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We should add Pakistan Zindabad on our mangoes. What an idiotic statement. :)

At least four Pakistani soldiers have been injured in an attack in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan. The attack on the paramilitary Frontier Corps' patrol on September 20 happened in the Bolan district close to the provincial capital, Quetta. The troops were carrying out an...

The placid, green grasslands at an Indian Air Force (IAF) firing range here, about 140 km from the Pakistan border, reverberated with the sound of explosions Friday as supersonic fighters staged bombing runs to practice for penetrative action into "enemy territory." Fighters, including the...

A large media contingent on Friday questioned the delegation of Indian MPs on “Pakistan bashing” in India and were assured that on the contrary, there was a constituency for peace. Over 50 Parliamentarians from Pakistan and 13 MPs from India took part in the fifth round of the dialogue...

Former Afghan Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is to be released from prison in Pakistan on Saturday, the foreign ministry says. A spokesman said the release was to "further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process". Mullah Baradar is one of the four men who founded...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked that arms flow into Karachi from a number of countries including India, Israel, US and Russia. He observed that “the arms which flow from the South into Karachi come from India and Israel and the arms which flow from the...

Women doctors are are highly sought after as brides in Pakistan -- they are considered to have the qualities of both a working woman and a housewife, in addition to the status that comes with being a qualified medical professional. However, there is a downside... Dr Henna Pervaiz is a top...

Youngsters get ready to become first Pakistan Idol? After making waves across the world and in India, Pakistan is set to get its own version of the singing talent show `Pop Idol`, auditions for which began here today. `Pakistan Idol`, the local version of the globally celebrated singing...

Pakistani authorities have tripled the security of disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan amid threats from the Taliban and “fears of a repeat of the Abbottabad raid” which killed Osama bin Laden, a media report said on Thursday. Other than extraordinary security deployment at his residence...

Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, said that there is complete harmony between International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and PML-N promises to the nation made in elections. “Pakistan should embrace economic freedom fully while sequencing and pacing reforms...

Selfish people shouldn't exist in this country. Good bye!

YANGON : A court in Myanmar has jailed a Muslim teenager for seven years for the attempted rape of a Buddhist woman that triggered recent religious unrest, an official said Thursday. Hundreds of people were left homeless after about 1,000 anti-Muslim rioters tore through villages in Kanbalu, in...

Pakistan to maintain credible deterrence The National Command Authority (NCA) Thursday reaffirmed centrality of Pakistan’s nuclear programme to its defence and reposed full confidence in nuclear command and control structure and all the security controls related to strategic assets of...

Imran Khan on Wednesday admitted his party was a month late in bringing much promised change to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa – change which was the cornerstone of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) election campaign. The party chairman made the admission at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where he...

ISLAMABAD - Nearly after two months, Pakistan’s military command has officially met to take into account a bulk of security issues involving the military’s role on both external and internal counts with the Karachi issue being on top of the commanders’ meeting agenda. In a reflection of the...

IMF approves $6.7b loan to Pakistan The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a financial assistance package of $6.7 billion for Pakistan, boosting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s efforts to tackle the country’s severe financial crisis. The IMF said the Executive Board...

Pakistan warns of serious consequences of attack on Syria Pakistan Thursday warned that any military attack on Syria will have serious consequences and plunge the already volatile region into deeper conflict. Foreign Office Spokesperson Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said the approach to address the...

Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif ordered the law enforcement and intelligence agencies to abolish the existing no-go areas in the metropolis at any cost. While Intelligence agencies have presented four point solution to Karachi problem. After chairing a high-level meeting with the officials of...

163rd Corps commander conference reviews prevalent internal and external security situation The 163rd Corps Commanders Conference was held at General Headquarters Wednesday. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani chaired the meeting. The conference was part of routine monthly...

In Khyber Agency‚ one hundred and four militants have been killed and eighty-four injured in security forces' operation in Maidan area of Tirah Valley in 22 days. Major General Humayun told media today that security forces have completed operation which lasted for twenty-two day. He said that...