News & Blogs from Pakistan
Posts tagged NATO
Panetta vows to keep US military ‘strongest’ in world
Jul 2nd
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed Friday to keep the US military the “strongest” in the world despite budget pressures, after being sworn in as the new Pentagon chief. “As your leader, I will ensure that our nation continues to have the best-trained, best-equipped, and strongest military in the world — a force prepared to [...]
Syrian troops swoop amid Aleppo protests
Jul 1st
DAMASCUS: Syrian troops swept into new villages in the northwest on Thursday as the second city Aleppo saw anti-regime protests and as pro-democracy dissidents joined ranks at home and abroad, activists said.
Around 60 tanks and armoured personnel car…
MQM applies for NA, Senate opposition benches
Jun 30th
ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday submitted applications for senators and national assembly members in the respective secretariats to be allocated seats on the opposition benches, Geo News reported, Geo News reported.
MNA Haide…
NATO says Haqqani commander killed in Afghanistan
Jun 30th
ISAF identified Ismail Jan as deputy to the senior Haqqani commander inside Afghanistan and said he was killed.
Saudi will seek nukes if Iran gets them
Jun 30th
LONDON: Saudi Arabia has warned NATO that it would pursue policies that could lead to “untold and possibly dramatic consequences” if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, a British newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The British newspaper quoted Prince Turki al-…
Pakistan unlikely to go after militants: US officer
Jun 29th
WASHINGTON: A senior US military officer said Tuesday Pakistani leaders show no sign they are ready to crack down on Haqqani militants operating from sanctuaries near the Afghan border, despite repeated US requests.
The United States has long demanded…
SC to resume Bhutto reference today
Jun 29th
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court will resume hearing of the presidential reference for the reopening of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case on Wednesday, Geo News reported.
According to the details, eleven-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry …
Afghan hotel assault; all attackers killed
Jun 29th
KABUL: Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a top Kabul hotel, sparking a five-hour battle with Afghan commandos backed by a NATO helicopter in an assault that left at least 10 people dead Wednesday.
Red tracer bullets arced through the night s…
Game over for Gaddafi in months: prosecutor
Jun 29th
AMSTERDAM: Libya”s Muammar Gaddafi could fall within two to three months, the International Criminal Court”s prosecutor said on Tuesday, as rebels sought to build on a gradual advance towards Tripoli.
The ICC”s Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who on Monday ann…
Abolition of concurrent list to give due rights to provinces: PM
Jun 29th
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said abolition of the Constitution’s concurrent list is a major step towards provincial autonomy providing them legitimate rights in governance. In his opening remarks while chairing the special meeting of the Federal Cabinet, the Prime Minister said the cabinet would approve the third and last phase of [...]
