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(CNN) — Conflicting reports emerged Sunday about whether Adam Gadahn, a U.S.-born spokesman for al Qaeda, has been arrested in Pakistan.
A senior Pakistani government official told CNN that Gadahn was arrested Sunday in Karachi, but a U.S. intelligence official said there appears to be no validity to reports of Gadahn’s [...]
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — More than two dozen militants were killed Friday in a Pakistani military airstrike that targeted high-value Taliban leaders, a Pakistani military official told CNN on Saturday.
The strike on militant hideouts in the country’s tribal region killed Taliban leader Fateh Mohammad, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Pakistani [...]
LAHORE: A six-member delegation of the National Assembly and Senate returned to Pakistan in protest after refusing a body scan at the Dulles International Airport, located 40 kilometres west of Washington, Geo news exclusively reported on Saturday.
Talking to the channel, head of the delegation Senator Abbas Khan Afridi said [...]
ISLAMABAD: In his first radio address to the nation, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that the opposition and media should not let go ethical norms while criticising the government.
He said the government welcomed positive criticism by the opposition and media to improve its performance, but truth must [...]
ISLAMABAD – A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Javed Iqbal, on Tuesday directed the Federation to submit a comprehensive report about those people who were killed in Lal Masjid operation.
“The apex court wanted to trace the people who had been missing since years, besides the details of [...]
PESHAWAR: Two Sikhs, who were kidnapped from Peshawar, have been recovered from Khyber Agency by security forces during search operation on Monday.
Gurwandir Singh has been shifted to his home while his fellow Sikh Sarabjit Singh is still under treatment at the CMH Hospital in Peshawar.
According to doctors, Sarabjit Singh [...]
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Monday dismissed a petition challenging the electoral eligibility of President Asif Ali Zardari.
The Chief Election Commissioner disposed of the petition as infructuous.
It may be reminded here Maulvi Iqbal Haider had filed an application before the Election Commission against the electoral eligibility of [...]
RIYADH: India will go the extra mile to improve relations with Pakistan if Islamabad acts decisively on terrorism, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday during a visit to Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh has close ties with Pakistan and has also been cited as a possible mediator in any eventual political settlement with [...]
The Obama administration plans to spend nearly $50 million on Pakistani media this year to reverse anti-American sentiments and raise awareness of projects aimed at improving quality of life, confirms a Washington insider.
After the Kerry-Lugar Bill debacle, the Obama administration had struggled with the idea of ‘branding’ aid and many within [...]
ISLAMABAD: Washington wants Islamabad to put in place a restriction free and uniform visa regime for its diplomats and embassy staff posted here allowing them to carry out ‘full range of activities’.
“We look forward to creation of a visa mechanism that will enable US officials do their jobs without interference,” US Ambassador [...]
ISLAMABAD: The British High Commission is still clueless about hundreds of lost passports after months of snail-paced probe into the incident.
Investigations by the Federal Investigation Agency have not made headway either.
The high commission had instituted an inquiry after a large number of cases of lost passports surfaced last year. Determining the [...]
President Asif Ali Zardari Friday tendered an apology over birth of a child in an auto rickshaw due to blocakage of roads during his (President) visit to Quetta on Thursday.
The President also announced Rs500, 000 for the family.
However, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani showed [...]
PESHAWAR: A top Al-Qaeda operative Qazi Zafar suspected of being involved in the US consulate Karachi bombing has been killed in a US drone strike in Dandi Darpakhel village near North Waziristan’s main town of Miramshah on Wednesday.
Official sources confirm that Qari Zafar who had a bounty of 5 million [...]
