Pakistan and the USA share the problem of terrorism, and Pakistan must increase its spending on education if it hopes to end it. This was said by Congressman Burgess during his address to Congress on Saturday. While the Congressman was right in pointing out both that Pakistan had a major problem in ...

Islamabad - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazal Rahman, while responding to the Army Chief’s statement that the war against terrorism is our war, has remarked that it was the war of others and the wrong policies of the past rulers brought this home.“Now we need to quickly get out ...

risalpur - Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Khalid Shamim Wynne Friday said the Armed Forces of the country are fully equipped to fight with the extremist elements, which are trying to challenge peace and national harmony.In the recent security scenario, where the extremist ...

  BEIRUT   Syria's opposition warned on Monday that Hezbollah's role in fighting in Homs province amounts to a "declaration of war," but the militant group said it is merely protecting Lebanese people. The comments came as a watchdog said the Lebanese Shiite group was leading the battle ...

PESHAWAR  - Fifteen militants and one soldier were killed on Thursday when the Pakistani military mounted another operation in a week of fighting designed to seize control of the Tirah Valley, the army said.The military has faced fierce resistance from the Taliban and its allies in the Khyber ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday said free fair and transparent elections were essential for democracy, security and development of the country. “Only the elected representatives can set appropriate direction for the country that is economically sustainable, socially and ...

PESHAWAR - Fighting between two militant groups has left at least 61 people dead and scores wounded in Khyber tribal area along the Afghan border in three days, officials said on Sunday.Sources said the fighting between the two militant groups began Friday, when the militants from TTP captured the ...

DAMASCUS  - Fighting raged in several Syrian flashpoints on Wednesday as key Damascus ally Moscow lashed out the Syrian opposition for its "obsession" with toppling President Bashar al-Assad. In a related development, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to host an international conference ...

The strike ordered in Karachi has caused a loss of almost seven billion to the national exchequer. The strike was Altaf Hussain aka Altaf Bhai’s reaction to the notice the Supreme Court had served him for using derogatory language against the judges. He has been asked to appear in person on ...

Exactly a month after the world observed Malala Day, under the auspices of the United Nations, to pay tribute to the 14-year old girl’s courage and commitment to the cause of education, a conference jointly organised by Unesco and Pakistan in Paris has taken a concrete and laudable step by ...

This refers to a report issued by academics and legal experts at Stanford and New York Universities’ law schools on the viability of drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas. Before commenting on the report, we need to understand its standing: it was commissioned and funded by a ...

SADIQABAD - Former adviser to the Punjab chief minister Mian Imtiaz Ahmad said that the PML-N was fighting a war against federal govt's corruption, price hike, lawlessness and unemployment, claiming that in the forthcoming general elections, his party would sweep. Talking to notables from NA-196 ...

ALEPPO (AFP) - Fighting raged in a strategic district of Syria’s commercial capital Aleppo on Saturday, the third day of a rebel offensive to seize the city, monitors said.The United States and Britain, meanwhile, pledged more than $55 million more in funding for humanitarian aid and the ...

BEIRUT (Reuters/AFP) - Bombs planted by rebels exploded at a school building occupied by pro-government militias in Damascus on Tuesday and world leaders weighed Syria’s deepening crisis at a UN General Assembly meeting, but without proposals to resolve it.Vastly outgunned, rebels fighting to ...

Nearly half a million Pakistanis are estimated to have fled fighting between soldiers and militia on the Afghan border with more than 264,000 registered for aid, officials said Monday.Authorities say increasing numbers of women and children are fleeing Khyber, one of the seven districts that make ...

Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday announced to involve Rangers in the ongoing operation against the criminals in Lyari along with police personnel who were conducting operations against the criminals.The Chief Minister also announced Rs2 million as compensation for the ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said that Pakistan suffered a lot and paid a heavy price in men and material while fighting against terrorism. The Chief Justice has said rule of law should be vital for society.Addressing the closing session of the International Judicial ...

BAMAKO - Tuareg separatist rebels battled the army for a key town in northern Mali on Thursday as a bid by west African leaders to negotiate a return to democratic rule with the junta fell apart before it began.The Tuareg fighters attacked the key town of Kidal as a crisis deepened 1,000 kilometres ...

WASHINGTON  - Commander of US CENTCOM, General James Mattis has said that Pakistan Army has thrown the Taliban back into the mountains as it continues to fight them while safe havens in some of the areas exist because the Pakistan Army is stretched.‘Pakistan Army has thrown the Taliban ...

RAJANPUR - The three-day ceremonies of the Urs of Hazrat Khwajah Ghulam Fareed (RA) have concluded in his shrine at Kot Mithan Sharif, some 15 km from here.On the 2nd day of Urs, the city continued to sound with recitation of  Darood-o-Salam, religious congregations and Samaa, recitation of ...

SIMON JENKINSWere we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian communism and now the west against political Islam. The latter was caused by western leaders exaggerating a threat from a tiny group of terrorists to win popularity in war. But the former? Surely the ...

KHARTOUM  - Fresh fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region has killed 12 government soldiers, according to a rebel statement received on Friday, but an official said 10 civilians were the victims. The Sudan Liberation Army faction of Minni Minawi said it attacked a government position at ...

KOLKATA - Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Monday held the present leadership of both India and Pakistan responsible for not being able to resolve the Kashmir issue.“The Kashmir issue can’t be solved unilaterally and I am hopeful that the present generation will change ...

WASHINGTON – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has maintained that the United States is fighting war on terror ‘on wrong side of the border’.In an interview with American newspaper The Daily Beast published on Saturday, Hamid Karzai said “They [the Americans] were not happy with ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 23 people were killed as Syrian tank forces battled opponents of President Bashar al-Assad in Homs on Monday, residents said, ahead of a planned visit by Arab League monitors to verify whether he is ending a violent crackdown on unrest.A day before observers were to have ...

BENGHAZI (AFP) - The battle for the oil town of Brega switched from the desert to intense street fighting in the town's northeast on Sunday, as veteran Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi vowed never to quit and fresh blasts rocked Tripoli. Rebel forces re-entered Brega - putting them within sight of a ...

LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said most modern forensic lab of South Asia is being set-up, and its completion will greatly help in curbing as well investigation of the crimes. Full attention has been paid to the good governance, elimination of corruption, promotion of ...

LONDON (Reuters) Crude oil rose on Friday, with Brent staying above $115 a barrel, as Libyan security forces began a violent crackdown on protesters in Tripoli and clashed with rebels near the major oil terminal of Ras Lanuf. Brent crude futures for April delivery were up 71 cents to $115.50 a ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday expressed his governments resolve to launch a 'jihad against corruption in the new year (2011) by making legislative measures including the approval of accountability law. It is our resolve for the new year, that we will launch 'jihad ...

WASHINGTON - In the midst of mounting attacks against him in the Pakistani media and by politicians, Ambassador Husain Haqqani has denied that he was going to be shifted to another job. Nobody in the government at any level has broached the subject of my going to any other job or any other role so ...