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”Osama hideout was not under vigilance”
May 17th
WASHINGTON: The hideout of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad had not been put under strict vigilance so that the al-Qaeda chief might not feel any suspicion, Geo News quoted US TV. According to the US officials, the number of people visiting the compound b…
Abbottabad incursion: ‘Commission to be constituted soon’
May 17th
Federal law minister says independent commission to investigate the lapses leading to Abbottabad incursion.
Alliance with PPP: PML-Q looks to quell internal discord
May 17th
Federal cabinet reshuffled; MQM ministers given portfolios.
US apologizes Pak over drone attacks
May 17th
ISLAMABAD: The United States has formally apologized Pakistan over drone attacks, Geo News reported on Tuesday. According to sources, the US apologized civil and military leadership of Pakistan over the drone strikes that killed nine people in North Wa…
Clinton to visit Pak but no date set: US
May 17th
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Pakistan for strategic talks following the US raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but no date has been set, a spokesman said. Clinton “does plan to visit Pakistan in order t…
OPDs shut down as two groups of doctors call for separate demands
May 17th
Young doctors demand higher salaries, JPMC staff decries decentralisation.
Pak, US to cooperate on future high-value targets
May 17th
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Monday it would work together with the United States on any future operations against high-value targets in the country, in the wake of the row over Osama bin Laden”s killing. “It was agreed that all tracks of US-Pakistan enga…
US drone attacks kill nine in NWA
May 17th
MIRANSHAH: Two US drone strikes targeting a militant compound and a vehicle in Pakistan”s lawless tribal district of North Waziristan killed at least nine people on Monday, officials said. Both the attacks took place in Mir Ali town, some 40 kilometre…
Between a rock and a hard place
May 16th
It is not time for Pakistan to isolate itself in the world and follow ‘strategic defiance’.
Osama violated Pak sovereignty: Kerry
May 16th
ISLAMABAD: The visiting US senator John Kerry Monday said that his country understands that the issue of sovereignty is critical for Pakistan, Geo News reported. Addressing the media here, John Kerry said Osama bin Ladens presence in Pakistan had giv…
