Hot Pursuit Into Pakistan? (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance)
War On Terror: As Washington moves an aircraft carrier off Pakistan’s coast, U.S. commandos are reportedly poised to launch raids against terror…
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Pakistan will not be staging ground for terror attacks: FM (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan will not allow itself to be staging ground for any terrorist attacks, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Friday amid reports foreign fighters were heading to the country to join Al-Qaeda militants.
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Veteran T.V, radio artist Mehmood Ali passes away
KARACHI: The prominent and veteran Radio and Television artist Mehmood Ali passed away on Friday here due to cardiac arrest.Sources said that deceased was admitted to Liaquat National Hospital on account of fever.
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Pakistan not to stage ground for terror attacks: FM
WASHINGTON: Pakistan will not allow itself to be staging ground for any terrorist attacks, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Friday amid reports foreign fighters were heading to the country to join Al-Qaeda militants. Washington has warned that global terror group Al-Qaeda is rebuilding itself in Pakistan’’s tribal areas for a possible terrorist attack on US soil while Kabul has accused Pakistan of backing Taliban insurgents waging a bloody insurgency against international troops in Afghanistan. “Pakistan will not permit its territory to be used by anyone against any country,” Qureshi told a forum of the Washington-based Brookings Institution. The newly elected administration of Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani “has now the legitimate mandate to confront the forces of terrorism wherever they rear their ugly heads,” Qureshi said. US intelligence officials say there has been an increase in foreign fighters traveling to Pakistan to join up with Al-Qaeda-linked militants in the country’’s tribal areas, a foreign newspaper reported Thursday. US intelligence and military sources told the newspaper that dozens or more Uzbeks, North Africans and Arabs from Gulf states have moved into Pakistan in recent months, shoring up the Al-Qaeda forces which are backing the Taliban insurgency in neighboring Afghanistan.
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NATO: Insurgents try to pit Afghanistan against Pakistan (CNN.com)
Insurgents fired simultaneously on Pakistan and Afghanistan positions Thursday night in hopes of provoking a battle between the two military forces, NATO officials said Friday.
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Pakistan Wants ‘Partnership’ With U.S., Official Says (Washington Post)
The new government of Pakistan is seeking a “partnership” with the United States and wants tangible signs that the Bush administration will increase aid and embrace Pakistani democracy, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said yesterday.
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Hot Pursuit Into Pakistan? (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
War On Terror: As Washington moves an aircraft carrier off Pakistan’s coast, U.S. commandos are reportedly poised to launch raids against terror targets inside Pakistan. It’s about time.
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Fire erupts in Dubai House in Karachi
KARACHI: A fire has been erupted in Dubai House in Gulistan-i-Jauhar area. According to fire brigade sources, fire has broken out in the store of Dubai House that gutted the goods but no loss of life was happened in the incident. Fire tenders doused the fire after efforts of four hours.
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Unknown gunman kills one in Karachi
KARACHI: Unidentified gunman gunned down 30-year man in the Defence Phase-II locality here on Friday.According to Chhipa sources, the man received bullets passed away on the spot.
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Pakistan News
CORRECTION - Saudis agree to defer Pakistan’s oil payments (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Saudi Arabia has agreed in principle to defer payments for crude oil sales to Pakistan expected to be worth about $5.9 billion (3 billion pounds) during Pakistan’s present July-June financial year, The Financial Times reported on Saturday.
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