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AT a moment when election commission is all geared up to hold elections, former president Pervez Musharraf and Sardar Akhtar Mengal have arrived in Pakistan arguably under an insidious London plan to destabilize Balochistan. Already, a protest was staged in London demanding the arrest and trial...

Blast in Peshawar locality spreads panic PESHAWAR: A low intensity bomb exploded outside the office of a local advertisement company on Dorra Road within the jurisdiction of Banamari police station late on Monday evening. The homemade bomb had been planted outside the office of Appolo...

Yahoo! announced plans Monday to buy mobile news reader app Summly from the London teenager who invented it, likely transforming him into one of the world's youngest self-made multimillionaires. The company did not disclose the terms of the deal it struck with 17-year-old Nick D'Aloisio...

A blast has been heard on Kohat Road followed by firing in Garhi Qamar Din area in the provincial capital. According to sources, the rescue and emergency services have sent their teams to the blast site. Police have confirmed the happening of the blast. Blast, firing heard in...

And India does for all its failures. :rolleyes: On topic: As long as Karzai is the puppet in charge there will be no peace because Taliban will not talk to Karzai for peace.

Stalemate to continue: Taliban rule out talks with Karzai during Qatar visit The Afghan Taliban on Sunday ruled out the possibility of holding negotiations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during his upcoming visit to Qatar, where he will discuss peace process with the host leaders. The move...

One of our own: Military seeks security for Musharraf ISLAMABAD: The country’s top security establishment has demanded ‘foolproof’ security for the former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who landed in the country on Sunday. A defence source told The Express...

Pakistan, seen as critical to efforts to stabilise Afghanistan, is finding it difficult to work with President Hamid Karzai due to mistrust and is reaching out to others to advance the peace process, senior Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials say. Pakistan is uniquely positioned to promote...

2 TTP operatives held Three people were killed in separate acts of violence, while police claimed to have arrested two operatives of a banned outfit in the provincial metropolis here on Sunday, officials said. An owner of a hardware shop was shot dead in Baloch Colony area. Identified as Luqman...

General Kayani arrives in Jordan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani reached Amman on an official visit on Sunday. As per ISPR statement, during two days of stay at Jordan, COAS will call on various Jordanian officials, particularly the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Jamhoori Watan Party president Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti once again announced Rs1 billion as head money for killing APML leader Pervez Musharraf who has landed in Karachi after a self-exile of four years. “The man who kills Musharraf would be given Rs1 billion as a reward,” he said while...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Qatar within days to discuss peace negotiations with the Taliban, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, as efforts intensify to find a negotiated solution to the twelve year war. Karzai's trip to Qatar would represent for the first time that...

Musharraf back in the line of fire Former military chief and president of Pakistan, General (r) Pervez Musharraf, ending his self-imposed exile, landed in Karachi on Sunday, claiming he had come back to save the country despite threats to his life. Following the cancellation of the...

It’s Justice Mir Khoso The Election Commission of Pakistan on Sunday finally chose the government’s nominee, Justice (r) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, for the slot of caretaker premier with a majority vote of four-one. The apparently unexpected decision on Khoso’s elevation to...

As the defence budget continues to gobble up almost one-third of the total federal budget, federal authorities have begun crafting a proposal to make the provinces foot part of the bill for defence spending from 2015 onwards. The proposal, which is currently in its initial stages, will be...

ECP selects Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as caretaker PM Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim announced on Sunday the name of Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as caretaker prime minister for the upcoming elections, DawnNews reported. ECP selects Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as caretaker PM |...

The Nazaria-i-Paksitan Trust (NPT) at a sitting on the Pakistan Day reiterated resolve to continue struggle for making the country an Islamic welfare state as envisaged by Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Addressing the attendees, TheNation Editor-in-Chief Dr Majid...

A teenage girl was gang-raped after being kidnapped by four men in the Gujjarpura area, police said on Saturday. The police have also registered a case against four criminals with no arrest made yet. A police official said that the FIR was registered on the complaint of father of the victim...

China to attend major US-hosted naval exercises, but role limited China's People's Liberation Army has accepted an invitation to participate for the first time in a major U.S.-hosted naval drill, but legal restrictions will limit its role to less sensitive exercises, like disaster relief, U.S...

Former Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has said the PPP-led federal government repeated history by interfering the provincial government’s domain and handed over Gwadar Port to China after suspending his government. Talking to media after the oath-taking ceremony of interim...