Senator John Kerry, who is known as the Obama Administration's trouble shooter on Pakistan, believes that the situation in the country is very serious and the US-Pak relationship is now facing a major challenge. "It's very serious. It's very complicated," Kerry told Indian reporters on the ...

Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is talking tough on Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of playing both sides in the war in Afghanistan. The former Massachusetts governor told New Hampshire voters that it's unacceptable that Pakistan is going after the Taleban within its borders in some ...

Eleven weeks after the annihilation of an entire company of the Central Reserve Police Force in a Maoist ambush in April 2010 near the village of Tarmetla the largest single loss India has ever suffered in a counter-insurgency campaign Union Home Minister P Chidambaram had fighting words for the ...

ISLAMABAD - Though only one day is left in devolution of ministry of food and agriculture, certain quarters still believe that decision should be reverted as it would create mess and the projects signed by the ministry with other countries might suffer. The said quarters believe that Muhammad Ali ...

A cricket tournament was held last week in this South Waziristan town for the first time in eight years - testament, the Pakistan army says, to its victory over Taliban militants who long used the area to stage spectacular attacks across the nation. But a few miles northeast, Pakistani soldiers ...

At least two children died and 2 along with mother were injured when fire erupted in their house located in Ranjha Jhumt here on Monday. According to information, the fire erupted in a house due to the electricity short circuits last midnight when the family members were sleeping the fire burnt to ...

KARACHI Startling revelations have come to light about how the Pakistan Badminton Federation allegedly sent teams abroad without proper NOCs and how people allegedly paid money to get UK visas posing as officials of the national team. These allegations, one of which said that a person ...

ISLAMABAD The recent by-polls held in three National Assembly constituencies were conducted in extremely high security and police barricades but suspicious voting patterns as well as incidents of fraudulent voting were observed during these by-polls, says a preliminary report of Free and Fair ...

ISLAMABAD Since the fake degrees issue has raised concern over the legitimacy and performance of the Parliament as well as the true prospects of democracy, the participants of a seminar urged all the political parties to deal with the issue seriously. Senator Syed Nayyar Bukhari of PPP, Dr Isa ...

National Party (NP) president Senator Dr Abdul Malik Baloch claimed on Monday that the government is facing serious threats from the military establishment that "can overthrow it any time." Speaking at a news conference in Quetta, he said that the military establishment considers itself the virtual ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) American forward Charlie Davies is unlikely to play in the 2010 World Cup after undergoing several hours of emergency surgery Tuesday to repair a shattered right leg and ruptured bladder. The 23-year-old Davies suffered multiple fractures in his face, a badly broken right leg, a ...

LAHORE (PR) - Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme Farzana Raja took serious notice of negligence shared by postal department in terms of distribution of money under BISP at Larkana and directed to take stern action against the pertinent officials. In pursuance of which the Director General ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The pandemic H1N1 flu virus continues to cause widespread infection in many parts of the world but is not becoming more serious, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. The WHO said it had counted 2,837 deaths worldwide but noted that not every case was being counted ...

Afghanistan's election fraud watchdog said on Sunday it is probing 567 allegations of abuse it considers serious enough to affect the outcome of the Aug 20 vote, more than double the number announced two days ago. The country has been in a state of political limbo since the presidential election, ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that it was the realization in the European Union that terrorism is a serious challenge and no country alone can confront it. Talking to BBC, he said We need capacity building to counter terrorism and we need capacity building in our civilian ...

India on Monday voiced its worries over the underground nuclear test carried out by North Korea, saying it is a "development of serious concern". "It is a development of serious concern. India is against nuclear proliferation," Defence Minister A K Antony told reporters soon after taking charge of ...

Hundreds of thousands are fleeing the fighting between the Taliban and army, filling up camps or relatives' guest rooms. A Red Cross official sees a 'serious humanitarian crisis developing.' They stream down from the mountains, limping along in small groups, riding in battered cars, hanging off ...

ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Global warming is recognised as a serious threat by a large majority of Pakistanis. According to a recent Gallup survey, two-thirds (66 per cent) of the surveyed people perceive that the global warming has a serious impact on the areas where they live while 81 per cent declare ...

WASINGTON - US-led coalition troops in Afghanistan will never rid the country of insurgents and won't win the war simply by maintaining a presence in the area, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in an interview aired Sunday. Harper, speaking to Fareed Zakaria on CNN's GPS programme, said success of ...

KARACHI - Another severe crisis of shortage of wheat is approaching Sindh as total stocks of commodity in the province are barely enough to meet consumption in February, official sources told The Nation. According to a senior official of Food Department of Sindh, the total stocks of 0.158 m tons of ...

North Korea said on Monday it will suspend a joint tourism project and halt cross-border train service with South Korea starting next week over Seoul's hard-line stance on the communist nation. The North's army also said it will selectively expel'' South Koreans from a joint industrial zone in the ...

A session of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee meeting (JCSC), which is the highest military leadership forum where defence and security issues are discussed, was convened here at Joint Staff Headquarters today. The meeting was chaired by General Tariq Majid, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff ...

President George W. Bush warned that the United States was in the middle of a serious financial crisis that could push the economy into a long-term recession if the government did not act. In a televised address aimed at persuading the public to support a $700 billion financial bailout being ...

KARACHI (PPI) - If you 'always' feel tired both physically and mentally, you might be suffering from a series ailment called chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The sufferers always complain of being tiered and lacklustre. Low energy levels can be caused by a number of factors working in ...

LONDON - PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has suffered from depression and dementia in recent years, it has been revealed. Medical reports filed by his doctors show that Mr Zardari, was diagnosed with dementia, major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder over a period of two years, ...

ISLAMABAD - Harmful chemicals are posing a serious threat to human survival thus endangering global environment, said Ijaz Ahmad Qureshi, Secretary Ministry of Environment here on Friday. He was presiding over the inauguration ceremony of the national consultative workshop on 'Obligation and ...

AOMORI, Japan (AFP) - The United States and Asia's four largest powers voiced "serious concerns" Saturday after the single biggest one-day hike in oil prices, warning that the global economy was at risk. The five nations nonetheless voiced support for gradually scaling back fuel subsidies and ...