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Since the inception of Pakistan, women have been a part of the military service. Whether it has been a part in the healthcare or logistics sector or more recently in combat units and as fighter pilots, women have played a role. In 2008 the Punjab Rangers announced their intentions to recruit...

Living in poverty in a mud shack in Pakistan, Mazhar Ali dropped out of school, sold the family’s two buffalo and bought a visa to work in Dubai. The money he sends home is paying for a new house. “We’re going to build three rooms with bricks and cement, plus a courtyard and a washroom,” said...

Pitch Interactive, a Berkeley-based data visualization unit, has created a graphic tracking every drone strike the United States has carried out in Pakistan since 2004. Wesley Grubbs, who created the visualization, joined HuffPost Live host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Tuesday to explain the motivation...

A recent nexus of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Swat militants with the Afghan government may give rise to increased terrorist incidents on Pakistan’s border areas including Mohmand, Bajaur Agencies, Dir, Swat and Chitral, said a report by Pakistan’s premier intelligence agencies. The report submitted...

KARACHI - The Pakistan Muslim League Functional (PML-F) while unveiling its election manifesto on Tuesday promised to introduce a ‘Homeland Security’ by establishing a special force to solve the law and order situation on national level. Supremacy, competence and rule of law will be...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Tuesday that he would not take oath from a corrupt president in case he is voted out as the prime minister.Addressing a press conference that was actually held to announce seat adjustment with Nawab of Bahawalpur Salahuddin Abbasi who was also...

Kerry, Karzai strike upbeat note in Kabul KABUL - US Secretary of State John Kerry held a second round of talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Tuesday after the two put on a public show of unity in a bid to repair damaged ties. Kerry visited Afghanistan as the United States...

AT a moment when election commission is all geared up to hold elections, former president Pervez Musharraf and Sardar Akhtar Mengal have arrived in Pakistan arguably under an insidious London plan to destabilize Balochistan. Already, a protest was staged in London demanding the arrest and trial...

Blast in Peshawar locality spreads panic PESHAWAR: A low intensity bomb exploded outside the office of a local advertisement company on Dorra Road within the jurisdiction of Banamari police station late on Monday evening. The homemade bomb had been planted outside the office of Appolo...

Yahoo! announced plans Monday to buy mobile news reader app Summly from the London teenager who invented it, likely transforming him into one of the world's youngest self-made multimillionaires. The company did not disclose the terms of the deal it struck with 17-year-old Nick D'Aloisio...

A blast has been heard on Kohat Road followed by firing in Garhi Qamar Din area in the provincial capital. According to sources, the rescue and emergency services have sent their teams to the blast site. Police have confirmed the happening of the blast. Blast, firing heard in...

And India does for all its failures. :rolleyes: On topic: As long as Karzai is the puppet in charge there will be no peace because Taliban will not talk to Karzai for peace.

Stalemate to continue: Taliban rule out talks with Karzai during Qatar visit The Afghan Taliban on Sunday ruled out the possibility of holding negotiations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during his upcoming visit to Qatar, where he will discuss peace process with the host leaders. The move...

One of our own: Military seeks security for Musharraf ISLAMABAD: The country’s top security establishment has demanded ‘foolproof’ security for the former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who landed in the country on Sunday. A defence source told The Express...

Pakistan, seen as critical to efforts to stabilise Afghanistan, is finding it difficult to work with President Hamid Karzai due to mistrust and is reaching out to others to advance the peace process, senior Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials say. Pakistan is uniquely positioned to promote...

2 TTP operatives held Three people were killed in separate acts of violence, while police claimed to have arrested two operatives of a banned outfit in the provincial metropolis here on Sunday, officials said. An owner of a hardware shop was shot dead in Baloch Colony area. Identified as Luqman...

General Kayani arrives in Jordan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani reached Amman on an official visit on Sunday. As per ISPR statement, during two days of stay at Jordan, COAS will call on various Jordanian officials, particularly the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Jamhoori Watan Party president Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti once again announced Rs1 billion as head money for killing APML leader Pervez Musharraf who has landed in Karachi after a self-exile of four years. “The man who kills Musharraf would be given Rs1 billion as a reward,” he said while...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Qatar within days to discuss peace negotiations with the Taliban, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, as efforts intensify to find a negotiated solution to the twelve year war. Karzai's trip to Qatar would represent for the first time that...