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Pakistan’s absence in Bonn conference won’t make a difference: Kabul As the parliamentary committee on national security endorsed on Friday the federal cabinet’s decision of not attending the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan, a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Islamabad’s...

Want to be James Bond? Crack the code. Can you crack it? <--- The puzzle UK intelligence agency GCHQ has launched a code-cracking competition to help attract new talent. The organisation has invited potential applicants to solve a visual code posted at an unbranded standalone website...

Turkish PM apologizes over 1930s killings of Kurds ANKARA, Turkey (AP) &#8212; Turkey's prime minister apologized Wednesday for the first time for the killings of nearly 14,000 people in a bombing and strafing campaign to crush a Kurdish rebellion in the 1930s. The apology by Prime Minister...

I just heard the sound of an explosion in West Delhi area. Wondering if any of the members residing in the area too heard that. It was not the kind you hear from construction sites or anything. Sounded like a powerful explosive device going off. Please share if anyone else from Delhi too...

Pakistan, India wrestling bouts a big draw Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Bouts between burly wrestlers from Pakistan and India attracted a large crowd in Pakistan's Gujranwala city. People thronged Jinnah stadium to watch Pakistani and Indian wrestlers grapple Saturday. Two bouts have so far...

Behave like 'grown up' economy: Obama to China HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama served notice on Sunday that the United States was fed up with China's trade and currency practices as he turned up the heat on America's biggest economic rival. "Enough's enough," Obama said bluntly...

Parents pray, jets grounded for Korea college exam Jets will be grounded across South Korea and anxious parents will pray while their children take annual exams that could lead them to one of the country's top universities and eventually a good job for life. As well as prayers at...

MEA totally misread General Zia-ul-Haq’s intentions after coup, show declassified papers NEW DELHI: That India does not have a strategic culture is a common complaint. To see the most stunning evidence for the missing vision of future, utter failure to read what was unfurling in the...

USGS: 5.6 magnitude quake rattles Oklahoma SPARKS, Okla. (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes in state history rocked central Oklahoma late Saturday night, a 5.6 magnitude temblor that rattled a college football stadium 50 miles away and sent shudders through buildings and homes in...

US pledges financial aid for Pakistan WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is pledging robust assistance to Pakistan despite demands on US finances and a sometimes rocky relationship with Islamabad, according to a status report on Afghanistan and Pakistan. The State Department report...

Viktor Bout Convicted in New York of Terrorism Crimes NEW YORK &#8211; International arms dealer Viktor Bout was found guilty today of conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) &#8211; a designated foreign terrorist...

Felt the need for a new thread to keep the PM's words in record on this forum. US has no permission to launch drone strikes: PM Gilani PERTH, (Australia), Oct 29 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday categorically said there was no (no) permission to the United States to...

7.2 quake causes damage, casualties in Turkey ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish Red Crescent says 25 apartment buildings and one dormitory in the eastern town of Ercis have collapsed following a large earthquake. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 struck eastern Turkey...

HEC Scholar from North Waziristan Wins Gold Medal ISLAMABAD: HEC Scholar from North Waziristan Agency Qudratullah has clinched gold medal in M.Phil (Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery) from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Qudratullah was selected for postgraduate...

Pak expatriates pour in Rs20m for flood-hit across Sindh DUBAI: The Pakistani community in the UAE has pledged to donate Rs20 million to fund relief operations in aid of flood victims in their home country who have been reeling under the devastation wreaked by torrential rains and...

Obama, Uzbek leader discuss Afghan supply route President Barack Obama and Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov discussed expanding U.S. use of the central Asian country as a route to supply troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said on Thursday, amid growing concern about the viability of...

Building used by CIA attacked in Afghan capital KABUL, Afghanistan -- A building used by the CIA in Kabul came under attack Sunday, U.S. and Afghan officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital. Afghan authorities said gunfire was heard in the evening near the Ariana...

Time for Pakistan to act on Haqqani menace: Musharraf Karachi, Sep.24 (ANI): Former Pakistan president and chief of army staff General (Retired) Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan-United States relations have reached a critical stage, and it is time Islamabad took a decisive action in this...

Govt plans massive printing of currency ISLAMABAD: After its existing loan package with the IMF ends on September 30, Pakistan has decided to start planning to print currency at the maximum to plug the big hole in the power sector which sucks about Rs280 billion every year, a senior official...

Forgive me, faith, for never having any. Ten years after worlds collided on September 11, 2001, Pakistan remains a post-9/11 state with a pre-9/11 mindset. What is worse, the United States has also failed to treat Pakistan for what it is: A country stuck in the past. Good judgment comes...