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British intelligence agency MI6 tricked by fake Taliban leader!

British intelligence agency MI6 tricked by fake Taliban leader! »

LONDON:U.S. and Afghan officials have slammed Britain’s intelligence service for allowing an impostor to hold talks with high-level members of NATO and Afghanistan’s government. The London Times reports that the U.K.’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)...

November 27 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan flowed to Taliban insurgents

US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan flowed to Taliban insurgents »

WASHINGTON: US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan have flowed to warlords and Taliban insurgents, undermining the war effort and fueling corruption, according to a Senate report issued Thursday. The investigation by the Senate...

October 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
France to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan

France to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan »

PARIS: France is to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan used to fund political campaigns following a suit lodged by relatives of French engineers killed in a 2002 Karachi bombing. Investigating magistrate...

October 7 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

SOUTH ASIA

AQ Khan ordered to refrain from comments on atomic program »

AQ Khan ordered to refrain from comments on atomic program

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to refrain from comments on the country’s atomic programme. The court had...

Oct 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

India moves Interpol for arrest of Pak armymen »

India moves Interpol for arrest of Pak armymen

NEW DELHI: Interpol notified its members on Thursday that India has issued arrest warrants for five Pakistani citizens, including two army officers, for alleged...

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General Kayani orders probe into execution video »

General Kayani orders probe into execution video

RAWALPINDI: Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani has ordered an inquiry into an internet video showing men in military uniforms executing six young men...

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Security beefed up in Karachi after shrine attack »

Security beefed up in Karachi after shrine attack

KARACHI: Police stepped up patrols in Karachi on Friday to try and prevent renewed violence after angry mobs rampaged through the city in the...

Oct 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Arif Nizami launches his new English daily “Pakistan Today” »

Arif Nizami launches his new English daily “Pakistan Today”

KARACHI: Pakistan Today, an English daily headed by Arif Nizami, the former editor of The Nation, has launched in Lahore and is preparing to...

Oct 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

CULTURE

Cricketer Muhammad Asif finally brings his bride Sana Hilal home, Veena Malik Shocked »

Cricketer Muhammad Asif finally brings his bride Sana Hilal home, Veena Malik Shocked

LAHORE: Six months after he got married, suspended Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif, who is implicated in the spot-fixing scandal, has finally brought his wife home. The bride, Sana Hilal, and Asif’s ‘rukhsati’ ceremony took place six months after their ‘nikah’ due to the pacer’s commitments...

Oct 1 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Veena Malik seeks court’s help for registration of an FIR against Muhammad Asif »

Veena Malik seeks court’s help for registration of an FIR against Muhammad Asif

LAHORE: Additional Sessions judge on Tuesday ordered Ghalib Market SHO to proceed under the law on the application of film and TV actress Veena Malik seeking registration of an FIR against cricketer Muhammad Asif. In a similar development, a civil judge has restrained Veena Malik...

Apr 14 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

In mom’s wedding sari, Sania Mirza says “Nikah Kabul Hai”; it’s Sania Shoaib from now »

In mom’s wedding sari, Sania Mirza says “Nikah Kabul Hai”; it’s Sania Shoaib from now

HYDERABAD: After the high-voltage run-up to what’s being called the wedding of the season, tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik took their wedding vows in a simple ceremony before a select gathering of family and friends on Monday afternoon. The groom placed...

Apr 13 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

SPORTS

Misbah-ul-Haq appointed Pak Test team captain »

Misbah-ul-Haq appointed Pak Test team captainLAHORE: Misbah-ul-Haq, the middle-order batsman, has been appointed captain of Pakistan’s Test side a day after he was recalled to the squad. Misbah, who was...

Oct 8 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
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ASIA PACIFIC

Thai Democrat Party faces ban over illegal donation, pressure on PM to resign

Thai Democrat Party faces ban over illegal donation, pressure on PM to resign

BANGKOK: The Thai prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, is under increasing pressure to resign after the country’s electoral commission ordered his ruling Democrat party be dissolved for accepting illegal donations. The decision – which...

Apr 14, 2010 / More » Top US envoy arrives in Kyrgyzstan for talks with interim leaders after revolt

Top US envoy arrives in Kyrgyzstan for talks with interim leaders after revolt

BISHKEK: A top U.S. diplomat arrived for talks with Kyrgyzstan’s interim leaders on Wednesday about defusing a crisis in the Central Asian country, where Washington rents an air base to back its war...

Apr 14, 2010 / More »

EUROPE

British intelligence agency MI6 tricked by fake Taliban leader!

British intelligence agency MI6 tricked by fake Taliban leader!

LONDON:U.S. and Afghan officials have slammed Britain’s intelligence service for allowing an impostor to hold talks with high-level members of NATO and Afghanistan’s government. The London Times reports that the U.K.’s Secret Intelligence...

Nov 27, 2010 / More » France to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan

France to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan

PARIS: France is to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan used to fund political campaigns following a suit lodged by relatives of French engineers killed in a 2002 Karachi bombing....

Oct 7, 2010 / More »

AMERICAS

US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan flowed to Taliban insurgents

US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan flowed to Taliban insurgents

WASHINGTON: US funds for private security contractors in Afghanistan have flowed to warlords and Taliban insurgents, undermining the war effort and fueling corruption, according to a Senate report issued Thursday. The investigation by...

Oct 8, 2010 / More » Pakistan nuclear weapons at risk of theft by terrorists, US study warns

Pakistan nuclear weapons at risk of theft by terrorists, US study warns

WASHINGTON: Pakistan yesterday came under increased pressure over its nuclear arsenal when a Harvard study warned of “a very real possibility” that its warheads could be stolen by terrorists. The rising concern about...

Apr 12, 2010 / More »

MIDDLE EAST

Palestinian official in sex tape scandal, Rafiq Husseini denies he abused his position

Palestinian official in sex tape scandal, Rafiq Husseini denies he abused his position

JERUSALEM: A disgraced senior Palestinian official at the centre of a sex tape scandal claims he was entrapped and says he has not abused his position. Rafiq Husseini, who also holds British citizenship,...

Apr 14, 2010 / More » Iraq war crimes: US Apache helicopter doing ‘Collateral Murders’ on video

Iraq war crimes: US Apache helicopter doing ‘Collateral Murders’ on video

BAGHDAD: The case of “collateral murder,” the WikiLeaks today released harrowing until-now secret video of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter in Baghdad in 2007 repeatedly opening fire on a group of men that...

Apr 6, 2010 / More »

CULTURE

Cricketer Muhammad Asif finally brings his bride Sana Hilal home, Veena Malik Shocked

Cricketer Muhammad Asif finally brings his bride Sana Hilal home, Veena Malik Shocked

LAHORE: Six months after he got married, suspended Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif, who is implicated in the spot-fixing scandal, has finally brought his wife home. The bride, Sana Hilal, and Asif’s ‘rukhsati’ ceremony...

Oct 1, 2010 / More » Veena Malik seeks court’s help for registration of an FIR against Muhammad Asif

Veena Malik seeks court’s help for registration of an FIR against Muhammad Asif

LAHORE: Additional Sessions judge on Tuesday ordered Ghalib Market SHO to proceed under the law on the application of film and TV actress Veena Malik seeking registration of an FIR against cricketer Muhammad...

Apr 14, 2010 / More »

SPORTS

Misbah-ul-Haq appointed Pak Test team captain

Misbah-ul-Haq appointed Pak Test team captain

LAHORE: Misbah-ul-Haq, the middle-order batsman, has been appointed captain of Pakistan’s Test side a day after he was recalled to the squad. Misbah, who was axed following the winless tour of Australia in...

Oct 8, 2010 / More » Pakistan favourite for World T20 championship: Adam Gilchrist

Pakistan favourite for World T20 championship: Adam Gilchrist

NEW DELHI: Former Australia cricket star Adam Gilchrist says that Pakistan are one of the major contenders to win the ICC World Twenty20 championship....

Apr 2, 2010 / More »

COLUMNISTS' VIEWS

Indian socio-political fabric: Extremism on the rise with too many disparities

Indian socio-political fabric: Extremism on the rise with too many disparities

Not many Indians are happy with the prevailing system. Too many disparities have come to be entrenched and too many people have been driven to live on the margins. Crime has been politicised...

Apr 10, 2010 / More » De facto versus de jure: The world wants to know who to talk to in Pakistan

De facto versus de jure: The world wants to know who to talk to in Pakistan

A universally accepted truth is that the government we have is powerless, that the state is non-functional, and that law and order has fled (if it ever has been with us during the...

Mar 29, 2010 / More »

ECONOMY

Swiss ‘Return of Illicit Assets Act’: Pakistan can get billions back!

Swiss ‘Return of Illicit Assets Act’: Pakistan can get billions back!

On October 1, the Swiss Parliament passed the historic “Return of Illicit Assets Act” (RIAA)-a significant law that will make it possible for many developing countries, like Pakistan to recover the billions of...

Oct 7, 2010 / More » Potential to generate 50,000mw electricity from Thar coal field for 800 years

Potential to generate 50,000mw electricity from Thar coal field for 800 years

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has the potential to generate 50,000mw electricity from Thar coal field for 800 years while work is on to produce 100mw power from this field within next 15-18 months. This was...

Apr 10, 2010 / More »
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