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,

Karachi : Three blasts reported near PAF base Faisal

KARACHI: Three blasts are reported to have occurred near PAF base Faisal located along Sharea Faisal. 

Karachi : Blast in PAF base Faisal Guard Room

Blast at Faisal Base in the guard house.

Pakistan will respond if drone strikes does not stop: ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha

Islamabad:  The powerful ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha has warned the US that Pakistan will be "forced to respond" if it does not stop drone strikes in the country's tribal belt, according to a media report today.

Shahbaz Sharif vows American aid will be accepted over his dead body

Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that he will prefer death to foreign (US) aid.

Former Pak cricketer backs Afridi as one- day captain

Lahore : Former Pakistan cricketer Muddasar Nazar has affirmed his faith in Shahid Afridi as the captain of one-day cricket team.

Ijaz Butt sacked Shahid Afridi due to his media leaks on 'internal matters'

Shahid Afridi was sacked as One-Day International (ODI) skipper because he repeatedly revealed the team's "internal matters" to the media, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials have said.

Will repeat unilateral raid inside Pakistan if required: President Obama

Washington: US President Barack Obama has made it clear that Washington will again launch a unilateral military operation inside Pakistan if it finds another key terrorist hiding in the country.

Pakistan "in process of re-engaging" with US post-Osama operation

Pakistan is "in the process of re-engaging" with the United States in the wake of escalated bilateral tensions over a series of clashes.

Shahid Afridi may retire from one-day international cricket

Karachi, May 22: Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi may retire from one- day international cricket.

16 killed as NATO oil tankers attacked

TORKHAM: Several NATO oil tankers bound for Afghanistan were set ablaze in two separate incidents in wee hours of Saturday, killing at least 16 people including 8 of same family.

Pakistan Cricket Board invites Sri Lanka to tour Pakistan

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board has not given up hope of reviving international cricket at home and have again officially invited Sri Lanka to tour Pakistan later this year for the future tours program series. Sri Lanka are due to play three tests, five one-day internationals and a T20 match as part of the FTP series that Pakistan will host.

Pakistan army denies US troop intelligence support

ISLAMABAD –  Pakistan's army has denied a report that U.S. troops were embedded with its forces to provide intelligence and reconnaissance support in the country's tribal region near Afghanistan.

Benazir urged US for “security detail” two months before murder

Islamabad : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had requested the United States to “provide her with a security detail” just two months before her assassination, but the US Embassy in Islamabad ‘strongly recommended’ against doing so. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack as she was leaving Liaqat Bagh in Rawalpindi after addressing a public rally on December 27, 2007.

Pakistan Army denies US troops’ ground presence in Waziristan

Rawalpindi : The Pakistan Army has “categorically denied” the presence of US troops in North and South Waziristan, as reported in diplomatic cables recently unveiled by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.

Cricket: WI stumble at 95-4 at tea in reply to Pakistan's 272 in second test

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — Pakistan's bowlers hit back strongly in the second test against West Indies on Saturday, reducing the hosts to 94-4 at tea in reply to a defiant 272.

Sacking Shahid Afridi was a big mistake: Wasim Akram

New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has committed a big mistake by sacking Shahid Afridi as the One-day captain.

Shahid Afridi's media outbursts cost him captaincy: PCB officials

Lahore: Shahid Afridi's refusal to stay away from the media cost him the captaincy of Pakistan's ODI team as Board officials said the all-rounder did not take warnings to keep "internal matters" to himself seriously.

India says fugitive list blunder a 'wake-up' call

NEW DELHI — India on Saturday said an embarrassing blunder in the country's "most wanted fugitives list" given to Pakistan was a "wake up" call to security agencies to become more professional.

China accedes request to take over operations at Gawadar Port: Ahmad Mukhtar

ISLAMABAD : The Chinese government has acceded to Pakistan’s request to take over the operations at Gawadar Port as soon as the term of agreement with the incumbent Singapore Port Authority expires. This was stated by Federal Minister for Defence, Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar after completing his visit to China, said a press release. 

Pakistan suspends supplies to NATO troops

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities Saturday suspended supplies to the foreign troops in neighboring Afghanistan hours after a blast at an NATO oil tanker killed 16 persons.

Judicial enquiry of killing foreigners launched Tribunal for probing into Khoratabad incident set up

ISLAMABAD - Tribunal has been set up for a judicial enquiry into the Khoratabad incident, in which five foreigners were shot dead by cops in Balochistan province.

Missing persons like commission on Abbottabad incident will be sheer waste paper: Asama Jahangir

KARACHI: President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir has cautioned if commission on Abbottabad’s operation is constituted like commission on missing persons then it will be only a waste paper.

Pakistan’s sacrifices in war on terror should be recognized: Ahmed Mukhtar

Rawalpindi: Federal Minister of Defence Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar has said that sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in the war against terrorism are more than any other country, which should be taken beyond any doubt.

Notification issued for setting up Tribunal to probe into Kharotabad incident

QUETTA: A notification for setting up tribunal headed by Balochistan High Court judge Justice Muhammad Hashim Kakar has been issued to conduct judicial enquiry into the Kharotabad incident. into the matter.

President phones President Ahmadinejad, discusses bilateral ties

ISLAMABAD : President Asif Ali Zardari telephoned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday evening and discussed with him bilateral relations,

Islam is a religion of peace not terrorism : President Zardari

LONDON, May 21 (APP)- President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Islam is a religion of peace and tranquillity and totally opposed to friction and terrorism.President Zardari, in his message to the International Imam Council,organisers of Syeda Fatima (S.A.) Interfaith Conference at the House of Lords here last evening,

PM Yousuf Raza Gilani calls Pak, China youths to push forward legacy of friendship to new high

BEIJING : Pakistan reaffirmed China as its best friend,and called on the two countries’ younger generation to carry on and promote the friendship to a new high.“Pakistan and China have always been good friends. Pakistan takes China as its best friend,

PM Gilani approves pay package for Federal Judicial Academy employees

ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday approved the pay package for the employees of Federal Judicial Academy to bring them at par with the employees of Supreme Court of Pakistan.Special Judicial Allowance equal to three times of initial substantive pay has been announced for the employees from BS-1 to 22,