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Monday, May 23, 2011

Navy installations to be relocated: Naval Chief Noman Bashir

KARACHI - Naval Chief, Admiral Noman Bashir said Monday that installations of Pakistan Navy were being relocated to a safer place away from residential areas.“We are trying to relocate Naval Base and other vital installations away from residential areas”,

Improved U.S. ties with Pakistan is good for India: Janet Napolitano

Improved relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan is good for India, as well as good for the region, Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Monday.

Cricket: Sri Lanka will not tour Pakistan without security clearance

Colombo : Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) secretary Nishantha Ranatunga has said that the national cricket team will not undertake a tour of Pakistan without receiving appropriate and confirmed security clearance.

US drone attacks kills 7 in Pakistan

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A US drone strike on Monday destroyed a vehicle in Pakistan's Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked stronghold of North Waziristan on the Afghan border, killing seven militants, officials said.

10 security personnel killed in Pakistan attack: Rehman Malik

KARACHI - Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday that 10 security force personnel had been killed in a "terrorist attack" on a naval air base in Karachi, lowering an earlier toll of 13.

US drone attacks kills 4 in Pakistan

MIRANSHAH : A US drone strike destroyed a vehicle in Pakistan's Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan on the Afghan border Monday, killing four militants, local officials said.

Attack on naval base an attack on Pakistan : Rehman Malik

Karachi: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik called the terror strike on the naval base, PNS Mehran, in Karachi an attack on the country. Addressing the media after the over 15-hour long siege ended on Monday afternoon, Malik said that all major Pakistani cities have been put on high alert against terror attacks.

Karachi : PNS Mehran operation over, all terrorists killed

Karachi : All the terrorists who stormed a naval base here have been killed after 15 hours of gun battles, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday, adding no one had been taken hostage.

Kashmir issue key to regional peace: PM Gilani

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said regional peace cannot be guaranteed until the "core" Kashmir issue with India is resolved.

Karachi: Pakistan navy says base under control after attack

KARACHI - A spokesman for Pakistan's Navy said Monday that a naval air base in the country's biggest city of Karachi was back under control,

Pakistan Taliban denies killing of Mullah Omar

Islamabad : The Pakistani Taliban Monday said that news reports stating that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar had been killed in Pakistan were not true,

Taliban leader Mullah Omar killed in Pakistan

KABUL - Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been killed in Pakistan,

PNS Mehran Operation: 12 troops killed in navy air base attack in Karachi

ISLAMABAD - At least 12 army personnel were killed in a terrorist attack that broke out late Sunday night at a navy air base in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi,

PNS Mehran Operation: Pakistani troops hunt militants on naval base

KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistani commandos cornered a team of Taliban militants in a naval base Monday after the insurgents raided the complex the night before, destroying two U.S.-supplied surveillance aircraft and killing at least 12 security officers, the navy said.

PNS Mheran attack: 4 militants arrested

Karachi: Four militants were arrested while four rebels blew themselves up at the key Pakistani naval airbase they stormed here Sunday night, a media report said on Monday.

No incident can affect Pak-Saudi relations: Saudi King Shah Abdullah

RIYADH : Saudi Arabian King Shah Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saood has said that no incident can affect the relations of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and in every difficult time they would stand with Pakistan.

Judiciary to ensure speedy justice: Chief Justice Pakistan

ISLAMABAD : Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said judiciary will ensure dispensing speedy and inexpensive justice to the needy people.

Army played hidden role in passage of resolution during joint sitting of parliament: Chaudhry Nisar

ISLAMABAD : Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that army played hidden role regarding the passage of joint resolution during the joint sitting of the parliament on 13th May.

Gulf countries fund militancy in Pakistan, WikiLeaks cables

Islamabad: Wikileaks revealed that the donors in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are sending an estimated $100 million annually to Madarsas in Southern Punjab that back militancy, diplomatic cable published on Sunday.

China visit was ‘more than satisfactory: PM Gilani

BEIJING : Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani   said his recent visit to China was ‘more than satisfactory’. The prime minister said  that he had met with Chinese top leadership and held important and very useful discussions with them. Prime Minister Gilani in a video interview with “China Big Talk” programme of major English language China Daily newspaper before leaving for home said that his visit was ‘more than satisfactory’.

Efforts on for equitable taxation in budget: Hafeez Sheikh

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said the government is mulling to ensure equitable taxation in the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2011-12. Speaking at a pre-budget seminar organised by an English Daily ‘Pakistan Today’ at Royal Palm Country Club here Sunday, he said that every effort would be made to bring those evading taxes in the taxation mechanism.

U.S. drone attacks fueling terrorism in Pakistan: Imran Khan

KARACHI – Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan has said that the United States’ war on terror is breeding extremism and terrorism and termed U.S. drone attacks in the tribal regions a breach of country’s sovereignty.

Karachi: Militants attacks Pakistan naval air base, 9 dead, several airplanes destroyed

ISLAMABAD - At least nine people including three troops and six militants were killed in a terrorist attack on a Pakistan air force base in the country's southern port city of Karachi late Sunday night,