Islamabad, March 16 – In a move that is likely to raise temperatures across the border, the US has delivered a squadron of 14 AH-1 Cobra advanced helicopter gunships to Pakistan.
The US has also given $750,000 to update Pakistan Army Aviation’s current fleet of Cobra variants like AH-1S, AH-1F, Online news agency reported, quoting sources.
Pakistan [...]
Karachi, March 16 – At least one person was killed in an explosion in the south Pakistani port city of Karachi, sources said.
Locals said the blast took place in the Katchra Kundi bazaar near Chandni Chowk in Karachi, killing one woman and injuring two. They said more casualties are feared as the blast was very [...]
Islamabad, March 16 – Pakistan Tuesday urged the US to provide it civilian nuclear technology to help the country overcome its energy crisis and also bridge the trust deficit between the two countries.
President Asif Ali Zardari made the demand at a meeting with the visiting US Director of National Intelligence, Dennis C. Blair, here.
Briefing reporters [...]
Karachi, March 16 – Pakistan’s sports authorities Tuesday called off this year’s National Games to be held in Peshawar because of a spate of bombings in various parts of the country.
Lt Gen (retd) Arif Hasan, president of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), told reporters in Lahore that the Games cannot take place as scheduled because [...]
Islamabad, March 16 – At least 11 militants, including some foreigners, were killed and several wounded in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan, military sources said.
Three missiles slammed into a militant compound in the hills near Datta Khel village, some 20 km west of North Waziristan’s main town of Miranshah, [...]
Islamabad, March 16 – A suspected US drone strike killed at least 11 militants Tuesday in Pakistan’s tribal region near the Afghan border, an intelligence official said.
Several more people were injured in the aerial strike in the Datta Khel area of the North Waziristan tribal district, a known hub of Islamic militancy.
An intelligence official who [...]
Islamabad, March 16 – A British boy kidnapped around two weeks ago in Pakistan has been found safe, the British High Commission here said Tuesday.
‘This is fantastic news,’ British High Commission spokesman Adam Smith said. ‘It brings to an end the traumatic ordeal faced by Sahil and his family.’
Sahil Saeed, 5, was abducted from Jehlum [...]
Karachi, March 16 – Pakistan cricket was once again rocked by reports that match-fixing is one of the major reasons for the national team’s poor performance in the recent past.
The Senate’s sports committee probing into the national cricket affairs claims to have found disturbing evidence that more than one Pakistani cricketer is involved in match-fixing.
Abddul [...]
Islamabad, March 15 – Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has agreed to shed many of his powers, including those to dismiss the federal and provincial assemblies, as recommended by a parliamentary panel on constitutional reforms, a media report Monday said.
Zardari ‘has agreed to quit the presidential powers taken by former president Pervez Musharraf during his [...]
Islamabad, March 15 – ‘I am not afraid of death,’ Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari declared here Monday.
‘I am not afraid of death. I am waiting for my death and I have reached at Awan-e-Sadr by escaping death,’ he said while addressing the International Conference on Sufism and Peace at his official residence.
Onlined news agency [...]
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