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Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, has said that the NATO enjoys no such mandate to stop the drone attacks inside Pakistani territory as they were being carried out by the United States, report said.

By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The World Bank presents an extremely gloomy picture of Pakistan's power sector that is marred by corruption and inefficiency but sells electricity to the public for a price that is 60 per cent higher than that of India and 40 per cent more than that of Bangladesh.

Islamabad, July 9 : Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said all necessary steps would be initiated by the government to enhance the combat capabilities of the Pakistan Air Force .

ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry adjourned the hearing of the plea against hike in petroleum prices for four weeks.

ISLAMABAD: Britain's foreign secretary Thursday said that he saw greater political consensus in Pakistan on countering "a multi-headed insurgency" which poses a grave threat to the country.

ISLAMABAD: Girls have outclassed boys in the Secondary School Certificate part-I annual examinations of Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education by clinching top three positions of science group and first two of humanities group.

Home >> Regional >> Islamabad >> Operation finished in Swat, Buner: Kaira Minister for Information and Broadcast Qamaruzzaman Kaira Wednesday announced the completion of military operation in restive Swat and Buner districts, report said.

Islamabad, July 7 : The Pakistan Government and the Punjab province Government on Tuesday re-filed the petitions against the release of Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, after removing the objections.

ISLAMABAD: Indian prisoner on death row Sarabjit Singh has made an emotional appeal to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari pleading amnesty, so that he could live his "remaining life with his wife and children." The mercy petition, to be submitted to Zardari tomorrow reads, "I Sarabjit Singh, a prisoner for death, is languishing in jail's dark cell ...

Pak ranking drops to 100th Wednesday, July 08, 2009 By our correspondent ISLAMABAD: The country's ranking dropped to 100th position in 2009 from 84th in 2008 in the Global Enabling Trade Report 2009 released by the World Economic Forum on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD: For the first time, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has admitted that militants and extremists were "created and nurtured" in the country as a policy to achieve some short-term tactical objectives.

Note: The following text is a quote: LAHORE: Twenty-five explosive-laden vehicles have reportedly entered various major cities of the country, as the intelligence services launched search operations across all four provinces, a private TV channel reported on Monday.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband meeting internally displaced boys while visiting the UNHCR's Yar Hussain camp in Swabi district, located about 120km northwest of Islamabad, yesterday British Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday called for long-term investment to allow 2mn displaced Pakistanis to return home after an offensive against ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Supreme Court today rejected on technical grounds two petitions by authorities against the release of JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed,a key accused in the Mumbai attacks from house arrest prompting a top official to announce that the pleas would be filed again tomorrow after removing the flaws.

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Suspected U.S. missiles slammed into a training camp run by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Tuesday, killing at least 12 militants in the latest in a flurry of strikes against him and his followers, intelligence officials said.

ISLAMABAD: The power troika comprising President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Saturday met for the second time within three days to discuss issues relating to security in the wake of the ongoing military operation against militants and extremists.

President hails UAE government's support for relief, rehabilitation of displaced people ISLAMABAD, July 4 : President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday said that Pakistan attaches high value to its friendship and brotherly relations with UAE and urged for further enhancing the socio-economic and trade ties between the two countries.The President was ...

London, July 6 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari says targeting the Taliban rather than India does not 'rankle' his army because the two nuclear armed countries no longer pose threats to each other's territories.

Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has directed the high courts to take action against those judges against whom complaints had been filed in the Supreme Court.