US triples development, military aid to Pakistan - pak us relation

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration may triple development aid to Pakistan while also boosting military assistance to secure more help in fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said on Friday.

The official, who spoke on condition that he not be named because President Barack Obama has yet to unveil his fresh strategy on Afghanistan, said non-military assistance could rise to three times the current roughly $450 mi

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British forces training Frontier Corps: UK daily - world military news

LONDON: The Viceroy of India founded the Frontier Corps in 1907 to control unruly tribesmen in the mountains that now form the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Also known as the Scouts, the corps united the Khyber Rifles and other militias recruited from the Pashtun tribes but was trained and led by British officers in search of adventure.

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news of world - Russia welcomes improved ties with US

MOSCOW: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sounds optimistic about improved relations after Nixon's secretary of State and other former high-ranking officials pay an informal visit. The octogenarian Republican is an improbable go-between to push the diplomatic line of a young Democratic president. But here he was in Moscow on Friday: Henry Kissinger, the architect of Cold War detente with the Soviet Union, meeting informally with Russian President

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pakistan internal news - 8 killed in Landi Kotal clash

PESHAWAR: At least eight people were killed and 30 others wounded when security forces and militants clashed here on Thursday.

According to reports, suspected militants fired mortar shells at a FC post in Tehsil Landi Kotal after which fierce clash erupted between security forces and militants.

During clash, several mortar shells fell in Landi Kotal bazaar, Khogakhel and Gagrah areas, killing eight people and injuring many more.

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pakistani politicians news - Shahbaz rejects Shujaat formula

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif said on Thursday that he doesn’t agree with Shujaat formula about formation of coalition government in Punjab. “I will welcome PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain if he wants to arrive at Raiwand,” Shahbaz told newsmen after attending a meeting of legal experts here.He said that legal experts were being consulted about review petition filed by the government against disqualif

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