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Pak, India agree to build mutual trust, confidence
Jun 24th
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Secretary level talks between Pakistan and Indian have concluded, Geo News reported. The two-day talks focused on peace and security including CBMs, Jammu and Kashmir and promotion of friendly exchanges. Three sessions of talks…
MV Suez’s return: Why did it take 10 months?
Jun 24th
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6596/mv-suez%e2%80%99s-return-why-did-it-take-10-months/
Hillary says US wont continue Pak aid without change
Jun 24th
WASHINGTON: While US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the US could slow down military aid to Pakistan, unless it took unspecified steps to help the United States, President Barack Obama vowed a day earlier his country will insist Pa…
UK announces to build eight new nuke plants
Jun 24th
LONDON: The United Kingdom government has announced to build eight new nuclear power stations in its bid to avert and energy crisis.
Secretary of State for Energy Chris Huhne announced the construction of the plants, which will begin operating betwe…
The HuT-Military Connection
Jun 23rd
On Tuesday, news agencies reported that authorities detained a Pakistani Army officer, Brigadier General Ali Khan, on suspicion of links to banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT). According to the New York Times, General Khan was serving at the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, outside the capital, Islamabad. [...]
Hands of Constitution violators should be broken: Nawaz
Jun 23rd
BAGH: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif during a public meeting in connection with the election campaign in Azad Kashmir on Wednesday said hands of those who violate the Constitution should be broken, Geo News reported. Nawaz Sharif said Atal…
Four majors questioned over Islamist links
Jun 22nd
The Pakistan army has extended an investigation into officers with links to the Hizb-ul-Tahrir, a spokesman said on Wednesday, in what analysts said was a long overdue move to root out sympathizers of the banned Islamist group. The military, which said on Tuesday it had detained a brigadier — the highest-ranking serving officer arrested in [...]
`Maulvi` Nawaz`s mindset being defeated: Zardari
Jun 22nd
NAUDERO: The thinking of “Maulvi” Nawaz Sharif is being defeated, said President Asif Ali Zardari while addressing a public meeting here on Tuesday to mark Benazir Bhutto’s birth anniversary. He asked who is Maulvi Nawaz Sharif to hate generals and love soldiers? He said this is the thinking of a blacksmith. “Learn from me, meet [...]
US had rejected Indian concerns over Pak nukes: WikiLeaks
Jun 20th
KARACHI: Wikileaks has revealed that the US had made it clear to India that Washington was satisfied with measures taken by Islamabad to secure its nuclear weapons, and these measures had increased the US confidence in Pakistan. India had stressed that…
Kayani seeks to repair dented army pride
Jun 19th
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military chief is working to repair his army’s wounded pride in the bitter aftermath of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a humiliation that has strained US-Pakistani relations and raised questions about the top general’s own standing. Retired and serving officers interviewed by The Associated Press spoke of seething anger within army [...]
