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THE Taliban are producing dangerous new fighters who use the latest digital technology to plan and publicise attacks against NATO and Afghan forces. The militants recently released a video of a June 1 attack on a US military base in the eastern province of Khost, on the border with Pakistan...

by M K Bhadrakumar | ASIA TIMES Do you think they're just looking for subtext where there is none?

A Senate panel expressed its outrage Thursday over Pakistan's conviction of a doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden, voting to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million - $1 million for every year of the physician's 33-year sentence for high treason. The punitive move came...

LAHORE: Pakistan’s mainstream political parties including Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have shown unanimous views on enhancing bilateral trade ties with India, saying that economic ties and other burning issues could be tackled...

Business Recorder: Textile exporters reject two weekly holidays The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has strongly opposed and rejected two weekly holidays as being detrimental to exports activity in the country. Talking to newsmen, Wasim Latif, Chairman, and Adil Manzoor...

Pakistan wants global access to nuclear, military technology South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SASSI) Director General Dr. Maria Sultan has said that Pakistan wants global access to nuclear and military technology and a standardise criteria based approach for access to nuclear energy...

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's powerful army and intelligence chiefs met with the prime minister on Tuesday, state television reported, during the worst political crisis since a 1999 coup. Tensions are running high over a mysterious memo, allegedly drafted on the direction of the former ambassador to...

KARACHI: Satellite provider NewSat has signed a 10-year US$134 million contract to provide satellite capacity to Pakistani telco 3A Technology, hot on the heels of a similar US$105 million deal earlier this month, ZDNet.com.au reported on Monday. NewSat is planning to launch the satellite...