army initiated on Friday the process of establishing military courts to try suspected terrorists, three days after parliament approved the 21st constitutional amendment which paved the way for…
Operation Zarb-e-Azb: US declines to commit aid for displaced persons
ISLAMABAD:In what appears to be the result of sustained diplomatic pressure from India, the United States on Friday declined to commit any funds to help refugees affected by Operation Zarb-e-Azb,…
British preacher Abu Hamza jailed for life in U.S.
A U.S. judge sentenced British hate preacher Abu Hamza on Friday to life in prison after a jury convicted him on 11 charges of kidnapping and terrorism, calling his crimes…
Al-Qaeda in Yemen ‘claims’ Charlie Hebdo attack
Al-Qaeda in Yemen claimed on Friday that it directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris “as revenge for the honor” of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. Member…
U.S. warns of global terror threat after Paris attacks
The United States issued a warning on Saturday to Americans abroad to beware of “terrorist actions and violence,” following the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in Paris,…
Settlement of West Pakistan refugees will uproot State Constitution: Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Friday termed the recommendations by Indian Parliamentary Committee in favour of Western Pakistan refugees in Jammu and Kashmir as “an attack on…