Bomb rips through bus near Quetta; six killed | DAWN.COM
QUETTA: A passenger bus travelling from Quetta to Naushki was struck by a bomb in the Dringarh area near Mastung early on Monday killing six persons, DawnNews reported.
There were around a 100 people reportedly onboard the bus...
Forex reserves slips to $ 15.536bn
KARACHI: Country's foreign exchange reserves have plunged by $ 470 million to around $ 15,536 billion as on June 1, 2012 on foreign payments.
According State Bank of Pakistan here Thursday, the foreign exchange reserves held by the Central Bank decreased...
UN raises concern about Pakistan rights record | The Nation
The United Nations voiced concern Thursday over allegations of "very grave" rights violations and forced disappearances during Pakistani military operations against insurgents and militants. Independent watchdogs have accused...
NEW DELHI: Pentagon Chief Leon Panetta said Wednesday that the US would continue to attack al Qaeda in Pakistan following the killing of the groups number two Abu Yahya al-Libi.
We have made it very clear that we are going to continue to defend ourselves, Secretary of Defence Panetta said...
Will their sun rise in Kargil? | DAWN.COM
He was a great man because nothing could mar his spirit. His conviction to battle against all the odds and injustices of our system, amongst many other qualities, will always keep him alive, is how Agha Syed Abbas Rizvi recalls his 30-year-old...
Five Futures for Pakistan | Financial Resource
In this essay, I outline Five futures for Pakistan: (1) the Pendulum continues forever, (2) Collapse, (3) Joining Chindia, (4) the Great Game, and (5) a South Asian Confederation. The most familiar and likely are based on the pendulum of rule by...
The Hindu : News / International : China begins crack down on terror in areas bordering Azad Kashmir
China has launched a strike hard campaign to crack down on terrorism in its far-western Xinjiang region, officials have said, outlining new plans to boost security deployments in remote areas and...
KABUL: Afghan and US officials have finalised the initial draft of a strategic partnership agreement that will govern relations between Kabul and Washington after 2014, a presidential statement said Sunday.
The draft agreement on Afghanistan and US long-term partnership was finalised and...
Social terrorism: religious vendetta against Ahmadis | DAWN.COM
Religious persecution of people from Ahmadiyya community is not a new development in Pakistan. Ahmadis have long been marginalised from the time when they were declared non-Muslims in the amendment introduced in 1973s...
Pakistan willing to use F-16s to destroy hideouts, US told | Newspaper | DAWN.COM
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is apparently insisting that the United States must stop drone strikes in Fata and has offered to use its own air force to destroy militant hideouts, diplomatic sources told Dawn.
They...
Pakistan addicted to using militants against India: Pentagon - The Times of India
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has an "addiction" of "playing around" with militant groups against India, a top Pentagon official has said.
"They have an addiction to playing around with militia groups to achieve certain...
Three smugglers shot dead at Indo-Pak border, 10 kg heroin recovered - The Times of India
AMRITSAR: The Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down three international smugglers including two Pakistani and one Indian near Indo=Pak international border in Ajnala sector in the wee hours of...
Nato supply resumption gets on fast track | The Nation
RAWALPINDI - In a vital step towards Nato supplies resumption, two top allied commanders held a crucial meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in the first formal Pak-US military contact at the top level after last...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/05/pakistan-suicide-attack-wounds-five-police.html
PESHAWAR: A suicide attack targeting police in northwest Pakistan late Sunday wounded five officers and badly damaged a vehicle, officials said.
The bomber struck a police patrol in Dera Ismail Khan town in the...
This should now shut a bunch of Pakistani members up... Specially about Indian involvement in Balochistan via Afghanistan
Afghan camps for Baloch militants shut: Malik | Newspaper | DAWN.COM
SLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Sunday that Afghanistan had closed the training...