WANA / ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Hours after the American military commander had assured Pakistan's political and military leadership that the United States would respect the country's sovereignty, missiles were fired from US drones on a house in South Waziristan, killing six people and injuring three others. The unmanned aircraft which entered the tribal area from […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan , Pakistan said Thursday it was not warned about a suspected U.S. missile strike in its northwest that came the same day a top American official assured Pakistani leaders of U.S. respect for the Muslim nation's sovereignty. The reported attack will likely fuel anger in Pakistan over a surge in cross-border operations by […]
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: The visiting United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen on Wednesday reiterated US commitment to respect Pakistan's sovereignty, while Pakistan made it clear that unilateral airstrikes in its territory are not acceptable. Sources said the top US commander was informed that Islamabad would not compromise on national sovereignty and only Pakistan […]
LANDI KOTAL, Pakistan: Local Taliban killed an Afghan national in Khyber Agency on Wednesday for allegedly spying on them for United States forces in Afghanistan, official sources said. The Taliban dumped the body near Government Degree College Landi Kotal. The Afghan was later identified as Zainullah, a native of the Afghan province of Nangarhar. He had […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Every Ahmedzai Wazir tribesman will fight US forces on Afghani soil if their incursions into South Waziristan continue, a 3,000-strong jirga ruled on Wednesday. The jirga consisting of pro-government tribal elders and pro-Taliban clerics was held in Wana. "Each and every Ahmedzai Wazir tribesman, be young or old, will take up arms against […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The Taliban on Wednesday warned a woman working for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) of "dire consequences' if she kept working. USAID employee Dr Aneesa Arif said three armed men with long hair and beards stopped her in front of her house in Hayatabad and demanded she stop working for […]
Pakistan: Air-fired missiles hit a militant compound near the Afghan border and killed at least six people Wednesday evening, officials said, soon after a senior American officer met with government leaders to discuss the furor over U.S. attacks inside Pakistan. The airstrike was likely to further fan anger among Pakistanis over a surge in cross-border […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan ‚ Five people were killed and three wounded when a United States Predator drone fired missiles into a house in Baghar Cheena, near Angora Adda in the restive South Waziristan tribal region, local residents said Wednesday. The residents, who brought the wounded to a hospital in the regional center of Wana, said that […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ‚ The Pakistani military said on Tuesday its troops would fire on foreign forces if they crossed the country's borders but denied that this was a change of policy. The comments came after the United States sent commandos into Pakistan to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda earlier this month, and as confusion […]
Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday. The orders, which come in response to a highly unusual Sept. 3 ground attack by U.S. commandos, are certain to heighten tension between Washington and a key ally […]
ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari, who is leaving for New York on September 21, will face not only an enormous challenge to persuade his American counterpart George W Bush for the withdrawal of the latter's decision of launching missile strikes on Pakistan's tribal areas but also to restart the "stalled Indo-Pak' peace process as […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Monday denied reports that Pakistani troops fired on two U.S. military helicopters after they crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan and forced them to turn back. “I’ve checked into that and find it to be a spurious report,” Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters. “Did not happen. I’ve checked all […]
Does the government have a plan to help people cope with the ever-rising cost of electricity? No, it doesn't. On the contrary, the government on Tuesday, September 9 (which, coincidentally, also happened to be the day on which Asif Ali Zardari took oath of office as president), increased the electricity tariff by up to an […]
PAKISTAN may or may not be the world's most dangerous country, but it is certainly the most difficult one to govern. Considering its many problems, it is a source of constant wonder that so many people aspire to the top job. Soon after the coalition government was formed in Islamabad following the February elections, I […]
Pakistan's government eased its rhetoric Saturday against unilateral U.S. attacks on militant havens near the Afghan border, saying it hopes quiet diplomacy will persuade Washington that the raids only inflame sentiment against leaders of both countries. Defense Minister Ahmad Mukhtar claimed Washington already has agreed to curtail its military activities against militants in Pakistan, although […]