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OBL commission: govt writes to CJP
Jun 19th
ISLAMABAD: The government has written a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry asking to nominate a Supreme Court judge to head an inquiry commission tasked with investigating May 2 US Abbottabad raid that killed Al-Qaeda …
Taliban parting al Qaeda will help peace: U.S.
Jun 19th
WASHINGTON: Talibans separation from al Qaeda will help peace, says a U.S. statement issued by the State Department here, Geo News reported.
It said that the UN resolution differentiating Taliban with al Qaeda would induce the Afghan militants joini…
NATO Tripoli strike kills 7 civilians
Jun 19th
TRIPOLI: Libyan officials said some seven civilians were killed in a NATO air strike in eastern Tripoli in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Reporters were taken by Libyan government officials to a residential area in the Arada neighbourhood of Tripo…
Rangers case: Challan presented, case referred to ATC-1
Jun 19th
KARACHI: The judge of Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) admitting a Challan in the case of Sarfaraz Shahs killing by Rangers personnel referred it to ATC number 1 for holding a full-fledged hearing of the case, Geo News reported Saturday.
Public Prosecutor…
United States in talks with Taliban: Hamid Karzai
Jun 19th
KABUL: The United States and other foreign powers are engaged in preliminary talks with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the near decade-long war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation of US involvement in negotiations. Diplomats have already said there have been months of preliminary talks between [...]
Rehman Malik denied CIA’s operation
Jun 19th
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Saturday that Pakistan is a sovereign state and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is neither conducting any operation inside the country nor will it be allowed to do so. Talking to media outside the parliament, he said the law enforcement agencies are conducting operation against illegal immigrants, adding, [...]
US is talking to Taliban: Karzai
Jun 18th
KABUL: The United States and other foreign powers are engaged in preliminary talks with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the near decade-long war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation …
Angelina Jolie visits Syrian refugees at camp
Jun 18th
ANKARA: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie travelled to meet some of the thousands of Syrian refugees on the country”s border with Turkey.
The actress and goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), shared fruit and…
UN splits al Qaeda, Taliban on sanctions list
Jun 18th
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Friday split the international sanctions regime for the Taliban and al Qaeda in a bid to encourage the Taliban to join reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan.
The council unanimously passed two resolutions whi…
