Pakistan Islamists in a deal with China communists : a sign of the times?
Posted by: Sanjeev Miglani
A reader has pointed to an agreement that Pakistan’s Jamaat-i-Islami, the main Islamist political group, signed with the Chinese communist party during its trip to Beijing a few days...
Gaza population 'rising rapidly'
Jabalia refugee camp, 21/01
The majority of Gazans are registered as refugees
The population of the Gaza Strip increased by almost 40% between 1997 and 2007, according to the results of a Palestinian census.
The survey, taken before Israel's recent...
Kidnappers release video of UN official
By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Feb 13: The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF), which has claimed the kidnapping on Feb 2 of a top UN official in Quetta, released his videotape on Friday.
A man calling from an unknown location told the reporter of a...
20 dead in Afghan assaults; Pakistan group blamed
By FISNIK ABRASHI and RAHIM FAIEZ 16 hours ago
KABUL (AP) Taliban militants killed 20 people in a coordinated attack on three government buildings in Kabul Wednesday, launching the assault after sending text messages to the leader of...
Yes, I was trained in Pakistan'
2/11/2009 8:41:28 AM
LeT militant Khurshid Ahmed
While Pakistan is delaying its response on the 26/11 dossier, TIMES NOW gets an exclusive interview with a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, who confessed that he was trained in Paksitan. Even as Islamabad...
Don't attack us please, UK ads to say on Pak TV
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Agencies Posted: Feb 10, 2009 at 1542 hrs IST
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Prominent British Muslims will star in the British Foreign Office-funded £400,000 (approximately Rs 2.9 crore)-campaign that is set to break on Pakistani...
90pc of womens abuse cases not reported
Thursday, February 05, 2009
By By our correspondent
Karachi
Ninety per cent cases of violence against women in Pakistan are not reported by the media, Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA) President Zia Ahmed Awan advocate said. As many...
ISI's plan to kill Kasab revealed
ITGO Bureau
New Delhi, February 10, 2009
The Research and Analysis Wing (RA&W) is said to have revealed a conspiracy by Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI to eliminate Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist behind the 26/11 strikes, Headlines...
Will not allow anti-India activities: Bangladesh
Dhaka (PTI): Responding to New Delhi's concerns, Bangladesh on Monday gave a commitment of not allowing its territory to be used for anti-India activities as the two countries discussed a proposal for setting up a regional task force to tackle...
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said they have arrested the chief operational commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen, dealing a severe blow to the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit.
Muzaffar Ahmed Dar alias Ghaznavi alias Ali was arrested from his hideout in Hazratbal, close to the...
Al-Qaeda's Yazid warns India of more Mumbai-style attacks
London (PTI): A top al-Qaeda commander, who was reported killed in a US drone strike last year, has appeared in a video warning India of more Mumbai-style terror attacks if it tried to attack Pakistan.
"India should know that it...
Sindh to seal borders with Punjab to check wheat smuggling
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
By Imtiaz Ali
Karachi
The Sindh government will hold a meeting within the next two days to deliberate upon imposing section 144, sealing borders with Punjab, and to purchase an early wheat crop for...
Taliban says Polish hostage beheaded in Pakistan
5 hours ago
ISLAMABAD (AFP) The Taliban said Saturday it had killed a Polish engineer kidnapped last year in Pakistan, but the Polish embassy in Islamabad was not able to confirm the claim.
Piotr Stanczak was seized on September 28 by...
India finds link in Kasab gene
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February 6th, 2009
By Our Correspondent
Feb. 5: DNA samples drawn from Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist captured alive, have matched with imprints on a lifejacket found on MV Kuber, the fishing trawler that brought the...
China declares drought emergency
Villagers queue for drinking water in China's Henan province (4 February)
The prolonged drought has added to the misery in rural areas
China has declared an emergency in northern and central drought-hit regions, where nearly four million people are...
India has no better friend, partner than the US: Obama
Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jan 26 (PTI) Asserting that Indians have "no better friend and partner" than the American people, President Barack Obama today said their "shared values" enable the two countries meet any challenge, particularly...