the past few months, Pakistan’s Pakistan’s army has lost control of the Swat Valley to the Taliban. It has now launched an operation to win the valley back, but victory will difficult: The Taliban is highly organized, and uses hit-and-run guerrilla tactics.
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KARACHI: The fourth leg of the 1st Data Steel Continuous Pairs Bridge Championship will be held here at the Aslam Memorial Bridge Hall, housed in the
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LAHORETHE district council, Lahore, Wednesday criticised the Punjab government for levelling corruption allegations against the nazims and dem
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The United States said Wednesday that special envoy Richard Holbrooke will add a stop in India during his trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan next week.
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The United Nations will soon establish an independent investigation into the killing of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the organization’s chief said Wednesday.
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Assailants torched 10 trucks stranded in Pakistan by the bombing of a key bridge on the main supply route for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday.
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Around a dozen Kashmiri militant groups gathered publicly Wednesday to urge Pakistan to lift bans against the Islamist organisation India blames for the Mumbai attacks and its political arm.
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Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid says the Taliban is making advances in Pakistan. Rashid reports on Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia for The Daily Telegraph and The Far Eastern Economic Review .
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Militant groups, some banned by Pakistan, meet publicly in Pakistan-administered Kashmir for the first time since Mumbai.
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ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday maintained that Pakistan’’s observance of the Kashmir Solidarity Day, tomorrow, will further boost the morale of Kashmiris, who have been rendering unique sacrifices to secure their right to self-determination.Mirwaiz Umar Farooq talking to media men in Srinagar on the eve of Kashmir Solidarity Day, said that the observance of the Day would help further highlight Kashmiris” cause at the international level, KMS reported.Senior Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement in New Delhi expressed confidence that Pakistan would continue its moral, political and diplomatic support to Kashmiri’’s just struggle.A seminar to discuss the latest developments on Kashmir will be held in Srinagar tomorrow, which will be presided over by the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.On the occasion of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’’s visit to India and Pakistan, the APHC leaders and activists held a rally at Press Colony in Srinagar.They told media men that Ban Ki Moon or his representative must visit occupied Kashmir to take stock of the horrible situation due to the gross human rights violations by the troops.The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (R), Farooq Siddiqi in a statement urged India to adopt positive approach by taking international community’’s involvement in resolving the Kashmir dispute as an opportunity for working towards durable peace in South Asia.Meanwhile, in London, the Executive Director of Kashmir Centre, Professor Nazir Ahmad Shawl in an appeal to all peace-loving nations of the world urged them to raise an effective voice against continued denial of the fundamental freedoms to the people in occupied Kashmir.
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