Islamabad - Federal Minister for Interior, Malik Mohammad Habib Khan, on Monday chaired a high-level meeting at Ministry of Interior to review security plan made for the upcoming visit of Chinese Prime Minister from May 22. Federal Secretary Interior, Additional Secretary Interior, Director General ...

MOSCOW - Russia's security services openly named the alleged US intelligence agency's Moscow station chief Friday in a rare breach of protocol after arresting a purported CIA agent working undercover.Russia announced this week that it had caught alleged agent Ryan Fogle as he prepared to recruit a ...

TUNIS  - Tunisian security forces deployed in strength on Saturday after Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on its supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.There was a heavy police presence at tollbooths along the main highway from the capital to the central city of ...

WASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama has warned that a spate of sexual assaults in the military endangered US national security and vowed to do everything possible to fix the problem.Obama promised to act as he met Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, the highest ranking US military officer Army General ...

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama warned Thursday that national security leaks to the news media could cost lives, defending his administration’s pursuit of those who reveal classified information.But Obama said it was important to find a balance between security and press freedom, as he ...

ISLAMABAD - The Chief Election Commissioner Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has asked the Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, for the provision of complete security from military during the re-polling at certain polling stations in Karachi, Khuzdar, Bannu and South Waziristan ...

islamabad The security deposits of the several candidates from major political parties have been confiscated because they have acquired less number of votes in the general elections than the desired electoral criteria.Generally, the trend has been witnessed that the candidates of even the major ...

LAHORE - Following the directives of Chief Minister Najam Sethi, Punjab Police beefed up the security of Sharif family on Sunday. Additional force had been deputed with PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif and their family for the security reasons. The chief minister had also directed the ...

LAHORE - Director General,Rangers (Punjab), Maj. Gen. Mian Hilal Hussain on Friday visited polling stations in Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Bahawalpur to review the security arrangements made for the general elections being held on Saturday (today). He met with Sector Commanders ...

LAHORE - Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said that a comprehensive security plan is being implemented to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in the province on May 11th. He said effective security arrangements have been made at every polling station. He was presiding over a ...

islamabad - In a categorical expression of concern just ahead of the general elections, the Chief Election Commissioner Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has expressed dissatisfaction over the military’s election security plan and asked the Army chief to review it.The development follows ...

The crux of a planned solution is its success. Hopefully, the security plan that COAS General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani and the Punjab government have laid down for Sindh would prove to be effective enough to spare the country of the agony of terrorist attacks on the Election Day. There was a detailed ...

Lahore/Peshawar - To maintain law and order during the May 11 elections, around 300,000 security personnel will be deployed in Punjab while 96,000 personnel will provide security in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata.These decisions were made at two meetings chaired by Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim has written a letter to the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani regarding the security arrangements on the sensitive polling stations on Saturday.Chief Election Commissioner has asked army Chief that efforts should be made and ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has written a confidential letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ibrahim expressing his grave concern over security situation and persistent attacks of Taliban against 3 political parties.As per a private TV channel president had mentioned PPP complaint ...

Islamabad - Interior Minister Malik Muhammad Habib Khan Tuesday said that interior ministry had credible intelligence reports about some plans devised by militants from Afghanistan side to target main political leadership and sensitive army installations to sabotage the election ...

ISLAMABAD - Balochistan Chief Minister, Nawab Ghaus Bakhsh Khan Barozai, called on Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at Prime Minister House on Tuesday.The Chief Minister briefed the Prime Minister about the preparations made by the Balochistan government for the general elections ...

KARACHI - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Tuesday stressed implementation of integrated and well-coordinated security plan to ensure peaceful elections. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) DG Maj-Gen Asim Salim Bajwa, the COAS said this during a detailed ...

Karachi - A high-level meeting jointly chaired by Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (r) Zahid Qurban Alvi and Caretaker Federal Interior Minister Malik Habib Khan on Monday finalised a contingency plan for pre-election, election day and post-election security arrangements. The meeting held at ...

QUETTA - Pakistan Army has arrived in all the districts of Balochistan and will take action to ensure a peaceful polling if needed.According to ISPR, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was given a briefing on the matters of the elections in Balochistan as he arrived in Quetta for a ...

The federal cabinet, that met with Prime Minister Hazar Khan Khoso in the chair, concentrated on arrangements that would make it possible for the voter to cast his ballot in an atmosphere of safety and free from the fear of terror. Information Minister Arif Nizami, who briefed the media after the ...

JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

RAWALPINDI - ISRAR AHMED - While two major political parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz PML-N) and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), are all set for final show of power in the city before ending election campaign on May 9, City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) and law enforcement agencies have ...

It is sad to see the increasing percentage of target killing in Karachi. The people who die are common motor mechanics, labourers, masons, workers, pedestrians, all innocent peoples. Millions of people are dying in a year, but the authorities have failed to control these killings. It seems that the ...

Interior Minister Malik Habib Khan has said government will ensure to improve security to provide an atmosphere of peace for the general elections.Talking to media at Karachi airport‚ he said security agencies had information about the incidents took place in Karachi.He said government is ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has once again expressed the view that it is not responsible for law and order, but it has held the caretaker governments responsible, while saying that peaceful law and order was necessary to the fairness of the election. Chief Election Commissioner Mr ...

Security forces killed at least eight militants during an operation in Upper Orakzai on Saturday.As per details, the operation was carried out in Shin Qamar and Sanga areas.During the aerial attacks Pakistani military aircraft also destroyed three militant hideouts.Orakzai is one of Pakistan's ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Justice (r) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Thursday directed the Minister for Interior to provide adequate security to political leaders and candidates without any discrimination.He said this chairing a high-level meeting to review the arrangements made so far for holding free, ...

Militants ambushed a security checkpost in Ladha area of South Waziristan tribal region on Friday.One security personnel was killed during the attack whereas retaliatory action by security forces killed four militants.

Islamabad - Against the backdrop of un-stemmed spree of terrorism in several parts of Pakistan ahead of the general elections, the electoral body has again stressed that the maintenance of law and order exclusively rests with the executive authorities, not the ECP, while the military has announced ...