Sit-in by Pakistanis against drone attacks today

On call of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, Pakistan are set to start two-day protest sit-in in Peshawar, capital city of the country's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, today."PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) is staging a sit-in here today to block the Nato...

Pakistan to try CIA spy in prison in view of security concerns

The CIA operative, who is currently jailed in Pakistan for killing two men in broad daylight in downtown Lahore on January 27, will be tried inside the prison because of the security concerns."LAHORE: A court in Lahore, allowing the conducting of US national Raymond Davis’s...

Pakistan caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Pakistan has been caught between the devil and the deep blue sea as the country has been wronged by the CIA and for that matter the US despite the fact that Pakistan suffered immensely in the futile so-called war on terror and facing public fury over the US wrongdoing and...

First drone attack since American terrorism in Lahore kills six

In first such attack since an American terrorist, Raymond Davis, gunned two Pakistanis in Lahore on January 27, a US drone attack in the wee hours of Monday killed at least six persons in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district."PESHAWAR: A US drone attack late Sunday...

Court issues notice to Pakistan govt; report says Davis CIA agent

A Pakistani court has issued notice to the federal government over Diplomatic and Consular Privileges Act 1972 in a case related to the double murder case against an American national, Raymond Davis, whom Washington claims to be a diplomatic staff member whereas media reports...

Punjab governor shot dead in Pakistan

The governor of Pakistan's largest Punjab province was killed by a member of his security escort in the country's federal capital of Islamabad on Tuesday.According to initial reports, the assassin, who has been identified as Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, later said he was angry...

118 US drone attacks killed over 600 in Pakistani tribal region

The US has already accelerated the pace of drone attacks in Pakistan’s militancy-plagued tribal region bordering Afghanistan and at least 19 persons were in three separate strikes in volatile North Waziristan region on the very first day of 2011. The security official in...

Taliban advise US, Nato to quit Afghanistan for averting losses

Reacting to the Afghanistan and Pakistan Annual Review of the US administration, the Taliban Movement of Afghanistan, which has almost defeated the US and Nato forces in a nine-year war, has advised the foreigners to quit the war-ravaged country, saying that ultimately they...