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Natos top commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, has branded Pakistan a threat in our war on terror. While Britains aid is linked to reforms in Islamabad and beyond, the strings attached are elastic enough to allow for the harbouring of...
A boy and a girl soak in a polluted stream to cool off in the outskirts of Islamabad May 26, 2012. View Photo »
There is no doubt that the US and other Western countries will increase their pressure on Pakistan in the coming days. The international financial institutions, too, are going to use their influence to make Islamabad bow down and resume NATO supplies.
Islamabad, May 27: The body of one of the Pakistani soldiers buried in the Siachen glacier following a massive avalanche last month has been recovered, Geo News reported early Sunday. According to sources, rescue operation was on to recover other bodies.
Understandably, Washington did not take Islamabad into its confidence when the Bin Laden raid was launched. But it is a false polarity to insist, as many have, that the ISI is either closet Islamist or incompetent – those being seen as the only...
Identifying six priority areas for the upcoming Budget 2012-13, the Pakistan government has informed selected parliamentarians of its coalition parties that the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) tax collection is estimated at 10 per cent of the gross...
Pakistani commuters drive their vehicles in a dust storm on a high way in Islamabad on May 25, 2012. Dust storms are common in this month which are locally called Andhi. View Photo »
Islamabad's practice of relying on violent Islamist proxies in Afghanistan (and India) has backfired badly on Pakistan ... build on this sentiment by convincing Pakistani leaders that unless they ... force the Taliban to compromise in Afghanistan, Pakistan will suffer from an emboldened Taliban leadersh...
Pakistan is a sovereign state and the Defa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) will not allow the country to become an "Indian market", Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed said on Saturday. Saeed, described by India as the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai...
Islamabad: A top retired Pakistan Army officer died of a gunshot wound in mysterious circumstances on Saturday. Lt Gen (retired) Imtiaz Hussain, the former chairman of the Army Welfare Trust, was taken to the Fauji Foundation Hospital in Rawalpindi with...
Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد, abode of Islam), is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. It is located within the Islamabad Capital Territory, though the area has historically been a part of the crossroads of the Punjab region and the North-West Frontier Province (the Margalla pass... Full Article
A Pakistani boy waits his turn to collect water from a tanker, while a man bathes, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 25, 2012.
View Photo »A Pakistani girl reacts while spotted playing with another girl on a dry stream, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 25, 2012.
View Photo »Indian Home Secretary R. K. Singh, left, shakes hand with Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, May 25, 2012. An Indian delegation led by Singh is in Islamabad to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart to discuss...
View Photo »Indian Home Secretary R. K. Singh, left, listens to Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik during their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, May 25, 2012. An Indian delegation led by Singh is in Islamabad to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart to discuss cooperation in...
View Photo »A Pakistani boy and a girl push a cart across a road on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 25, 2012.
View Photo »Afghan refugee girls play in wooden carts left on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 25, 2012.
View Photo »A policeman walks past Central Jail in Peshawar May 24, 2012. Pakistani authorities have sentenced the doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden to 33 years in jail on charges of treason, officials said, a move that drew angry condemnation from U.S. officials already at...
View Photo »Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi is seen in this still image taken from file footage released May 23, 2012. Pakistani authorities have sentenced the doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden to 33 years in jail on charges of treason, officials said, a move that drew angry...
View Photo »Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi addressing a conference on a polio project at an unknown location in Pakistan in this still image taken from file footage released May 23, 2012. Pakistani authorities have sentenced the doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden to 33 years in...
View Photo »Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi talks with people outside a building at an unknown location in Pakistan in this still image taken from file footage released May 23, 2012. Pakistani authorities have sentenced the doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden to 33 years in jail...
View Photo »A Pakistani mother cooks food for her family in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.
View Photo »A Pakistani woman cooks food at her home in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.
View Photo »Pakistanis working at a steel mill, from right, Nazir Hameed, 42, Khalil Zada, 24, Azeem Ibrahim, 31, chat with another worker, not pictured, during a break, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.
View Photo »A man rides his bicycle past fuel tankers, which were used to carry fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, parked along a roadside in Karachi May 23, 2012. The United States hopes Pakistan will soon agree to re-open supply routes to NATO troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said on...
View Photo »A Pakistani vendor, center, pours water on his fruits to keep it fresh, while he and other vendors wait for customers on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
View Photo »Pakistanis sit inside and on top of a bus moving past fruit and vegetable vendors, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
View Photo »Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint news conference with Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani (unseen) after their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad May 22, 2012. Erdogan is in Islamabad on a three-day official visit to meet Pakistani leaders.
View Photo »Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan shake hands for photographers before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad May 22, 2012. Erdogan is in Islamabad on a three-day official visit to meet Pakistani leaders. ...
View Photo »Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands for photographers before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad on May 22, 2012. Erdogan is in Islamabad on a three-day official to meet Pakistani leadership.
View Photo »Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C, wearing dark glasses) inspects an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad May 22, 2012. Erdogan is in Islamabad on a three-day official visit to meet Pakistani leaders.
View Photo »A Pakistani boy working at a brick factory, uses donkeys to transport bricks from one site to another, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, May 21, 2012.
View Photo »A Pakistani girl arranges bricks, while working at a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, May 21, 2012.
View Photo »Pakistani labourers work on a contruction site in Islamabad on May 21, 2012. Pakistan has faced persistent economic concerns amid a shaky supply of electricity, a weak revenue base, high external debt and security concerns that have scared off some foreign investors.
View Photo »Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, third center, reviews guards of honor upon his arrival at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. AP Photo/B.K. Bangash).
View Photo »Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at his house in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
View Photo »A Pakistani boy waits his turn to collect water from a tanker, while a man bathes, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 25, 2012.
View Photo »There is no doubt that the US and other Western countries will increase their pressure on Pakistan in the coming days. The international financial institutions, too, are going to use their influence to make Islamabad bow down and resume NATO supplies.
Islamabad's practice of relying on violent Islamist proxies in Afghanistan (and India) has backfired badly on Pakistan ... build on this sentiment by convincing Pakistani leaders that unless they ... force the Taliban to compromise in Afghanistan, Pakistan will suffer from an emboldened Taliban leadersh...
Islamabad's practice of relying on violent Islamist proxies in Afghanistan (and India) has backfired badly on Pakistan and there is increasing recognition among Pakistanis that a Taliban-dominated Afghanistan would likely have a destabilizing impact on Pakistan
s flight B4-213 from Karachi to Islamabad suddenly dropped from 2,900 feet to 2,000 feet after it was cleared to land at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport yesterday, Civil Aviation Authority Director General Nadeem Yousufzai told a news conference today. It just went down into a dive...that has t...
In the given situation Pakistan would not take on Haqqani, as the US itself is asking the Afghan Taliban for peace talks, so how can Pakistan start a new offensive? Islamabad would never agree to this US demand
The AFC’s decision to select Islamabad as a venue for a premier youth football event makes me very happy, as it augurs well for Pakistan and its football.
The entire deal was ready — Siachen, Sir Creek, Kashmir — but for some reason Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to keep his date to visit Islamabad
His (Shah) trip built upon very important discussions that have taken place over the last several weeks, including between Deputy Secretary Thomas Nides and Foreign Minister Khar in Islamabad, President Zardari and Ambassador Grossman in Dushanbe and President Obama and Prime Minister Gilani in Seoul
At the request of the government of Pakistan, the USG did deploy an eight-man US military alpine search-and-rescue team from Kabul to Islamabad. They arrived yesterday. The team is currently in Islamabad, has not yet deployed to the region. We're discussing with the Pakistani military how best they migh...
A two-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry directed Inspector General of Police Islamabad and Attorney General of Pakistan Maulvi Anwarul Haq to submit a report of the incident by March 17 and present the abductee before the court on March 19.
Immeasurable hurt is caused to Islam by the presence in Pakistan of Osama bin Laden for so long... Recent evidence provided by WikiLeaks show Pakistan Army and officers of ISI were in regular contact with Osama bin Laden in Abbotabad (near Islamabad).
As a pioneer for WiMAX technology in Pakistan, it is an honour for Wateen to bring the first WiMAX South Asia conference to the country ... I would like to congratulate the WiMAX Forum on hosting this year’s summit in Islamabad and providing an opportunity for telecom professionals to work together and ...
Islamabad continues to implement a self-serving counterterrorism strategy that involves targeting only those terrorist groups that threaten its own security, such as the Pakistani Taliban, even as it continues to provide succor and support to those elements that threaten India and Afghanistan
According to the information I got from the embassy of Yemen in Islamabad, the Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik did not approve the release of bin Laden family and did not give any reasons
I hosted the foreign minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar in New Delhi in July last year, and plan to visit Islamabad myself this summer
Islamabad views the sanctuaries as a bargaining chip to force its way into the negotiations process. Washington needs to make clear that Islamabad's role in the talks depends on its willingness to use its leverage with Taliban insurgents to bring them to compromise
