LAHORE: Petition has been filed in Lahore High Court to make US government party in Raymond Davis case seeking to prevent the case from being heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Lawyer Azhar Siddique Tuesday filed three different ... Read More
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Pak media accused of "churning out anti-American conspiracy theories"
Most participants of the US-Pakistan Leaders Forum, which was convened by the US-Muslim Engagement Initiative- a non-governmental, non-partisan collaboration of four US-based organizations, agreed that the Pakistani media was "guilty of churning out a ... Read More
Egypt, Libya, Tunisia... could Pakistan be next?
In Pakistan, people are watching with bated breath. After all, Pakistan has much in common with many of these countries: a strong military that is never far from the seat of power, widespread corruption, a nepotistic system of personal gain and ... Read More
Qureshi dismisses rumours of new party
Qureshi said that he was not associated with the Pakistan People's Party for the sake of a ministry or designation but was committed to the ideology of the party. Apparently referring to Raymond Davis case, he said congenial relations with the US were ... Read More
20 Pakistani nationals repatriated
All of them crossed over to their country after the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi issued emergency travel certificates to them, officials said. Fifteen, all fishermen, were released from the Jamnagar Jail in Gujarat, three from the Central Jail ... Read More
NATO tanker torched in Pakistan
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants regularly attack NATO convoys in Pakistan. The US military and NATO rely heavily on the Pakistani supply route into landlocked Afghanistan, more so now that Taliban attacks are increasing. Supplies arrive by sea in ... Read More
Six NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL - Six NATO troops were killed in attacks across Afghanistan on Monday, one of the deadliest days for the international force this winter, military officials said. Four came under attack in eastern Afghanistan, a region that has ... Read More
Pakistan Air Chief Outlines Procurement Plans
When asked how many more aircraft Pakistan wants, Rao declines to specify the number on the grounds that “we are still in the process of negotiations.” “It depends in what form and the time frame,” he adds. In 2006 the US Congress agreed to give ... Read More
'Floods expected every 20 years, says UN
ISLAMABAD: Catastrophic floods, similar to those recently witnessed in Pakistan and Australia that are normally anticipated once a century, can now be expected every 20 years instead, warn scientists. On the other hand, recent studies show, ... Read More
New polio cases in Pakistan worry donors
The government on October 4, 2010 had declared 2011 as polio free Pakistan, but it is very painful fact for the government and its health managers as instead of controlling the crippling virus, 11 more cases had been detected in just two months, ... Read More
India-Pakistan: Hand of Friendship
This is not the first time an Indian Prime Minister has extended a "hand of friendship" towards Pakistan, nor is it the first time Dr. Manmohan Singh has done so. Prime Minister Nehru repeatedly offered his hand of friendship and so did his successors ... Read More
Pakistan's PM invokes Islam as pressure mounts
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday that the governing party of which he is vice chairman, the Pakistan People's party, or PPP, will continue its attempts to reform laws in accordance to an Islamic spirit and make Pakistan a ... Read More
Clinton warns terrorists may get fissile materials
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Monday nuclear bomb-making fissile material could fall into the hands of terrorists and called for immediate global negotiations to halt its production. ... Read More
Altaf invites Army to save Pakistan
KARACHI: MQM founder Altaf Hussain on Monday said in a speech that he was inviting the Army to save Pakistan. He said he had never met the Army generals late night in the dark but was addressing them on a loudspeaker at a public ... Read More
Nawaz threatens another long march
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has announced to lead another long march, along with the revolutionary youth, if required in the larger national interest. He was addressing the party workers from Sukkur, Hyderabad and ... Read More
IMF to start critical review of Pakistan economy to decide further action
Pakistan's financial managers and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission are set to start the much-awaited fifth review of the economy on Tuesday (today), upon whose successful completion Pakistan would receive 3.6 billion dollars- the remaining ... Read More
PPP ministers removed from Punjab govt
All seven PPP ministers in the coalition government in Pakistan's politically-crucial Punjab province have been removed after the ruling PML-N ended its alliance with the party. ... Read More
Zardari says PPP will play democratic role in Pak Punjab
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will continue to play democratic role in Punjab. During his interaction with Punjab Governor Latif Khosa and Interior Minister Rehman Malik in Karchi, Zardari said the ... Read More
Pak govt to block anti-Islamic websites: LHC
LAHORE: With Facebook and several other websites allegedly featuring blasphemous material against Prophet Mohammed and the Quran, the Pakistan government has informed a court here that all required steps are being taken to block objectionable and ... Read More
China urges end to Libya violence
BEIJING: China on Tuesday called for an end to the violence in Libya, where at least 1000 people are feared dead in a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. Beijing, which usually opposes sanctions targeting individual states, ... Read More
Stranded Pakistanis in Libya back home
Meanwhile, those arrived Pakistan have lodged complaints with government against non-seriousness of Pakistan embassy in Libya in connection with rescue and ... Read More
NATO tanker torched in Pakistan
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants regularly attack NATO convoys in Pakistan. The US military and NATO rely heavily on the Pakistani supply route into ... Read More
Gunmen wound 15 college girls
GUNMEN on motorbikes wounded 15 girls when they opened fire with pistols and lobbed grenades at a college party in northwest Pakistan, police say. Some of the victims were in a critical condition after the attack on the state-run girls-only institution ... Read More
Taliban kill four alleged spies in Pakistan
The bodies of four men apparently killed by the Taliban for working as informers for the US, were found Tuesday in Pakistan's lawless tribal zone, officials said. The bodies of the local men, who had been shot several times, ... Read More
Pak investigators likely to get access to 26/11 witnesses
New Delhi: India is likely to allow Pakistani investigators to examine Indian witnesses to 26/11, including the doctors who conducted post-mortems on Pakistani terrorists shot during the Mumbai attacks. 166 people were killed after ten terrorists ... Read More
Pakistan offered to trade Davis for Siddiqui: report
The Pakistan government offered to trade suspected CIA contractor Raymond Davis, arrested for gunning down two men in Lahore, for Pakistani terror suspect ... Read More
Fury over Pakistan oil price rise
Although international petrol prices have risen by 23.4% since November 2010, Pakistan has only proposed an increase of 9.9%, according to Ogra spokesman ... Read More
Pak offered US Raymond’s freedom for Aafia release: report
WASHIGNTON: A US television has claimed that Pakistan government had moved US administration to release Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in exchange of Raymond Davis, Geo News reported late Monday. Read More
Pak offered US Raymond’s freedom for Aafia release: report
WASHIGNTON: A US television has claimed that Pakistan government had moved US administration to release Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in exchange of Raymond Davis, Geo News reported late Monday... Read More
Post-Davis , 30 US spies halt covert mission, flee Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: At least 30 suspected covert US operatives have suspended their activities in Pakistan and 12 have left the country following the arrest of CIA contractor Raymond Davis late last month, a media report said on Monday. ... Read More
US turns down Pak Govt's offer to trade terror-suspect Aafia for CIA contractor Davis
The Pakistan Government offered to trade double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Davis with Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, who is suspected by US intelligence to be an al Qaeda operative and is currently serving 86 years in federal ... Read More
Suspected US operatives lying low or leaving Pakistan following Davis' arrest
At least thirty suspected covert US operatives have suspended their activities in Pakistan and twelve have already left the country following the arrest of CIA contractor Raymond Davis, sources have revealed. In the aftermath of the January 27 ... Read More
US links immunity for ISI's Pasha to Davis case: Report
The US has linked sovereign immunity for ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha in a lawsuit filed by relatives of victims of the Mumbai attacks in a Brooklyn court to the diplomatic immunity for an American arrested for the Lahore double murder, a media report ... Read More
US says no to Pakistan's proposal for swapping Davis
Islamabad: Washington has turned down Pakistan's proposal to swap US official Raymond Davis, who shot dead two men in Lahore, with Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist who is serving a prison term in US for killing marines in Afghanistan, ... Read More
Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore meet for coalition talks
The Irish Labour party last night gave its leader Eamon Gilmore the green light to enter coalition talks with Fine Gael. But senior figures warned him the party would still be prepared to go into opposition if the deal with them was not good enough. Read More
Arab revolutions: The limits of intervention
The international community has been compromised by the revolution sweeping the Arab world. In three uncertain weeks, the United States vacillated from urging stability to shore up a strategic ally in Hosni Mubarak to cheering his overthrow. Read More
Threat of civil war looms in Yemen
Just a few short weeks ago, Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of Yemen since Jimmy Carter was president of the United States, was basking in the power that comes from heavy patronage of the country's influential tribes, along with military support from the ... Read More
Iran naval mission 'not aggressive': admiral
DAMASCUS - Iran's navy chief, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayari, said on Monday that Iran's dispatch of two warships to the Mediterranean last week was not aggressive in aim.Read More
Afghanistan: 6 NATO Members Killed
Six NATO service members were killed Monday across Afghanistan in one of the bloodiest days in February for coalition forces, according to a NATO statement.... Read More
China continues to make all-out efforts to evacuate nationals from Libya
China on Monday continued to do everything possible to evacuate its citizens from Libya to third countries and flew thousands more back to China. Another batch of 340 Chinese employees of Chinese companies in Libya were ... Read More
Saudi king chairs cabinet, no sign of reshuffle
Saudi King Abdullah chaired the first cabinet meeting on Monday after returning home from three months abroad for health treatment, with no signs of any government reshuffle or reforms demanded by activists.... Read More
With government shutdown looming, freshmen are the wild cards
In just two months, a freshman class of Republicans has found a way to run the House. These 87 new members - who otherwise might have become foot soldiers for party bosses, or jittery pawns of their home-town ... Read More
Tunisia: Two ministers quit interim government
Two ministers have resigned from Tunisia's interim government, a day after Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannounchi said he was standing down. Read More
China blocks any hint of protest
They focused on city centre locations where activists had urged people to gather to show their opposition to government policies on Sunday. The appeal for people to come onto the streets, for the second week in a row, ... Read More
Refugees from Libya may be next casualties
Penniless undocumented workers begging for food and water in neighbouring countries as Libya, once their economic salvation, melts down into a war zone of simmering violence. Read More
U.S. prepares military options for Gadhafi's ouster
WASHINGTON -- The United States began moving warships toward Libya and froze $30 billion in the country's assets Monday as the administration declared all options on the table in its diplomatic, economic and military ... Read More
North Korea threatens Seoul with 'sea of fire'
North Korea says it will respond to US-South Korea military drills with "relentless retaliation". (Reuters) North Korea has vowed to turn Seoul into a "sea of fire" in retaliation to a joint military exercise ... Read More
UN team attacked in Ivory Coast
UN team attacked in Ivory Coast
United Nations experts in Ivory Coast came under fire as they were trying to investigate reports of a violation of the arms embargo imposed on the country, the global body says. ... Read More
Qaddafi's Crimes and Fantasies
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya is deep into a fantasy world. In an interview with ABC News, he insisted that his people “love me,” blamed the courageous uprising against his rule on “terrorists” and refused to take responsibility for his many crimes. Read More
US urges Oman to show restraint
WASHINGTON - The United States has urged Oman to show restraint and press ahead with reforms after deadly clashes in the strategic Gulf ally on the busy Strait of Hormuz oil shipping lane. Read More
Egypt bans Mubarak from travel, freezes assets
Motivated by recent shows of political strength by neighbors in Egypt, demonstrators in the Middle East and North Africa are taking to the streets of many cities to rally for change. By Steve Hendrix and James V. Grimaldi CAIRO - Egypt's top prosecutor ... Read More
Memorial For NZ Quake Victims Held
Exactly a week after a devastating earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand has paused for two minutes of silence to remember the dead. The final death toll is likely to reach around 240, with many bodies still to be recovered from the rubble of ... Read More
Gadhafi: 'My people will die for me'
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi flatly denied Monday the existence of the protests threatening to end his 41-year rule, as reports of fighting between government forces and rebels raged another day. ... Read More
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