Pakistan dengue cases reach almost 9,800

The number of dengue cases in Pakistan has reached 9,781, and at least 100 people have died due to the disease, the prime minister’s office said Saturday.

Pakistan warns US against hot pursuit on its soil

Pakistan's foreign minister on Saturday warned the United States against sending ground troops to her country to fight an Afghan militant group that America alleges is used as a proxy by Pakistan's top intelligence agency for attacks in neighboring Afghanistan.

Top Pakistan army commanders meet after US claims

Pakistan's army chief will convene a special meeting of senior commanders Sunday following U.S. allegations that the military's spy agency helped militants attack American targets in Afghanistan, the army said.

Cricket: Shoaib Akhtar is Trying to Sell His Book by Making Sensational Claims: Wasim Akram

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram Saturday rejected allegations that he wanted to ruin the career of his compatriot Shoaib Akhtar and criticised the maverick bowler for trying to sell his autobiography 'Controversially Yours' by making sensational claims against Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

Time for Pakistan to act on Haqqani menace: Pervez Musharraf

Former Pakistan president and chief of army staff General (Retired) Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan-United States relations have reached a critical stage, and it is time Islamabad took a decisive action in this regard.

US blaming Pak to cover up its failure in Afghanistan: Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has warned that America wants to shift the blame for its failure in Afghanistan on Pakistan.

General Kayani lodges strong protest over attacks inside Pak from Afghanistan

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani recorded a strong protest to top American military commander General James Mattis in a meeting on Saturday and discussed military relations between the two countries.

ECP excludes 37.1 million suspected votes from electoral rolls

Election Commission of Pakistan excluded 37.1 million suspected voters from the electoral rolls and the new electoral roll is composed of more than 87.2 million voters.

JI’s National Conference in Islamabad on 28th

The Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday announced holding National Conference in Islamabad on September 28 in view of the threats facing the country in general and the Karachi situation in particular.

ATC accepts Sehba plea against confiscation, freezing of property, accounts of Pervez Musharraf

Anti Terrorist Court No 01, Judge Shahid Rafique accepted the plea of the wife of former President General Pervez Musharraf, Sehba Musharraf against the confiscation of property and freezing of accounts in the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto murder case.

Forces kill 14 militants in Orakzai, Khayber Agencies

Fourteen militants were killed and two hideouts of the insurgents destroyed when gunship helicopters hit the hideouts of the militants in Orakzai and Khyber Agencies here on Saturday.

Dengue claim another 8 lives in Lahore

Eight more people lost their lives in Lahore after suffering from Dengue fever including an elite police personal of Shahbaz Sharif security squad, raising the toll to 88 on Saturday. In Punjab, 9,500 cases of Dengue have been confirmed.

Nawaz Sharif hails lawyers’ role for restoration of judiciary, strengthening of democracy

President Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has hailed the sacrifices of the lawyers’ community for the restoration of judiciary and strengthening of democracy in the country.

Pakistan calls for settlement of Kashmir & Palestine disputes

Pakistan has made a strong plea for resolving the two “oldest unresolved disputes on the UN agenda” — Kashmir and Palestine — to enable the struggling peoples of those lands exercise their right to self-determination.

“Self-determination is a basic human right which cannot be applied selectively,” Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar told the annual co-ordination meeting of OIC foreign ministers, who met on the sidelines of the 66th session of UN General Assembly.

“We are meeting here at a time when the Palestinian aspirations for a national homeland appear to be entering a decisive phase,” she said, referring the application submitted by Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas for UN membership as a state.

At this critical juncture, we stand with our Palestinian brethren for their legitimate demand for an independent State with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, and its recognition by the United Nations,” the foreign minister said.

On Kashmir, Khar said the prospect of a lasting peace in South Asia was directly linked with a just and durable solution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. Pakistan had repeatedly underlined this fundamental reality in its engagement with India. Pakistan also supports associating the true representatives of the Kashmiri people with the Pakistan-India dialogue process.

The foreign minister said the Kashmiri people were hopeful that the OIC will raise its voice in support of the Kashmiri people’s demand for an international investigation into the unmarked mass graves discovered in the Indian-Occupied Kashmir.

Referring to the situation in Afghanistan, she said Pakistan was closely working with the Afghan Government and the international community for early return of peace and stability in the war-torn country. “We fully support President Hamid Karzai’s initiative for an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process.

The foreign minister strongly condemned the assassination of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani who was working for Afghan reconciliation.

Enumerating the “huge losses” inflicted by terrorists on Pakistan, she said, “We remain un-wavered in our resolve to eliminate terrorism from our country and beyond. We are determined to pursue terrorists to the very end.”

About the trend in the west to link Islam with terrorism, she said, “We, therefore, strongly reject the canard of ‘Islamic terrorism’.” “The recent incident in Norway is a clear manifestation that terrorists have no religion, no nationality and no values.”