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ISLAMABAD: Chairman Parliament Special Committee on Kashmir Maulana Fazlur Rehman asked India not to stop Pakistani water by constructing dams on Pakistani rivers. In a statement issued here on Monday, Fazlur said that this step will badly affect our agriculture sector and disrupt the peace...

PESHAWAR: Security forces bombarded different areas of Orakzai agency killing 10 militants and destroying three of their hideouts, DawnNews reported. Security forces carried out bombing in the areas of Mamuzai, Nindar Mela and Barmela using fighter jets, Assistant political agent Muhammad...

KABUL/ISLAMABAD: Afghan officials have held secret talks with the Taliban’s former second-in-command who is in detention in Pakistan in a move which could help rekindle stalled peace talks with the insurgents, according to senior officials from both countries. Afghan officials have often seen...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama signed on Friday the Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012 into law to determine the designation of haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organisation, DawnNews reported. The act was recently passed by both chambers of the US congressand...

Troops were shot dead by locals including a police chief and his men as attacks on Nato troops by 'allies' increase Afghan police inspect vehicles at a checkpoint in Qirshke. Photograph: Sher Khan/EPA Six US soldiers were shot dead on Friday by Afghans, including police, in southern...

QUETTA: Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Saturday that the slogan for independence from Pakistan was only being raised by a handful of people in Balochistan and that it was not a popular demand in the province, DawnNews reported. Speaking to media representatives in Quetta...

Saturday, 11 August 2012 Islamabad reiterated its determination to cooperate with Iran in energy sector and pursue Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project, Press TV reported. Speaking at a weekly news briefing, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Moazzam Ahmad Khan, said ongoing talks...

ISLAMABAD: In a massive blow, the leading donor for the Bhasha Dam, the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has informally reversed its commitment to finance the project, top officials in EAD, Wapda, finance and water and power ministries told The News. This has left Pakistan in the...

SYDNEY: Australia rescued more than 200 asylum-seekers from a boat off Indonesia, officials said Friday as they confirmed that some navy ships are literally cracking under the strain of their work. Authorities raced to help a vessel in Indonesian waters north of the remote Australian...

“I see the indiscriminate killings and injuries of civilians in any circumstances as human rights violations,” said Navi Pillay, the United Nation’s High Commissioner in a press conference early June. Pillay went on to add that the secretive use of drones by the US could potentially violate...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan are in talks on the release of a key member of the Taliban, whose 2010 arrest in Pakistan was blamed for sabotaging peace initiatives, a Pakistani foreign ministry official confirmed Friday. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a powerful Taliban military chief who...

THE Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), the operator of Balochistan’s Gwadar Port, is likely to quit the project after Islamabad failed to meet obligations under the 40-year port-handling agreement signed in February 2007. The PSA’s exit will brighten the prospects for China, which has already...

ALMATY: Uzbekistan is moving to ban foreign military bases on its territory, local media reported on Thursday, ending speculation it could allow the United States to reopen a base for operations in neighbouring Afghanistan. However, some analysts said the ban might not prevent military...

General John R. Allen, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force visited GHQ and called on General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff on Thursday. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani during meeting said that Pak-US relationship should be based on mutual trust, respect...

A Russian spacecraft has slashed the usual time taken to reach the International Space Station (ISS). The achievement has set a new record and standard for future missions. Six hours was all it took for the International Space Station to welcome its newest guest, fresh from its Earthly takeoff...

NEW DELHI, AUG. 2: India on Thursday sought the participation of Belgian companies in the proposed National Manufacturing and Investment Zones (NMIZs), especially in the fields of training and research. On its part, Belgium has offered its expertise in water treatment, waste disposal and in...

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ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday said Balochistan is target of world power game and local extremist organizations and banned outfits are forwarding their agenda. Malik was briefing the Senate about the Balochistan policy. He said that there are certain sensitive things...

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday received $ 1.118 billion from the United States under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF). SBP’s Chief Spokesman Syed Wasimuddin said Thursday that the amount has been received this morning. This will be reflected in the foreign exchange reserves...