Karachi Airport Attack – Eye Opener for Policy Makers
Pakistan’s largest commercial airfacility, the Jinnah International Airport came under siege last Sunday night, June 8th, when around 10 heavily armed attackers infiltrated the Jinnah terminal and opened indiscriminate fire…
Iran FM warns against scuttling nuclear deal
Iran's foreign minister warned critics Friday not to let "illusions" about his country's nuclear program scuttle a deal, voicing hope that a historic agreement will be reached soon.Foreign Minister Mohammad…
Pakistan has ‘very, very key position’ in South Asia: Kerry
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that recent developments in South Asia had placed Pakistan in a “very, very key” position and had further increased…
Official: Iran sends forces to Iraq to combat ISIS
As al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants and local armed men – backed by Sunni tribal leaders – advance towards the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, neighboring Iran…
Drone targeted Haqqani network commander, Afghan Taliban: sources
PESHAWAR: A key Haqqani network commander Haji Gul was killed in the early morning US drone strike in Dand-i Darpakhel area of North Waziristan Agency, Dawn News quotes sources as…
SHC orders removal of Musharraf’s name from ECL
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the removal of former president Pervez Musharraf’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL), Express News reported on Thursday. The government can appeal against this…
Jihadists take Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit
Militants from the extremist Islamist State of Iraq and Syria on Wednesday seized the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, a day after the country’s second-largest city Mosul fell under their…
Capital punishment: ‘Mastermind’ behind 2005 PIDC blast sentenced to death
KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) sentenced a man to death on Tuesday for his involvement in the 2005 bomb blast which took place at Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) in which…
Delhi’s Power Crisis: Kejriwal Wants To Meet PM Modi
Angry protests broke out overnight in Delhi over power blackouts as summer temperatures soar. Residents took to the streets at around midnight on Tuesday in northeast Delhi, attacking vehicles as…
NATO holds urgent meeting on Iraq crisis at Turkey’s request
BRUSSELS: NATO ambassadors held an emergency meeting at Turkey’s request on Wednesday on the situation in northern Iraq, where Islamist militants have seized swathes of territory and taken 80 Turkish…