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US military to be reduced in Pakistan: Mullen
Jun 3rd
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is going to reduce sharply the number of US military trainers allowed in the country, the top US military officer said on Thursday, acknowledging strains in the uneasy alliance a month after the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Admiral…
Pakistan lodges protest with Afghanistan over Dir attack
Jun 3rd
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday, alleging that Afghan-based Taliban attacked on a Pakistani checkpost in Dir, has urged NATO, Afghan forces and ISAF to take action against cross-border militancy against Pakistan, Geo News reported Thursday.
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Abbottabad commission runs into trouble
Jun 3rd
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan”s new commission into how Osama bin Laden lived in the country undetected for so long ran into trouble Thursday as one appointee refused to take part and the political opposition criticised it.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilan…
Shehzad killing sets back Pak democracy: Kerry
Jun 3rd
WASHINGTON: US Senator John Kerry said Thursday that the torture and killing of a Pakistani journalist who investigated intelligence issues marked a setback for the country”s democracy and urged a thorough probe.
Kerry, the chairman of the Senate…
No undue burden to be tolerated in budget: Nawaz
Jun 3rd
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Thursday asserted that his party was playing a vigorous role of opposition and that he would not allow the people to be unduly burdened in the upcoming budget, Geo News reported.
Talking to media …
Abandon Pakistan is not in favour of world: Mullen
Jun 2nd
WASHINGTON: U.S. top army official Admiral Mike Mullen reiterated that it would be dangerous for the world and for the United States to break relations with Pakistan. Mullen told reporters that after Bin Laden killing …
Shhhhhh!!! don’t speak
Jun 2nd
Pakistan Times condemn this brutal act of killing of veteran journalist Saleem Shahzad; who was Bureau chief of Asia Times Online and working for Italian news Agency. Who so ever has done should be brought …
34 police, 45 Taliban killed in Dir attack
Jun 2nd
PESHAWAR: Hundreds of heavily armed Taliban besieged a Pakistani checkpost on the Afghan border for a second day Thursday, killing 28 police and six civilians in the deadliest fighting for months.
A senior police official told AFP that 500 militan…
Shahzad’s Killing: Thirty-five Organisations Appeal for Justice as Pakistan Mourns
Jun 2nd
State Department called on the Pakistani government to investigate the murder of an investigative journalist.
Several organizations including The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) stands with journalists in Pakistan as Pakistan has been dec…
Strike observed against killing of Balochistan varsity teacher
Jun 2nd
QUETTA: The strike is being observed in different cities of Balochistan including Quetta against the killing of Balochistan University’s teacher, Saba Dashtyari. Professor Ghulam Hussain alias Saba Dashtyari was gunned down Wednesday evening on S…
