US adds settled area to hit list: Al Qaeda’s Arab operative killed in Bannu attack
BANNU, Nov 19: A suspected US drone fired two missiles on a residential compound in Janikhel area of Bannu district on Tuesday night, killing four people and injuring four others, officials said....
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No military solution in Afghanistan, Nato agrees with Kayani
BRUSSELS, Nov 19: Nato and Pakistan agree on the need for a “comprehensive approach” to tackle the insurgency in Afghanistan and in Pakistan’s tribal areas, Nato officials said following a first-ever...
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Ex-chief of commando force gunned down
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: A former head of the army’s elite commando force, Maj-Gen (retd) Ameer Faisal Alvi, and his driver were gunned down here on Wednesday morning....
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Cabinet approves economic stabilisation plan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: A special cabinet meeting approved on Wednesday an economic stabilisation programme and asked the ministry of finance to complete negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for reaching an agreement for early release of $7.6...
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NA repeals Musharraf’s anti-union IRO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the National Assembly on Wednesday that “black laws” decreed by former president Pervez Musharraf would be undone “one by one”, as the...
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Zardari calls Nawaz, urges restraint
LAHORE, Nov 19: President Asif Ali Zardari called PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday and protested against what he termed a ‘character assassination campaign’ against the Punjab governor....
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Urgent import of petrol, diesel allowed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The government has decided to allow import of 25,000 metric tons of petrol and 50,000 metric tons of high-speed diesel to avert a shortfall....
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US seeks alternative supply routes to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: The United States is seeking alternative supply routes for Nato troops in Afghanistan, including a tortuous overland journey from Europe, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday....
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Terror probe may harm talks with Pakistan: BJP
NEW DELHI, Nov 19: An Indian police probe into an army officer’s alleged role in the Samjhauta Express blasts among other terror attacks could harm talks with Pakistan, India’s main opposition party said on Wednesday....
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US general optimistic about tripartite coordination: Operation on both sides of border
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: The United States and Pakistan are working on a strategy to squeeze Taliban and Al Qaeda militants from both sides of the Afghan border and eliminate them, says a senior US general....
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PPP, PML-Q align against PML-N
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Q appeared to align in the National Assembly against the PML-N government in Punjab after they ignored the latter’s offer to...
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Judge defers Aafia’s case decision till Dec 17
NEW YORK, Nov 19: The judge hearing the case of Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist charged with firing on US officials, deferred on Wednesday a decision on her competency to stand trial till Dec 17....
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Monitoring of quake relief ordered
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Acting President Dr Fehmida Mirza ordered on Wednesday to expand the ambit of the special oversight committee for displaced persons of Bajaur tribal areas to the quake-hit areas after irregularities were found in distribution of relief goods....
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Pakistan seeks $25bn investments from ‘friends’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Pakistan has sought from friendly countries $25 billion investments for projects ranging from big and small dams to development of Fata and madressah reforms....
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Abandoned children taken back by families
KARACHI, Nov 19: The eight children who were placed under the care of the Edhi Foundation by three women reunited with their families within 24 hours after the mothers took them home on Wednesday....
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PML-Q groups to discuss leadership
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Pakistan Muslim League-Q leaders have finally agreed to convene a meeting of the Central Executive Committee on Saturday and of the Central Working Committee on Sunday to discuss differences over the party’s leadership....
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Seven Indian troops lost in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 19: Seven Indian army soldiers and a local porter were feared dead after two avalanches hit near the Line of Control, police said on Wednesday....
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Woman gets tailor-made trachea transplant
LONDON, Nov 19: A Colombian woman has received the world’s first tailor-made trachea transplant, grown by seeding a donor organ with her own stem cells to prevent her body rejecting it, an international research team reported on Wednesday....
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