MAKHACHKALA, Russia:One of the brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings had made links with two figures in the anti-Kremlin insurgency in the Northern Caucasus, both of whom were killed by Russian security forces, a source said Monday. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was known to have been in ...

our staff reportersadiqabad - Addressing a reception arranged by the Sadiqabad Bar Association, the Rahim Yar Khan district and sessions judge linked provision of justice for the people to cooperation between the bar and the bench and advised both the institutions to adopt collective vision for ...

LAKKI MARWAT – Local leaders of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf have condemned the party’s parliamentary board for awarding ticket to an undeserving person for the sole seat of National Assembly of Lakki. Speaking at a hurriedly called meeting here on Sunday, Haklim Asghar, Farman Zangikhel, ...

GUJRANWALA – Muhammad Babar/Haseeb Sheikh  - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday if Pakistan gets rid of “Zar Baba and Forty Thieves” in the forthcoming general elections, the country will start making progress by leaps and bounds. He was addressing a ...

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered Saudi telecom authorities to block the websites that show the nefarious film that denigrates Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and Islam. “On the basis of the king’s directives all Internet service providers in the Kingdom ...

KARACHI - It is a proven fact that women play a dynamic role in the success of any society and it is imperative for any country’s development to bring betterment in women’s condition. These views were expressed by Dr Muhammad Qaiser, vice chancellor, Karachi University. He was ...

WASHINGTON  - The US on Wednesday said it has ‘long-standing concerns’ over ISI’s links with the Taliban and wants Pakistan to ‘cut-off’ those ties, hours after a NATO report that ISI had links with Afghan Taliban’s senior leadership.Pentagon spokesperson ...

It is as much a document of the information age as a horror of war. A video anonymously posted on YouTube this week apparently shows four US marines urinating on the corpses of Afghans. They pose for a video camera held by a fifth marine, and perform their great deed against the dead with what ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran stands ready to expand its military and security ties with Iraq, its armed forces chief of staff said Sunday, a week after the exit of US forces from the neighbouring Arab country.General Hassan Firouzabadi hailed the "forced departure" of the US and allied forces that he said ...

WASHINGTON - The US and Saudi officials believe Iranian operatives were behind the May 16 murder of a Saudi diplomat in Karachi adding more evidence that Tehran has engaged in high-risk covert actions beyond the allegations of a Washington assassination plot made in a Justice Department ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER OKARA - The Jamaat-e-Islami general secretary has linked peace in the country to parting ways with the US and her so-called war on terror, saying that the government had totally failed to provide relief for the people. The people have become psychic due to social problems. ...

NEW YORK A cellphone of Osama bin Ladens trusted courier found in the unilateral US raid in Abbottabad last month that killed the Al-Qaeda leader contained contacts to a militant group, The New York Times reported Friday. Citing unnamed senior US officials briefed on the findings, the newspapers ...

ISLAMABAD - A brigadier of Pakistan Army appointed at General Headquarters was arrested apparently on the charges of having links with a banned militant outfit. Brigadier Ali Khan, who was appointed at the Regulation Directorate in GHQ back in May 2009, came under the surveillance radar of ...

WASHINGTON - A veteran diplomat nominated to be the next US Ambassador to Afghanistan says that the situation in war-torn country will not improve without 'a fair measure of success in Pakistan. Ryan Crocker, a former US Ambassador to Pakistan and Iraq, also warned that the US must be careful as it ...

NEW YORK - DNA evidence from a New York hotel maids clothes matches former Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund who has been charged with sexually assaulting her, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Citing an unidentified source, the newspaper ...

Ram Puniyani Investigating acts of terrorism have multiple complex issues as things are mired in secrecy. To add to the problem is the mindset of investigating authorities and those in power. The acts of terror, which have been inflicted on the country, have been mainly attributed to the Jehadi ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Members of the Indonesian Chapter of Pakistan-Indonesia Joint Business Council Thursday met Ambassador Sanaullah in Jakarta and discussed promotion of business and trade linkages between the two countries. Among others M. Mansur, Chairman Indonesian Pulp and Paper Association, ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday revealed that Faisal Shahzad, arrested by the US for carrying out a failed bid to blow a fireball in Times Square on May 1, had links in South Waziristan. Rehman Malik said investigations into Faisal Shahzad case are presently underway. ...

HANOI (AFP) - Southeast Asian leaders called Friday for vital road, sea and air links to be built more quickly to speed economic recovery and boost the regions competitiveness. In a statement at the close of a two-day summit, they also pledged greater efforts in the development of information and ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Ambassador of Bosnia to Pakistan Armin Limo on Monday invited the Pakistani businessmen to establish direct trade links with Bosnia to grab better market share. Pak-products including rice, sports goods, surgical instruments, pharmaceutical, leather and textile products have good ...

LONDON (Agencies) - US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said on Monday that the Obama Administration was reassessing the relationship between the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, but denied any change of strategy on Afghanistan had occurred. Hillarys comments came after reports that the presidents security ...

LAHORE (APP) - Railways authorities of Pakistan and India Tuesday shared views to improve rail links between the two neighbouring countries to facilitate their people travelling across the border. The views were exchanged in a meeting at Wahga border between railway delegations of the two ...

NEW YORK - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has rejected as "not believable" any assertions about ties between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and militants operating in the country's tribal areas. "We would not allow that," he said in response to a pointed question on an American ...

LONDON (AFP) - An arresting new artistic landmark is drawing crowds in London and New York, intrigued at being able to wave to each other through what is teasingly presented as a huge Trans Atlantic tunnel. From its London end next to City Hall on the south banks of the River Thames, tourists ...