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
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.
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
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.
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
JERUSALEM: Striking testimony has emerged from Israeli soldiers involved in the recent Gaza war, in which they describe shooting unarmed civilians, sometimes under orders from their officers.One soldier described how an Israeli sniper shot dead a Palestinian mother and her children, adding that troops believed Palestinian lives were "very, very, less important than the lives of our soldiers
LAHORE: Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Ijaz Butt, has said that Senate’s Standing Committee on Sports has no authority to give dictations to the officials of cricket board.In a letter written to the Senate Chairman Farooq H. Naek, Butt has severely criticized the approach of Senate Standing Committee on Sports. He said that PCB is an autonomous body and nobody can dictate the board’s officials.
Talking to journalists here, Chaudhry Shujaat said although they would hold an important meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif yet their party has no deal with any one. ‘A strong Punjab means a strong Pakistan”, Chaudhry Shujaat added.
In an interview to US newspaper, Premier Gilani vowed to return to parliament authority that it lost in 2002 when former leader Pervez Musharraf gave sweeping powers to the presidency, including the power to dismiss parliament.
"We are com
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has said that restoration of judiciary is not the victory or defeat of any individual, but it is a triumph of Pakistan and rule of law.Addressing a news conference here on Wednesday, he said: “Our society has witnessed a revolution through people power and this process should continue in the future too.”He praised the whole nation for its struggle in the restoration of judiciary. P
Updated at: 1341 PST, Thursday, March 19, 2009
GAZA: An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, a militant group said. The two militants were from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement. Meanwhile, Israeli security forces have arrested 20 activists of Hamas including ten senior leaders of the Hamas organization in the West Bank, a military spokeswoman said on Thursday.
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) restored two judges Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Maqbool Baqar, while Lahore High Court (LHC) three restored judges arriving at their chambers assumed charges.SHC Judge Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Maqbool Baqar, who were deposed in former President Musharraf era, today assuming office started their work.On the other hand, all the three restored LHC judges also sat in their chambers and later heard the cases.
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking President Barack Obama to reconsider the deployment of 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan saying objectives of the U.S. military involvement remain unclear. The lawmakers explained their concerns, expressed in a letter to the president, at a news Capitol Hill news conference.In their letter the 14 lawmakers assert that rather than helping build a stable Afghanistan capable of governing it
WELLINGTON: Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder both completed half-centuries to lead a New Zealand fight back in the opening test against India at Hamilton on Wednesday.Vettori scored an unbeaten 64 and Ryder made 50 not out in an unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 102 to help New Zealand reach 162 for six at tea.The pair batted through the entire middle session at Seddon Park after India's fast bowlers had ripped through the top order before lun ....
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