In a conference call from Northern Ireland where President Obama is attending the G8 summit, US officials said they expected Taliban to issue a statement opposing the use of Afghan soil to threaten other countries (which implicitly meant not sheltering al-Qaida); and second, that they support an Afghan peace process

Pakistan likely played a crucial role in persuading a reluctant Taliban to enter into tentative peace talks with its American and Afghan government foes, experts said here

Best Defense: Do you think Pakistan turned against the United States in Afghanistan in 2005? What makes you think that? Richard Armitage: “When I was deputy secretary [of state], from 2001 to February 2005, I looked constantly for information that the Pakistanis were aiding the Taliban…. I did see liaison, but I could not find”

Lahore: The government of Pakistan’s Punjab province has allocated millions of rupees in its budget for fiscal 2013-14 for the largest centre of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, considered a front for the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba

Pakistan has more shale oil than Canada, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) report released on June 13,

ISLAMABAD – The Senate was informed on Thursday that “Solar Auto Rickshaw” technology has successfully been developed indigenously to help overcome the acute shortage of energy and rising costs of fuel

Businesses and shops in Karachi and other cities of Sindh were shut on Friday, after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) announced a day of mourning following the murder of one of its activists

Iran’s ambassador to Russia says Tehran has rejected Moscow’s proposal to provide the Islamic Republic with a substitute for the S-300 systems, which should have been delivered under a bilateral arms deal

France’s burkha ban sparks violence across Paris after police try to arrest woman for wearing a veil and pregnant woman is attacked for covering her face