Portfolio changes, expansion of cabinet likely
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani are reported to have agreed during talks in Dubai to expand and reshuffle the...
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India accused of violating ceasefire along LoC
ISLAMABAD, July 10: An army spokesman on Thursday accused India of violating a 2003 ceasefire along the Line of Control....
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Bara curfew lifted; paramilitary forces to stay in area
PESHAWAR, July 10: The curfew which had been in force in Bara for over a week has been lifted, but paramilitary forces will remain in the area, according to the administrator of Khyber Agency, Tariq Hayat Khan....
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Malik says peace will be restored in three months
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik claimed on Thursday that the government would restore peace in three months despite the fact that a new spate of terrorist attacks had hit the country....
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Talks under way for release of 17 kidnapped officials
KOHAT, July 10: A jirga constituted to negotiate the release of 17 government officials kidnapped by Taliban militants on Wednesday continued its efforts but no breakthrough was reported on Thursday....
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Vaccination team’s workers kidnapped
PESHAWAR, July 10: Four members of an anti-polio vaccination team were kidnapped by suspected Taliban when they were returning to Peshawar after a medical mission in villages near the Mohmand agency on Thursday....
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Containers found with radioactive material
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) is looking into two unclaimed containers of radioactive material found buried on the premises of an Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) workshop in Karachi....
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Five killed by landmines
PARACHINAR, July 10: At least five people were killed and 11 others were injured in three landmine explosions in the Lower Kurram tribal region on Thursday....
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Afghan govt urged to act effectively on its side of border
UNITED NATIONS, July 10: Pakistan has told the international community that it will not permit its soil to be used against other countries nor allow foreign troops to operate inside the Pakistani territory....
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Afghanistan assails ‘de facto truce’
UNITED NATIONS, July 10: Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that a key factor behind the worsening security in his country was “the de facto truce” in Pakistan’s tribal areas....
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Iran tests more missiles of ‘special capabilities’
TEHRAN, July 10: Iran test-fired more long-range missiles on Thursday in a second day of exercises aimed at showing the country can defend itself against any attack by the US or Israel, state television reported....
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Israel unveils advanced spy plane
JERUSALEM, July 10: Israel displayed its latest spy plane on Thursday in what defence officials said was a show of strength in response to Iranian war games and missile tests....
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‘Resources not needed in Iraq being moved to Afghanistan’
WASHINGTON, July 10: As the war in Iraq subsides, the United States will use military resources no more needed there to fight terrorism in Afghanistan, says United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates....
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US measles outbreak hits 127 people in 15 states
WASHINGTON, July 10: The biggest US outbreak of measles since 1997 has sickened 127 people in 15 states, most of whom were not vaccinated against the highly contagious viral illness, federal health officials said on Wednesday....
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Poor women need more access to education: WB
WASHINGTON, July 10: Giving women in poor nations better access to birth control and education would help slash the number of unwanted births in the developing world, the World Bank said on Thursday....
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Kashmir talks postponed
NEW DELHI, July 10: A meeting of the Pakistan-India Technical Working Group on LoC (Line of Control) confidence-building measures, which was to be held on Thursday in Islamabad, has been...
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‘Foreign fighters heading towards Fata’
NEW YORK, July 10: There has been an increase in recent months in the number of foreign fighters who have travelled to Pakistan’s tribal areas to join with militants there, the New York Times reported on Thursday quoting American intelligence officials....
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Kidnapped official found dead
MIRAMSHAH, July 10: A government official who had been kidnapped from North Waziristan in April was found dead on Thursday....
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